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FEZ is a clever Puzzle Platformer in which your main tool is controlling the perspective of the level.

(GIF From Polygon)

You control Gomez in his quest to restore an omnipotent(?) cube, and the dimensions it watches over, to order by collecting said cube's pieces that were scattered throughout the dimensions. You'll accomplish this with timing, jumping, pushing, and using your noggin. You'll especially be using the latter if you want to 100% the game, or rather +200%. You only have to complete "half" of the cube to complete the first playthrough. Quotations because The Cube is also made up of "anti-cubes" as well as the regular cubes. There are also 3 secret "Heart Cube" pieces as well as 4 Artifacts to collect. As you collect pieces, doors to new world/dimensions open up Super Mario style (number on the door = amount you need to collect to open). You need to complete the playthrough at least once as there are some puzzles you need a pair of glasses you acquire from starting the "New Game +". The first pair are just regular sunglass, the second time you hit New Game +, you'll get the stereoscopic 3D glasses seen in teh gif below, which adds a Stereoscopic 3D filter to everything.

FEZ's toughest puzzles actually have little to do with the perspective change but with cryptography. There are 3 codes used in the game for many (more then half) of the collectibles. An alphabet cipher, number cipher, and a directions code. You can figure out how to decipher these in the game itself, but should you feel stumped, there is a nice guide in Steam that tells you how to decipher the codes but not the puzzles that use them. That way you can still try your hand at the puzzles without spoiling everything. I used pencil & paper quite a lot for this game.

Unfortunately, there appears to be a puzzle (for a Heart Cube piece) that you have to seek outside help for. I'm still not certain on this, but the FEZ community members all seemed to be stumped by this one as well and the solution was accidentally discovered. There is one "puzzle" that uses a QR Code so you'll either need a smart device handy, know how to manually decipher a QR Code, or look up the reveal online.

The game has multiple styles and ranges from charming to dingy(in a good way), same for the music. There is even one level where the background is altering tiles from all the styles used in the game and you have to discern where the platforms are since they are mixed up tiles as well. Seizure warning on that on I believe. Though perspective is the main tool, the level designs don't get to M. C. Escher levels of crazy like the mobile game Monument Valley, but still can make one scratch their head at how to proceed.

The map of the game.

Summary: FEZ is a puzzle platformer in which you use perspective and cryptography to collect cubes, to complete bigger cube. Cube-ception! The puzzles, music, and overall art style make it a nice cohesive package. If puzzles, platformers, cute, and or "think outside the box" interest you, I highly recommend you play this. Not recommended if you get motion sickness.