Rez

97 - Rez

Year: 2001
Platform(s): Dreamcast
Designer(s): Tetsuya Mizuguchi & Jun Kobayashi
Developer: United Game Artists / Q Entertainment
Publisher: Sega / Microsoft Game Studios

"Abstract yet emotional,‭ ‬serene but frantic,‭ ‬Rez is an elaborate study in the balancing of extremes.‭ ‬The simplest of shooting designs is grafted to a searing show of sound and light.‭ By sharpening surfaces and smoothing lines,‭ ‬HD restates why,‭ ‬despite Rez’s traditional on-rail mechanics,‭ ‬there’s simply nothing else like it.‭ Astonishing to watch,‭ ‬uniquely absorbing to play,‭ ‬it ends,‭ ‬for all but the most gifted of its audience,‭ ‬with a beautiful stab of unresolved regret." - Edge

Remakes:
Rez HD (2008) [Xbox 360]

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