Building comparison
head to head
CocoonvsPortal 2
Portal 2 asks more than Cocoon, and the gap is optimization.
Cocoon
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A surreal puzzle-adventure about nesting worlds inside orbs.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
Cocoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
CocoonPortal 2
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Portal 2 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Cocoon
Inputs are simple movement and a button.
Portal 2
Portal placement requires some precision but timing is lenient.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cocoon
Puzzles are fixed designs.
Portal 2
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Variance1 vs 0
Cocoon leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Cocoon
No randomness.
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
Optimization7 vs 9
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Cocoon
Pure puzzle logic, solvable by reasoning.
Portal 2
Solving the puzzle's logic IS the entire game.
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.