Why did some people find FEZ bad?

[AtlasBlue]

I don't see anything wrong with it, but, from what I know, something happened that caused the developer, Fish, to commit some sort of internet Self Delete (".neticide", as I call it) and quit gamedev. What exactly went down and why do people not like it?

[Ad Bot]

[Buu]

He was a friend anyway, good thing he won't be getting anymore money.

[ZombiLoin]

Becuase it's a generic platformer with no challenge and stuffty brute force puzzles and gimmicky game mechanics that were done better 4 years ago. In a free flash game.

[Tonkka²]

I thought that FEZ was extremely boring and simply stupid.

[Jubel]

I found FEZ to be an interesting concept, but a bit lackluster in the "fun" department.

I played it for about an hour or so before I realized I wasn't enjoying the game as I should.

[Placid]

tbh i enjoyed the game itself but the dev was a douchestuff

[Regulith]

The game was acceptable but Fish acts like an angsty teenager

[.:FancyPants:.]

i think it caters to a specific type of player
i absolutely god damn loved fez like holy stuff
but i'm the kind of guy that sits down with a notebook and records everything i witness in a puzzle game because i love solving it (which i did)
i still think phil's an starfish but a pretty good game came out of that starfish so whatever.

[Skull Candy]

Fish wasn't really an starfish before, he seemed to go downhill during his FEZ days.
The game just seems too... bland and lackluster. It was a cool concept, though.

[Camel]

it was a good game, but Phil poisoned it. Had he been a good guy I'm sure most people would be saying positive things about it.

[Bisjac]

this flood of casual gamers recently has been pulling all the stuffty game devs out of the woodwork. trying to make money on college programming projects.

ugh

[Zanaran2]

tbh i enjoyed the game itself but the dev was a douchestuff

[Trogtor]

yeah the developer was a total ass
he made himself look like one too during his documentary

[Mariofan1701]

yeah sure the dev was an ass but the game itsself is great

[ultimamax]

i didn't see anything wrong with the game or the dev in the movie.