Celeste. The level design and music are amazing as well as the story. I really hope you'll complete it on the show someday, because I feel it kind of flew under the radar when it released in January. I hope you get to play it sometime!
I don't think that a controversy about they creator of the game should hinder anyone (like Jirard) Games are games. They should be judged on the GAME'S, content, not other factors. To Jirard, if there is a new game with a controversy like this and you want to review it, then review it. Don't let the controversy limit your enjoyment
I think it's easier when you're a fan of something to defend it by saying "Judge the work, not the creator." But some people out there will not be able to separate the creator's actions from the work. Look at Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, and newly-inducted Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein. While these guys have all done things much worse than Phil Fish ever has (admitted to), I think the same mindset holds true. Some people love the work these guys have done, but some just cannot look past the personal issues. Especially in today's social climate, it is exceedingly difficult to have your work taken seriously when you do bad things. Oh yeah, also look at Jesse Lacey of Brand New. There is a huge campaign against him for what he did, calling all fans of the band to throw out their music. Again, what he did is a million times worse than what Phil Fish has (admitted to), but I don't think it's fair to rip apart someone legitimately great work because the creator is a garbage human being.
tomstonemale no. He literally just got pissed off because a journalist took him to task and asked him about changes to Microsofts selfpublishing policy
I think credit should given where it's due in terms of what Fez is and the way Fish struggled to create it. Still, I think a mix of "famous" drama and his domineering personality ruined what could have made a very positively influential figure in the indie platform.
It's funny how even someone simply showing cavestory, showing that it's remembered as a game as a whole, is enough to make me smile. It may not have its own episode, but even a nod to it shows it the respect that most people don't.
You know, this channel is actually pretty goddamn amazing. Jirard is constantly playing and beating gaming 100% then goes and makes a 20+ minute long video about it and then still has enough time to beat a new game 100%. I could never do that!! I tried beating Lego Star Wars when I was younger and I just couldn't do it. The fact that a game is beaten like twice a week is incredible to me. Keep it up Jirard, you'll have 1 mil subs by summer!
Jirard, have you ever thought of completing Hollow Knight? I feel like it would be perfect for the Completionist. Thanks for doing all that you do, I love the show!
The speedrunning achievements will be a pain, but, either way, it'd probably be best to wait until after the release God's and Glory to get the most complete experience. Also, I demand a full let's play of every second of the Path of Pain.
Actually the speedrunning ones aren't that bad... its the one life mode which will be the death of him, and I'd probably suggest waiting for the next dlc to drop would be better.
The memory I have of Fez that sticks out the most happened the first time I played the PC version (didn't play the 360 version a huge amount before that), and my copy of Fez literally crashed, for real, at the very moment the "fake" crash happens the first time you meet the big cube! LOL.
Completionist, you're the best man. I just love your videos and I'm glad to see you really thrive. I've seen all of your episodes and still love watching them all.
Ductos remember when Stanley Kubrick was a fucking prick? Doesn't make his work any less great does it? So why does Fez deserve the same treatment from an equally dickish creator?
I beat this game when it released on Xbox 360, I absolutely love it. There is so much insane detail and secrets everywhere. That secret alien language and all of that. There has never been another game like it, and I wish we had gotten a sequel
Fez holds a special place in my heart, I remember recommending it to you on tumblr, and I'm so glad you checked it out. I'm surprised you didn't look into the heart-cube room secret code - but it doesn't really do anything so You didn't really miss out (It's still a very interesting thing to theorize about). I'd glad you rated it as you did, I think everyone should experience this game, despite the creator.
he was such a manchild when it came to taking criticism and what not, hell i don't know if i remember this correctly but he took all the money that was supposed to go into Fez 2 development and just did big fuck you to the fans and ran with the money
Taylor Harper canceled the sequel because some people were insulting him on his twitter and I might be wrong, but I don’t think he refunded people their money back for his Kickstarter
Taylor Harper he had a hissy fit and canceled fez 2. Not too terrible on its own but he ran with the money he raised for it so those who donated were essentially just down their cash.
I went into this game completely blind and didn't have any idea about the controversy beforehand. It's honestly one of my favorite games of all time. It's so, so clever.
