Fez (PS4): offline play, space, patches and trophies

Overview

Fez is a 2012 indie puzzle-platform game developed by Polytron Corporation and published by Trapdoor. The player-character Gomez receives a fez that reveals his two-dimensional (2D) world to be one of four sides of a three-dimensional (3D) world. The player rotates between these four 2D views to realign platforms and solve puzzles. The objective is to collect cubes and cube fragments to restore order to the universe.

The game was called an "underdog darling of the indie game scene" during its high-profile and protracted five-year development cycle. Fez designer and Polytron founder Phil Fish gained celebrity status for his outspoken public persona and his prominence in the 2012 documentary Indie Game: The Movie, which detailed Fez's final stages of development and Polytron's related legal issues. Fez met critical acclaim upon its April 2012 release for Xbox Live Arcade. The game was ported to other platforms following the expiration of a yearlong exclusivity agreement.

Reviewers commended the game's emphasis on discovery and freedom, but criticized its technical issues, in-game navigation, and endgame backtracking. They likened the game's rotation mechanic to the 2D, 3D shifts of Echochrome, Nebulus, Super Paper Mario, and Crush. Fez won awards including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and Eurogamer's 2012 Game of the Year. It had sold one million copies by the end of 2013, and it influenced games such as Monument Valley, Crossy Road, and Secrets of Rætikon. A planned sequel was canceled when Fish abruptly left game development.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

8 Minutes of FEZ on PS4, IGN. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Developer

Polytron Corporation

Publisher

Microsoft Studios, Trapdoor

Series

Fez

Engine

In House Engine

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player: Yes
Local multiplayer: No
Online multiplayer: No
Co op: No

Age ratings

PEGI: 3
USK: 0
ESRB: E

Release dates

Platform	Region	Date
PlayStation 4	Worldwide	2014-03-25
PlayStation 4	Japan	2014-08-20

Editions

Standard (PlayStation Store)

Standard

US$12.99 at launch

In the game

Full game download
Cross-buy: one purchase covers PS4, PS3 and PS Vita
Cross-save between the three

Fez was never sold on disc for PlayStation.

Check out the store

Subscription history

Service	Tier	Added	Left
PlayStation Plus		5 Aug 2014	1 Sep 2014

Trophies

Trophies12

Platinum possibleNo platinum

Platinum: 0
Gold: 1
Silver: 4
Bronze: 7
Total: 12
Points: 315

100% time: 5 to 7 hours
Difficulty: 2 out of 10
Playthroughs for 100%: 2
New Game Plus: Yes, trophies and progress carry over. The second run is New Game Plus, which opens the first-person view
Platinum without online: Yes
Online trophies: 0
Boosting needed: No
Online note: Every trophy is earned offline.
DLC has trophies: No
Platinum includes DLC: No
100% includes DLC: No
DLC comes in: Does not exist
Missable trophies: 0
Chapter select fixes a miss: No
Separate trophy lists by region: No
Only in a language other than English: No
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Traditional)
Region note: One trophy list for every region.
Online-only version: No
Digital-only: Yes
Disc-only: No
Trophy list shared with other versions: Yes
Other versions: One list shared by PS4, PS3 and PS Vita

Missable trophies

Nothing is missable. Every area can be revisited in New Game Plus.

Grind

Cubes, anti-cubes and artifacts across the whole map

Glitches and fixes

No glitched trophies

Sum total
Get a cube Find your very first cube shard.
Kill screen
Hexahedronaut
Haikus not epics Find the Tome artifact.
Phrenologist Find the Skull artifact.
Mightier than the sword Find the Writing Cube artifact.
A numbers game Find the Counting Cube artifact.
Equal and opposite Find an Anti-Cube.
Warp zone
Cryptographer
Trophy unlocked R R L R R L L L

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 222 MB

Update patch01.01

The updates on record for this game.

Version	Size	Needs system software
01.01	12.7 MB	1.50

DLC

Fez had no downloadable content.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Question	Answer
Price at release	US$12.99, 25 March 2014
Ever released on disc	No
Ever released in the store	Yes, 25 March 2014
In the store to buy today	Yes, US$12.99
Can be downloaded again if you already bought it	Yes
Disc runs with no patch	Does not exist Fez was never on disc for PS4.
Disc runs with the final patch	Does not exist Fez was never on disc for PS4. The download is at version 01.01.
Has online features	No
Online servers running today	Does not exist
Playable offline today: campaign	Yes
Playable offline today: local multiplayer	Does not exist
Playable offline today: online multiplayer	Does not exist
Playable offline today: DLC	Does not exist

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

Fez is single-player only and has no online play.

Services: Service Status
Online play Does not exist

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff: Role Name
Designer Phil Fish
Programmer Renaud Bédard
Producer Thomas Scott
Producer Marie-Christine Bourdua
Composer Disasterpeace
PlayStation port BlitWorks

Role	Name
Designer	Phil Fish
Programmer	Renaud Bédard
Producer	Thomas Scott
Producer	Marie-Christine Bourdua
Composer	Disasterpeace
PlayStation port	BlitWorks

Credits

Publisher: Microsoft Studios, Trapdoor
Developer: Polytron Corporation
Released: 2014-03-25
Age rating: ESRB E
Disc ID: CUSA00383
Region: US
Time to beat: about 7.3 hours