FEZ

Slept on this for far too long. A fantastic puzzle game that still holds up really well in my opinion. I was happy enough to take a first pass through the game without any guides and see how I got on, honestly I felt like a damn genius scanning QR codes. But then I started New Game+ and thought I'd use a guide to mop up the rest of the collectibles and holy... How did anyone figure this out back in the day? This mf had me changing my PC's date and time. Anyway, fantastic experience even when using a guide for the more obtuse secrets.

Cara, um dos melhores Indies que já joguei. É extremamente recompensador resolver os enigmas. Platinei com gosto (triste foi depois pesquisar sobre o criador e descobrir que é um lixão kkk mas pelo menos criou uma obra prima)

Bought it several years ago but only got caught until last week looking for something to play on my Deck, will complete game plus mode in the future to solve the remaining enigmas, meanwhile I'll process such beautiful experience. Btw, ignore any gossip about the game designer, there was a full talented team (in game credits) working on this project, just enjoy the puzzles, music, animations, etc.

This game is a masterpiece, beautiful art, music and it has a lot of mysteries to solve. This is an exploration puzzle game and the environmental story telling literally has me thinking I am an archaeologist rediscovering some ancient civilisation. Its unique and incredible. Spoilers ahead! [spoiler] The incomplete ending ends up being more uplifting than the true ending, one of the only instances I have seen of a game actively punishing the player with its difficulty curve in order to put them off as the true ending isn't satisfying, a metaphor for how the truth rarely is. [/spoiler]

I finally took the time to play this indie hit created by the guy with the thinnest skin in videogames. On the positive side the game has a uniqe (especially for the time) gameplay style, solving puzzle by switching between 2 and 3d (kind of). Solving the puzzles is most often fun. Further it has a charming artstyle and overall a nice retro design. On the negative side a vast majority of the puzzles are way too easy imo. Anyone with half a brain will face no bigger challenge. I collected a bit over half (enough to finish the game) of the mandatory collectibles in only two sittings. Sure I could have gone for all of them but scouring every corner of the earth just sounds incredibly tedious. Also navigating between levels can be a hazzle and the black holes showing up randomly at levels blocking your path are just frustrating. I would give this a weak recommendation but if you decide not to play it you ain't missing much.

Technical issue preventing game completion: Despite trying to run the Steam version with the latest patch, single thread mode and various other recommended fixes, the framerate becomes increasingly unstable as the game goes on and the game invariably crashes after, at most, an hour of gameplay. At least in 2026, Fez seems to be unplayable to me.

Oh hey, I forgot this existed. Phil Fish is a loser.