I don’t know how I haven’t seen this yet as Fez is one of my favorite games. It’s been so many years since I’ve played through it I’ve forgotten most of the solutions so I think it’s time for a new playthrough. If you play this, don’t use a walkthrough (until the Black Monolith, of course). It will last a lot longer than 10 hours and will be much more rewarding. Now we need a complete play of La Mulana!
OH MAN! Got this game day 1and HOLY SH!T!, Love the game and wow how much cryptic gameplay exists is legendary. It's like Zelda 2 , Castlevania 2 and Zelda 1 had an ambiguous baby and said call the Nintendo Hotline for 900hrs to complete!!! Between QR codes, cryptic messages and mind bending puzzles, the Konami code. would be pissing it's 8-bit pants!!! Great vid, would love to see Dust"the game interlocking" our fav revolutionary indie pop boom! Subbed and liked!!!!
The amount of quality content you produce is truly astonishing... The speed at which you are uploading is also remarkable.I look for new videos every morning and every night. Keep up the amazing work!
The reason I love this channel: Jirard is the only game reviewer that makes sense. Most reviewers such as ign only play the game for a few days and miss a ton of details but this channel... it just shows you every part of the game you want to know about. Ps: favourite indie game is hollow knight
I really appreciate you taking the time to review this. Fez is one of my favorite games. Any extra spotlight given to the indie scene is really nice to see. Now I'll just sit here in the corner patiently waiting to see if you get around to reviewing Hyper Light Drifter and Hollow Knight.
Still would have liked to hear his thoughts on the Monolith. The puzzle that took months to be figured out by the sheer brute force of the internet and even longer for people to actually understand it. Plus, it requires you know the release date of the game, and doesn't tell you this. Quite a bit obtuse, I say, so much so that it becomes more unreasonable as time passes. Really would love to see or hear Jirard's thoughts on this.
I miss the spoiler section as well! The vast majority of the games Jirard plays are games I will never be able to play or want to play. I like his videos and enjoy the information he gives. You could always skip the spoilers if you didn’t want to know.
I really loved Fez, but the 360 had a bug where if you turned it off before the auto-save was done (and auto-save happened very, very often) your save file got permanently corrupted. Happened to my friend as well. I still had the heart to go through it again, but it was a black smudge on the game's otherwise pleasant experience. Glad to see you had fun though, Jirard!
Sad to say that save corruption bugs made it to the PC version, too. A friend that was playing at the same time as me had his save corrupted after he got all of the golden cubes and it pretty much killed his run.
A very good episode. It's unfortunate that this game was tinted due to bad press relating to the creator and his behavior, but I'm glad you were able to enjoy yourself none the less. I admit, like with most media, if I let the fans / haters of things completely influence my choice to give something a chance, I'd never enjoy anything, video game or otherwise. To answer your "question of the day", so far I'd say one of my favorite indie games is Owl Boy. The worst thing about that game was the fact that it had to end. Keep up the great work on the episodes, Jirard.
I adore this game, it's cute, it's pretty, it's smart but DAMN some puzzles are just... so cryptic. Like I'm all for complicated stuff but some of them just felt incredibly random like "do this very specific code in this room" without explanation or hint that this is what you should be doing (or at least that I could see ?)
"I wonder if anything even means anything anymore maaan" How I felt starting this game. Glad you could finish this Jirard. I'll probably just check the soundtrac.
I remember playing this game. I really enjoyed the first half where the gameplay was based on platform-exploring-scenery-puzzle-solving, but once the decoding started I kind of abandoned Fez. I guess I didn't have the resolve to write every single clue down and connect the dots back then. But in the future, who knows...
Same. It's either waste a bunch of time figuring out these codes that have an unbalanced work to reward ratio or cheat by looking them up online. Even The Completionist skipped these by looking them up. I wonder, if he had played the game without looking anything up online, would he still have the same attitude about the game? Probably not.
It still bothers me Jirard used a guide for this. Like, I get it, some of the puzzles in this game were designed to be unsolvable in game, but only some. The rest were some of the greatest puzzles ever made, learning this universe's counting system and language were amazing feelings and going back and noticing things that you just thought were set dressing and now understanding there's a whole new puzzle there is insanely satisfying. Jirard is fucked if he plays Tunic.
Phil Fish actually didn't quit working for games after he breakdown. Recently, sometime in February there was news about him designing the interface for a console called the Super NT. The console itself is a modern snes essentially, but it is interesting he still is in the gaming industry. Perhaps, he'll pop up sometime again in the future.
