The Talos Principle Timeline | COMPLETE Talos Principle Story & Lore

[@Skyrionn]

This is a new game for the channel. Any interaction would be amazing! (Like, dislike, comment) I love this game and loved telling the story. What should I cover next?

[@yoalyrodriguez94]

@myako Said Resident Evil for the next thing cover and I have to second it. Or, Silent Hill since Silent Hill 2 Remake is coming out soon.

[@Skyrionn]

Those are great suggestions

[@AngelofGrace96]

​@@yoalyrodriguez94ooh yess, gotta second silent Hill!

[@Frankyhorrigan]

Cover the new half life 3 leaks

[@potatomining4806]

Could you cover what we would see in half life 3? What lore needs to be given to finish it? That and the lore of Terraria maybe

[@ShevaDecai]

The Talos Principle is one of my favorite video games of all time, so thank you so much for making this lore video!

[@Skyrionn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@runie]

Seeing everything that occurs laid out chronologically in such a beautifully presented way is a fantastic experience. This is honestly edited like a 10-minute video but it goes on for 4 hours. Crazy.

[@DMJ]

This is totally awesome, well done!

[@Skyrionn]

Holy crap - thanks for watching Damjan! Your music was incredible in the series.

[@songworks17]

What a lovely story. And holy shit. I did not expect to watch a four hour video tonight. I kinda wanted to play something, but this was so much better.

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for watching. Now you know the story, you should play it!

[@alessandromorelli5866]

you should play it 100%

[@rollins4484]

I don't know who you are but keep up all the great work, so far I've enjoyed your narration and story telling to Half-life, Quake and now this, and this has the most impressive thought provoking story I have ever seen, keep it all up!!!

[@Iron_Soil]

Skyrionn really makes me lisen about a game i never heard of, and i like it

[@Skyrionn]

It's such an amazing story. You may like the game!

[@Iron_Soil]

@@Skyrionn finished the video, hell yeah!

[@kizuto]

The Talos Principle games is probably the greatest expirience I ever lived through. The music, the story, the environment, the puzzles - I adore all of it. These games legitematelly changed how I think and view the world for the better. Thank you for making this video

[@broceratops1337]

So I'm an hour and a half in. Been listening to just the audio while working and i honestly forget the new humans are synthetics. What a wild story

[@somecrackheadwithinterneta2010]

Can't wait to wake up to this tomorrow lol

[@flightlessdutchman6698]

Congratulations on the achievements mentioned in the outro whilst working on this project. You deserve it!

[@anthonygorman94]

I heard the name, but never really heard of the game. The story is one I’m grateful to have heard! As someone with a love of lore, but not much patience, this video gave me more things to think about, thank you!

[@juanma513]

A great analysis / summary of an astonishing masterpiece. The way this game covers so many existential, ethical, philosophical, artistic (among other) topics is so brilliant and deep. Huge thanks and congrats!

[@Exoduss23]

I enjoyed this a lot but then i am really into sci-fi stories like this that deal in such things so even though i never played the games i enjoyed the lore video a lot. Thanks for your hard work making it.

[@ClydeC]

Dude, I dont know if anyone else told you.. But your voice is so soothing.. I watch your vids till I fell asleep

[@Skyrionn]

I've heard it a few times. I appreciate you watching them

[@ClydeC]

@@Skyrionn Thanks for uploading your lore vids.. For being a storyteller of sorts..

[@tehprimelime1063]

After a rough few weeks, thank you for this Skyrionn.

[@Skyrionn]

I hope your weeks get better :) Thanks for watching

[@Taliysin]

You obviously put a lot of love into this, and I learned a lot about the story and more about this game. I am in love with the storyline. And this is an evergreen content, my man so may not pick it up right now, but people will be finding this for years

[@Crash765]

As far as I can remember, there was only one email we saw from Trevor in the first game. I loved the recorded messages from him in the second game. The first ones were funny. The later ones were downright heartbreaking.

