Review Cocoon PS5 All Killer No Filler in This Superb Recursive World Puzzler
Marble madness.
Geometric Interactive is led by alumni from Playdead, the studio behind Limbo and Inside, and you can really tell. Its debut game, Cocoon, shares a lead gameplay designer in Jeppe Carlsen, and his expertise shines through in one of this year's standout releases — indie or otherwise. With an ingenious concept fuelling its myriad puzzles, this is an incredibly lean and compelling game from start to finish.
Cocoon is a puzzle adventure in which you control a bug-like creature on a multi-world odyssey. Set in a series of environments from alien deserts to biomechanical caverns, the game has you hopping between them in order to solve puzzles. At set points in each level, you can leap out of one world and into the next, with the place you just left contained within an orb you can carry on your back. It's tricky to wrap your head around, but it makes a lot more sense in action.
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