Im honestly surprised jirard hasnt done axium verge yet. And on another note, it'd be awesome if Phil fish would make fez two or at least let someone else do it. The game play it to cool to just let die with one game.
I'm really happy you guys made a point to avoid the weird gaming politics but wanted to give this game its place on the channel. Keep it up boys, love your content! (including SBB!!)
Fez 2 was a logo. I'm not sure that he was really working on it and then people started hitting him back hard for his comments over the course of his career, which stressed him out and made him quit. I honestly wish he would have just worked on it in private and didn't let any of the publicity go to his head.
I still love this game. I have it on my Xbox and steam. It’s sad what happened to Phil fish . I wanted to see a fez two.This game should be judged on its own and not by what happened with the guy who made it. I also love the soundtrack and I remember playing hyper light drifter for the first time and going this music reminds me of fez . Go figure the same people made that soundtrack too
yeah, it's always better to separate the art from the artist funny, Hyperlight Drifter is also my favorite game... I only picked it up after I've learned that _disasterpeace_ made the soundtrack >:D (the music might be why I love these games) sync is the best song... and many of its remixes, too
A bit harder to separate the game from its creator when real world stuff relating to its release is key to one of the puzzles. (Of course, you could just look it up, but you know.)
which I did - just looked it up... Harder, maybe, but not impossible (I mean I've found most of the cubes on my own, but the really elusive ones I've used a guide as a last resort... I know it might ruin the experience for the hardcore completionists out there, but I'm not one, so... I'm not a "trophy/achievements whore")
I bought this game in a random Steam deal for cheap but I never played it. This video makes me want to go and do that now. I didn't even realize there was controversy to it. Everything about this game just flew under my radar.
Love the show and glad to see your channel is really starting grow into something that can play woth the big boys. Keep up the good work. Oh, and the polybius machine was a great touch.
I wonder if Phil Fish feels any regret many years after he "took his ball and went home"? I still think it was a "Drama Queen" response on Phil Fish's part, regardless of his beef with Microsoft, as Team Meat and countless other Indie Teams have never reacted the way Phil Fish did...
Despite the controversy that surrounded it, Fez was one of those indie games (although with TH-cam) that really rekindled my interesting in gaming after having put it on the back burner throughout high school. Glad to see Jirard finally take a look at this somewhat flawed classic.
Phil Fish was obviously not in the best mental state when he rose to fame. I honestly felt bad for the guy. Ya'll can judge him all you want. Fame isn't something we're all prepared for and he wasn't. I hope he's in a better metal state now. Back to enjoying his life and maybe even go back to developing. Or hell, pick Fez 2 back up. I'd understand if he didn't want to, though. I'd just be happy to see him happy with what he does and if that involves games at some point then I'm sure we'd get something interesting, at the least.
Your statement was that this was all just stress, and now it suddenly shifted to "Well I'm sure he's different now"? Yeah, maybe, but that irrelevant to the current discussion.
How so? Stress absolutely affects somones personality and actions, I'm not changing anything. Seems like you're looking for a reason to say I'm wrong. I'm saying I'm sure he's changed and hope he's doing okay.
so happy you did this i completed this bad boy bout 2 months ago i needed a walk thru cause some of it was tough to figure out. however i enjoyed the hell out of it great job as always Jirad your channel Da bomb.
I loved pretty much everything about Fez. I played it at the same time as my friend, and we shared hints and discoveries and compared our observations to work through some of the more obtuse puzzle mechanics. That said, the game had some unfortunate issues on PC with some save corruption bugs that messed up my friend's save file pretty badly, and I experienced a few minor bugs along the way, too, and some of those puzzles are just unfair. Still, the atmosphere and experience of that game were awesome and I don't think that any game even came close to it until The Witness (although I still think Fez is better). I knew Phil Fish was a dick. He did some damn fine work, though, and playing through alongside a friend was one of the most memorable gaming experiences I've ever had. Discovering that restored village full of characters that speak in the game's wacko language while that beautiful music plays is one of my all-time favorite gaming memories. It's a shame that so many have barred themselves from that same experience because they disagree with the creator on his opinions about video games or because he dishes out more than he can take. Again, he's a dick, but it's not like he's a racist or a violent sociopath or anything. He's just got an ego. Make that assessment and don't let it hinder the art piece that he helped create.
