Fez

Polytron Corps "FEZ," a retro-inspired indie puzzle-platformer grabbed players on PS4 with its individualistic mechanics and adorable visual style. Its combination of exploration, platforming and mind-bending puzzles in a gorgeously-designed world lets it standout among the flood of indie games on the market today.

Story and Setting

In FEZ, players assume the role of Gomez, a small, white creature who lives in a 2D world. But his life takes a surreal turn when he receives a magic fez that unveils an extra dimension. Fez, takes the background narrative that dives into one side of philosophy and injects the player slowly into this abstract world where he learns to interact with Shad and use to get everything easier... collecting gold cubes while hiding secrets from universe. The narrative is introduced through exploration and discovery, backed up by a lore enriched with hidden messages and mysterious symbols.

Gameplay and Mechanics

That central mechanic provides more than enough gameplay to make "FEZ" an interesting playing experience. The ability to flip the 2D world on its head in 90-degree increments, revealing a fully realized third dimension that changes as your perspective does:

Core Mechanic: World Rotation - Players are able to rotate the environment and convert it from a 2D perspective to a pseudo-3D one. It is a mechanic that you need in order to solve puzzles and progress through the games levels.

Level design: Levels are designed to be explored, ever level is a sandbox with multiple hidden paths, secrets areas, trophies.deferenced The rotation mechanic must be leveraged to find pathways elsewhere in the world, and secrets items that it hides.

There Are Puzzles: This is the maybe most mind blowing part of FEZ where there are puzzles specifically designed with creativity and multiple viewpoints in mind. These puzzles can be anything from platforming challenges to riddles using cryptic symbols and patterns.

Silent Hills Will Included Non-linear Progression: Players will be able to explore the desired area and play in any order. More freedom equates to more spontaneity and breathes a sense of discovery and adventure.

Visuals and Presentation

FEZ has a very nice looking, nostalgic 16-bit like art style with bright colors and detailed environment. Eldest Souls stands as homage to the intricate, labyrinth design of the first genre-defining action-adventures and captures that legacy in a silky smooth, technically demanding pixel art 2D esthetic with rich, detailed high-bit hand-crafted spritework; meanwhile, it features cutting-edge boss AI and endlessly diverse Teleportation attacks. Accompanied by an atmospheric, serene soundtrack (Disasterpeace composed it, appropriately) that blends perfectly with the visuals to create an immersive little bubble.

Game Modes

FEZ is all about information, and exploration in a rich single player puzzle experience:

Adventure Mode: The main and original game which is based upon guiding Gomez around levels to collect golden cubes while unearthing the mysteries of the world. With an open-ended nature that offers players the freedom to explore and puzzle-solve at their leisure,

New Game Plus: Complete the game to unlock New Game Plus containing even more difficult challenges and secrets, encouraging fans to return and put their new skills to the test.

Similar Games

Play FEZ? Then maybe you'll like these other puzzle-platformer games on PC

Monument Valley A beautiful masterpiece of a game that requires players to work with impossible architecture and guide a silent princess through this stunning, surreal world.

Braid (2): This highly-commented puzzle-platformer goes into time to create more elaborate puzzles and a maybe-sad, thought-provoking story.

The Witness: A first-person puzzle game that takes place on a mysterious island and challenges its players with complex puzzles that encourage observation and deductive reasoning.

INSIDE - A thrilling, dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer with a strong story and addictive mechanics.

Interesting Feature

But it is puzzle solving that will strike most players, as some of the solutions include deciphering in-game symbols and a fictional language. This is important because it contributes additionally to the lore and mystery of the game urging players to look deeper and uncover secrets. So rich and engaging that the community has collaborated to even solve them all, including some of the most obscure ones in the game.

FEZ joins the pile as one in a long string of fantastic puzzle-platformers that bring new mechanics to the gameplay while maintaining an adorable aesthetic. Exploration, creative puzzles and an engaging worldbook make this a passion title for fans of the genre. Immerse yourself in the world of "FEZ" and find what mysteries are brewing on its lovely surface.