[@Skyrionn]

I liked that Croteam used a character they'd already mentioned in the first game. Trevor was a really sad part of the story.

[@stevetirotta7544]

Thanks! I love your lore videos because I can experience the stories of these games that I have lost patience with or simply can’t fit into my schedule! Keep up the great work.

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for the donation! I appreciate it. The lore for this series was buried in terminal entries and conversation trees so I was happy to deep dive into the world. Thanks for watching too.

[@sava1811]

I've been waiting for you to cover this!

[@PrimordialGlyph]

Thanks for making this video. More people need to know about these games!

[@yodaas7902]

I've been waiting for a video like this for TTP, THANK YOU!

[@Skyrionn]

It was a lot of work but absolutely worth it.

[@liamj5622]

Underrated video, thank you! Commenting now before this video blows up in a month randomly

[@yoalyrodriguez94]

Hell yeah! I kove The Talos Principal! Thank you for all of your work on these lore videos, you're one of the best on KZbin.

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks Yoaly! I appreciate you

[@StardustSpeedman]

Yes! I had been waiting for this! Thank you!!!

[@Skyrionn]

Hope you like it!

[@StardustSpeedman]

@@Skyrionn It took me a while, but I've finally watched through all of it and I loved it, so thanks again! Your summary of the story in 3 words, "A hopeful melody", is perfect! Exactly for this reason, I had told a summary of the story to my parents when I first finished The Talos Principle 2. They're not gamers and have little interest in games, but this story is, in my opinion, not just interesting, but important, and I believe as many people as possible should know about it. My parents got really interested and were moved by the game's positivity towards humans and their future (considering that the robots ARE the continuation of humanity). When you first posted this timeline, I even encouraged my parents to watch it, although, to be honest, I doubt that they actually have. Anyway, I want to say a few things about the things you said at the end of the video. First of all, I'm happy for you for the good changes that have come to your life within the last few months! What really caught me by surprise was that you mentioned the Croc remaster as a significant event for you. I myself am a huge platformer fan, more than any other genre, but I really didn't think it would be your thing! :D About The Talos Principle 2, I was with Byron all along! I would also love to see a Talos Principle 3, but it seems to me that they pretty much went with "closing" the story with this game as much as possible. It's also hard for me to imagine how they could make the story of the next game as impactful as this one. Still, I would love to solve puzzles on other worlds! :D Regarding the new puzzle elements in The Talos Principle 2, there weren't any that bothered me, but there were some that I really liked, especially those which made navigation and environmental interaction more complex. Here is my ranking of all the puzzle elements, from least to most interesting: 11. Inverter 10. RGB Converter 09. Accumulator 08. Item Swapper 07. Driller 06. Activator (Field Generator) 05. Levitating Platform 04. Teleporter 03. Robot control 02. Schifting gravity 01. Moving environmental pieces

[@potatomining4806]

Finally fished this, I really liked the final section of the video. Congrats on the wedding! I think my favorite puzzle mechanic was the white laser and laser catchers in the utopia/dystopia area. Thanks again for going over the whole lore, I learned a ton

[@searachii]

Thank you for your hard work!! ❤

[@riachuelo4340]

Truly cinema.

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks!

[@jojoeifler6175]

Thank you so much for this video! You can feel the amount of work and love that flowed into it. And yay wedding!!

[@aetr1979]

holy shit talos principle!!?? two of my favorite puzzle games ever this is so hype

[@Skyrionn]

Amazing games. Hope you liked the video!

[@majorgillis4082]

Thank you very much for this complex and well constructed video. I appreciate the effort you’ve put in and can’t wait to see future projects.

[@moszto]

A prequel game to the talos principle series would be awesome. The storyline that led to the fall of humans would have so much potential for a great single player game.

[@JamesTDG]

Man, I am glad you made this video, after watching Aliensrock finish the TTP2 campaign, I was extremely curious about the lore for the series.

