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Are you playing on an Xbox 360 arcade console?
The Friendly Monster
Member
Nope, 20gb (when they introduced hdmi). Have I been unlucky?
I read somewhere that people with arcade units were having more common problems with the game.
Those rotating blocks are the most annoying things when you're being rushed.
they take forever to come around again if you miss >:
The Friendly Monster
Member
Wish I'd known about that. I was under the impression that 20gb system is very common though. Have all the others red ringed?
I'll try and persevere another time. Sounds like I'm not even having the worst of it.
Well, poo. I'll just fiddle around with QR codes until I get it, then.
Also, I'm playing Fez on my first-gen Xbox. It's only booted me to the dashboard twice, so far.
Zomba13
Member
I did. I tried a few. Didn't do anything. I also tried button mashing and got nothing.
Zomba13
Member
Two more people have got it and both can't say anything about it. Both do stuff involving games.
So yeah, feep, flaunt your indie-game-makingness and get us the secret of the monotlith.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Were there are other kind of things like QR codes that were big 5 years ago?
Power Glove
Member
Hope
I'm surprised no one put barcodes in games for everyone who had a CueCat. That would have been more like 10-12 years ago though. Maybe someone did and I just don't know about it.
I think he did all of the animals. : )
Yep! Pretty sure he's done the majority of animations for the game, at least all the character sprites look like his work. Pleasantly surprised to see Adam Saltsman as a main credit too.
Something's telling me I've read at some point that was Adam Saltsman's work. I may be wrong though!
The other animator (Annabelle Kennedy) at least did the seagulls -- that's what's left in of hers really.
Yeah, might've had him and Adam Saltsman confused.
Phonomezer
Banned
Infamous Chris
Banned
The cats are so goddamn adorable, but they freeze when you stare at them in first person.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Alright. Started it up even though I was afraid of all the problems people have been talking about. So far, I haven't had a single problem, so that's awesome.
Enjoying the game, but I feel a little overwhelmed like I'm missing shit and making notes in my head of shit I need to come back to check out further later.
Enjoying the game, but I feel a little overwhelmed like I'm missing shit and making notes in my head of shit I need to come back to check out further later.
Doublesith
Member
Was about 78% in, when the game crashed on me. Now every time I try to load my save it crashes immediately.
I won't be restarting until some sort of patch is out, and I'll certainly be thinking twice before I buy another of the developer's games in the future.
I won't be restarting until some sort of patch is out, and I'll certainly be thinking twice before I buy another of the developer's games in the future.
Zomba13
Member
One of the hardest puzzles in the game. I won't spoil it for you by telling you the answer only that the answer should be 'entered' sideways left to right. So say the first letter was I, you'd put it on the left side but sideways so it's -- and then the next letter 'below' it (really to the right but you'd read it like its going down). Also I think it needs to be spaced out so _letter_letter_letter etc
That's probably a really bad explanation but.... yeah.
Hmm, okay. That makes sense. I'll keep thinking of that riddle for a few days, maybe it'll come to me. Some of these puzzles are pretty ridiculous. I heard that his language isn't translated in non-English versions of the game, if that makes sense. That alone makes the puzzle impossible, which is kind of weird.
Zomba13
Member
Also, the owls offer big hints for that puzzle if you can remember what they say or find out. You might not get it straight away but if you google it should help and be pretty easy.
And yeah, that is pretty weird. Like, even in languages that use the English alphabet it would still be impossible unless they know English.
XBOX HIVES
Banned
Ok I've decided to give Fez another shot. However, I'm hopelessly stuck if anyone would care to lend me a hand!
On top of the light tower, there's a cube bit. How do I get to it? It also seems to be the last one on my map unless I'm missing something. I have 22 cubes and 2 fragments. Are one of the rooms that are marked secret the key to advancing?
MidnightCowboy
Member
Can anyone help me with the secret in
?
the room below the water in the main warp area
The burned map you find is key to the first part of this puzzle, as it gives you the inputs as well as where you need to be standing in that room to do it. In order to actually see where you need to stand, you'll need to have beaten the game and started a new game+ to have the first-person ability unlocked. Once you have that, go back to that room and follow the directions on the burned map and you'll be done with the first part of the puzzle.
It's the second part that everyone is trying to figure out right now.
