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But I have the secret room with the huge owl unlocked and finished ;(
Phonomezer
Banned
So you went through both ways? That's when it said it was cleared for me.
show me your skeleton
Member
what the heck is this regarding a
!?
edit: ah, my bad, had no idea. sorry!
first person view
edit: ah, my bad, had no idea. sorry!
Phonomezer
Banned
^Spoiler tag that.
Gareth Bale
Member
I still only have about 29 yellow cubes :/ No idea where the rest are. Clearly there are doors I haven't visited yet. I reckon it's just one door somewhere that leads to all the rest.
Backfoggen
Banned
I've got like two things spoiled for me in this thread already time to stop reading.
Gareth Bale
Member
Jesus.... I can't find these last few yellow cubes anywhere!
Yes. Sounds like a bug to me. My beautiful and shiny worldmap ;(
Zomba13
Member
Yes. It gives you a new perspective on the world that comes in handy in a few places.
Zomba13
Member
Yup. The security room gave one and was another room people had trouble with.
Phonomezer
Banned
Yup. (Edit: two yups)
Is anyone else trying to figure this one out?
People have said that the black monolith is in reference to 2001 Space Odyssey... I was wondering why they'd bother with the skull artifact (or bone..!) and upon closer inspection, there seem to be grooves in it that could possibly indicate directional input, could be a long shot though.
I wonder if the other artifact cubes reference each face of the skull? Just throwing it out there, LOL.
I wonder if the other artifact cubes reference each face of the skull? Just throwing it out there, LOL.
I'm so confused :x
CitizenCope
Member
Now 12 cubes and 2 anticubes in and no stuttering or slowdown. Still can not look at the leaderboards though. =/
This map. I don't know where the heck I'm going.
This map. I don't know where the heck I'm going.
Zomba13
Member
The other artifacts could just be useless, like just artifacts adding to the world. Like the number/letter cubes are just how they stamp their text and the skull is just the skull of a squid alien that gave Gomez's kind the power of the cube.
209.4% Achieved!
But by obtaining the 33rd anticube, not by solving the monolith.
But by obtaining the 33rd anticube, not by solving the monolith.
My thought was that the order of the letters in the tome map to the letter cube, which maps to the counting cube, which maps to the tetrominoes in the boiler room, which map to the controller buttons. But the solution of U D RT D RT LT ? LT doesn't work for me for all substitutions of ? (being Y=10, unrepresented on the boiler room wall).
Phonomezer
Banned
32000 people on the leaderboards and NOBODY has done the "final" puzzle yet..
Infamous Chris
Banned
The final puzzle has to be something connected to "3D." It just has to.
BeeMickSee and Disasterpeace (the sound guys) have definitely done the monolith puzzle, but they appear to not be telling.
YianGaruga
Banned
About that puzzle:
A few things I'm thinking about:
No idea if any of it is of any help.
EDIT:
I just remebered.
A few things I'm thinking about:
-Could it be that "devil cube" the kid in the beginning was talking about?
-It's the only thing, afaik, that still moves when in first person view.
-There are concentric cube patterns similar to the one on the floor beneath it all over the world.
- I have a feeling it's not connected to the book artifact.
-It's the only thing, afaik, that still moves when in first person view.
-There are concentric cube patterns similar to the one on the floor beneath it all over the world.
- I have a feeling it's not connected to the book artifact.
EDIT:
I just remebered.
I think the ending is some corroboration for the 2001 theories. I thought it was very 2001 as well.
AHA-Lambda
Member
What on earth have I missed? =/
I just finished the main story by getting 32 cubes about 15 mins ago and what is all this other stuff about
and such like? 33rd anticube? My head hurts...
I just finished the main story by getting 32 cubes about 15 mins ago and what is all this other stuff about
black monoliths
I'm not having fun exploring. I'm getting very frustrated and angry at the game for dropping shittons of cryptic stuff like this all over the levels without even the faintest hint of what to do about them. Nada, none, zilch. I just read up on one solution (the bell tower). How/where/when are those codes explained or even hinted at in the game? I'm not asking rhetorically. I want to know, because I'm sitting in another room - one of a couple dozen, it seems - where the only thing is some weird symbol on the wall and my cube companion saying, "I wonder what this means?" And the map tells me there some secret here, but I cannot find a way to interact with anything.
I wonder that that means. I really do. I've asked a good half dozen times now and everyone just says "have fun with it". But this is not fun. Not at all.
Some would argue that
you're only half-way through the game so far.
like with the primary yellow/golden cubes, there is a set of 32 anti-cubes part of a much harder and more cryptic set-piece of puzzles. If you didn't notice with the main story ending, the Hexahedron only filled in cubes part way. Once completing this other set, and running through the end area again, the game unlocks a second/"good" ending.
As you're filling up this second set, you'll notice that some of the hub areas with water has had the tide fall, revealing other areas in the game. This black monolith is one of those puzzles, and the last one that people are stuck on. The only one on the leaderboard that has completed it (BeeMickSee/Brandon McCartin aka the sound designer) is remaining tight-lipped. So everyone's going nuts on how to solve it.
