I hate to admit it, but I, as well, find Fez to be a fascinating game that I want to play.
But as anyone here is sure to know about my gaming feelings and likes, I surely cannot stand Phil Fish. And confirms all of my paranoias and frustrations about Western gaming industry right now. And the next time someone calls me a lying, shallow prick who has a victim complex about their shitty Japanese games, and a retarded, bigoted, "autistic" desire to play shitty, anime bullshit that I'm forcing myself to enjoy. And will not believe the industry has any prejudice whatsoever towards Japanese games right now unless evidence is consistently shoved in their face. And now, I can point to Phil Fish to add to things.
A great irony here though, is that FEZ looks like an NES era, cutesy Japanese game.
Wait, not that.
There we go. Doesn't it look, well, similar?
Yes, of course has a similar look and feel and general presentation to old school Japanese games. So of course I'm interested. I may buy this game, just because I can't pass it up. I can say one thing, though. Phil Fish does not have my support in general. I want to avoid this mentality, as Phil Fish is sadly not anywhere close to alone, to get anymore speed. This mentality does not need to become more mainstream than it already is. When I was a kid, these hostilities between Western and Japanese developers, simply did not exist. And that was a good thing.
And so, while he may not be a racist, or even as prejudiced towards Japanese games as many people say here is(clearly, in my book, taking inspiration from Japanese aesthetics and platformers himself), I don't think this mentality needs to be spreading any further at all.