[@Techhunter_Talon]

I love that Elohim essentially was revived and got himself a robot body outside of the simulation. He's definitely a character you feel bad for during the story of the first game once you learn just how afraid he was of the simulation ending and him effectively dying.

[@GrEgoRioGPJK]

It was amazing to listen, thank you for the really detailed timeline explanation and keep up the good work you do! ✌

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for listening

[@ExecutorQ3]

Oh damn, like i've ordered this. I have to some 3h+ cad work and you just dropped this gem. Thx mate! 👍

[@Skyrionn]

Enjoy your work with some Talos Principle!

[@sproins]

Watching this in chunks, what I've seen so far is brilliant, as always. Really hope this explodes, I can tell you put a ton of effort into it. Since you asked for suggestions, mine is Rain World. There's some other lore videos out there about it but I'd love to see a deep dive in your style.

[@vault_boid3160]

Best 4 hours I've spent today.

[@evenglare]

This is WILDthat you just uploaded this today, because I just 100% Talos 2 this morning, and Talos 1 a few days ago. After just deciding to try the series out like.. last week on a whim. Had no idea what these games even were at all. This is one of the best series I've ever and I mean ever in my life played. I can't remember a game that made me think and pose questions liek this since.. maybe chrono cross nearly 25 years ago. This is absolutely wild though that you would have just uploaded this, as I completed both games and I was wondering if you had a lore video just to kind of put it all together in perspective. Amazing coincidence, but these are *amazing* games. Like 10/10 for me personally. Anyone else got any recommendations for others like this? I just recently picked up manifold garden and while not really story driven still an amazing puzzle game.

[@halo3iskewlyay]

Not a puzzle game but SOMA explores similar concepts to Talos.

[@Skyrionn]

Seems to be perfect timing for a few people! In terms of other games, SOMA is a great one. I also have a timeline covering it too!

[@AluVixapede]

Oh cooooool, I've been looking forward to this one!

[@Skyrionn]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[@AluVixapede]

@@Skyrionn Oh, I **loved** it! It's such a deep and comprehensive look at a series I rarely see talked about. I'll be sending anyone even remotely curious this way; (with the recommendation that if the story seems like something they'd want to experience, grab the game and start in - sometimes puzzling can be a hard sell for a game) I truly hope this video gets more views; the care and attention on this project really shines through c:

[@potatomining4806]

There’s so few videos covering the Talos principle and it’s one of my favorites, glad I can count on Skyrionn here to help

[@potatomining4806]

I’m also into making videos like this, how do you get such cinematic shots??

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for watching! It's console commands and photomode mostly

[@masterloquendo1995]

Thanks for the video!!

[@JamesTDG]

3:55:50 I would like to point out that there would be remote pockets of OG humans within frigid locations (as we all remember the hell of greenland in particular within plague inc), specifically anywhere near the poles, perhaps one of them was able to hold out just long enough to have avoided the infection that wiped out humanity, and study some sort of way to preserve their consciousness with whatever information was still available post-collapse. I have a strong feeling that this POTENTIAL story (because I don't want to meddle with perfection without the devs approval) could work out well with an expedition team investigating the Antarctic, perhaps accidentally discovered via surveys of the permafrost, a hidden cache with a forgotten piece of humanity could be discovered, with the preserved data of a legacy human, who almost cheated death, but just could not get the system to translate their memories into a living consciousness. I could easily imagine this as a hard mode DLC that brought back the hell of TTP1's mechanics to help tell the difficulty of converting what would honestly be the most inefficiently stored model of a potential consciousness to return to life. At the end, it could be the bridge that connects Homo-Talos to Homo-Sapiens(-Sapiens) (Seriously, TTP devs, if you find this comment, can I be that guy?)

[@imia9334]

Can't wait to watch this! It's my all time favorite games!

[@SerpentNight]

These games are such a trip.

