I've started playing Pid at the same time with FEZ. Both three-letter titles, both platformers, both Indie, both obtained without any real financial effort (I had FEZ from an old bundle and got Pid for free from the well-known giveaway). FEZ had a huge Metascore rating (91 if I remember correctly), while PID has a mere 63. Therefore I had no expectations of PID. Yet it proved so much better than FEZ.

The graphics are really fine. There's a lot of creativity put into them, reminding me somehow of a colored Limbo. Both artistic and original, I prefered them anytime to the already-ubiquitous 16-bit approach of FEZ.

The gamestory is decent. It's not exactly impressive but also far from ridiculous or disappointing. Despite being dull at times and lacking wit, the few dialogs are passable as well.

The gameplay is its best part in my opinion. It finds the right way of being challenging without being frustrating, and this can make it unbelievable addictive. It can be very difficult at points, but since the levels are short and the checkpoints are often, you often get to feel the satisfaction of solving a level and that's what makes it so addictive. It keeps you playing without feeding you false rewards or ridiculously easy challenges.

Until you get to the boss known as the "crook". Then you might experience some frustration like never before.

There's also plenty of complexity involved in terms of items, scenes and characters, and the music really adds to the awesome overall atmosphere created by the neat graphics.

I hardly managed to play a bit more than an hour of FEZ and then I realized I had no fun and had no idea what was I supposed to do and why. I'm about to reach my 5th hour of playing PID and I can hardly wait for my next work break to give it another go.

In my humble opinion, it's really unfortunate that this game was the subject of that giveaway. It makes it look so much cheaper and lacking attractivity. A lot of people now have it just for the sake of having one more game in their library. That's too bad, Pid deserves a lot much more than that. On the other hand, that's how I got it too, and I love it.

I've started playing Pid at the same time with FEZ. Both three-letter titles, both platformers, both Indie, both obtained without any real financial effort (I had FEZ from an old bundle and got Pid for free from the well-known giveaway). FEZ had a huge Metascore rating (91 if I remember correctly), while PID has a mere 63. Therefore I had no expectations of PID. Yet it proved so much better than FEZ. The graphics are really fine. There's a lot of creativity put into them, reminding me somehow of a colored Limbo. Both artistic and original, I prefered them anytime to the already-ubiquitous 16-bit approach of FEZ. The gamestory is decent. It's not exactly impressive but also far from ridiculous or disappointing. Despite being dull at times and lacking wit, the few dialogs are passable as well. The gameplay is its best part in my opinion. It finds the right way of being challenging without being frustrating, and this can make it unbelievable addictive. It can be very difficult at points, but since the levels are short and the checkpoints are often, you often get to feel the satisfaction of solving a level and that's what makes it so addictive. It keeps you playing without feeding you false rewards or ridiculously easy challenges. Until you get to the boss known as the "crook". Then you might experience some frustration like never before. There's also plenty of complexity involved in terms of items, scenes and characters, and the music really adds to the awesome overall atmosphere created by the neat graphics. I hardly managed to play a bit more than an hour of FEZ and then I realized I had no fun and had no idea what was I supposed to do and why. I'm about to reach my 5th hour of playing PID and I can hardly wait for my next work break to give it another go. In my humble opinion, it's really unfortunate that this game was the subject of that giveaway. It makes it look so much cheaper and lacking attractivity. A lot of people now have it just for the sake of having one more game in their library. That's too bad, Pid deserves a lot much more than that. On the other hand, that's how I got it too, and I love it.