game is still a great puzzler but the honeymoon period has worn off. the developers have gone to great pains to make sure that the puzzles are fairly designed and impossible to softlock, but in doing so they end up making the game's edges feel sanded down and soft. and throughout my playthrough i often found myself comparing the game against portal of all things. i want the tightly designed and fair puzzles like in portal. but i also want the ability to get obliterated by a turret or fall into a spike pit like in portal. and with it's snaking, meticulous yet ultimately completely deterministic puzzles and pathing, cocoon simply cannot offer that. but it's still a fun and tranquil trip