[@Skyrionn]

They're incredible

[@ErenisRanitos]

holy shit that was one of the best stories I heard in my whole life. thanks a lot for this amazing video. (I didn't play the game because I am really bad at puzzles. 😀)

[@TroyChilds1]

Fantastic mate, thank you so much, what a wild ride

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for watching it! It's an amazing series.

[@brauliorivera2564]

I love this timeline

[@Skyrionn]

same

[@thatonespecialedkid5628]

Dud hands down the best video you made so far can you cover Titanfall

[@Vicariuz]

i saw this game many years ago, the trailers really got my attention but i never heard of it again after it, i quite literally forgot it existed, and to see it's story having such a similar narrative to what i dream of doing in my career nowadays, it might become my favorite game ever when i eventualy play it

[@Skyrionn]

Play it ASAP. It's so good.

[@hay_den9002]

This made me buy the game

[@Skyrionn]

You're in for a treat

[@hay_den9002]

@@Skyrionnyou are so right. I started playing and I can’t stop!

[@Crash765]

Finally got through the whole video. Very well done. I considered the first game to be perfect and the second game to be...uh...more perfect? The tetromino puzzles in the first game only really bothered me in the messenger worlds. Some of those were ridiculous. I rather liked the bridge puzzles in the second game. You know, in every playthrough of the first game, I always got hung up on The Conservatory for some reason. Then, playing in The Museum of the Simulation, one of the three mock-up puzzles was that one. Gee, thanks game! I also always had problems with the swapper tool. I can't say that I hated them, though. I just wrote it off as my own shortcoming. :) I imagine The Anomaly and the Gehenna people will be a subject for The Talos Principle 3...hopefully. You mentioned the HL3 leaks. I really loved the movie Zootopia and the Half Life series. It occurred to me that quite possibly, within a period of a year, I'll see Half Life 3 and Zootopia 2. I think my brain will explode.

[@ratchetdnb9554]

Damn you really have a Talent to bring those universes to life every fucking time, keep up the awesome work, always a massive blast when you Drop a Video!!

[@Skyrionn]

Thank you! It just comes from a love of the games I cover. Thanks for watching!

[@ratchetdnb9554]

​​@@SkyrionnDude im almost at the end of this and wtf what a ride.. I've had heard of that game but never ever would've even dreamt of what CRAAAZY lore there is, all those concepts are just insane, 4 hours very well spend!! Already excited for your next banger!! The quality you put out is crazy! Edit: just realised ive missed your hollow knight Video, next 1,5 hours gonna be fire aswell😂

[@alexanderurazay8305]

Thanks for the early Christmas present :)

[@Skyrionn]

Happy holidays!

[@Myako]

Ooooooh, this will be interesting! Please consider covering the timeline and do a plot analysis of the Resident Evil series when you have the time. 🙏🏻

[@yoalyrodriguez94]

Oh man, Resident Evil would be awesome!

[@Myako]

@@yoalyrodriguez94 indeed. I remember reading a super detailed plot analysis on GameFAQs a looooooong time ago. It was extremely engaging. ☺️

[@Skyrionn]

RE is a good shout

[@stevehurd6708]

Phenomenal job!!!

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks!

[@Crash765]

I love these games. Well, with the possible exception of Into The Abyss. But a 4-hour video I'm going to have to watch in pieces. 😀

[@Skyrionn]

Into The Abyss was pretty tough! Isle of the Blessed was my favourite. Clearly because Yaqut is the best character. Lemme know what you think of the video!

[@Crash765]

@@Skyrionn Enjoying the video so far. I loved Isle of the Blessed. I found Into The Abyss to be kind of ridiculous difficulty-wise.

[@atlassarnosian555]

I'm sorta let down how the DLCs more align to a canonical ending. Kinda wished we could have seen the alternate perspectives in what might've happened afterwards with the main game's other endings, but at least there is a focused narrative on where the next game will go. Talos 3 will surely be something else I don't think any of us can properly imagine. With Jonas exclaiming that it will be a different kind of game, who would know but him to think how all of this could progress after such high stakes, grand revelations and bombastic endings.

