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Five years ago Sega brought the psychedelic rhythm shooter to the PS2 in North America. Little did they know Rez would become a temporary rarity, a source of profit for Game Quest Direct and retain status as a cult hit. What made Rez so great was it was an “experience” more than it was a game. Rez seamlessly blended on rails shooting with music, every enemy shot down added a sound to the background beat. Rez also had an original concept going for it, you were an entity trying to hack into a computer known as Eden to prevent its meltdown. The scenario perfectly fit the Tron-like visuals and simulated code at the top left hand corner of the screen. Rez reaches its peak when you make it to level five. You surf through an evolving world while listening to breakbeat artist Adam Freeland’s track “fear”. While Rez is a great game to play, it’s terribly short. There are only five levels and they’re not difficult to beat. Short, but sweet Rez is totally worth the $40 cost for a reprinted copy. Don’t let me convince you to try it out, look at this commercial below where the game is summed up with two people knocking on bathroom walls.
Also past the break is an awesome video of the fifth level completed with 100% of the enemies shot down. Watch it to see what the game is like or to reminisce about Rez.
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6 Responses to “Happy birthday Rez!”
January 7th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
I disagree. I’d totally pay $20 for the game, but $40 was a bit too steep. I bought it, beat it over a weekend, and realized that I wasn’t likely to play it much more after that. I sold it back to Gamestop for a full refund (the rumble function wasn’t working either, so I felt justified). It was a great experience, but there wasn’t enough of a challenge factor to warrant the mere five levels (as oppose to Ikaruga).
January 7th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Res is absolutely one of my favorite games. I bought it soon after it was released and to this day I can play through a level (especially level 5) and really enjoy it.
January 7th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
okay, this commercial is a little bit out there. let’s see: business man in a ratty restroom stall with his pants down begins exchanging signals with someone in the adjoining stall. commercial ends once he has knocked a glory hole into the wall…
January 8th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Man. Happy birthday. Such a great game. I was discussing this with a couple friends the other day and one was basically saying:
I was in a high traffic Gamestop that is normally picked through in the used games department. But they had a single used copy of Rez for $35. The fact that they can charge $35 for a used copy of a game that is 5 years old is a testament to it’s strength.
I can’t argue there.
January 8th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Happy Birthday Rez! I remember the first time I played you. I thought, “WTF, why isn’t this game finished? It’s all wireframes.” And then I remember the second time I played you, with the sound on this time. It was great.
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January 7th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Man, it’s really been five years? I love this game.