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Do *NOT* believe this industry hype.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 23
Date: January 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I cannot articulate how horrible this game is. See, the key word here is "game." "Game" is missing from this. Sure the graphics and the sound are 3d, sure they are cool the first time you see them... but the "relative ease" that is referred to by many many reviewers who seem to be in cahoots with Sega is that it takes a total of 45 minutes to beat all the boards. There are ***5*** missions, and they make up for this lack by adding ridiculous features like "score attack" which *gasp* lets you get points. WHO CARES? What, I'm going to beat my old points? Very lame to get this as a bonus.

The music is alright trance music, but the 40th time you try to play a board to do it a little bit better it is just annoying to hear a BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM drum beat.

When you are playing it, it is very immersive. But then a whole 40 mins are past and you've completed the game and what, you're supposed to want to play it again in a different "mode"? Ridiculous.

The first warning is the booklet. "Press X to shoot" is about all it says. Oh, wait, it also describes the whopping 2 power ups (one makes you stronger, one makes you ... uh... shoot a lot).

If you notice the glowing reviews they say "its more than a shooter, its an 'experience!'" along with "its really cool to look at, it's not explainable as a game!"

Translation: the gameplay is nonexistant, and you can show off your PS2 (sorta, i thought the graphics were LAME at times) to grandma for 4 minutes, and the shots and explosions are timed so they all coincide with the music.

This makes an experience? yawn. Essentially the timed music thing is BOGUS anyway, which is why the enemies are so spread apart. If you press fire very rapidly you can hear the shots coming out in a pattern. Sometimes when you press the button you hear no shot. Oooh! Marvelous technology!

Seriously, don't believe the hype - I'm sure its all about Sega's deep pockets (which is why you hear about panzer dragoon and SC5 in the same breath, even though this game mangles what was good with both of those).

This was such a dissapointment. It's on a CD, not a DVD... couldn't they have made like 3 times more boards, enemies, items and stuffed it on a DVD?

Unless you like to play the same 4 boards over and over again so you can "master" the techniques, as said on the box, the play is mindnumbing. How about make 20 levels rather than 20 bonuses?

Bottomline - rent it, it's cool for a night. But warning, you'll feel ripped off if you rent it too.

Its depend on your perception

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: February 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the game where every person will have different opinion. If you like this type of game, you'll like it so much. If you hate it, you'll hate it so much. I'm in the second category. Some people like this game but not me. For me, this just 5 stage short arcade game. And the worst is, everytime you lose in the boss battle (every stage) you have to repeat it's 5 minutes boring stage again and again. Better try before you buy. Yes, I think this game is overated (because of Sega name, maybe?)

Rent before you buy!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: February 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is so over rated or at least rated by those who only are addicted to the game and techno music. The only reason to buy the game is if you want to listen to the same techno music all the time. The sound effects are NOT all people crack them up to be. The gameplay is so simple my 8 year old nephew went through this game with ease. There is no challenge in the game and if you do like the music in this game you will be happy to know that there is a sound track coming out so you can pick that up for 10 bucks rather than wasteing your money on this less than satisfying game which is 50 bucks.

Monotonous

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: May 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was fun for ten minutes. They somewhat took my idea for a videogame, but I would do it much better. The enemies attack in the same formation everytime, and all the songs pretty much sound the same. This isn't a shooter, it's a boring semi-interactive music video.

yawn

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: May 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you want to play a game with some kicka$$ music in the background then play "Armored Core" with Metallica's Black album, or some other heavy metal music, or some good techno music, or anything else cause that would be better than the wack tunes on this game.

Way overrated

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 40
Date: June 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Why this game is considered the biggest ' gem ' out on the PS2, i have no idea, but i recently played this game at my friends house ( he recently found it and bought it ) and this game is rather boring, stupid, and a waste of time.

But i guess if you like this strange ' genre ' you could enjoy this game.

Gaming for gaming's sake- Super Powaqatsi Bros World

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is very refreshing. This game has no pretense of trying to tell a story or even acheiving any type of objective (of course there's a plot to it, but very thin and only found in the instruction booklet).

All this game tries to do is get you wrapped up in it's trippy light show TRON inspired world. The gameplay is ridiculously simple. Pass a cursor over enemies as soon as you can, release button, zap enemies. Simple as that.

This game is more of an experience than anything else. The epic final level will really impress you.

There isn't much staying power though. You'll pretty much beat it and move on. But if you have the funds to hold on to it instead of trading it in for another game, you'll probably come back to this game every now and then just like a favorite movie or CD.

Just think of this game as the Jupiter and Beyond segment of 2001, except shooting stuff and making it go boom.

Awesome with accessories, Lame without

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you've googled this game (you should) then you know that some versions of it came with an USB accessory which vibrates in time with the actions on the game.

THIS MAKES THE GAME.

I bought a DRMN Trance Vibe (google it) and a Butterfly (this is a rubber butterfly that incorporates straps to hold it in place & incorporates a "rumble pack" like your Dual Shock controllers have.. )

Gents, you just found a way to get your girl to hang out with you & play video games. Ladies... yes, it is more fun than you might already be thinking. Yes you.. I can see that you're a freak ;)

This game goes VERY well with recreational drug use.

Good game...worth trying

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Putting aside the evangelical opinions people have stated about this game. Let's look at the pros and cons.
Pro.
Innovative style and feel, not another clone of a game.
Ease of game play (No need to invest a large chunk of time getting up to speed).
Smooth and rythmic play allows for a very immersive experience.

Con.
Over quickly. This game doesn't allow a great deal of new skill development
Repetitive game play, allows for less innovation and personalization of playing style.

Overall I would say this game is rather engaging. I would compare it to Tetris. Simple game play, repetitive rythmic feel. The best thing going for Rez is that it offers a player a chance to develop a real rapport with the game. The simplicity of movement and scenery allows a very enjoyable feel to the game. I doubt it has much appeal to gamers under 18. Get your son/daughter Spider Man instead. This game is a salute to the golden age of gaming.

Another under-appreciated Sega title

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Being a fan of music games, especially the now-infamous Dance Dance Revolution, I jump at the chance of a completely unique game featuring techno-style music. I also have loved Sega's entries into the video game hall of fame, even though most of the titles are harshly under-appreciated. This title combines the two pseudo-genres - an under-appreciated sega unique music title.

First off, I think this game is the best argument that game creation is a form of digital art. This game flows and gleams with an artistic style most games lack. From the Tron-like visuals to the extremely catchy beats, the game keeps you riveted and open-jawed through the entire play-through.

The graphics, technically, are a bit dated, but that is mainly because it is a port of a Dreamcast version that was never brought overseas to the American version. It is a bit bland singled out, but when combined with the music ad the fluid controls and thumping of te controller to the beat, it all seems to fit perfectly.

This game is hard to explain in the gameplay area. By technicality, it is a shooter, but that in no way gives it justice. The controls are very close to Panzer Dragoon's style of moving a cursor around the screen and as you slide over targets, they are selected and then fired upon. But, the cool thing is that the blasts and explosions all become part of the music, making it sound different every time you play. This really makes the game more of an experience then a pure game.

And that leads to the negative. The game is very short. In about 3 hours, you can master the game, so all the play modes you open start becoming extremely easy, although there are many to extend replayability. The main draw of this game is that it is very addictive, and will still be very fun to pull out months from now and experience again.

Overall, this is one of my favorites from the past few months, and has been the perfect game for breaks from Final Fantasy X. Pick this game up if you enjoy unique games and good techno.

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