My brain hurts. It just cannot fathom how anyone could possibly come up with some of these puzzles. But Cocoon works so well because none of these puzzles trick you, they're all incredibly satisfying to solve, and everything you need is in plain sight. It just needs a bit of grey matter exercising to put 2 and 2 together.
Cocoon is a beautifully crafted video game. Soothing visuals and sounds are the perfect accompaniment to the assortment of puzzles, which gradually increase in scope, scale and difficulty as the roughly 5 or 6 hours it takes to complete the game passes.
I also thought that the puzzles were perfectly pitched in terms of challenge and timescale. Not one seemed to overstay its welcome - there was certainly a few forehead slaps when I worked out a puzzle that stumped me for a while, but that was my brain's fault, not the game's!
I think a sign of a truly great game is when you wake up thinking about it. Or when you think 'just another 30 minutes' late at night, and you stay hooked for a few more hours. Cocoon did both of these to me - it's one of the coolest and inventive games I've played in a while.
Cocoon is a beautifully crafted video game. Soothing visuals and sounds are the perfect accompaniment to the assortment of puzzles, which gradually increase in scope, scale and difficulty as the roughly 5 or 6 hours it takes to complete the game passes.
I also thought that the puzzles were perfectly pitched in terms of challenge and timescale. Not one seemed to overstay its welcome - there was certainly a few forehead slaps when I worked out a puzzle that stumped me for a while, but that was my brain's fault, not the game's!
I think a sign of a truly great game is when you wake up thinking about it. Or when you think 'just another 30 minutes' late at night, and you stay hooked for a few more hours. Cocoon did both of these to me - it's one of the coolest and inventive games I've played in a while.