Shocked this won over Pizza Tower at TGA, I can see why (it appeals more to the general demographic) but at its core COCOON is a simple top-down puzzle game with a couple "gameplay" bosses in-between. Nothing bad, in fact I had fun solving the puzzles and thought they were quite intuitive and rewarded strategy. However, this does not mean the puzzles are without their flaws.
A lot of backtracking is required and the same concepts are re-treaded, sometimes to figure out puzzles you need to do something based off of intuition which not all people have, in particular I really didn't have to look up any solutions (most puzzles came to me after a bit of thinking in my case) but the very final puzzle I just wanted to finish the game so I looked it up. D'oh moment for sure.
Other than that, the bosses that are here are pretty fun, although the final boss is a bit of a cop-out and I was expecting more of an ending than what was given.
Aesthetics are beautiful, soundtrack is beautiful and minimal, this is an artsy game that can be enjoyed by almost anyone, I just think bottom line for me personally I enjoy games with a bit more going on hence the relatively low rating.
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A lot of backtracking is required and the same concepts are re-treaded, sometimes to figure out puzzles you need to do something based off of intuition which not all people have, in particular I really didn't have to look up any solutions (most puzzles came to me after a bit of thinking in my case) but the very final puzzle I just wanted to finish the game so I looked it up. D'oh moment for sure.
Other than that, the bosses that are here are pretty fun, although the final boss is a bit of a cop-out and I was expecting more of an ending than what was given.
Aesthetics are beautiful, soundtrack is beautiful and minimal, this is an artsy game that can be enjoyed by almost anyone, I just think bottom line for me personally I enjoy games with a bit more going on hence the relatively low rating.
BEATEN