Abstrakt: The idea behind Cubism, the school of art pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, was to represent three-dimensional objects within two-dimensional spaces. Those strange-looking people Picasso painted had less to do with peyote hallucinations an...
Abstrakt: Phil Fish could become Canada's Shigeru Miyamoto. I’ve never made such a comparison in the 15 years I’ve been writing about games, but as I played the just-released Xbox Live Arcade game Fez this weekend it became clear that this young and gifted game ...
Abstrakt: At some point, amongst all the flashing colours, retro music, obscure puzzles, and changing worlds in Fez, I think my brain may have imploded. Fez, an indie game developed and published by a company called Polytron, is the kind of game that will surpri...
While perhaps not quite living up to some of the more over-excited reviews, Fez is nonetheless a smart, strange delight which reveals its clear intelligence with craft and charm rather than pomposity. ...
Abstrakt: Name: Genre: Platform: At first glance, Fez looks to be jumping onto the retro-revivalist bandwagon that has served the likes of Super Meat Boy and Sword and Sworcery EP so well. In some respects, that's an apt observation; the game is indeed indebted...
Can be confusing, Minor issues when you revisit uncompleted areas
A lovable chunk of arthouse gaming that puts the game before the art. While Fez is hardly alone in taking inspiration from an 8-bit golden age, it's one of the few titles to match the titles it pays homage to, with a brilliant mix of vintage style, intell...
