Recent reviews by sno0ks

It's a very good game, but POE1 players are bad at video games and anything that slows them down by 0.001% or requires them to use 3 neurons in combat causes them to fall into an apoplectic frenzy that they can't escape from until they pull the lever of the nearest slot machine. Is it perfect? No. Is it finished? No. It's early access. But it's still the best ARPG on the market, until the POE1 players succeed and GGG turns it into the same boring slop as every other one. It's unironically probably the best time to play POE2 right now if the devs end up caving to the masses of adderal-addicted POE1 players.

The AA solution they use is so incredibly bad that I am actually telling you not to buy this game. It's a first person immersive game and it looks absolutely TERRIBLE. It's quite literally unplayably bad if you are at all sensitive to this stuff. It's unfortunate, because the actual game underneath looks decent. But the AA is so bad that none of that matters.

All remasters suck. It is always acceptable to dislike remasters.

This is one of the few Capcom games in recent memory to have real soul.

I'm giving this a thumbs down simply because I think the reviews are too positive. I'd give it a thumbs up because of the atmosphere, price, and graphics, but I don't know if I'd actually say it's good. So I'm giving it a thumbs down just to get an opposing perspective out there.

It's not really a game. You can't die. There's no fail state. It's just a short, basic puzzler with jumpscares. For me, a lot of the horror/tension went right out the window when I realized I could not fail and the "threat" was nonexistent. You can beat it in like an hour. Maybe a bit longer if you get stuck on one of the puzzles. Kind of disappointing, but there's something good here. The graphical style is excellent, but it can sometimes make it difficult to see tiny objects in the world. If you like horror games, $5 isn't too bad to experience it. If what I've said so far doesn't scare you off, it might be worth it. I want to see someone make a full-on survival horror game with this perspective and graphical style.

It's like if someone took the Dungeon Synth genre of music and made a video game out of it.

A true masterwork of game design and artistic expression.

This game is truly great. I'm not the biggest puzzler buff out there, so my experience might be different from someone who is, but Cocoon has some of the most ingenious puzzles I've seen in a game. They make great use of the theme and continue improving right up until the end. They keep adding and combining mechanics, and the word "fractal" came to mind as I saw them evolve. I'm surprised they were able to cram so many well-designed puzzles into one game. It must have taken a long time for them to plan them out to achieve a "folding in on itself" feeling while simultaneously maintaining a very forward-oriented flow. The puzzles are constantly thrown at you. Some are easy, most are a bit challenging, and some are real brain twisters. There were only one or two puzzles that felt lazy/stupid, but they didn't detract from the experience at all. On top of the great, intelligent design, it also has an amazing visual aesthetic and soundtrack. They really knocked it out of the park on this one. Pretty much every element is done well, and it feels very unique and innovative. It's exactly what a great game is. I beat it in about 4.5 hours, which sounds short, but it really didn't feel like it. I wholeheartedly endorse this game. Again, this is not a genre I have the most experience with, so for all I know it was done better before, but I can only speak to my experience. Cocoon comes as close to a 10/10 as I can think of.

Terrible to look at. Terrible to play. Tells you absolutely nothing. You might get away with 2/3 but 3/3 and your game sucks, dog.

Solid soundtrack. Fairly unique story. Decent puzzles. Good sense of humor. It's crow time.