The 33rd anti-cube is speculated to be accidentally left in, or however you want to put it, as it locks out the said second/"good" ending and reverts to the first/"bad" one.
As you're filling up this second set, you'll notice that some of the hub areas with water has had the tide fall, revealing other areas in the game. This black monolith is one of those puzzles, and the last one that people are stuck on. The only one on the leaderboard that has completed it (BeeMickSee/Brandon McCartin aka the sound designer) is remaining tight-lipped. So everyone's going nuts on how to solve it.
The 33rd anti-cube is speculated to be accidentally left in, or however you want to put it, as it locks out the said second/"good" ending and reverts to the first/"bad" one.
Observe the surroundings.
The codes you're referring to is a
numerical system, and there's various rooms that have parts of it (zero thru ten) listed on the walls.
If you haven't completed the game once already, you don't need to get into anything cryptic. It exists as a second-set of puzzle which cater to those who are being that observant.
YianGaruga
Banned
This is just not true. The game IS giving you hints, you're either not putting them together correctly, not looking hard enough or, how it sounds from your posts, you just want to be angry at the game for not spelling everything out to you.
The number system is hard to figure out, but it's possible and a lot of people did individually.
Here's how I figured it out
- In one clasroom, there are the symbols for 0, 1, 2, 3 with drawings of a dot, a line, a square and a cube underneath them, respectively.
- You get 4 from the treasure maps that are for the room with a lot of doors, since they describe an order and you know 1, 2, and 3.
- 5, 7 and 10 are gotten from another (or the same, I forgot) classroom, which shows some equations on the wall. You'll figure the out through a process of 1+2+x=y, linear equations basically.
- 6 is then gotten from the Bell tower, since you know the other numbers on the bell and you get the cube when you hit the unknown symbol 6 times.
- You get 4 from the treasure maps that are for the room with a lot of doors, since they describe an order and you know 1, 2, and 3.
- 5, 7 and 10 are gotten from another (or the same, I forgot) classroom, which shows some equations on the wall. You'll figure the out through a process of 1+2+x=y, linear equations basically.
- 6 is then gotten from the Bell tower, since you know the other numbers on the bell and you get the cube when you hit the unknown symbol 6 times.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I hope all the secrets aren't like this... I find myself going in to a room with a secret and literally wondering what I'm supposed to be doing in an empty room.
Phonomezer
Banned
Had to stop playing, BM puzzle is driving me fucking insane.
I hope you have a pen at the ready. There's something pretty cool about wandering around the world of Fez and translating shit. More games need to do this.
I hope all the secrets aren't like this... I find myself going in to a room with a secret and literally wondering what I'm supposed to be doing in an empty room.
I hope you have a pen at the ready. There's something pretty cool about wandering around the world of Fez and translating shit. More games need to do this.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
There was no notes section in the manual with my game.
Nope, you don't.
Zomba13
Member
If you want a hint for the alphabet find the quick brown fox jumping over the lazy dog. I can't remember where it is, I think it's by the waterfall area. There is something there that will help you decipher the language.
Steve McQueen
Member
PhoenixSFT
Member
I'm just amazed you got that far without deciphering anything
Azure Dream
Member
I know this is going to seem lazy, but is there a cheat sheet for the alphabet and numbers someone's already worked up? I've already found the fox and the dog, and I know how people figured out the alphabet and numbers, I just don't want to go through the extra step of copying it down to paper, then trying to guess from my scribbled notes, or recopying it to PC and smoothing it out. I'm sure someone's already done it...
YianGaruga
Banned
Zomba13
Member
It's been done. I'll post mine though until someone finds a better pic.
EDIT: Nevermind lol.
Azure Dream
Member
I appreciate it, thank you.
I 32 cube finished and I'm pretty disappointed. There's a huge gap between just platforming and spinning to get bits and the extremely obtuse puzzles. It feels like I just ran through a lot of busywork, and in order to continue on I need to start highlighting spoiler tags just to get anywhere, but that's just more busywork. Great music.
Solid SOAP
Member
I need ONE more single yellow cube to complete all 32 yellow cubes, and I have no idea where it could be. fghjkl
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Where to we go to beat the game. I accidently hit B to fast when the little guy was telling me where to go. I want to beat it so I can get
. We don't lose anything by going to NG+ yeah?
fly and fps mode
Zomba13
Member
NG+ has you keep everything from your last game. so NG++ has your NG+ stuff etc. And the place where you go to finish the game is behind a 32 cube door in the area behind the 16 cube door.
shysaursoft
Member
To the
Ancient City
speak in code
You keep everything when going to NG+, anything already solved stays solved.
Correct, you lose nothing. I recommend going NG+ asap. I'd probably only uncovered about 60% of the world when I got my 32nd cube and finished. I was glad that I did because once in NG+ there aren't any barriers not set by puzzles. It's so much easier to get around and free yourself up to focus more on the puzzles.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Awesome! Thanks guys!