I was then bitterly disappointed to discover that it was, for reasons wholly unexplained, available only through Steam. A few days ago a pirated copy of the puzzle title surfaced online which initially appeared to work as a regular game. I played this game last weekend on someone elses machine, and loved it immediately. One of those players recently posted on Steam that. The same is true for Croteam’s latest release The Talos Principle. We discussed The Talos Principle's surprisingly emotive philosophy on episode 126 of the Super Joystiq Podcast. It looks like those who play pirated versions of The Talos Principle are trapped in an elevator and won’t be able to come out no matter what. Suffice to say, there is some process running in the background, anti-virus, malware, or some other legitimate software, that Talos Principle is misinterpreting as typical of processes used to pirate software. The elevator trick, while more subtle, appears to be similarly effective. UYfYXPlbrHĬroteam previously deterred pirates from fully enjoying Serious Sam 3: BFE with an immortal, speedy, rifle-wielding, giant scorpion. The first response to the thread reads, "Congratulations you must be the first one to show to the internet world what Croteam did this time to punish pirates :) You should be proud of yourself, it will be all over the internet in about 30 minutes I'd say." games 2) Modders will make them work with K1 so most Tegra users will pirate them So if they try to force.
Developer Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital tweeted links to a NeoGAF thread featuring a screencap of a post titled "Elevator doesn't work!" on The Talos Principle's Steam forum. Posted by Shimmergloom: The Talos Principle. Claustrophobic pirates, beware: Anyone who illegally downloads The Talos Principle will be trapped in an elevator early in the game, with no way to progress.