Fe (video game)

Fe (/ˈfiːjə/ FEE-yə,[3] Swedish: [ˈfeː]; Fairy) is a platform-adventure game developed by Zoink and published by Electronic Arts under its EA Originals program.

[5] The game has been noted to have minimal instructions, requiring the player to experiment and to perceive the forest's ecosystem to determine how to progress, instead of a set of objectives.

The studio's chief executive officer, Klaus Lyngeled, called the title "a personal narrative about our relationship with nature" and to emphasize that "everything in this world is connected".

[10] The game was later featured in a playable demo form at the 2017 Gamescom exposition in August 2017, along with the target release of 16 February 2018 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

[11][12][13][14] Polygon liked the freeform nature of exploration "Unlike most 3D platform games, Fe refuses to grab me by the shoulders and point me in any particular direction.

[28] Destructoid felt both the story and world were too ambiguous for their own good, "Despite having seen the entirety of the forest several times over, I’m still not actually familiar with any single part of it — much less adept at effortlessly traversing it.

[15] The Washington Post wrote that despite early promise, the game didn't have a strong conclusion, "though I was initially intrigued by the fragmentary way the backstory is presented, I found the payoff at the end less than mesmerizing".

[29] Nintendo World Report praised the atmosphere that Fe created, "Each area of the forest has a unique color palette that does well representing the feeling around you.