demontium

Hey bombers, I was listening to the most recent bombcast and found it ironic that the staff took such an opposing stance to certain drugs. First and foremost, I agree with the cast that tobacco is generally dumb, and I will never understand why people pretend to like Cigars.

I'm not an advocate - I'm not trying to fill a deodorant stick full of LSD and rub it on Jeff Gerstmann's face (partly because: why would I give you free LSD? I'd just take it myself). I also understand that drugs like crack, cocaine, heroin and meth are not even worth my words. Those substances previously mentioned are pretty much bad no matter which way you slice 'em.

But I think it is so funny how Dan lumps in LSD with crack, meth and the like. Clearly Dan knows nothing about LSD, and the fact that he'd prefer me to be in jail as an infrequent user of this drug is pretty ridiculous. For clarity, shrooms, LSD and marijuana are not like crack, Dan. You're not gonna drop LSD and wanna throw a dumpster at someone. After taking it myself, youd have to be pretty crazy to "think you can fly" and jump out a window (as the old LSD stereotype goes). LSD makes you trip, meaning you will see beautiful visuals and start in depth conversations with your fellow trippers. It is not addicting in the slightest and the three times I have done it have been positive experiences.

Is LSD healthy? NO. Is a Big Whopper healthy? FUCK NO? Did LSD lead me to a greater appreciation for natural beauty and the friends that surround me? Personally, yes. Has a Whopper done anything but increase long-term sadness? Probably.

The point is, and Dan I hope you somehow read this: I wouldn't go on a podcast and say that people who eat whoppers should be arrested. Doesn't that sound crazy? Like Jeff said, because drugs can be inherently linked to crime, go after the distributors if you must. But leave the poor saps like my friends and I alone man. We're just trying to have a good time.even at Burning Man. And LSD, shrooms and weed are not the same level of drug use as crack, meth and heroin.

Dan, if you tried LSD, you would probably shit your pants, thank me after your trip is done and laugh about how you wanted to be a cop when you were younger.

Ea must be very desperate to push Origin on to people. Most people are going to download DAO, beat it and remove origin from their PC. That's what I did last time they made me download Mass Effect 2 through Origin.

steam name: demontium

Damn so its not available yet? I'm looking at the season pass I got and it claims ep 5 is coming soon. HOW SOON? I NEED IT NOW!

@sissylion said:

Sorry for being unclear. I meant that instead of using the perspective change in a way that led to new forms of puzzle-solving, you pretty much just keep turning it left and right until the platform is there. Instead of requiring logic on the players part, this game simply uses the perspective change as a gimmick rather than a a gameplay aspect.

Now as far as your example using SMB - that was a game that literally laid the standard for every future platform as far as mechanics. So I really don't see you're point. If you were to compare Fez's perspective change to mario's jump mechanics relative to when each game was released, Nintnedo's game was groundbreaking and Polytron's had a neat idea that severely lacked execution.

@dudeglove: That's a really intelligent idea!

@fattony12000:

wow I completely spaced on the fact that this game has fucking transformers and dinosaurs. It looks amazing. Heres the trailer.

Regardless of when it came out, this game is terribly over-hyped. Animal Crossing worked back on the GCN, only because facebook games were not a thing yet. Now with social media games and the phone market, there are plenty of games that are free or close to free that do everything AC: new leaf does and more.

And for anyone who did not catch phil fish's philosophical expression, here it is essentially:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVUU3p5iHMA

@hamst3r said:

Why do you think I'm wrong?

The sections I put in bold are great points. I did buy this game on steam for $.99, but decided not to look anything up and complete everything on my own. You're right, if this game was a SNES cartridge, it would make so much more sense. I consider the SNES to be the golden age, and by that I mean my nostolgia for this era kept me playing Fez. It's graphics and exploration/secrets really carried the experience for me personally, and like I said, I get the fact that Fez has the meaning of life hidden inside it (which is of course priceless).

Now taking all of that into consideration, my main problem with this game was the overwhelming hype it received. I think it is unfair that websites like Giantbomb rate this game so high when, in reality, this game plays very weak. All of the optional exploration in the game is great, the return to retro style is awesome, the initial dimension change gimmick is fun (until you realize that it is the solution for the entire game), and the broader perspective it can offer to the player can be life changing. But critics must remember to evaluate a game based on what it is, not on the fact that "if this game came out in the SNES days, man it wouldve been awesome to try and find all the secrets with your friends". Fez is what it is, and that is a short, over-simplified, over-hyped homage to the retro spirit of video games.

No one has more respect for the classics than I, trust me on that. But excluding everything around it, Fez is not a fun game at all. It's actually very boring.