Fez

Game RantGR Staff

10/10

Fez is not a perfect game by any means. The map, as mentioned, could use some tweaking and there are some hitches as well as occasional slow-down when transitioning from one area to the next. In all likelihood, players will get lost, confused, and even a bit stumped (in a good way) at some point during their journey, but none of that compares with the experience of being inside this vibrant world. Fez is an homage to classic gaming, yet something entirely modern.

Nintendo World ReportNeal Ronaghan

9.5/10

When Fez clicks, it’s sublime. Bouncing through the world while rotating it to figure out the right way to reach a platform nails the right balance of difficulty and reward. The way the game opens up as you play, revealing secrets on top of secrets is something I’ve never seen another game land quite as well. What stands out most to me about Fez after nine years is that I’m in the midst of my third playthrough and even with some of the sheer novelty being lessened, I’m as enthralled as I was back in 2012. Fez stands as a truly unique indie game that draws inspiration from classics but…

IGNMitch Dyer

9.5/10

The sum of Fez’s intelligent level designs, perception mechanic, massive number of stages and secrets, and incredible art is so much more than just a shout-out to old-school gaming. Fez is a game in love with games. It has a respect for classic ideals and a confidence in its original ideas. Polytron draws on this to remind players why they fell in love with video games in the first place, all the while daring to make them think about the medium from a new perspective.

Game InformerMatt Miller

9.25/10

Take two small objects and hold them out in either hand directly in front of your left and right eyes. Now move them both to the center point between your two eyes, like both objects are rotating a quarter turn around an invisible center axis. In your perception, those two objects now look like one; they’ve merged on the horizontal plane in front of your eyes. This simple optical illusion is the foundation of Fez, the brilliant new puzzle/platformer from Polytron. While others have teased the potential of this trick – most notably Echochrome and Paper Mario – no other game captures the potenti...

VideogamerTom Bardwell

9/10

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There are very few games that manage to haunt and pervade my thoughts as much as Fez did, and while there were many occasions where I was nearly ready to throw in the towel, the decision to take a step back and refocus my thoughts proved beneficial. There’s a good chance I may never uncover all the secrets that Fez has to offer (ardent fans are still working on solving one last puzzle that is still shrouded in mystery), I can, at the very least, respect the amount of effort that went into crafting Fez’s beautifully insane world. Phil Fish has forced me to put more thought into playing a vi…

VGChartzVGChartz Staff

8.8/10

A Game CubedIt was almost five years ago when the world first heard about Fez, a little independent puzzle platforming [...]

Worth PlayingBrian Dumlao

8.5/10

Fez is a platforming game that uses 2-D/3-D perspective shifts and optical illusions to drive gameplay. Gomez is a 2-D man on a voyage of discovery into the mysterious third dimension.

GameWatcherJames Day

0/10

Does this indie darling live up to the hype?

Press StartShannon Grixti

Unscored

Gomez can steadily jump between platforms in order to make up the rest of the platforming mechanics. There are no foes or bosses within the game, which will turn some players away, but I felt that this allowed me to enjoy the game and play it at my own pace. It allowed me to be able to enjoy the world to the fullest and really experience the game in the way that I wanted to.