Fez

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6.7

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  1. aligunes
    Jan 30, 2023
    5
    A cute platform game. 2D/3D manipulation and twist are interesting. The only problem is that the rate of loss of interest is very high.
  2. hileger
    Oct 15, 2022
    5
    Нудная хуйня инди хуйня и так и сяк хуйня индийское говно коровы.......
  3. B00tador
    Dec 5, 2021
    5
    A masterpiece in game design, as a game though it doesn't do enough for me.
  4. Loki_the_Great
    Aug 23, 2021
    7
    I only started playing FEZ a couple of days ago. It has a weirdly compelling storyline, though i don't know if i should call it a story since after playing games like KOTOR, SWTOR, Undertale and other wholly story based games, the story seems a bit hollow. However the concept of 2D meets 3D is quite thrilling although the controls are a bit confusing as I prefer wasd to move but here itsI only started playing FEZ a couple of days ago. It has a weirdly compelling storyline, though i don't know if i should call it a story since after playing games like KOTOR, SWTOR, Undertale and other wholly story based games, the story seems a bit hollow. However the concept of 2D meets 3D is quite thrilling although the controls are a bit confusing as I prefer wasd to move but here its the key bind for perspectives. I also find navigating the map annoying due to the nodes and stuff; makes it feel so complex. That's all though. I enjoy the game and play it in short bursts. Waiting to see what happens further down the journey.… Expand
  5. BowLL
    Nov 22, 2020
    7
    it's not considered a bad game, but it's not all the way to REALLY GOOD, i haven't really found any bugs, or glitches within the game, but the storyline is alright, and a lot of repetitive backtracking is a bit annoying, the game mechanics are really good, like the way that they turn with 2D/3D manipulation, but what really causes my rating to be a bit lower is really how the storyline andit's not considered a bad game, but it's not all the way to REALLY GOOD, i haven't really found any bugs, or glitches within the game, but the storyline is alright, and a lot of repetitive backtracking is a bit annoying, the game mechanics are really good, like the way that they turn with 2D/3D manipulation, but what really causes my rating to be a bit lower is really how the storyline and how you're supposed to progress in the game.… Expand
  6. kimi1775
    Nov 9, 2020
    7
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  7. PanMrkvicka
    Aug 7, 2020
    7
    Its fine not mindblowing most people didint even finish it which is shame because it get slightly better and more fun after finishing, learning the language and all that sounds nice on paper but it doesnt really work its tedious and not fun but yeah art over fun i guess. Platforming is basic so its bad and the new mechanic of making everthing 3D isnt all that interesting and puzzles areIts fine not mindblowing most people didint even finish it which is shame because it get slightly better and more fun after finishing, learning the language and all that sounds nice on paper but it doesnt really work its tedious and not fun but yeah art over fun i guess. Platforming is basic so its bad and the new mechanic of making everthing 3D isnt all that interesting and puzzles are kinda meh most of them are finding out the code and then typing in the sequence and some of them doesnt even make sense or its some ridiculuous thing solved by community. It sounds cool and so hardcore but thats not how you make a good puzzle, Baba is you or Talos Principle is much better. Still visuals are nice and soundtrack and exploration as well.… Expand
  8. kezzyhko
    Aug 5, 2020
    7
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  9. Gillfinnfish
    Apr 11, 2020
    7
    A good game who's hubris stops it from being great. The gameplay is initially amusing and the aesthetic endlessly charming, but towards the end becomes unreasonably unfair. It's fun but doesn't want you leave satisfied.
  10. nitorita
    Aug 26, 2019
    7
    I had my doubts about this game after reading some negative reviews here, but after I gave it a try, it was actually quite a pleasant game to play.

    Fez feels like a platformer on zen mode where the main focus is to explore its vast world and take in the sights, which are really nice to look at. There are puzzles added in to make it a little challenging and to spur your curiosity. There    I had my doubts about this game after reading some negative reviews here, but after I gave it a try, it was actually quite a pleasant game to play.

    Fez feels like a platformer on zen mode where the main focus is to explore its vast world and take in the sights, which are really nice to look at. There are puzzles added in to make it a little challenging and to spur your curiosity. There are no enemies and you have unlimited lives, so you can play at your own pace without any pressure.