What's your favorite Indie game?
Superflight! Best bang for your buck :)
Hat in Time
Shovel knight!!!
Celeste. The level design and music are amazing as well as the story. I really hope you'll complete it on the show someday, because I feel it kind of flew under the radar when it released in January. I hope you get to play it sometime!
It's currently a tie between undertale and Celeste
I don't think that a controversy about they creator of the game should hinder anyone (like Jirard)
Games are games. They should be judged on the GAME'S, content, not other factors.
To Jirard, if there is a new game with a controversy like this and you want to review it, then review it. Don't let the controversy limit your enjoyment
NeoNarcoleptic he literally said fuck you I'm taking the money you raised and running with it
Yeah but some of his "mistakes" were just having an opinion though.
We definitely should be able to seperate a work of art from the artist itself.
I think it's easier when you're a fan of something to defend it by saying "Judge the work, not the creator." But some people out there will not be able to separate the creator's actions from the work. Look at Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, and newly-inducted Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein. While these guys have all done things much worse than Phil Fish ever has (admitted to), I think the same mindset holds true. Some people love the work these guys have done, but some just cannot look past the personal issues.
Especially in today's social climate, it is exceedingly difficult to have your work taken seriously when you do bad things. Oh yeah, also look at Jesse Lacey of Brand New. There is a huge campaign against him for what he did, calling all fans of the band to throw out their music. Again, what he did is a million times worse than what Phil Fish has (admitted to), but I don't think it's fair to rip apart someone legitimately great work because the creator is a garbage human being.
tomstonemale no. He literally just got pissed off because a journalist took him to task and asked him about changes to Microsofts selfpublishing policy
I think credit should given where it's due in terms of what Fez is and the way Fish struggled to create it. Still, I think a mix of "famous" drama and his domineering personality ruined what could have made a very positively influential figure in the indie platform.
Anyone remember when Phil Fish canceled Fez 2?
Mathew Ricafrente I’m still mad
Didnt he ragequitted out? Got so annoyed with questions he cancelled it no?
He probably only had a logo, considering he didn't program Fez and burnt a lot of bridges.
I was thinking about that yesterday
Anyone remember when Phil Fish didn't announce Fez 3?
I just wanted to say that is a really cute thumbnail, especially with the beard.
I am a PERSON Thank Wynnat for that
That's it, I'm cancelling Fez 3.
It's funny how even someone simply showing cavestory, showing that it's remembered as a game as a whole, is enough to make me smile. It may not have its own episode, but even a nod to it shows it the respect that most people don't.
One of my favourite games and soundtracks of all time.
Wish i could play it for the first time again
I'm having flashbacks to that freaking 4 cube clock that ranges from waiting one minute to two days
You know, this channel is actually pretty goddamn amazing. Jirard is constantly playing and beating gaming 100% then goes and makes a 20+ minute long video about it and then still has enough time to beat a new game 100%. I could never do that!! I tried beating Lego Star Wars when I was younger and I just couldn't do it. The fact that a game is beaten like twice a week is incredible to me. Keep it up Jirard, you'll have 1 mil subs by summer!
Jirard, have you ever thought of completing Hollow Knight? I feel like it would be perfect for the Completionist. Thanks for doing all that you do, I love the show!
The speedrunning achievements will be a pain, but, either way, it'd probably be best to wait until after the release God's and Glory to get the most complete experience. Also, I demand a full let's play of every second of the Path of Pain.
Actually the speedrunning ones aren't that bad... its the one life mode which will be the death of him, and I'd probably suggest waiting for the next dlc to drop would be better.
Godhome: "I'm about to end this whole man's career"
The memory I have of Fez that sticks out the most happened the first time I played the PC version (didn't play the 360 version a huge amount before that), and my copy of Fez literally crashed, for real, at the very moment the "fake" crash happens the first time you meet the big cube! LOL.
Ahhh fez, the ultimate "hate the jerk, not the work" piece of work to ever come out.
Completionist, you're the best man. I just love your videos and I'm glad to see you really thrive. I've seen all of your episodes and still love watching them all.
I just find it odd that someone so aggressive could make such a relaxing game. Maybe it was all just pent up after all the serene of the game
Salmence Getting thousands of hate comments brings out your aggressive side
I love how mentally interactive Fez is regarding spatial learning and awareness
Man, I need a memory wiping device so I can experience Fez again or the first time. One of my all time favourite games.
