Kolph
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Games with Deeper Meanings
Made this thread for the discussion of games that have interesting messages behind them; it being a political one, a societal, or even something as simple as reflecting on human nature.
Made this thread for the discussion of games that have interesting messages behind them; it being a political one, a societal, or even something as simple as reflecting on human nature.
For my submission to this thread I'd like to discuss The Talos Principle, a fairly obscure puzzle game that divulges into what it means to be human and what we define as a conscious being. You awaken in a garden and are told by a being called Elohim you're allowed to roam the lands you see before you but you can not enter the tower for you will die, essentially playing off the Christian creation myth. Throughout the game you're prodded with questions regarding morality, philosophy, civilization, free will, etc, on computer terminals, primarily through the questions of a apparent library assistant (guess who this character is based off of), and the game does take you aback with a lot of the arguments and propositions that are put forward. Also, throughout the game there are many information snippets and audio tapes you can pick up that serve a similar role, encouraging you to think over what you actually know and how founded your belief system actually is. The game has many routes you can take that will reflect on your overall thought process and while the game is noted for pushing across a rather atheistic message, it does pay plenty of respect to religious concepts, and doesn't state them as being invalid ways to think. Oh, and the puzzles are good too I guess. Check the game out.
Would love to read your submissions about what gaming media really gripped you with the message it was trying to get across.