When comparing The Talos Principle vs Cyberpunk 2077, the Slant community recommends Cyberpunk 2077 for most people. In the question“What are the best single-player games for PC?” Cyberpunk 2077 is ranked 6th while The Talos Principle is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose Cyberpunk 2077 is:
The story and world present an exciting cyberpunk vision of the future similar to science fiction novels.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great storyline
The puzzles in the game are great, but they're tied together with a thought provoking story line filled with mystery and intrigue. A story about a robot with human consciousness who is being guided by a disembodied voice, are they to be trusted? As the story progresses the player is drip fed clues which can lead them closer to the truth.
Pro Lots of side content
Many Easter eggs and more difficult puzzles as well as an ending in many parts of the game, as well as hidden lore.
Pro Difficulty ramp-up
Starts out easy enough, but gets to some truly difficult puzzles by the end. If you get stuck on a puzzle you can skip it and come back to it later.
Pro Rewards exploration and out-of-the-box thinking
It's hard to explain this without spoiling anything, but there are lots of "aha!" moments you will encounter on the areas if you get invested into the story, making the game deeper.
Pro Great original soundtrack
The soundtrack is very pleasant to listen to and fits perfectly with all the areas and themes present in the game. It varies from calm music, for those heavenly areas where you are solving puzzles, to more misterious and epic pieces for moments when things get... real. It's good to have some nice music playing while your brain is melting from solving the puzzles, or just appreciating the scenery.
Pro Thrilling science fiction
The story and world present an exciting cyberpunk vision of the future similar to science fiction novels.
Pro Plenty of sidequests, good replay value
The game's storyline can be compared to The Witcher's 3, both in length and in the sheer number of sidequests. Also, since most of your choices will genuinely affect the outcome, the game has great replay value.
Pro No microtransactions
All of the game's content will be available from the get-go. Sure, there will be DLCs, but none of them will require you to pay extra to unlock a single weapon or feature.
Pro Vast weapon selection
It is too early to tell, but the closed preview already shown that there will be dozens of varied combat weapons, most of them quite creative. There are smart bullets that bounce off walls, smart tracking bullets. Also, there are customizable weapons as well.
Pro Augmentations
The game features a cool system of bionic enhancements that let you customize your abilities. Also, you can use drugs to enhance your combat.
Pro Open world
The game is set in a fictional neon city known as Night City. It has six districts and all of them will be able to be explored by the player, each one offering a different environment.
Cons
Con Working with the level editor is difficult (no documentation)
There is not much documentation for the level editor in the game, as the creators primarily use it for themselves. There are of course many hotkeys you could accidentally press as well.
Con Obtuse puzzles, especially with optional content
Mediocre game design all around. Many puzzles are ordered badly or redundant and could have been combined or removed to smoothen the experience, as well as occasionally not exercising the bounds of certain elements (like ranged pickup). The game's optional content is even more worrisome as it often leads you to play hidden object games to look in hundreds of corners instead of using more difficult puzzles. One particularly egregious example is when you have to interpret a message in a very specific way after using a decryption algorithm you may not know about into another questionable input system.
Con No multiplayer plans for now
For the people who like to play out their games cooperatively or competitively, this is kind of a disappointment.