Artist Disillusionment: After getting into a particularly nasty Flame War with a video game journalist (freelancer Marcus "Annoyed Gamer" Beer, who was a close affiliate with the now-defunct GameTrailers), Fish basically said "Screw This, I'm Outta Here" and permanently canceled the planned Fez 2, citing that he was tired of having to deal with the constant verbal attacks and criticism against him.
Creator Breakdown: Fish has clashed with multiple outlets ultimately leading to his decision not to make a sequel.
Doing It for the Art: Fish claims this as the reason he doesn't want to port Fez on to PC platforms like Steam even if it would make him more money. Despite that, it ultimately did get a Steam release.
Urban Legend of Zelda: Before release the game was described as built upon this, still no one expected how far that went.
The GDC 2008 footage shows a much faster-paced game with the ability to look around the level at any angle.
Fez II, development for the game was starting, but after Phil Fish's infamous Creator Breakdown, the game was cancelled and Fish has angrily denied the fact the game is going to continue. Worse is Fish left the gaming industry following the backlash. However, in a 2023 interview, he stated that its cancellation had more to do with him genuinely not being interested in making a sequel than anything else.
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