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Cocoon |OT| Worlds Within Worlds
- Thread starter WadiumArcadium
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- Indie OT
At that point, my brain started to hurt, and I felt like I broke the game. 🤣
There were several times throughout my playthrough that I felt I was soft locked, but no… I'm just an idiot.
Finished the game and it's really good.
Got 100% achievements first time getting that on an xbox game. It took me less than 4 hours and I didn't have to look up anything.
The bosses were genuinely good. The artstyle and music are top notch. The puzzles were easy but that made them more on the fun and creative side.
Only disappointment is
Got 100% achievements first time getting that on an xbox game. It took me less than 4 hours and I didn't have to look up anything.
The bosses were genuinely good. The artstyle and music are top notch. The puzzles were easy but that made them more on the fun and creative side.
Only disappointment is
No Final boss. Cause I enjoyed the bosses in this game so much I was looking forward to a final one.
Ended up powering through this in a couple of sittings. It's a really slick game and well worth playing if you're into the sort of atmospheric puzzle thing, but as polished as it is it kind of left me feeling empty. I think going full abstract like they do here ends up distancing me more from the experience. I need a pinky toe at least grounding it in something real. Inside remains the king of this type of game. Starting out as just a boy on the run and descending into the weirdness that you experience in that game just makes it resonate so much better. I think that's why I liked Somerville as much as I did in spite of how janky that game could be at times.
Somerville is genuinely good and the puzzle mechanic they use is fun it's just a shame some of the solutions do feel kinda janky and in these types of games confusion whether you're executing the sequence wrong or if that's not the correct sequence at all can be really devastating.
Inside and Little Nightmares are still my favorites when it comes to "vibes" but I did enjoy the abstract nature of Cocoon as well just at more of a distance.
Just wanted to confirm, I can sweep the missing achievements just by loading? I can load anywhere I want?
Yes, it will say something like "you may lose progress" but don't worry you won't. For example, you can load back to 20%, then to 80%, then back to 50% with no issue.
I've heard that PP is like this game taken to the max, will have to check it out!
The save system in this is grand. It's quite incremental with the percentages, is it based on different levels or when it autosaves?
The final room where you have to stack all the orbs inside one another to get through the last door. In each corner you'll see all the moon ancestors that you've already got and an empty space if you've missed one.
It runs perfectly on pc but seems to run fine on switch (but at 30 fps). So it's up to you
I think it just keeps checkpoint saves whenever there's an autosave. The save system is basically identical to the one in Inside. It works well for on-rails games like this.
Finished it on Switch. Fantastic game, but the framerate was never really smooth for me. Lots a little hiccups. If your going to play this on Switch, my advice would be: wait for a patch.
Tbh, wished I played it on my SteamDeck
What an excellent game. The atmosphere, art direction and difficulty were all pitch perfect. A few times I was just giggling at how the ideas were implemented. It all ramps up so easily. The solutions feel second nature by the end without ever explaining itself, even when just guessing and hoping. Definitely high on my list for this year!
Absolutely perfect game game for me to cleanse the palette between Shadow Gambit and diving into Baldur's Gate 3 co-op. But 'palate cleanser' doesn't quite do it justice. Puzzle design is up there with Portal 1 and 2. I do prefer INSIDE's atmosphere (Cocoon is no slouch in this respect but a little more of an abstract experience), but this is certainly a much, much better game than the disappointment that was Somerville. What a year, eh?
Agreed. It's a solid 9/10 for me and would've been 10/10 with just a little bit of added context for its world.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you guys here, I love the fact that this game offers the same experience to anyone in the world, you don't need to know a specific language to play it, you don't even need to know how to read. Any added story, context, lore or explanation would kinda ruin its alien worlds with any form of written language. But that's just me :)
It's very impressive that you seemingly can't soft lock yourself on any of the puzzles. Must have been a nightmare to design and test
Nah. Every boss was well designed and fun. Only issue is they were all easy as heck.
I can only imagine the headache you'd get trying to visualize these logic puzzles during development. Programmers be like 🤔🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐
"Recursed" is one of the hardest puzzle games I've ever played, and is a pure distillation of this concept. Cheap and excellent.
Thanks for the advice!
I actually got it on Steam when I heard "30fps on Switch" lol. Having a good time with it playing on the laptop connected to the TV!
Patrick's Parabox has a bit more of a recursive nature, and a traditional puzzle structure, but this game reminded me of it for some of its "inside the box" mechanics lol
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If you take a step back and observe, the game follows a very linear progression and strictly limits what you have access to for a given puzzle, it's just very good at disguising it.
