The_Darkest_Red
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Indeed. I just got the game last night and I'm regretting reading some of the replies on the last page. I guess I should have known better.
This game seems like it's a fitting candidate for a spoiler thread.
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This game seems like it's a fitting candidate for a spoiler thread.
Visualante2
Member
No overall, everyone has got so far that the earlier stuff doesn't matter apparently. I know the map explains roughly where things are but eh. I'm pretty far behind collecting anti cubes and finding secret areas.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Hmm, so I have
one anti-cube left and the only rooms that are left that are white are the monolith room and the room with the tree and the lowering water level. Any ideas on how to get the last anti-cube. I already have the glitched one from the observatory.
I believe the two rooms you have left are red "heart piece" cube rooms. I had an issue where I input the "unlocking achieved" anti-cube code in the Monacle Room in the village, and the room showed up as gold/complete on my map. I went back and actually did the Monacle Room puzzle and got another anti-cube even though that room was marked as complete. I would suggest going back to wherever you might have input the "unlocking achieved" code and seeing if there's still a puzzle there to be solved. Worked for me, anyway.
Also, I totally brute forced the
telescope/observatory hidden red cube
Zomba13
Member
Doesn't work for me. Whenever I click the 'No
red cube
Visualante2
Member
So I got a hint about the tetris blocks that finally helps do stuff. Really obscure. I don't think I would have got that without help.. but I'm glad I've done it because some of the new areas are so fun! So if you're at the 30/10 sort of state, don't hesitate to ask for a hint on that. It would not give me much satisfaction to waste time hitting walls on that one.
For the more yellowy world with the
For the more yellowy world with the
windmill and spinning blocks, does anyone get a Sonic vibe from it? something about the music and the pace just feels very Sonic platformer to me, more so than the rest which feels Mario
Infamous Chris
Banned
I can't brute force for my life.
Also, I totally brute forced the. I feel like I cheated.telescope/observatory hidden red cube
That's a weird puzzle since the logic behind how you're actually supposed to arrive at the solution is sound, but if you go into it assuming that you just need to repeat the flashing patterns as you see them, then you will stumble across it "accidentally."
Infamous Chris
Banned
Your cat needs a fez.
My advice would be to not worry about it and focus on collecting anti-cubes instead. The room with the last gold cube you're looking for should show up as white on your map, so you'll probably stumble across it while you're collecting anti-cubes.
Solid SOAP
Member
I'm at 31 Yellow Cubes and 29 Anti-Cubes. I have to say, overall, a lot of the game's magic is lost post-game. I dunno, to me, the game is at it's peak when I'm in its brilliantly creative platforming sequences and solving the less ridiculous puzzles. Some of the input puzzles are annoying and obtuse, because any little fidget fucks them up. I just like the platforming and exploration in this much more than the puzzle solving, really. Some puzzles are great and super clever, while others are just kinda shitty and annoying. It's leaving a bit of a bad taste in my mouth after such a phenomenal experience, which is a shame because I LOVE the atmosphere and game on its own, the extra stuff is just tedious.
My thoughts exactly. I've been stubbornly committing myself to discovering the anti-cubes on my own (I'm now on New Game+) and have found five.
But I can guess that most of the rest are going to depend on ridiculously obtuse
directional inputs
control inputs
It's just being obscure for the sake of being obscure. Even some of the most ridiculous stars in Braid still held true to the world of the game and made sense in context. I love everything else about the Fez. I just wish it was smarter and more "fair" about most of its puzzles.
I think it's kinda drawing back on oldschool adventure games, but I can't be sure since I haven't played many.
Donald Bubbins
Member
Infamous Chris
Banned
WAT
Solid SOAP
Member
This. I loved the first half of the game, and a bunch of the Anti-Cubes were actually a lot of fun, like the ones that required exploration and clever puzzle solving such as finding the owls, the room that operated based on the musical tone, etc. The input ones just feel like padding and filler. It was really cool when I finally figured it out for myself, but doing them all the time is just annoying.
Infamous Chris
Banned
I have no glitched cubes though so my % is 209.4.
Phonomezer
Banned
HOLY SHIT
Zomba13
Member
I have no glitched cubes though so my % is 209.4.
That is what it should be.
Infamous Chris
Banned
But doesn't it seem odd? Should be 210% at least.
Phonomezer
Banned
Yep, we all NEED to know this after the lengths some people went to to try and solve it.
Incredible that it's almost been EXACTLY a week since the game came out, don't recall anything in a game going unresolved in so long, especially with the internet around.
209.4%, shot up about 1K spots on the leaderboard;
shame that nothing happens when you get the heart
Donald Bubbins
Member
Done and Dusted. 209.4%.
I wish we still had some mystery. Something like the inverted castle would amazing.
I wish we still had some mystery. Something like the inverted castle would amazing.
Infamous Chris
Banned
Anyone notice the blinking lights in the monolith room? Were they there before getting the 3rd cube?
Zomba13
Member
What blinking lights? I'm there now and there is nothing.
Infamous Chris
Banned
When you rotate the room, where the door would be. Unless my game is bugging out, lol.
Phonomezer
Banned
Zomba13
Member
I didn't notice that. I did go back after I solved it though in a new game+.
Also, I found it funny that you could keep entering the codes for the 0 and 1 bits and still get the puzzle solved sound.
Infamous Chris
Banned
You can always do that, though. At least 2 different puzzles I repeated codes and still got the music as if I just did it the first time.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
So the black monolith has been solved? People over at true achievements I think have the solution.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Here is the video to solve it for anyone that wants to know!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__T7KqLicSc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__T7KqLicSc
Infamous Chris
Banned
Someone from Giantbomb was the first to post it, I think.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Does the game seriously do a
I can't
It's too amazing
deal with it shades joke at the beginning of new game+
I can't
It's too amazing
Aye. I wish you could have kept them.
Azure Dream
Member
Of course the code was found about five seconds after I walked out the door. Slipped down another 100 places on the leaderboard by the time I could enter it. All well, not like any of us figured it out legitimately. We can't even find the puzzle to figure out in the first place, if there is one.
Although I have one small suspicion where that is, if it's actually in the game.
Although I have one small suspicion where that is, if it's actually in the game.
When I was watching the ending with 3D glasses on, I thought at one point I pretty clearly read "Up" during the zoom-out. But I know it's so easy to "see" things in a visual mess like that.