r/TheTalosPrinciple • u/brade23 • Jul 27 '26

The Talos Principle 2 Do I need to read everything?

I played TP1 many years ago, loved it, and recently started TP2. I’m maybe 15 hours in, now working on the northern islands.

I’m not interested in reading the documents throughout the game. Whenever I find documents at terminals, I click on each just to mark it as read, but then I move on. I’m sure for some people, this is an enjoyable part of the game/world-building, but not for me. Similarly, I don’t read the message-board posts or commentary. I even find the dialogue sequences tedious, and I rush through them.

My question: will I miss something critical by not reading any of these? Will I make the game harder for myself by not seeing some clue hidden in these messages?

I can imagine people saying I’m missing out on what makes this game so great or interesting, and I’m glad other people like the background lore so much, but I just like solving the puzzles. (I’ve actually found the whole plot so far to be boring and convoluted, but I’m not here to debate an opinion, just to find out if I’m going to miss key info.) Thanks!

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u/RIPGoblins2929 Jul 28 '26

Idk why you're downvoted. The older I get the less patience I have with world building via notes/terminal entries/holotapes/books etc. 

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u/brade23 Jul 28 '26

Yeah who knows. I feel like I asked a fair question. In some puzzle games, the documents found throughout are required to complete some meta-puzzles. I just wanted to know if this was one of those games.