All in all I enjoyed this instalment as much as the first one, and same as previously, there's a good balance between pros and cons. I'll just go with TL;DR version and list only one main part of each:

PRO:
- I really enjoyed the variety of puzzles, the addition of new mechanics and approach to solutions. There's only a handful of puzzles (out of approx. 150) which resemble each other. Not talking about easy levels of course which are designed merely to introduce a player to each new concept. With this being said, the complexity was very very balanced. The majority of puzzles might take you about 3-5 mins or so solve. Personally for me there was only one golden puzzle which unfortunately earned me a "think for 20 min on a puzzle" achievement lol.

CON:
- Too much talk! Whilst the philosophy of the OG was mostly subtly scribed in the terminals, this incarnation brings the whole fleet of notes, audio logs and visuals onto you and this is just... unnecessarily overwhelming. Yeah ok I got the idea behind different views on the humanity progress and its consequences, but hearing it over and over again in various forms is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MADDENING! I honestly stopped talking to anyone in Act 5 (or 4?) and stopped reading logs probably from the beginning. Oh, and that simulation of social network - as if we don't have enough of that ♥♥♥♥ in real life. Why change of heart? Because it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ puzzle game! Yes it's also one of the most beautiful exploration/walking sim, but hey, delivering philosophical ideas via talking robots pretending to be humans... that's a whole new trope which unfortunately I won't accept. I came here to solve puzzles and enjoy the views, not to delve into some graphomaniac's opus magnum on what future awaits our civilisation.

RANK:
- 8/10

- optimization has some weak points and in specific cases game crashes
- no ukrainian translation 🙁
- no workshop or community puzzles 🙁
- petting cats has only 1 animation and sounds like petting a steel brush
+ can pet cats 🙂
+ puzzles
+ easter eggs
In general, this should be a positive review, but leaving such a game without more translations is a crime.

10/10 za:
– oprawa wizualna ciesząca oczy;
– oprawa dźwiękowa, zwłaszcza muzyka, pieszcząca uszy;
– scenariusz dający znacznie więcej, niż tylko tło dla zagadek;
– zagadki, które dały mi fantastyczną rekreację dla umysłu, a ich rozwiązywanie, pełną satysfakcję.

Mam nadzieję, że będzie Talos trzeci, ale strach pomyśleć jak przeskoczyć ten poziom z części 2. ...