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The much loved puzzle adventure The Talos Principle is being remade in Unreal Engine 5, with Croteam / Devolver Digital announcing The Talos Principle: Reawakened. Seems like Croteam are finished with their own Serious Engine now.

Speaking about why they went back they said:

After the success of The Talos Principle 2, we have some very cool projects going on, so why go back? There are many reasons, but the biggest one is simply that we love this game and while the original version is admittedly still pretty awesome, we wanted to create a definitive version that will keep the game fresh for years to come and allow a whole new audience to explore the Simulation.

Once again, we poured all our love and creativity into this project. We didn't just want to make a remaster with gorgeous graphics, although that's definitely part of it. But there's a lot more to this. There are quality-of-life improvements that make a real difference (seriously, the recorder puzzles are so much better now!). There's the puzzle editor. There's a whole new story to play! There are even developer commentaries.

Let's talk philosophy for a moment. We don't just think of games as products. These are the works that we will leave behind for future generations. The Talos Principle: Reawakened will both refresh and preserve this wonderful game that means so much to us.

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This will include the Road to Gehenna expansion, along with a whole new chapter titled "In the Beginning". On top of that it will also come with a whole new puzzle editor for the community.

The Talos Principle: Reawakened

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AsciiWolf 5 hours ago
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Seems like Croteam are also finished with native Linux builds now.
Linas 5 hours ago
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A shame really, because Serious Engine is really an impressive piece of technology, not to mention excellent Linux support.
Ehvis 5 hours ago
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I'm mixed about this one. I'm not really looking for Talos1 with fancy graphics as the original was fine. And since I played it to death, it has nothing left for me from a puzzle perspective. But having a little extra campaign does make it more interesting. At least Croteam are still devs that I don't mind supporting since I've enjoyed their stuff. So let's see what they want for this.

Quoting: AsciiWolfSeems like Croteam are also finished with native Linux builds now.

Yeah. Alen Ladavec was the one that pulled the Linux development there. When he left for Google Stadia, all Linux knowledge was gone.
grigi 4 hours ago
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The original Talos principle doesn't look dated? The art-style it has perfectly fits the game. Why another remake?
Linas 4 hours ago
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Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: AsciiWolfSeems like Croteam are also finished with native Linux builds now.
Yeah. Alen Ladavec was the one that pulled the Linux development there. When he left for Google Stadia, all Linux knowledge was gone.
It's funny how common this is. A company has excellent Linux support, everything just works. Then the one Linux guy leaves, and suddenly Linux is completely impossible to support.
grigi 4 hours ago
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Quoting: Linas
Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: AsciiWolfSeems like Croteam are also finished with native Linux builds now.
Yeah. Alen Ladavec was the one that pulled the Linux development there. When he left for Google Stadia, all Linux knowledge was gone.
It's funny how common this is. A company has excellent Linux support, everything just works. Then the one Linux guy leaves, and suddenly Linux is completely impossible to support.

I've seen reporters have a discussion where they say "Oh that dude, he's got magic knowledge, he does things with Linux".

It's more like most people just don't understand that you... Just... have to try.
Linas 2 hours ago
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Quoting: grigiI've seen reporters have a discussion where they say "Oh that dude, he's got magic knowledge, he does things with Linux".

It's more like most people just don't understand that you... Just... have to try.
Exactly! Engineers learn new things all the time. E.g. Android and iOS only came into existence not that long time ago. Platforms come and go every day, and nobody was born with Linux knowledge either.
Julius 1 hour ago
Maybe they could open-source the Serious Engine if I don't plan to develop it further?

Edit: apparently they already did with an much older version: https://github.com/Croteam-official/Serious-Engine


Last edited by Julius on 11 December 2024 at 1:30 pm UTC
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