Opinions on Rez

Spector · Post by **Spector** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 7:05 am

Most of you will not have played this game, it's pretty hard to find, I don't even know if it was given a proper US release, but I've heard great things about it. I've also heard others criticise it for saying there isn't enough game there, and that it's too unusual for most tastes. One quote said "You'll either love it or hate it". So which camp do you lot fall into?

SlammedNiss · Post by **SlammedNiss** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:01 am

Spector wrote:Most of you will not have played this game, it's pretty hard to find, I don't even know if it was given a proper US release, but I've heard great things about it. I've also heard others criticise it for saying there isn't enough game there, and that it's too unusual for most tastes. One quote said "You'll either love it or hate it". So which camp do you lot fall into?

I played it for a short time, and it just isn't my genre of game. I'm still a "Mario 64" kind of guy. I'm not big into RPG's, shootem' up's, or FPS games.

rxd · Post by **rxd** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:09 am

Love it

CoasterKing · Post by **CoasterKing** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:03 pm

Rez is like........art.

It's original and huge amounts of fun. I just wish it wasn't so short

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:39 pm

I was fortunate enough to get hold of Rez & found it to be quite enjoyable, ok it has the kind of mindless crap called music these days that I hate but as it fits the context of the game I overlook this shortcoming, its nice that Space Harrier lives on.

Sultan of Saturn · Post by **Sultan of Saturn** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 1:00 pm

I haven't played the game to completion. Honestly, I just started playing it for the first time yesterday. However, it is the kind of game that I wouldn't expect to last a very long time, but it is just too much fun not to come back to it. I have never seen a game so vivid and spectacular before. It is only too bad that a game like this never came out in the arcades. It definitely pays its homage to the lineage of Space Harrier and Panzer Dragoon, but I really do not think that any game played before could have prepared me for the experience that Rez provided.

doragasu · Post by **doragasu** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 5:26 pm

A really psychodelic shooter. Great graphics, they get better in the last stages. Too bad it's too short and too easy. It's not a bad game, but there are a lot of shooters in DC that are greater (Ikaruga, Gigawings 2, Border Down, Zero Gunner 2...).

Edit: There's also a PS2 version of REZ, so if you have a PS2 maybe it will be easier for you to find the PS2 one. Both versions are exactly the same.

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 7:24 pm

Theres a PS2 version with a vibrator which the DC never had

BaldMonk · Post by **BaldMonk** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 7:31 pm

I think there was a 3rd party Vibrator thing for the DC..... this game is amazing.... but I find the DC version slightly better than the PS2 one.

MooGliSH · Post by **MooGliSH** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:03 pm

Its not officially a sexual tool. Its a "Trance vibrator" whatever thats spose to mean

FlamingBee · Post by **FlamingBee** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:55 am

I have played the game and completed all the levels, although i haven't unlocked all of the special options yet. I iked this game because i found it to be original and inspiring, albeit very short. Its meant to be even better if you play it when stoned, but tbh i haven't tried.

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:12 pm

MooGliSH wrote:Its not officially a sexual tool.

Well I believe them then

MooGliSH wrote:Its a "Trance vibrator" whatever thats spose to mean

It means they can sell a sex toy in a game store

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 2:49 pm

Sums it up nicely. I'll play Rez for about an hour once every six weeks then forget about it until the next time. I have a great time playing it for that hour or so, though.

Sweater Fish · Post by **Sweater Fish** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 2:52 pm

Rez is an absolutely great game! And I don't think it's too short at all; a shooter ought to be able to played through in one sitting and Rez is just long enough for that. The replay value of a shooter comes not from the fact that it takes a long time to "beat," but from good old-fashioned replaying just because you love the game and want to see it again and see if you can do better. Rez excells there, too. And besides, there's just so many bonuses and special modes in Rez to fool arund with...Trancemission is my favorite bonus. Man, turn the lights out, put on your headphones, set the game to no damage and play through Trancemission for like an hour straight and you'll find yourself smewhere on that border between high and enlightened and near-death. Pretty amazing.

As for a game experience to compare it, too, I'd say that Tempest 2000 is certainly the closest I know of. Rez is better, though. Maybe Vib Ribbon at times, too (if only there had been some ambient non-game related visualizations to the music). Of course, I'm talking about the experience here, not the game itself. The game itself is just Panzer Dragoon pretty much, but it's the experience that makes the game stand out in my mind.

...word is bondage...

ishpeck · Post by **ishpeck** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:01 pm

Anybody here read this?
http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives ... rator.html

Freeze · Post by **Freeze** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 1:11 am

Hehe. But I also have to say that I love Rez, it's an unique style and, like CoasterKing said, it's art!

jsm · Post by **jsm** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 6:49 am

Rez was released as NTSC-J & PAL-E, its a great game (experience)

technically I guess its a "rail-shooter" but its really like no other game

Tip of the day: Rez + headphones + VGA

Freeze · Post by **Freeze** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:53 am

PAL-E, so only UK? Nope. They released it in whole Europe as far as I know.

doragasu · Post by **doragasu** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:27 pm

Yes, I'm spanish and it was released here too

MooGliSH · Post by **MooGliSH** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:43 pm

Buy Trance Vibrator...
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