10 Brain Bending Video Game Puzzles That Will Drive You Insane
7. The Talos Principle
Nothing in The Talos Principle looks that complicated. It is, after all, a game rooted in philosophy. And philosophy asks simple questions. Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? The simplicity of a question, however, is no guarantee of a simple answer. And so it is with the Talos Principle, where the binary nature of the electrial jammers must be understood as part of the whole in order that the lethal security systems that hinder you are disabled.
The Talos Principle requires multi-layered thinking. Solve the problem right in front of you, while remembering what came before, and thinking about what might be ahead. The Talos Principle forces you to think in five dimensions, and the human brain is much better conditioned to three-dimensional thinking. It's why The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold more copies than Descarte's Meditations On First Philosophy. We relate better to the being that walks slowly through the world, consuming what is in front of him. But The Talos Principle forces you to look at the caterpillar's entire life cycle and metamorphisis while dealing with what is in front of you.
It is brilliant. And it is exhausting.