Isn't Phil Fish the guy who once claimed, someone doesn't deserve ad money from showingcasing and playing his game on TH-cam?
He’s irrelevant and stole money from his fans, Jirard is free to make a review about the game
He is, yes.
Among other meltdowns and stupid comments, yes.
Ductos remember when Stanley Kubrick was a fucking prick? Doesn't make his work any less great does it? So why does Fez deserve the same treatment from an equally dickish creator?
Yep that was the guy
I beat this game when it released on Xbox 360, I absolutely love it. There is so much insane detail and secrets everywhere. That secret alien language and all of that. There has never been another game like it, and I wish we had gotten a sequel
Fez holds a special place in my heart, I remember recommending it to you on tumblr, and I'm so glad you checked it out. I'm surprised you didn't look into the heart-cube room secret code - but it doesn't really do anything so You didn't really miss out (It's still a very interesting thing to theorize about).
I'd glad you rated it as you did, I think everyone should experience this game, despite the creator.
So that's what It Follows has to do with this week's game. The MUSIC!
Also, complete Brütal Legend
HAHA I see you follow the twitter. Thanks for the support!
Brutal Legend is no longer completable if I'm not mistaken, due to the online multiplayer trophies.
Phil Fish is awful, but Fez is fun. Hope you enjoyed it, Jirard.
Why is he awful?
A few years ago he wrote a lot of shit on his twitter account
he was such a manchild when it came to taking criticism and what not, hell i don't know if i remember this correctly but he took all the money that was supposed to go into Fez 2 development and just did big fuck you to the fans and ran with the money
Taylor Harper canceled the sequel because some people were insulting him on his twitter and I might be wrong, but I don’t think he refunded people their money back for his Kickstarter
Taylor Harper he had a hissy fit and canceled fez 2. Not too terrible on its own but he ran with the money he raised for it so those who donated were essentially just down their cash.
I went into this game completely blind and didn't have any idea about the controversy beforehand. It's honestly one of my favorite games of all time. It's so, so clever.
That damn anti-cube at the clock tower.
*I HAD TO WAIT AN ENTIRE WEEK TO GET IT*
This man didn't complete fez. He didn't solve the puzzle in the heart room
Jirard, The Camera is Zoomed in
I can almost feel his magnificent beard on me with those angles lol
I don’t know how I haven’t seen this yet as Fez is one of my favorite games. It’s been so many years since I’ve played through it I’ve forgotten most of the solutions so I think it’s time for a new playthrough.
If you play this, don’t use a walkthrough (until the Black Monolith, of course). It will last a lot longer than 10 hours and will be much more rewarding.
Now we need a complete play of La Mulana!
Have you thought about Roller Coaster Tycoon? For either completionist or Beard Bros, think you'd have some real fun... more so on Beard Bros probably
Learning more about this game, i wish the developer never quit gamedev.
OH MAN! Got this game day 1and HOLY SH!T!, Love the game and wow how much cryptic gameplay exists is legendary. It's like Zelda 2 , Castlevania 2 and Zelda 1 had an ambiguous baby and said call the Nintendo Hotline for 900hrs to complete!!! Between QR codes, cryptic messages and mind bending puzzles, the Konami code. would be pissing it's 8-bit pants!!! Great vid, would love to see Dust"the game interlocking" our fav revolutionary indie pop boom! Subbed and liked!!!!
The amount of quality content you produce is truly astonishing... The speed at which you are uploading is also remarkable.I look for new videos every morning and every night. Keep up the amazing work!
Wanna know the single best joke ever about Fez?
Phil Fish.
No.
Got this for you, L.
Mathmachine that sounds fishy.
Nice.
The reason I love this channel: Jirard is the only game reviewer that makes sense. Most reviewers such as ign only play the game for a few days and miss a ton of details but this channel... it just shows you every part of the game you want to know about.
Ps: favourite indie game is hollow knight
I will forever love this game... especially the music... some people hate it and think it's overrated, though :/
I still want to see him 100% the binding of Isaac afterbirth +
Its a great game but thats to much for someone someone to do
Frank Fauceglia agreed😃
Frank Fauceglia why not 300000%
The fact that you have to do 31 daily runs for each save it's too much.