    There are lots of secrets to unlock in the game which are gated behind puzzles that can be difficult to solve without the use of a guide. From what I understand, the puzzles are "optional," but only in the sense that although you'll need to complete a few of them to beat the game, you can pick and choose the ones you want to, so you can always do the easy ones and ignore the hard ones, which seem to revolve around codebreaking.

    Overall, I couldn't give the game an 8 because it didn't really have a lot going for it. The enormous map that branches off into many directions is nice to explore, but that's all there is. The NPCs don't matter, the story is virtually nonexistent, and there is no actual goal besides collecting a bunch of yellow cubes. It was a decent indie game though, so it gets a 7 from me.    … Expand
  11. Redz0ne
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    It's okay. The initial concept was clever, and made for some rather interesting game-mechanics... But it felt a bit like a novelty and once that novelty wore off, it got kinda boring.

    I wasn't able to finish the game because I just couldn't really get myself amped up enough to care about finishing. So, maybe I'm missing out on something big and wonderful, but I just couldn't work myself    It's okay. The initial concept was clever, and made for some rather interesting game-mechanics... But it felt a bit like a novelty and once that novelty wore off, it got kinda boring.

    I wasn't able to finish the game because I just couldn't really get myself amped up enough to care about finishing. So, maybe I'm missing out on something big and wonderful, but I just couldn't work myself up enough to do it.

    That said, as a puzzle-platformer, it was decent. Not necessarily the GOAT, but decent enough. I wouldn't suggest buying it unless you can get it on sale, or you really, REALLY love puzzle-platformers.    … Expand
  12. Shawndroid
    Feb 26, 2018
    5
    It's a great concept for a game, with a neat 3D mechanic. However, if you don't have consistent time to learn the geography of the world it's pretty hard to get from world to world.
  13. shootinstah
    Aug 14, 2017
    7
    I really like games that take you in and allow you explore vast areas, and FEZ pleases that love of mine pretty well, the atmosphere of the game is beautiful, great sprite-work, and calm ambiance. The game is kind of a collect-a-thon of sorts, you just jump around hills and help yourself by switching your view from 2D to 3D, a neat mechanic but nothing too special. For something like thatI really like games that take you in and allow you explore vast areas, and FEZ pleases that love of mine pretty well, the atmosphere of the game is beautiful, great sprite-work, and calm ambiance. The game is kind of a collect-a-thon of sorts, you just jump around hills and help yourself by switching your view from 2D to 3D, a neat mechanic but nothing too special. For something like that it could've been done more interestingly, like with, uh, actual threats. The game might be boring to some without much to do besides finding stuff in some areas and looking for new places, although I think its just find. It's pretty overhyped but its just a decent indie game and not much more.… Expand
  14. auditbadger
    Jul 30, 2017
    5
    I think that this is truly a unique game and I would recommend that if you are a fan of this type of genre then I think you should give this game a try.
  15. GolovA
    May 20, 2017
    6
    Gorgeous world, beautiful music, but the gameplay and the story? Collect Cubes. What?!

    This is such a missed opportunity! This could have been easily a Game of the Year if only its innovation was channeled accordingly and game mechanics befitted its originality. So much thought put into design and then cut short and wrought into a template of a side scroll brainless platformer?    Gorgeous world, beautiful music, but the gameplay and the story? Collect Cubes. What?!

    This is such a missed opportunity! This could have been easily a Game of the Year if only its innovation was channeled accordingly and game mechanics befitted its originality. So much thought put into design and then cut short and wrought into a template of a side scroll brainless platformer?

    Why? Why did you circumscribe its innovation and make the gameplay so boring? Why did you have to shackle the imagination of this potential masterpiece? Why did you kill it, devs? Why?

    I don't know, i really don't know all the answers. But you can't, as a hypothetical example, make Half Life into a platformer where you run around, jump over crates, and collect stars to progress to the next level. It's like Fez has almost achieved an open-world game with the soul purpose of jumping and collecting cubes, even though the isometric mechanism of orientation and level progression is really neat and complicated.

    WHY?!

