While perhaps not quite living up to some of the more over-excited reviews, Fez is nonetheless a smart, strange delight which reveals its clear intelligence with craft and charm rather than pomposity. ...
Abstract: Name: Genre: Platform: At first glance, Fez looks to be jumping onto the retro-revivalist bandwagon that has served the likes of Super Meat Boy and Sword and Sworcery EP so well. In some respects, that's an apt observation; the game is indeed indebted...
Can be confusing, Minor issues when you revisit uncompleted areas
A lovable chunk of arthouse gaming that puts the game before the art. While Fez is hardly alone in taking inspiration from an 8-bit golden age, it's one of the few titles to match the titles it pays homage to, with a brilliant mix of vintage style, intell...
Beautifully detailed art and level design offer up a dense, textured world ripe for exploration, and each new level puts a unique and welcome spin on Fez's signature mechanics. Straightforward premise and structure are balanced by devious puzzles and a series of riddles that will keep all but the most dedicated code-breakers busy. There's a lot of fulfilling, engaging content here.
Because of the way Fez's levels fit together, backtracking for collectibles can be a pain. Players may spend some time spinning their wheels before really getting the hang of the perspective-shifting mechanics.
Fez is an imaginative and charming platformer that builds a seamless, compact, and cohesive design around a handful of genuinely novel ideas. It shouldn't be missed. 1 of 5 Fez View the full image Reminiscent of The Legend of Zelda series, chests h...
Abstract: April 23rd, 2012 by Miyamoto (Logan Predy) Fez’s story starts out simply enough, you’re a 2D person who has occupied a 2D world but then a mysterious old man introduces you to this ethereal cube that grants you the power through a little fez hat to shi...
Abstract: “Reality is perception, perception is subjective” muses a character in FEZ’s opening village. Right from the outset Polytron’s idiosyncratic puzzle-platformer debut makes its thematic underpinnings perfectly clear. FEZ is a game about shifting paradigm...
Fez is the long-awaited puzzle platformer from indie developer Polytron. Announced way back in 2007 with an original release date of 2010 the game has already received two Independent Game Festival awards before it was even released. ...