[@Skyrionn]

I actually liked the canonical ending but I think that is more for me knowing exactly where everything falls into place. I'm excited to see where Talos 3 goes, if it is made anyway. I swear I saw rumours about a future Talos game but I couldn't find where I saw them.

[@atlassarnosian555]

@@Skyrionn Jonas's official Twitter and Reddit comments have confirmed it. The story of it was actually conceptualized even before Talos's 2 release, so we're just gonna have to wait and see where the grand finale takes us.

[@Xx_REDACTED_xX]

we can all agree that Skyrionn is the best storyteller

[@ATJonzie]

this was an amazing 4 hours

[@cedricvennes3561]

Let us see what’s the myth of The Talos Principle’s storyline has to say…

[@Frankyhorrigan]

Goated vid

[@ValveBoi-ps8zx]

true

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks!

[@Gigi-zy1kx]

4hrs! Holy moly

[@Skyrionn]

Basically 2 movies

[@Gigi-zy1kx]

@@Skyrionn I know. That's a lot of work. Good job

[@Amknownas_743great_explainer]

Yes!

[@Will_-it3mh]

rly cool video. how'd you do the custom cutscenes, like when athena awakens eusthasius and cornelius?

[@JuanWonOne]

*beep boop* on time this time!

[@Skyrionn]

Welcome welcome.

[@arkotheuhh7297]

Good Shit dude

[@Skyrionn]

Good to see you Arko

[@Pixelated_Nexus]

I, personally, depise this story, i almost cried when humanity ended in this damn story

[@RaymondTracer]

Cool

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for the donation! Glad you liked the video

[@scarletfoxfrostnovember3407]

Heard about the game long time ago but back then I wasn't into puzzle game so I ignored it, now that I understand English a lot more(and I start loving game lores) and I got bored of action games I think I wanna try this game out

[@raziel2956]

My favourite franchise after Half-life, I have to play the dlc first and then watch the lore but this will surely be like a movie night for me!

[@Skyrionn]

You'll love the DLC. It's amazing.

[@raziel2956]

@@Skyrionn Hoping it hints towards a Talos Principle 3 but I don't want to spoil myself, will definitely buy it!

[@whiterabbit3050]

Rip Trevor couldn’t confess his feelings for Alex…I wonder how Alex would have reacted if Trevor haved feelings for her🤔🤔🤔

[@Skyrionn]

I'd like to think she'd return the sentiment, but all of her focus was on the project. I think the reason he never told her was because they both had a goal that was more important than their own happiness.

[@whiterabbit3050]

@@Skyrionnwill you ever cover the lore of halo?

[@Harshware]

How can one make a video like this 😵‍💫

[@alpharius365]

Worst thing about this video is that it ends.

[@CanYouChoose]

In the morning folks 😂

[@broceratops1337]

MY BODY IS READY

[@Skyrionn]

enjoy

[@MrPink-qf1xi]

Hell yeah

[@Skyrionn]

welcome welcome

[@louismuriuki1907]

Thanks for making me question my entire existence 🥲🥲

[@SeriousApache]

3:56:22 - Bro, the absolute worst part of Talos franchise is those stupid recording machines from first game... I hate those thing. And don't even start about _That DLC Level in second game_ (you know the one)

[@SECONDQUEST]

Might have ball cancer. Weird video to watch but it helps.

[@Lumberjack_king]

40:50 it's crazy how all the ai,s they. Didn't want to become sentient did instead of the child program becoming sentient except for admin

[@Fryingpanjim]

Hi

[@Skyrionn]

Hi

[@miguelmackay4851]

PROJECT ZERO DAWN?!?!?!

[@MashoshPashosh]

burp

[@Skyrionn]

burp

[@stoplight2554]

1:55:19 fun fact- the inscription here is based on the incription of the 'georgia guidestones', at least before they were destroyed

[@Sobachkaspike]

Thank you so much, my friend. I like the story of these games. You are a good narrator!