The game is a celebration of our inquisitive humanity and capacity for growth.
The scarcity of the game’s puzzles is frustrating, because, slight repetition aside, every one of those puzzles is cleverly designed.
It allows players to learn and wonder at all the symbolism at their own pace, to draw their own conclusions.
The Talos Principle has an answer to the age-old question of “Why do we play games?”
It’s a shame that the basic controls take so much away from appreciating The Bridge itself, because the game is literally a work of art.