Fez

[StriderShinryu]

Anyone else pick up Fez? For those unaware, it's a puzzle platformer that just hit XBL and is very very good. The puzzling in Fez comes from you being restriacted to movement on a 2D plane, but in a 3D world that you can rotate around you in 90 degree intervals at almost any time. Everything from simple collectables to entire pathways for navigating the world can be hidden from view simply because you're "looking at the world" in the wrong way.

I would urge anyone interested in 2D platforming with a mind bending twist to at least try out the trial.

 

[Hal10k]

The concept sounds a lot like Sky Island.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Neutronized/sky-island

I'll pick it up if the reviews are good. Or if at some point I become incredibly sleep deprived and somehow decide that downloading this game will also get me an actual fez.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I played the demo and it was surprisingly awesome with an old school nes vibe. I'm sitting on 3200 pts right now and I may just have to pick it up.

It's definitely worth it and seems like it might be more meaty than a lot of indie platformers. As great as Limbo was, for example, it was still only a few hours long. And Fez is actually only 800 MSP as opposed to the 1200 MSP that a lot of similar games cost.

 

[daveman247]

The concept sounds a lot like Sky Island.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Neutronized/sky-island

I'll pick it up if the reviews are good. Or if at some point I become incredibly sleep deprived and somehow decide that downloading this game will also get me an actual fez.

Similar concept, but done much better


OT: I bought it! Its great! Nice visuals, music and exploring!

Lots of things to find and do. And only 800 points sweetens the deal. 1200 is a bit much for an arcade game i think. Unless its uber good, which it rarely is.

Unless its this, or perfect dark. Or bionic commando. Which were all 800

Fairly original concept too. Closest i think is that echochrome game.

 

[CrazyBlaze]

When I heard Fez I thought of Doctor Who.


OT: I haven't tried it but it sounds intresting.

 

[StriderShinryu]

The "secrets" are making my brain hurt. Heh I've got most of the regular cubes now but only have, I think, two dark cubes. Like Portal, the balance between difficult to figure out and that perfect aha moment that makes you chuckle at your own smartness is hit just right.

 

[Scrustle]

I picked it up. Great game. I've played the game pretty much non-stop and I've gotten on to new game +, which you get when you find half of the total cubes in the game and get through the last area. When you start the game again you gain the ability to switch to 1st person view and look around. As if the game's perspective wasn't confusing enough already!

 

[Corven]

I'll get it once it gets around to being released on the pc.

 

[ThePS1Fan]

When I heard Fez I thought of Doctor Who.

So glad I wasn't the only one.

OT: I don't have an Xbox but I might get if a PC port is released.

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

I wear a fez now! Fezzes are cool.

Oh, wait, this is about an XBLA game... I'm interested...

I know! I'll wear it as a hat! 'Cause it's COOL!

 

[Palademon]

I was looking forward to it, so I was happy when it snuck on XBLA under my nose.
I've played the trial and it's all good. I'll buy it later though because I must spend this last day of Easter holiday doing intense procrastination.

 

[Vibhor]

I am skipping this game unfortunately. Looked interesting until the developer came of as a complete dick. He isn't getting my support.

 

[General BrEeZy]

First i've heard of it...don't have time for it either, so =\
My thoughts instantly went to FES from That '70's show!

but alas...it is not.

 

[Kreett]

I was heavily dissapointed by this post. I hoped I had found a discussion on the wonders of the Fez! But alas, it was not.

 

[daveman247]

I am skipping this game unfortunately. Looked interesting until the developer came of as a complete dick. He isn't getting my support.

Your talking about the japenese games comment?


Since when did we care who made the game? As long as its good ^_^

Ah well, your the one missing out.

 

[Razoack]

i watched Roosterteeths review of it on youtube, the concept is not especially new, but very well executed with mind boggling complexity at times

 

[Xenowolf]

I am skipping this game unfortunately. Looked interesting until the developer came of as a complete dick. He isn't getting my support.

Yeah, same here. He simply doesn't deserve my support.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I am skipping this game unfortunately. Looked interesting until the developer came of as a complete dick. He isn't getting my support.

Your talking about the japenese games comment?


Since when did we care who made the game? As long as its good ^_^

Ah well, your the one missing out.

Yeah, if that's the issue then there should actually be a long list of developers that they aren't supporting.. including some who are actually from Japan. Maybe the way it was said by the Fez developer wasn't all that well put, but the general belief is far from an exclusive one.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

First i've heard of it...don't have time for it either, so =\
My thoughts instantly went to FES from That '70's show!

but alas...it is not.

Oh good someone else thought the same thing as me.

Everyone loves Fez and the fact that no one knows where the hell he's from.

 

[Juan Regular]

How can it be that this game has slipped under so many people´s radar? I´ve been hearing about this constantly for five years. Luckily it was well worth the wait. Great game.

Now where´s my Indie Game: The Movie pre-order?