Fe

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6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 64 Ratings

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  1. AllySky
    Jul 11, 2018
    7
    A beautiful game with a charming story, just the game play is dull and at most times lackluster.
  2. M0NST3R_G4MING
    May 4, 2019
    6
    Fe is a small indie game from the developer Zoink with its very own charm. At first I was very impressed by the graphic style, so I bought it directly. But it seemed a bit deceptive: Fe was really fun on the one hand - but it had far too many mistakes. I would very much like to give Fe a better score, because I find this graphic style so sweet and I like the game principle itself alsoFe is a small indie game from the developer Zoink with its very own charm. At first I was very impressed by the graphic style, so I bought it directly. But it seemed a bit deceptive: Fe was really fun on the one hand - but it had far too many mistakes. I would very much like to give Fe a better score, because I find this graphic style so sweet and I like the game principle itself also very much. But because of the many mistakes I only decided for 6/10 points.

    Graphic: First of all, I would like to discuss Fe's graphics. The graphic is really wonderful and very sweet. It is a very special graphic style, but also a beautiful one. Just because of such a wonderful and unique graphic style you should definitely have a look at the game. Fans of artistically influenced games will definitely find their joy here.

    Story: The story of Fe is actually very simple. That's exactly why I don't want to anticipate much here. But what's very interesting is that Fe tells a story without text. Scenes are shown, which makes you create your own story in your head. Believe me: You will understand everything without text! And that's exactly why I like Fe. You explore different ecosystems throughout the story, which makes Fe seem dynamic. And every "department" in the world of Fe will look different.

    Gameplay: Now to the most important point - gameplay. And this is also the main reason for my average rating. Since the Fe works mostly without text, you have to find out many gameplay mechanics by yourself. This makes it difficult to get into the indie adventure. Since Fe likes to work with elevations in the worlds you often fall down because of the mostly bad camera. In this case there is no "restart" and you have to run everything - really EVERYTHING - back yourself. If something like this happens more often, it's very frustrating and takes a lot of fun. Furthermore, as already mentioned, the camera perspective is often bad. It's often very confusing where I have to go from here.
    A positive gameplay point, would be to communicate with other animal species by singing. This was done by learning the different languages in a very fun and cute way.

