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Fez (XBLA)|OT| If you have no interest in discussing the game, don't enter the thread
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Seraphinianus
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Infamous Chris
Banned
Putting your new Microsoft points to good use I see. /respect
Seraphinianus
Banned
also purchased: Virtual On OT, Skullgirls, Trials, Radiant Silvergun. basically, you sold it to the right guy
Good read, and surprisingly negative tone overall. Glad to see some people arent afraid to speak their mind. This second "game" within Fez really sounds intriguing. Made me very curious, but I guess I'll need to wait for a possible PC release too.
Franklinator
Member
Great stuff, Feep! I'm really surprised to hear that you think the main game isn't very good. I guess I'll have to see for myself. And as for the second half of the game, I'm really excited to play something like that.
Palette Swap
Member
Now, that review caught my interest and I'm really looking forward to trying my hand at the most cryptic parts. Much more so than the rest actually.
I obviously can't know whether I'll agree with you in the end but thank you for making so clearly that point about what you liked and disliked in the game. That made for an interesting read.
I was ready to give it a 3/5, honestly, but I couldn't deny how much fun I was having with all the crypto stuff. I'm sad I wasn't able to finish it off before my review was due...I'm still two cubes short...
It's weird; I'm used to a world where I can ask a community for help, or look up an online FAQ...but when you review a game, it's just you and your brain. I think, in this instance, it made it a lot of fun.
Visualante2
Member
17 hours apparently. The clock previously posted was a bit ambitous
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Best review I've read so far Feep, fair and not dripping in absolutely absurd hype. The puzzles are what will sell me on it ultimately because the platforming certainly doesnt look exhilirating, but they sound frustratingly obtuse than any masterwork of game design (requiring notes in the real world a clear example of that). Excited to dive into them though as I thought (bar the REALLY STUPID ones), some of the stars in Braid were genius game design.
I guess Fish took Blow's end gauntlet as a challenge for his own piece.
I guess Fish took Blow's end gauntlet as a challenge for his own piece.
Pro from Dover
Member
I'm in. Absolutely.
I thought Journey was meh, we'll see about Fez in the morning I guess. I liked Crushed and Super Paper Mario, so the mechanic appeals to me, as does the presentation. If there's any sort of "touching" or "moving" element, it'll likely be lost on me though, I'm a pretty cynical dude that has plenty of real life emotional stimulation.
Phil hates Super Paper Mario going by some older posts of his, so I'm not expecting anything resembling what I actually like about SPM to be in Fez. We'll see though.
gan ihm mdo
brettchalupa
Member
Willkiller
Banned
BUT THAT'S SOON
brettchalupa
Member
It uses the triggers to shift planes I believe, so that would mean you'd be using a bumper and facebutton with the fightpad. Other than that, it should be fine.
If it wasn't for the crypto/language stuff, what would you have given it? I'm guessing that would have influenced even a 3/5 score... so, like a 2/5? I think a lot of people won't even care about the secondary stuff and would rather just play the core game.
toythatkills
Member
I meant it would have been a 3/5 without the crypto stuff. It was still, like, enjoyable...but it felt as though my mind was on autopilot for 80%+ of the world's rooms.
toythatkills
Member
This is pretty wildly off topic, but do you have an iPhone, Feep? If so, check out Enscripted.
Galaxy Nexus = (
Added select reviews to the OP:
Eurogamer: 10/10
Joystiq: 5/5 Stars
IGN: 9.5/10
Official Xbox Magazine: 9.5/10
Game Informer: 9.25/10
Edge: 9/10
Gamesradar: 9/10
Destructoid: 9/10
G4TV: 4/5 Stars
Might fix up the formatting later though.
Eurogamer: 10/10
Joystiq: 5/5 Stars
IGN: 9.5/10
Official Xbox Magazine: 9.5/10
Game Informer: 9.25/10
Edge: 9/10
Gamesradar: 9/10
Destructoid: 9/10
G4TV: 4/5 Stars
Might fix up the formatting later though.
XANDER CAGE
Member
The IGN review spoils a bunch of stuff, wow.
Vire
Member
Feep, do you feel like it's necessary to get invested in all the symbology to enjoy the game? Personally, that aspect just doesn't sound that appealing to me. Getting out scrap sheets and planning sounds like work rather than fun...
Hm, this isn't what I was expecting at all. :/
I was disappointed in the game after I "beat" it. Other reviewers seem to disagree. (shrug)
Vire
Member
Alrighty, I appreciate the honesty.
I'll give the trial a go tomorrow and see how I like it.
neoism
Member
noon WHAT THE FUCK MIRCOSOFT GODDAMN IT> :/
At least this game will only be 360 points.. just checked my live rewards just got 240= 200 last month
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Infamous Chris
Banned
hype levels at maximum *______*
sixteen-bit
Member
Give it another 4 to 5 hours.
Franklinator
Member
Polytron tweeted earlier that it'll be out at 9am Pacific
Rodney McKay
Member
I want it on PC as well, but the developer seems to flip flop on the issue a lot.
March last year he said that a PC version would "make sense," but then in June he said:
"Fez is a console game, not a PC game," he states, emphatically. "It's made to be played with a controller, on a couch, on a Saturday morning. To me, that matters; that's part of the medium." I get so many comments shouting at me that I'm an idiot for not making a PC version. 'You'd make so much more money! Can't you see? Meatboy sold more on Steam!' Good for them. But this matters more to me than sales or revenue. It's a console game on a console. End of story."
http://www.nowgamer.com/features/950149/fez_interview_polytrons_phil_fish.html
Maybe when Steam's "Comfy Couch" mode releases he will put it on the PC, because apparently he cares more about where his customers play his game than having more people play his game.
I hate when developers get infected with pretentiousness, but whatever. It's his game and he can do whatever he wants with it, no matter how stupid his reasons are.
I know I am the minority, but my PC is hooked up in the lounge and I sit on my couch to surf the net, play games etc. That said, my 360 sits under the telly also so I am all catered for.
Looking forward to trying out the trial tomorrow (9am Pacific time is after my night shift). Fez actually slipped under my radar till I saw Eurogamer mention on Facebook they gave it 10/10.
For gold cubes? A lot.
For blue cubes (beyond like five of them)? NEGATIVE LOBOTOMY.
To my unending anger, I'm still missing two of them. I was almost SURE I solved one, but entering it yielded nothing...
I'll be happy when the more industrious of you catch up, so we can discuss SYMBOLS.
TheExplodingHead
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Buying this later today, been needing a new great platformer to ease my mind.
So for those that have played it, how does it stack up in overall quality/greatness compared to the other amazing XBLA platformers?
So for those that have played it, how does it stack up in overall quality/greatness compared to the other amazing XBLA platformers?
PumpkinPie
Banned
Hurry the fuck up, do you want me to buy your game?
Phonomezer
Banned
This is torture.
Here's the thing about Fez: every single person I know* that is playing it absolutely loves it. There are no dissenters - no devil's advocates. Just universal praise and a desire to play more and uncover more secrets.
That's not unheard of, but it is very, very rare. Even AAA games like Uncharted, Elder Scrolls... name your franchise... they all have haters.
But Fez is nothing but love, baby.
* I work in the industry and this is a lot of people.
That's not unheard of, but it is very, very rare. Even AAA games like Uncharted, Elder Scrolls... name your franchise... they all have haters.
But Fez is nothing but love, baby.
* I work in the industry and this is a lot of people.
Keyser Soze
Member
I have no idea what time Phil Fish is stating, but the regular time for store updates is still 2 1/2 hours away
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I liked that. Knowing me, though, I won't be able to do Game #2.