It's the second part that everyone is trying to figure out right now.
exmachina64
Banned
I'm playing on the same model and I've actually had no glitches, crashes, or other problems. It's a bit disconcerting to see all the problems people have been having.
Azure Dream
Member
Waiting on a clock... waiting on a clock...
Otherwise there's nothing left until
.
It wasn't until New Game+ that I discovered the sewer area, I thought it was weird how the warps were always missing a side. I like that it was more of a platformer, but I also saw one or two places where if I couldn't fly, I think I would've been stuck. (Like rising the water only part way, then jumping down.) The game could really use a "Restart Room" pause menu option.
I loved the area that was
And while I appreciate the effect of
Edit: I have to leave to pick someone up in about 50 minutes. I think I'm actually going to miss at least one of the cubes, maybe both. Frustration!
Otherwise there's nothing left until
the 64 cube door, besides the second half of the monolith
It wasn't until New Game+ that I discovered the sewer area, I thought it was weird how the warps were always missing a side. I like that it was more of a platformer, but I also saw one or two places where if I couldn't fly, I think I would've been stuck. (Like rising the water only part way, then jumping down.) The game could really use a "Restart Room" pause menu option.
I loved the area that was
sort of a C64 send-up, with the platforms timed to the music, although I could have done without the limited "torch vision."
the "glitched" stage, the effect really screws with your eyes a little too much. I'd be scared of it potentially triggering seizures, too. Kind of surprised the game doesn't start with a big photosensitivity warning, actually.
Edit: I have to leave to pick someone up in about 50 minutes. I think I'm actually going to miss at least one of the cubes, maybe both. Frustration!
My biggest problem with that second area you mention is that it slowed my game down significantly. I had a bunch of trouble making jumps in there cause the screen would stutter a bunch.
Agreed. That soured my experience a bit. But then I went complete OCD for two hours and made it through. Immediately afterward, the
music
"tile glitch"
Visualante2
Member
So is it this year's Skyrim now? I wonder if they're gonna be able to pass it. Also puts shame to the whole bureaucracy of Microsoft certification when the game passes and doesn't work.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Infamous Chris
Banned
^ yeah, the secrets in this game top everything I've played in a good while.
Anyone have any updates with BM progress? Seems we all hit a brick wall.
Anyone have any updates with BM progress? Seems we all hit a brick wall.
Saw this game at a friend's house. What an acid trip.
I recognized the music before the credits rolled.
Anyone who's interested, it's
.
http://youtu.be/rNUOIzCeSIY
I recognized the music before the credits rolled.
Anyone who's interested, it's
Chopin's Prelude No. 4 (e minor)
http://youtu.be/rNUOIzCeSIY
VanillaPMP
Neo Member
Can anyone provide a hint for the tomb with a ton of doors in the graveyard area?
I think it has to do with the treasure maps, but I am missing two that I would need
You need all 4 maps. There is a certain order the doors have to be entered in and the maps contain all the information you need
PumpkinPie
Banned
They must release the soundtrack to buy, it's absolutely immense.
EDIT: You can buy it! $5:
http://disasterpeace.com/album/fez
EDIT: You can buy it! $5:
http://disasterpeace.com/album/fez
For someone who's been casually reading this thread, can someone break down the technical issues with this game without spoilers? Should I avoid buying it now because there's something that may hinder my progress indefinitely, delete my save or anything to that degree?
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Only problems I've had are some FPS drops, which I'm guessing will never be fixed.
Others have had save files stop working or get booted back the dashboard when the game is loading over and over.
Others have had no problems, outside of the dips I mentioned which I assume everyone has.
I'd just wait for a patch which should be out fairly quickly I'd assume.
Some crashes to desktop, slowdowns when playing for a long time, most serious of all: In a rare situation (exiting the game from the wall village interiors), the save file becomes unusable
The game basically auto-saves every new area you enter and every collectable you get. So really, the crash to desktop problem is a minor annoyance. The slowdown can also be refixed by reboot. The save corruptiohn did not occur to me.
There's also some people who seem unable to boot the game. Again, havent had that.
If everyone has the level of glitches I had, Im gonna go ahead and say that they should play it anyway. They're really ot that annoying and its a great game that eerybody should play IMO.