    Conclusion: I definitely had my fun with Fe. I liked the very special and sweet graphic style very much. But the mistakes were very annoying, so I had to deduct some points. If you like to experience a graphical miracle for little money, you should have a look at Fe. But you shouldn't expect great gameplay - because Fe doesn't have that. The gameplay is "ok", but nothing more.    … Expand
  3. Jorchking
    Nov 26, 2018
    5
    Fe, lo que parecía interesante se hizo monótono y olvidable.
    Fe fue uno de los juegos que más me habían llamado la atención en aquel E3, con su peculiar estética y mundo.
    Pasó un tiempo y no vi nada de él, en ningún lado, ni noticias ni nada respecto a su lanzamiento. Se lanzó sin enterarme. Tiempo después lo adquirí en Switch por un descuento en la eShop. Las emociones son encontradas.    Fe, lo que parecía interesante se hizo monótono y olvidable.
    Fe fue uno de los juegos que más me habían llamado la atención en aquel E3, con su peculiar estética y mundo.
    Pasó un tiempo y no vi nada de él, en ningún lado, ni noticias ni nada respecto a su lanzamiento. Se lanzó sin enterarme. Tiempo después lo adquirí en Switch por un descuento en la eShop.
    Las emociones son encontradas.
    Por un lado estaba eso que me había llamado la atención, su mundo, por otro lado vi un pésimo rendimiento en la Nintendo Switch: Stuttering (cuelgues) en todo momento, crasheos ocasionales (se cierra el juego), pésima optimización para gráficas de bastante mala calidad y sensación de retraso de entrada notoria. El port, no hay dudas, fue un desastre en todos los sentidos.
    La jugabilidad, por un lado, la aprovechó muy bien Switch con el tema de las comunicaciones por el joy-con con los personajes del mundo. Pero todo lo que es la estética terminó siendo algo decepcionante, no fue lo que esperaba. Era mucho más "normal" de lo que se veía en el E3. Por otro lado se vuelve tosco y torpe en muchas situaciones, sintiéndose casi un "inútil" al personaje que manejamos. El animalillo que tenemos tiene que ir resolviendo los problemas del mundo a través de voces que va adquiriendo y resolviendo rompecabezas.
    Eso sí, tiene su dificultad, sobre todo por los humanoides y los perros laser que nos encontramos. Luego resulta todo genérico: El juego es cortísimo (No me llevó más de 5 horas, de los cuales 30 minutos habrán sido de cuelgues y cargas eternas del juego), el guión de la historia es mediocre, los personajes no tienen carisma alguna y no hay nada que motive a jugarlo de nuevo. Es un juego bastante olvidable y monótono que parecía ser algo más que sensación pero se quedó sólo en eso.
    Otra de las cosas que empeora bastante su rejugabilidad y valoración es su final, es muy decepcionante y te quedas como con boca abierta con la sensación de que has hecho todo para nada.
    Por último, recomiendo NO comprarlo en Nintendo Switch si tienes otro sistema, es de los peores ports que he jugado en mi vida teniendo en cuenta la calidad gráfica del juego. Un desastre.
    El precio recomendado de este juego lo pongo en $5.    … Expand
  4. SuperkenGaming
    Feb 16, 2018
    7
    Fe
    A mix of charming, frustrating, and confusing
    Fe is a 5 and a half hour long open world 3d platformer with a dash of collectathon elements where you play as an adorable fox like animal out to save the forest from these not so adorable glowing eye jerks that are trapping your animal friends.. You’re sent to one section of the map at a time to complete a task to unlock a new song to    Fe
    A mix of charming, frustrating, and confusing
    Fe is a 5 and a half hour long open world 3d platformer with a dash of collectathon elements where you play as an adorable fox like animal out to save the forest from these not so adorable glowing eye jerks that are trapping your animal friends..
    You’re sent to one section of the map at a time to complete a task to unlock a new song to sing...
    As singing is how you interact with the world...
    to learn a new language you have to help out the adult version of a certain animal...
    Youre able to sync up with the baby versions freely though, and they’ll help you through the worlds until you learn their language
    Learning a language can mean anthing from gathering stolen eggs, or freeing a giant deer and then climbing them shadow of the colossus style…
    these first 2 languages were the most clever and I feel as though the game quickly runs out of ideas for the remainder of the game..
    As the charm going forward is almost completely gone...
    these new languages will help you of course progress further into the game, but will also help you reach new areas for crystals that you can use to upgrade your abilities to make traversing this world just a little bit more easy…
    but traversing is just never fun...
    the platforming feels clunky aside from the snappy and satisfying tree climbing, youll be falling to the bottom of areas numerous times just to have to restart your climb especially once gliding is involved
    And interacting with the world feels more like busy work than actual interaction..
    Constant language changing with your wheel while you’re trying to figure out the right path to the marker on the map...
    The platforming isn’t awful though... its very passible, but the lack of polish is noticeable...
    Thankfully the beauty and the charm of this world makes up for all of this...
    the interactions with the different animals are adorable…
    the colors, the feel, and the music help immerse you into this world…
    Enemy encounters here are terrifying and are spread perfectly as well keeping this game perfectly paced…
    I never felt the game overstayed its welcome...
    Though the ending is definitely a head scratcher mostly because of how anti-climactic it ends up feeling and how lousy of a job the game does at making you care about its story ...
    The game just feels as though it ends abruptly and I felt no feeling of accomplishment
    I didn’t necessarily want more
    it was just like… um okay?
    But dispite my complaints I still enjoyed getting there...
    I appreciate the giant puzzle this game ends up being…
    the gameplay is constantly being changed, keeping the game fresh and engaging from start to finish...
    You’re never just going through the motions…
    youre always thinking and planning routes in your heads
    unfortunately though there just isn’t anything memorable here…
    It has the potential...
    The opening 2 levels showed promise…
    The game just drops the ball and forgets the great halfway through
    I give Fe
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  5. Brnlv
    Nov 16, 2021
    5
    A very pretty game that’s marred by poor gameplay design. A promising opening quickly leaves the player walking in circles, floundering in a web of pictograms, dead ends, and vague puzzles. It's almost a good game, but the tutorialisation is MIA, and it was a real slog to get to the end.
  6. Zoied
    Apr 4, 2020
    5
    While beautiful, most of the scenery does blend in with itself and it's easy to get turned around and lost. It does give you the benefit of being guided by helpful birds, but they don't always lead you down the path, rather going towards the objective and leaving you wondering how you wondering how you're supposed to get there. I like that there isn't a lot of handholding in the game, butWhile beautiful, most of the scenery does blend in with itself and it's easy to get turned around and lost. It does give you the benefit of being guided by helpful birds, but they don't always lead you down the path, rather going towards the objective and leaving you wondering how you wondering how you're supposed to get there. I like that there isn't a lot of handholding in the game, but sometimes that's more confusing than freeing. I played it on switch and felt that the character was difficult to control, especially when jumping from platforms.… Expand
  7. Nfrn
    Sep 27, 2022
    6
    This game is boring, graphics is below average, and really nothing positive about it
  8. veneratio
    Apr 7, 2023
    5
    Extremely seasoned long time gamer here. Played this game for 30 seconds before I found myself fighting the games camera auto-turning. No option in settings to turn it off. Uninstalled. All the best 3D platformers like the Mario games, Blue Fire, Zelda etc, have camera's that you can turn with the right thumbstick, inwhich the camera doesn't move on it's own to follow your character. DidExtremely seasoned long time gamer here. Played this game for 30 seconds before I found myself fighting the games camera auto-turning. No option in settings to turn it off. Uninstalled. All the best 3D platformers like the Mario games, Blue Fire, Zelda etc, have camera's that you can turn with the right thumbstick, inwhich the camera doesn't move on it's own to follow your character. Did they have not a single video-game enjoyer play this game before release?… Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. GameSpot
    Jun 29, 2020
    70
    Despite being one-note on a gameplay level, Fe's world, with its lush environments and wistful score, compels you to explore. Establishing fleeting connections with the creatures around you is both charming and a little sad, and learning the truth about the enemy machines is even more tragic. By the end, the most important thing you've learned is how to connect with nature, not just by singing with animals but by understanding the world around you.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 25, 2018
    50
    There are fleeting moments of enjoyment, but those are few and far between. [Issue #33 – May/June 2018, p. 21]
  3. Switch Player
    Apr 2, 2018
    50
    It doesn't matter how clever or interesting your idea is, or how stunning and vibrant your game looks when it's just no fun to play. Perseverance with Fe could ultimately yield some satisfaction but for me it was just too boring.
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