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Fez

by Polytron Corporation·published by Trapdoor

13 April 2012E26
PCLinuxWindowsXboxXbox 360MacPlayStationPS3MobileiOS

Reader score

8.5/ 10

63 votes

How long to beat

5 players

7h

Normally

story and some extras

13h

Completionist

everything in it

Where to get it

Trailer

Gallery

6

Screenshots

Key art

About

Gomez was a two-dimensional creature, living happily in his two-dimensional village in a two-dimensional world, until one day he is shown a great secret: the existence of a third dimension. However, something goes wrong, the great Cube explodes, and Gomez wakes up in his room now able to traverse this mysterious third dimension. He is greeted by a curious entity named Dot, who claims to be his guide, telling Gomez that it's up to him to find all the pieces of the Cube, and restore the world before the very fabric of existence collapses.

Fez is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer with a twist: the world exists in 3D space, but is always viewed as a 2D plane. The player can switch the perspective at any time between four different views; in a similar manner to Crush or Super Paper Mario, Gomez traverses the world as he sees it. Two platforms may be quite far apart, but suddenly appear right next to each other when viewed from the proper direction. Similarly, a hazard may be blocking Gomez' path, but when rotated out of view, it will no longer harm him.

The goal of the game is to find the 32 Cubes -- some whole, some broken in to eight smaller "Cube Bits". The player must manipulate the perspective, as well as various objects that can be moved in 3D space, on order to find and reach them. There are no enemies and few environmental hazards, and if Gomez dies, he simply reappears at the last solid ground he stood upon. There are also many puzzles in the game, entirely optional to basic completion, which are much more subtle, and often require careful observance of the environment.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Engine

In House Engine

Ported as

Fez Pocket Edition

Languages

10 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
Chinese (Simplified)——
Chinese (Traditional)——
English——
French——
German——
Italian——
Japanese——
Korean——
Portuguese (Portugal)——
Spanish (Spain)——

Also known as

Fez Pocket Edition — Other

FEZ.exe — Windows Executable

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Facts

Publisher

Trapdoor

Ported by

BlitWorks

Released

13 April 2012

Series

Fez

Platforms

PCLinuxWindowsXboxXbox 360MacPlayStationPS3MobileiOSiPadPS VitaPS4NintendoSwitch

Age ratings

PEGI3ESRBE

Standing

Top 4% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Side view2D scrollingPlatformDirect controlFantasy