    FAIL.    … Expand
  16. micic00
    Oct 29, 2015
    7
    Interesting concept and that's about it. Nothing was done with it. No story, no real puzzles for anyone above 10 years old, no challenge whatsoever, weird map though and great sounds and music. Recommended to try it out and for your kids. It blew my mind every time I rotated screen from 2d into 3d (or another 2d) and it adds great feeling. But that's about it. Should be expanded upon.
  17. JimCorbett
    Nov 23, 2014
    6
    A pretty good puzzle platformer that suffers from confusing level design, rather plain visuals, and the unfortunate aspect of having an absolutely terrible developer.
  18. demolisher7778
    Oct 27, 2014
    7
    A visually stunning game that has a questionable story, FEZ takes a bold step into the modern gamer's realm and manages to topple my expectations. Overall, it is a pretty solid game.
  19. Gloone
    Aug 25, 2014
    5
    Style over substance. The game combines a retro style with some beautiful scenes to create a lovely visual experience. The music - probably the best feature of the game - accentuates this, combining retro video game music with warm, ambient synths. The overall aesthetic affect is powerful. Unfortunately, this is where the clear creative vision ends. The story starts strongly enough, andStyle over substance. The game combines a retro style with some beautiful scenes to create a lovely visual experience. The music - probably the best feature of the game - accentuates this, combining retro video game music with warm, ambient synths. The overall aesthetic affect is powerful. Unfortunately, this is where the clear creative vision ends. The story starts strongly enough, and there is some witty and quirky dialogue, but this quickly fades away into nothing. The only reason for this seems to be laziness on the part of the developers - the game is clearly crying out for a good story, and there is abundant opportunity for populating the world with interesting characters with interesting dialogue, but there is a total absence of these things. Lastly, but most importantly, the gameplay. This is the least focused aspect of all. The central mechanic to the game involves rotating the 2D word by 90 degrees to see it from different angles. It is clever and original, and has huge potential for some clever puzzles and gameplay elements. Regrettably, this potential is completely unattained, and asides from a couple of simple uses of the mechanic which you quickly get used to, it is really just used as a stylistic element rather than an integral part of the gameplay, so that the game really just becomes a very bland platformer. It seems that the developers were either too incapable or lazy to turn the mechanic into an actual game, or else they simply failed to recognise its potential and focus on it. Instead, rather bizarrely, the gameplay slowly descends into obscure puzzles involving code breaking or noticing obscure parts of the environment. None of these puzzles are well-designed or enjoyable, and a number of them are downright bad. All in all, I did initially enjoy playing this game purely as an aesthetic experience, rather like the experience of peacefully observing a painting, so I can't give it a very low score, and you should give it a try if you are into that kind of thing. However, once you have had enough of the sensual experience, stop playing, as its artistic merits are woefully unmatched by its merits as a game. For this reason I can't give it a high score either. A score of 5 therefore seems appropriate.… Expand
  20. razmataz5000
    Aug 4, 2014
    7
    Fez in theory is a great idea. You take a retro sort of feel, and literally put a spin on it. And for the most part, Phil Fish did a great job. I enjoy the game, but it is a little slow paced for my taste. With that said, everything else is pretty nice. The graphics, the sounds, the controls. It was all good, I just found myself bored after a while.
  21. carlosgtardon
    Jun 10, 2014
    6
    Uno de los juegos mejor valorados de la historia, pero a parte de contenido visual sinceramente no me dijo nada. Tal vez demasiado hype alrededor que luego no se ve cumplido. Si te interesa lo indie es una buena compra, aunque mejor para rebajas.
  22. jurgistamulis
    Jan 21, 2014
    6
    The game is interesting but not very enjoyable. This puzzle platformer will twist your mind. It has some really interesting game mechanics but the whole game is rather boring. I would not recommend this game for playing. However, I would definitely recommend checking it out if you want to see something new.
  23. gentlegiant03
    Oct 29, 2013
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really enjoyed playing this game. It gets great marks for the art, it was so well done and crisp, quite gorgeous, even the soundtrack and music contributed. Of course the rotating mechanic was great fun and I felt that it never grew tiresome. The rest, however... was somewhat disappointing, here are my two major gripes:

    1) Puzzles I'm not sure if the developer intended this but I gave up and simply searched the internet for several puzzles. I would challenge a majority of players to not do the same. It feels unfair to knock this game for that, it's not the designer's fault, I wouldn't ask him to dumb his creation down. But the puzzles aren't for everyone and some were so obscure that when I searched for the answer I didn't say, "duh, I should've thought've that!"

    2) The ending was very unsatisfying. The dialogue just simply stops, you're told in the beginning to collect the cubes and are given a purpose. At the end you're left with what seems to be abstract geometry. It's left up to me to decide how to interpret it, and I think my efforts in game were pointless and unrewarding. I could've stopped at any point I got bored and fared no worse.