Well.... He did skyrim in the past so it's do-able
I really appreciate you taking the time to review this. Fez is one of my favorite games. Any extra spotlight given to the indie scene is really nice to see.
Now I'll just sit here in the corner patiently waiting to see if you get around to reviewing Hyper Light Drifter and Hollow Knight.
Fez is really the main game I grew up with. I had so much fun playing it that it took me 6 YEARS to complete!
If Fez is so good, why isnt there a Fez 2???
.....Oh wait...
Honestly one of my favorite games ever. It's just so relaxing.
Bring back the spoiler section :(
Héctor Alatorre He can't because the algorithm is mean.
Héctor Alatorre even if he did, Fez really doesn't have a lot to spoil. The story is basically "collect cubes, try not to break your brain".
Still would have liked to hear his thoughts on the Monolith. The puzzle that took months to be figured out by the sheer brute force of the internet and even longer for people to actually understand it. Plus, it requires you know the release date of the game, and doesn't tell you this. Quite a bit obtuse, I say, so much so that it becomes more unreasonable as time passes. Really would love to see or hear Jirard's thoughts on this.
I miss the spoiler section as well! The vast majority of the games Jirard plays are games I will never be able to play or want to play. I like his videos and enjoy the information he gives. You could always skip the spoilers if you didn’t want to know.
The game is pretty sweet. It reminded me of the DOS days of RPGs. I had pages of notes, translating languages, and loved every minute of it.
Jirard should really try Celeste for the Switch, definitely a game he'll like.
I want him to complete celeste and hollow knight. Both games are perfect for him and they're both amazing 👌
@@SolarHollowWind Your wish is granted
I really loved Fez, but the 360 had a bug where if you turned it off before the auto-save was done (and auto-save happened very, very often) your save file got permanently corrupted. Happened to my friend as well. I still had the heart to go through it again, but it was a black smudge on the game's otherwise pleasant experience.
Glad to see you had fun though, Jirard!
Sad to say that save corruption bugs made it to the PC version, too. A friend that was playing at the same time as me had his save corrupted after he got all of the golden cubes and it pretty much killed his run.
Wait a minute.
*THAT'S* where the sunglasses meme comes from!?!
nah it's probably just a reference
the matthew It is a reference. I lol’ed pretty hard in 2012 when I saw the reference.
A very good episode. It's unfortunate that this game was tinted due to bad press relating to the creator and his behavior, but I'm glad you were able to enjoy yourself none the less. I admit, like with most media, if I let the fans / haters of things completely influence my choice to give something a chance, I'd never enjoy anything, video game or otherwise. To answer your "question of the day", so far I'd say one of my favorite indie games is Owl Boy. The worst thing about that game was the fact that it had to end.
Keep up the great work on the episodes, Jirard.
This is Matt Smith's favorite game.
....Fezzes are always cool.
Tanner Price very true
Tanner Price I WENT LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT AND BY GOLLY DID YOU MAKE MY DAY😂😂😂
I adore this game, it's cute, it's pretty, it's smart but DAMN some puzzles are just... so cryptic. Like I'm all for complicated stuff but some of them just felt incredibly random like "do this very specific code in this room" without explanation or hint that this is what you should be doing (or at least that I could see ?)
I can't wait for Jirard to basically become Santa Claus when he gets old.
Fez is such a wonderful game.
Also, that intense closeup on Jirard.
thought this said pez and i got hype
Mike likes his candy :3
Pez is the shit
The fuck is Pez?
just pez my dude, i go to the pez museum every year!
Death Mountaineers - same!
"I wonder if anything even means anything anymore maaan" How I felt starting this game. Glad you could finish this Jirard. I'll probably just check the soundtrac.
I remember playing this game. I really enjoyed the first half where the gameplay was based on platform-exploring-scenery-puzzle-solving, but once the decoding started I kind of abandoned Fez. I guess I didn't have the resolve to write every single clue down and connect the dots back then. But in the future, who knows...
Same. It's either waste a bunch of time figuring out these codes that have an unbalanced work to reward ratio or cheat by looking them up online. Even The Completionist skipped these by looking them up. I wonder, if he had played the game without looking anything up online, would he still have the same attitude about the game? Probably not.
I'm currently playing Fez myself, and was tempted to complete it more than once. Now I WILL complete it.
