Ludography
61/100
Players11 ratings
71/100
Critics9 reviews
More scores
Metacriticcritics
65/100
Metacritic usersuser score
76/100
GameFAQsEasy-Just Right
3.31/5
Player reviews
88% positive795 reviews
Runs on
Windows
Price
US$2.49

Where to get it

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2016 · Finish Line Games · Adventure · Indie

Maize

Channeling elements of Monty Python and the funnier episodes of the X-Files, Maize is an absurdist, first-person adventure with a cornucopia of highbrow puzzles to solve, talking oddities to meet, and mysteries to be harvested.

Released
1 December 2016
Platforms
PlayStation 4WindowsXbox One
Genres
AdventureIndiePuzzle
Developers
Finish Line Games
Publishers
Finish Line Games
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Science fictionComedyMystery
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Country
Canada
Age ratings
PEGI 12USK 6GRAC 12+ACB MESRB TCLASS_IND 12
Languages
English, English (UK), French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat
3.5hmain story4hcompletionist

About

Maize is a video game by Finish Line Games in Toronto. It was released on December 1, 2016.

Players say

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

GameSpot says the game is an "absurdist" game based on Monty Python and X-Files humor. It tells the story of sentient corn created by government scientists who misinterpreted a memo.

During gameplay, players encounter talking objects and solve puzzles. It takes place at an abandoned farm, nearby an active underground research facility. The game also requires you to collect pieces of information.

Story

The player-character wakes up and sees three living cornstalks running away. Through various collectible items, such as an unusable English muffin, the player then unlocks a large facility door, and is warned by the speaking corn to "watch out for their brother".

As the player descends into the facility, they then learn through various notes that two brilliant yet bumbling scientists, Bob and Ted, were responsible for creating the facility and the living corn. The player then crafts a sentient Russian teddy bear, named "Vladdy", who constantly berates and insults the player. The player enters a ventilation system, and encounters two figures: The narcissistic hulking-yet-lisping albino corn scientist, the Cornacabra, and the Ruby Queen, the pink corn ruler of the other cornstalks. She then tasks the player with restoring power to the facility and raising the hooks outside on the surface. The player runs into the Cornacabra twice, during both scenarios he retreats.

Reception

Metacritic gave it a compiled score of 65/100 from 17 critics.

City Weekly liked the game and found it entertaining, but disliked the frame rate stalling.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows1 December 2016North America · Worldwide 1 December 2016
Xbox One12 September 2017North America
PlayStation 412 September 2017Worldwide

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