{"id":3682,"date":"2023-12-22T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2023-10-17T20:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T02:16:46","slug":"video-game-fez-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/video-game-fez-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO GAME: Fez (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2012
Rating: E
Time Played: 312 minutes \/ 5.20 hours<\/p>\n

When it comes to indie games, I appreciate how much can be done with minimal graphics. These pixel-based games have a charm that\u2019s difficult to get right but really shines when they\u2019re successful. Fez<\/em> is such a game. As a puzzle platformer, the genre isn\u2019t original. However, pivoting in 2-D planes to create a 3-D game is an ingenious way to expand the gameplay. Of course, this also makes it a little difficult to keep track of where you are and where you\u2019re going. But with such relaxing visuals and sound design, spending extra time in this game isn\u2019t a bad thing.<\/p>\n

There are limitations to the pixelated style that make navigating the half-dozen worlds difficult to memorize. Sure, there are gimmicks in each world that define how you move around it, but knowing where to go to solve a larger puzzle within the game can be challenging. That there are so many branching paths that need backtracking to explore every corner of the Fez<\/em> universe is both a blessing and a curse. There\u2019s a lot to explore, but you\u2019ll also be going through the same hub locations a lot as well.<\/p>\n

With minimal plot, I appreciated the somewhat meta ending that played on how games from decades ago would behave. These games definitely inspired Fez<\/em> and its visual style hearkens back to the time when you had to use pixelated graphics because that was all the computers could render. After getting to the credits, I had little desire to reach a 100% play-through. There were enough missing items that I knew where they were located, but did not know how to unlock them or get to them. Still, I enjoyed myself playing the amount of the game that I wanted to.<\/p>\n

A retro-inspired puzzle platformer with a mind-bending gameplay mechanic, I give Fez<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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