Comment on SOMA, off the backlog after nine years
Quazatron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Soma may be my favorite Frictional game, even though I played nearly all the Amnesia series.
I think I’ll install it again after I’m done with Talos Principle II.
hoppolito@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Can you speak to how Talos 2 is compared to the original? I thought the puzzles were neat but loved the somber atmosphere and some of the thought-provoking terminal messages, they’re what I remember most fondly. Has that been kept similar in the second one?
Quazatron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes, everything you like about the original is there. The storytelling, the philosophical undertones, the brain wracking puzzles. Except that everything is way larger, with much to explore, new gadgets to master and characters to interact. They dropped some of the stuff that annoyed me in the original, like the machine guns and mines.
The puzzle difficulty is spot on, so if you played the through the original you’ll find the first puzzles easy but then they ramp up.
I’ve finished the main story and now I’m going back to get the 100% stars, as one does. I’m sure I’ll buy the DLC for this one as well, as I did for the original. Its is that good.