What game do you think has the most innovative approach to level design?

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Few titles rival Portal’s inventive approach: its portal‑based puzzles warp spatial reasoning and redesign traditional level flow. Each test chamber introduces fresh mechanics like momentum conservation, faith plates, excursion funnels layering complexity without overwhelming players. The silent protagonist’s journey through Aperture Science hides narrative beats within environmental storytelling, heightening immersion. Another contender is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, where its open world invites vertical exploration and emergent interactions. Whether using physics-based gateways or non‑linear environmental puzzles, these games redefine how space itself becomes a storytelling and gameplay tool. What game’s level design blew your mind and why?