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Thanks for gaslighting me, dude. I guess the struggle I had with that boss, the ten deaths, and the last phase needing an additional hit out of nowhere, were all my imagination.
I finished this game yesterday and it was possibly one of the most magical gaming experiences I can remember having. It took me less than 4 hours to finish but that time was close to gaming perfection.
You know that amazing feeling you get when you solve a puzzle which really blows your mind? This game was basically that constantly for the whole playtime for me, without any of the frustration of getting stuck beforehand. I really vibed with the world they'd created too, it was a fun adventure going through and seeing all of the weird stuff they'd designed, the game has a really fantastic atmosphere.
I think it is absolutely masterful design with how they guide you and somewhat limit your options in a way that prevents you from getting confused or wasting your time considering things which aren't relevant to the current puzzle. And everything being so intuitive with excellent visual language, there's no words in the game to teach you anything but it's always super clear what everything does.
I do wish it was a bit longer and had some kind of climactic moment, it was basically just steady build-up getting a bit crazier all the time until it just ends. Not a real problem but nailing an end section that ties it all together would have probably elevated this to GOAT territory for me.
You know that amazing feeling you get when you solve a puzzle which really blows your mind? This game was basically that constantly for the whole playtime for me, without any of the frustration of getting stuck beforehand. I really vibed with the world they'd created too, it was a fun adventure going through and seeing all of the weird stuff they'd designed, the game has a really fantastic atmosphere.
I think it is absolutely masterful design with how they guide you and somewhat limit your options in a way that prevents you from getting confused or wasting your time considering things which aren't relevant to the current puzzle. And everything being so intuitive with excellent visual language, there's no words in the game to teach you anything but it's always super clear what everything does.
I do wish it was a bit longer and had some kind of climactic moment, it was basically just steady build-up getting a bit crazier all the time until it just ends. Not a real problem but nailing an end section that ties it all together would have probably elevated this to GOAT territory for me.
Completed it yesterday and it's definitely in the conversation for me as a Game of the Year. Just a wonderfully atmospheric and creative game.
You could only wish for these types of puzzles in triple a games. The type of puzzles I'd thought I'd see in Zelda TotK. Hopefully the next Metroid Prime has some moments like this.
I'm only 33% in and this is probably my favorite game of the year
I'm only 33% in and this is probably my favorite game of the year
I loved the game overall and barrels through it over the weekend, but I have to agree with this… The boss fights feel out of spirit with the rest of the game.
I really loved the game. Super clever puzzles, yet such a simple interaction scheme. A perfect example of games with non-verbal communication that easy you into new mechanics and concepts with visual cues.
Perfectly paced and not too long. Probably my favourite indie title this year.
Perfectly paced and not too long. Probably my favourite indie title this year.
I have so many conflicting feelings on the boss battles.
On the one hand, the visuals/designs were great. Mechanically and conceptually, they were well designed.
On the other hand, I know they tried to make retries as seamless as possible, but it was still annoying to get to the last phase of a boss, make a stupid mistake and get thrown back to the beginning. I found myself sweating and worrying about making a mistake when the rest of that game doesn't have that feeling at all, so tonally it was a little out of place.
But they look so cool. And some of their gameplay mechanics were cool. I don't love them but I don't hate them? I wish they weren't in the game but I'm glad they are? I dont know how to explain my feelings. Regardless they were my least favorite part gameplay-wise.
On the one hand, the visuals/designs were great. Mechanically and conceptually, they were well designed.
On the other hand, I know they tried to make retries as seamless as possible, but it was still annoying to get to the last phase of a boss, make a stupid mistake and get thrown back to the beginning. I found myself sweating and worrying about making a mistake when the rest of that game doesn't have that feeling at all, so tonally it was a little out of place.
But they look so cool. And some of their gameplay mechanics were cool. I don't love them but I don't hate them? I wish they weren't in the game but I'm glad they are? I dont know how to explain my feelings. Regardless they were my least favorite part gameplay-wise.
The atmosphere created by the abstract nature and art direction puts this game way above Inside for me. I did not need context, the game never made me question what was happening. I was fine going along with it and my mind being blown at multiple points.
The Store has it listed as a PS4/PS5 game on the PS5 itself. It does run at 60 fps and I'm not sure if it dips on PS5, but it does on Switch a bit.
Put me in the camp of peple who dug the boss fights. Each one was different, visually cool and mechanically surprising.
You're welcome. I'm definitely will replay this on 60fps. It's a fantastic game 👌🏻