    In the end, I'm glad I played it, but wished I could've prefaced my experience with what I should expect. I enjoyed Paper Mario so there's that.    … Expand
  24. MacGamer
    Oct 19, 2013
    7
    FEZ is a very beautiful game and has many creative features. The one problem with the game is that in the beginning, it is very confusing to get the hang of the controls when adjusting perspective. FEZ also has a large number of glitches but do not affect the gameplay to heavily.
  25. AAKN
    Oct 14, 2013
    5
    Game Play[6]
    Controls[5]
    Contactable/Easter Eggs[7]
    Innovation[6]
    Graphics[0]
    Sounds[6]
    replay Value[10]
    Gaming Satisfaction[7]
    Price/Playtime[2]
    Technical Issues[1]
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    Over All[5.0]
  26. violentine
    Oct 11, 2013
    6
    Fez is all about beautiful bright colored pixel art and great retro-ish music but unfortunately I can't praise the gameplay. Fez is a 2D puzzle platformer with an unique twist that let's you "change your point of view". This means that the world is in 3D but you can look at it from one side at a time. This allows for great puzzle elements but get's stale quite quickly, after all there'sFez is all about beautiful bright colored pixel art and great retro-ish music but unfortunately I can't praise the gameplay. Fez is a 2D puzzle platformer with an unique twist that let's you "change your point of view". This means that the world is in 3D but you can look at it from one side at a time. This allows for great puzzle elements but get's stale quite quickly, after all there's just a little that you can do aside from jumping and there are only few collectables and even those are only for completionists since they offer no new mechanics to the game. For me it feels that all the effort has been in developing this neat trick of 2D/3D but it's not enough to carry the whole game.… Expand
  27. Armormew
    Oct 1, 2013
    5
    This game is decent, but not fun to play after about 5 minutes or so. The dimensional switching idea is nice, but that alone fails to make the game worthy of one's time.
  28. Eglin
    Sep 7, 2013
    6
    The game is fine, but not amazing. I either didn't know or didn't remember the big gameplay hook, so it was a wonderful surprise when it was revealed about five minutes into the game. Unfortunately, it was one of the only memorable bits about the game. I mostly bought Fez because of all the rave reviews, but alas the game is rated about 20 points too high. This indie escalation thingThe game is fine, but not amazing. I either didn't know or didn't remember the big gameplay hook, so it was a wonderful surprise when it was revealed about five minutes into the game. Unfortunately, it was one of the only memorable bits about the game. I mostly bought Fez because of all the rave reviews, but alas the game is rated about 20 points too high. This indie escalation thing has just got to stop! Seriously, if we're going to rate indie games on a different scale (with 90 being perfectly adequate and 5 being complete garbage), then we need to be up front about it so that nobody really believes that an indie game with a 90 rating is going to be as good as a AAA title with a 90 rating. This one certainly, definitely, without a doubt is not as good.… Expand
  29. aust
    Jul 29, 2013
    6
    it's just okay it defiantly doesn't deserve all the hype it got it's just a puzzler with a great idea, but that's the entire game there is no action its just the same thing with a different level layout and it gets boring
  30. Balithras
    Jul 25, 2013
    5
    The 30 first minutes are fun. And then it is always the same... jump, rotate, jump, rotate, jump... This game is not that bad, it is an interesting concept. In fact I was expecting more a puzzle game like portal (even in 2d) than a platform game. Because in the end, this is just a platform game with a simple rotate feature (yes you can look for riddles in the game but I guess that mostThe 30 first minutes are fun. And then it is always the same... jump, rotate, jump, rotate, jump... This game is not that bad, it is an interesting concept. In fact I was expecting more a puzzle game like portal (even in 2d) than a platform game. Because in the end, this is just a platform game with a simple rotate feature (yes you can look for riddles in the game but I guess that most players wont pay attention to those).… Expand
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91

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
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  1. PC PowerPlay
    Jun 23, 2013
    100
    A masterpiece by any measure. [July 2013, p.89]
  2. PC Gamer UK
    Jun 19, 2013
    90
    A gorgeous puzzle-platformer that's both a treat for the eyes and a thorough workout for the mind. [July 2013, p.82]
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  3. PC Master (Greece)
    Jun 5, 2013
    85
    The variation of the broken-down elements of the game is such that, if you miss two or three of the dozens of screens of the game, you will have missed on something special and unique. [June 2013]
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