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After revealing the release date for The Talos Principle just a couple of days ago, Croteam has now released a public test on Steam. The public test is of course free and contains four complete levels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Edwcn469M
The full announcement on Steam:
This sounds like a great way for us to check if our gaming rigs are up to the task before putting down our hard earned money for the full game. It also enables the developer to get valuable feedback and is of course a good way to promote their upcoming game before the release next month.
In my previous article about the game I failed to mention that there's an additional 5% off the price for pre-ordering if you already own either Antichamber, The Swapper or Serious Sam 3: BFE on Steam:
About the Public Test
The Public Test for The Talos Principle consists of four increasingly difficult complete puzzle levels, where players will be able to test the range of puzzle mechanics, as well as run a benchmarking AI bot for their personal PC.
The Public Test is meant to serve as additional stress and compatibility testing before The Talos Principle launches later this year and is now available on Steam for a limited time prior to the game's release.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Edwcn469M
The full announcement on Steam:
QuoteSurprise, surprise. We have more exciting Words for you – now that the release date is set, and you can pre-order our game, we’d like you to personally taste and test Talos and check what’s all the fuss about.
Our public test will be released on Nov 6th and is meant to serve as additional stress and compatibility testing before The Talos Principle launches later this year. But it will also give you good taste of the game itself!
This sounds like a great way for us to check if our gaming rigs are up to the task before putting down our hard earned money for the full game. It also enables the developer to get valuable feedback and is of course a good way to promote their upcoming game before the release next month.
In my previous article about the game I failed to mention that there's an additional 5% off the price for pre-ordering if you already own either Antichamber, The Swapper or Serious Sam 3: BFE on Steam:
QuotePre-order The Talos Principle to receive 10% off the purchase price and a free download of Croteam's Serious Sam 3: BFE that may be gifted if already owned. Users that already own Antichamber, The Swapper, or Serious Sam 3: BFE receive an additional 5% discount.
About the Public Test
The Public Test for The Talos Principle consists of four increasingly difficult complete puzzle levels, where players will be able to test the range of puzzle mechanics, as well as run a benchmarking AI bot for their personal PC.
The Public Test is meant to serve as additional stress and compatibility testing before The Talos Principle launches later this year and is now available on Steam for a limited time prior to the game's release.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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That's a cool idea, we're going to have a glance at the game, and they can iron out bugs. I'm going to check that out.
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Segata Sanshiro Nov 6, 2014
Going to check this out later :). A very good idea as well!
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Very fun. Finished it already. Didn't find a single bug/problem. Now I am looking forward to this even more. Similar style to play as Portal.
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Downloading now! I wish more developers did things like this. It gives us a chance to find bugs and report them as well as see if it something we want to purchase.
I'm on my lunch break so I don't have time to really test her out yet, but it loaded up just fine, let me select my full 5760x1080 resolution and away it went. One thing I noticed that I REALLY like is that it has graphics options FOR DAYS! I don't know if I have ever seen so many graphic options in a game before! wow! So far looking good, can't wait to get off work and dig in.
I'm on my lunch break so I don't have time to really test her out yet, but it loaded up just fine, let me select my full 5760x1080 resolution and away it went. One thing I noticed that I REALLY like is that it has graphics options FOR DAYS! I don't know if I have ever seen so many graphic options in a game before! wow! So far looking good, can't wait to get off work and dig in.
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Quoting: SkullyVery fun. Finished it already. Didn't find a single bug/problem. Now I am looking forward to this even more. Similar style to play as Portal.How was the performance for you?
It's odd, but something is making me feel like it's sluggish.
Edit > I turned on the FPS counter and WOW LOW FPS.
It had my CPU set to ULTRA and everything else set to HIGH in the performance section. Heh their auto detect fails.
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Segata Sanshiro Nov 6, 2014
Same thing here, had consistantly below 30 fps with a few spikes, GPU got pretty hot then it crashed.
No visual issues though and game was fun :). Completed 2/3 puzzles before it crashed. Depending on game length and how good the story looks I'll consider getting this one, looks pretty promising so far
No visual issues though and game was fun :). Completed 2/3 puzzles before it crashed. Depending on game length and how good the story looks I'll consider getting this one, looks pretty promising so far
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I got stops for 1-5 seconds, during the game and even once in a menue.
Anybody else experienced that?
Anybody else experienced that?
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I got some pretty extreme frame rate drops during transitions and a few big ones while walking. Other than that the game was mostly between 40-50 fps, which was much better than I'd expected on my 2 year old laptop with a GeForce GT 630M.
I also really enjoyed the puzzles and had a neat conversation with the "developer console" AI. I collected 2 stars but I suspect there are at least a couple more hidden away somewhere.
I also really enjoyed the puzzles and had a neat conversation with the "developer console" AI. I collected 2 stars but I suspect there are at least a couple more hidden away somewhere.
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