tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post9126411138759942080..comments2024-03-28T07:16:05.720-07:00Comments on Experience Points: Cheating in FezJorge Alborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857765716032886965noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-68212400151490122862012-04-21T22:31:22.985-07:002012-04-21T22:31:22.985-07:00Yeah, the game doesn't really communicate whet...Yeah, the game doesn't really communicate whether the clues are still relevant or not, and there are lots of red herrings in the game. The golden border just means that there's no secret passages or rewards left in that particular room.Hirvoxhttp://hirvox.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-42265914207965463532012-04-21T22:07:24.369-07:002012-04-21T22:07:24.369-07:00The QR code puzzle I find so strange. I know so fe...The QR code puzzle I find so strange. I know so few people who have a QR code reader. And I guess there is another way to achieve the answer without the QR code, but then I found people online saying they were confused because they saw the clue but has already solved the QR puzzle. I wonder if we'll look back on some of these puzzles as tacky or forced.Jorge Alborhttp://twitter.com/JAlbornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-42634971886125323272012-04-21T22:05:59.578-07:002012-04-21T22:05:59.578-07:00I'm ok with a game asking a lot of its players...I'm ok with a game asking a lot of its players. But like you said, when the answers are at my fingertips, it is so hard to resist.Jorge Alborhttp://twitter.com/JAlbornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-12954295626974534892012-04-21T14:35:00.914-07:002012-04-21T14:35:00.914-07:00The more I hear about this game, the more I want t...The more I hear about this game, the more I want to play it. I love audacious games, even if they bite off more than they can chew.Scott Justerhttp://www.experiencepoints.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-857618264271605602012-04-18T00:11:33.049-07:002012-04-18T00:11:33.049-07:00You do need New Game Plus (and it's first-pers...You do need New Game Plus (and it's first-person mode) for the village boiler room puzzle and the small, textless monoliths. And if you don't have a device that can decode QR codes, then you'll need NG+ for the backup throne room puzzles that give the same rewards. Pretty much everything else is solvable right away. NG+ also gives you flight, but I haven't found anything that requires it. It's just a convenience to skip the movement puzzles that you've already solved.<br /><br />There are forum threads discussing the various puzzles, and especially the word riddle took some group effort to solve. The black monolith still remains unsolved, though. The trouble with community-driven puzzle solving is that you had to be there at release. If you pick up the game later, you'll have answers to most of the puzzles ready in a FAQ. Most of the anticube puzzle solutions could be randomized, so the FAQ couldn't just tell you the solution, it would have to tell you how to solve it yourself.Hirvoxhttp://hirvox.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-186882148567636482012-04-17T23:44:53.505-07:002012-04-17T23:44:53.505-07:00These types of puzzles for me would have a bigger ...These types of puzzles for me would have a bigger chance as a social thing. If for example I had a community online to decipher stuff with (perhaps in realtime, chatting while playing), or with an attentive friend or two at the side, having a weekend free. By myself, right now, I'm struggling, just as you. Have not cheated yet, but this is mostly I think because thre is no comprehensive walkthrough yet. For example if there was, I would have looked up if one of the artifacts could make me double jump or something, so that I could know what puzzles I am even able to solve right now.Ava Avane Dawnhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=577321427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-38553670407973373022012-04-17T23:13:13.337-07:002012-04-17T23:13:13.337-07:00I'm finding the same problems. This may be the...I'm finding the same problems. This may be the most I've cheated in any game, but I like to tell myself it's only because I like Fez so much. The thing is, the insanely difficult and ambiguous puzzles practically BEG you to look up the answers. Puzzles like the one at the clocktower would require you to play the game every day for 48 days to solve normally. The language is awesome, but there are mountains of texts in some parts that took me nearly 30 minutes just looking back and forth from my scrawled codex to the screen to translate. And most of the text is all flavor! How am I to be expected to translate every little text bubble with no certainty that it will get me anywhere?<br /><br />I appreciate the depth and complexity and amiguousness of the puzzles, but I don't think those kinds of puzzles can work any more in today's world. The internet is too accessible.connorcarpenternoreply@blogger.com