The Talos Principle

Kevin Hodapp

Got it since it was on sale for $0.99, and just echoing what Benjamin McLean said, but for me it NEVER seemed to make an Talos.ini file in "/[Where your stuff is stored]/Android/data/com.devolver.Talos/files/" even though it had storage permission. So I made one in notepad with just(no quote marks or space: "gfx_strAPI = "VLK";" And copied it there via the "Shield's transfer files over local network" option. Seriously, if you can bother putting it on sale, you can bother fixing this simple issue. Even more so when very few devices support it....

Benjamin McLean

Game immediately crashes on launch. To make the game work on the nVidia Shield TV, you need to create a file called "Talos.ini" containing the text, ` gfx_strAPI = "VLK"; ` in the location "Android\data\com.devolver.Talos\files\Talos.ini" Good game, but it gets a one-star rating because I shouldn't have to do this. The developers have clearly abandoned the Android version. I'll update this review to five stars if they make this simple one-line-of-code fix. (later edit) The newest nVidia SHIELD TV OS update broke this workaround. Now the Talos Principle just flat out doesn't work at all, along with all other SHIELD games that use the GPU for 3D graphics. If Croteam isn't going to fix this then it should be removed from sale.

A Google user

Alexander Ramsay, thank you! Editing the Talos.ini file works, however its worth copying it to another folder-editing it and then using the new file to copy over the old one, otherwise the changes don't take effect. Croteam should be on top of this but there are so few Talos android users that they just wait for you to contact them..

joint ingridorchris

Crashes to Android home screen every time I try to run it on Nvidia Shield. Can't even see a splash screen. How do I get a refund? Paying for an app that does literally nothing is a bit aggrevating.

A Google user

over 2 months with no fix for the nvidia shield. No info or communications so stuck with a game that i paid for but cannot play.

82F GDT

Good game and all, but it doesn't work on the shield tablet anymore when using touch.

A Google user

For those on Nvidia Shield TV, to get this to work, Go to: /sdcard/Android/data/com.devolver.Talos/files/Talos.ini Change the line containing: gfx_strAPI = "OpenGL"; to this: gfx_strAPI = "VLK"; Then it should work.

A Google user

I own this on PC and PS4. Absolutely AMAZING game! I just had to pick it up when I seen it for Android. I'm running this on a Google pixel C tablet with Android Oreo 8.1 and it runs fine. The benchmark gave me an FPS of 27. There are loads of graphical options to tweak so you can adjust if your device is not running this smoothly. This is a fantastic port IMO

A Google user

I originally got the first "episode" thinking it was the full game on sale, and was disappointed that it wasn't. I eventually got the full game on Steam for cheaper than in the Play Store, so I forgot about this. But now they removed In-App Purchases, so I own the full game! It plays pretty well considering its age, and looks decent(on a K1). I would definitely recommend, especially if you like the Portal games. But note that the PC version is way better visually.

A Google user

Decided to re download this to find the in app purchases are gone! When I first purchased this I didn't realise I had to buy the rest of the game with the in app purchases which put me off the game. So glad I can play the full game. Now its worth the 5 star rating :)