Oh boy can’t wait until FEZ 2
Oh wait
TV Toni very sad :(
13:24
Weird place to say that, as that IS a code. Got an anti-cube there.
12:05 Fezzes are cool -Matt Smith
I won't forget what Phil Fish did with Fez 2.
Can you please zoom out a bit on the in person segments on the show? #ConstructiveCrit
5804Sko I honestly thought he was playing a joke by having it so zoomed on his head LMAO the framing is just...off
JWinks he has been doing it for some time now. It’s really a weird design choice.
5804Sko damn, I haven't watched jirard in a minute but I dropped in because I love fez. Still a great video
JWinks yah if you watch videos from a few weeks back, he has been slowly zooming in closer and closer.... lol
Another game I believe has been in my Steam library for an eternity now. And I feel this sudden urge to give it a shot.
Smashed that like button and now I need a new mouse
It still bothers me Jirard used a guide for this. Like, I get it, some of the puzzles in this game were designed to be unsolvable in game, but only some. The rest were some of the greatest puzzles ever made, learning this universe's counting system and language were amazing feelings and going back and noticing things that you just thought were set dressing and now understanding there's a whole new puzzle there is insanely satisfying.
Jirard is fucked if he plays Tunic.
Very nice episode! I'm still waiting eagerly for persona 5 though!
I have been waiting for this video for YEARS
0:58 How dare they frame Jirard so his beard isn’t always fully in the frame as he speaks
Hello brother.
I waited and waited for this to come to Vita and then it did and I was like "Damn, this would look better on my TV." Great game. Great video!
One of my favorite games. I love it to bits ;)
Phil Fish actually didn't quit working for games after he breakdown. Recently, sometime in February there was news about him designing the interface for a console called the Super NT. The console itself is a modern snes essentially, but it is interesting he still is in the gaming industry. Perhaps, he'll pop up sometime again in the future.
Im honestly surprised jirard hasnt done axium verge yet. And on another note, it'd be awesome if Phil fish would make fez two or at least let someone else do it. The game play it to cool to just let die with one game.
I'm not that much of a completionist, but this game made me *want* to do it, and it was incredible
What game is that around 2:48? Looks really interesting.
i think it's cave story
Daniel Amos yup! Cave Story ^_^
Complain what you want, you have to be a genius to create FEZ. There is no FEZ without Phil Fish and there is no Phil Fish without FEZ.
Finally! An underappreciated game getting some notice on this channel! Thank you!
Underrated? I though it is quite famous game..
TheRezro shit I meant underappreciated
but some people say it's overrated
Some people say that about every game..
I only say this because it has a metascore of 9.0 and userscore of 6.3
I'm really happy you guys made a point to avoid the weird gaming politics but wanted to give this game its place on the channel. Keep it up boys, love your content! (including SBB!!)
Fez's are cool.
me .. back in 2020 ... thinking what the real review would be like if he actually had to play and figure everything out all by him self
FEZ is a beautiful game and I wish Phil Fish could come back to give us more!
I'll be honest. I barely collected enough gold to finish the game.
Had to look up online how to read the language (which I was aware somehow existed).
"few things came to embody this like Fez."
Yep, right down to the creator's mental health going south.
they say the line between geniality and insanity is very thin... I think this is an example of that
No, the stress of being a solo game dev just broke the poor man. He was working on Fez 2 and just rage quit never to be seen again.
Fez 2 was a logo. I'm not sure that he was really working on it and then people started hitting him back hard for his comments over the course of his career, which stressed him out and made him quit. I honestly wish he would have just worked on it in private and didn't let any of the publicity go to his head.
The completionist is meant to be watch on a Sunday, on a computer, at your desk.
I still love this game. I have it on my Xbox and steam. It’s sad what happened to Phil fish . I wanted to see a fez two.This game should be judged on its own and not by what happened with the guy who made it. I also love the soundtrack and I remember playing hyper light drifter for the first time and going this music reminds me of fez . Go figure the same people made that soundtrack too
yeah, it's always better to separate the art from the artist
funny, Hyperlight Drifter is also my favorite game... I only picked it up after I've learned that _disasterpeace_ made the soundtrack >:D (the music might be why I love these games)
sync is the best song... and many of its remixes, too
A bit harder to separate the game from its creator when real world stuff relating to its release is key to one of the puzzles. (Of course, you could just look it up, but you know.)
which I did - just looked it up... Harder, maybe, but not impossible (I mean I've found most of the cubes on my own, but the really elusive ones I've used a guide as a last resort... I know it might ruin the experience for the hardcore completionists out there, but I'm not one, so... I'm not a "trophy/achievements whore")
Got this game a while ago and never played it. May give it a second chance now. Thanks man.
