The Talos Principle

"Game immediately crashes on launch. To make the game work on the nVidia Shield TV, you need to create a file called "Talos.ini" containing the text, ` gfx_strAPI = "VLK"; ` in the location "Android\data\com.devolver.Talos\files\Talos.ini" Good game, but it gets a one-star rating because I shouldn't have to do this. The developers have clearly abandoned the Android version. I'll update this review to five stars if they make this simple one-line-of-code fix. (later edit) The newest nVidia SHIELD TV OS update broke this workaround. Now the Talos Principle just flat out doesn't work at all, along with all other SHIELD games that use the GPU for 3D graphics. If Croteam isn't going to fix this then it should be removed from sale."

"Got it since it was on sale for $0.99, and just echoing what Benjamin McLean said, but for me it NEVER seemed to make an Talos.ini file in "/[Where your stuff is stored]/Android/data/com.devolver.Talos/files/" even though it had storage permission. So I made one in notepad with just(no quote marks or space: "gfx_strAPI = "VLK";" And copied it there via the "Shield's transfer files over local network" option. Seriously, if you can bother putting it on sale, you can bother fixing this simple issue. Even more so when very few devices support it...."

"Good game and all, but it doesn't work on the shield tablet anymore when using touch."

"Crashes to Android home screen every time I try to run it on Nvidia Shield. Can't even see a splash screen. How do I get a refund? Paying for an app that does literally nothing is a bit aggrevating."

"Alexander Ramsay, thank you! Editing the Talos.ini file works, however its worth copying it to another folder-editing it and then using the new file to copy over the old one, otherwise the changes don't take effect. Croteam should be on top of this but there are so few Talos android users that they just wait for you to contact them.."

"For those on Nvidia Shield TV, to get this to work, Go to: /sdcard/Android/data/com.devolver.Talos/files/Talos.ini Change the line containing: gfx_strAPI = "OpenGL"; to this: gfx_strAPI = "VLK"; Then it should work."

"over 2 months with no fix for the nvidia shield. No info or communications so stuck with a game that i paid for but cannot play."

"Had to uninstall reinstall. Works fine now. Cool game."

"Tried twice to install this game on my shield tablet. On both occasions it downloads & sits on installing for an extended period. Please advise on how I get the game installed or arrange a refund."

"I played the game with my sisters for less than an hour before we all got headaches from the constantly shifting camera and I uninstalled it (my fault for testing it outside the refund period). That said, despite not liking it myself, the developer created a really beautiful game and the one puzzle I started ran quite smoothly on my shield TV. The controls were good too. Overall, the game was well made and I believe most people would enjoy it; however, it is definitely not for me."