Sometimes living under a rock is a good thing. I'd not heard of this game before, or this Phil Fish guy.
Also, play Fable please :)
I bought this game in a random Steam deal for cheap but I never played it. This video makes me want to go and do that now. I didn't even realize there was controversy to it. Everything about this game just flew under my radar.
12:06 WAIT IS THAT WHERE THE MEME CAME FROM???
Love the show and glad to see your channel is really starting grow into something that can play woth the big boys. Keep up the good work. Oh, and the polybius machine was a great touch.
I wonder if Phil Fish feels any regret many years after he "took his ball and went home"? I still think it was a "Drama Queen" response on Phil Fish's part, regardless of his beef with Microsoft, as Team Meat and countless other Indie Teams have never reacted the way Phil Fish did...
Mega Neutrobyte other indie teams also had higher budgets, helping hands, and less annoying internet pressure
This looks excellent! Thanks for keeping us cultured, Jirard!!!
"eccentric creator" uh huh... sure, THAT's one way to put it. a mighty lenient way...
Despite the controversy that surrounded it, Fez was one of those indie games (although with TH-cam) that really rekindled my interesting in gaming after having put it on the back burner throughout high school. Glad to see Jirard finally take a look at this somewhat flawed classic.
SUPERLIKED this is literally my favorite game
I liked the commentary at the end with the smash and like. Oh, and the rest of the video was great too.
Phil Fish was obviously not in the best mental state when he rose to fame. I honestly felt bad for the guy. Ya'll can judge him all you want. Fame isn't something we're all prepared for and he wasn't. I hope he's in a better metal state now. Back to enjoying his life and maybe even go back to developing. Or hell, pick Fez 2 back up. I'd understand if he didn't want to, though. I'd just be happy to see him happy with what he does and if that involves games at some point then I'm sure we'd get something interesting, at the least.
Yukke5569 You're aware he insulted gamers as a collective group?
Poe Land And I'm sure he's different now.
Your statement was that this was all just stress, and now it suddenly shifted to "Well I'm sure he's different now"?
Yeah, maybe, but that irrelevant to the current discussion.
How so? Stress absolutely affects somones personality and actions, I'm not changing anything. Seems like you're looking for a reason to say I'm wrong. I'm saying I'm sure he's changed and hope he's doing okay.
And I'm not saying it was all stress, you're saying that. I'm sure it played a part, though.
so happy you did this i completed this bad boy bout 2 months ago i needed a walk thru cause some of it was tough to figure out. however i enjoyed the hell out of it great job as always Jirad your channel Da bomb.
What's with the super close-up shots lately? Back the camera up a bit man, it feels like too much when your face covers half the screen. Too cramped.
14:46, oh my god, Community!!
Fez is literally one of the hardest games to 100% complete of all time, so many vague and nonsensical puzzles
I loved pretty much everything about Fez. I played it at the same time as my friend, and we shared hints and discoveries and compared our observations to work through some of the more obtuse puzzle mechanics. That said, the game had some unfortunate issues on PC with some save corruption bugs that messed up my friend's save file pretty badly, and I experienced a few minor bugs along the way, too, and some of those puzzles are just unfair. Still, the atmosphere and experience of that game were awesome and I don't think that any game even came close to it until The Witness (although I still think Fez is better).
I knew Phil Fish was a dick. He did some damn fine work, though, and playing through alongside a friend was one of the most memorable gaming experiences I've ever had. Discovering that restored village full of characters that speak in the game's wacko language while that beautiful music plays is one of my all-time favorite gaming memories. It's a shame that so many have barred themselves from that same experience because they disagree with the creator on his opinions about video games or because he dishes out more than he can take. Again, he's a dick, but it's not like he's a racist or a violent sociopath or anything. He's just got an ego. Make that assessment and don't let it hinder the art piece that he helped create.
Fill Phish
This was the first game I ever fully completed! (albeit with some walkthrough help for the later stuff past 100%) Love ya Jirard!
Jirard please review my life