Dance yourself clean
I feel like Rez is one of the most impactful experiences I've had playing videogames.
I say this because this thing isn't only a pretty well crafted rail shooter, neither because this is also one of the best integrations of music I've seen on a game ever. Rez is impactful because what you get from that experience can seriously be lifechanging.
Obviously I choose to read it as a metaphor for making up with a part of your inner self that you've been avoiding. Finally facing something that's been bothering about you for so long, with barriers you've built to keep it away that are now so strong that you can't just deal with it in one though.
You gotta go deep into yourself to finally face that thing, to see what you are and be who you want to be, who you really want to be.
In my mind, that's why the credits roll even if you fail. Yeah you could just let it be there, but you could keep going, you gotta keep going.
There are so many things that made my playthrough a really great run tho. For example, only by the end of the game I felt like I truly understood how to play it. As if it's asking you to go back at it.
It's not a hard game, but really getting it is kinda complicated. There's very little dialogue and explanations, but through try and error you'll turn yourself into a pretty good... uh... rezer??? It's no surprise this guy ended up making one of the best puzzle games ever (Lumines).
Another thing I felt Rez really does greatly is in how it could be beat in one long run. It encourages you to do it in one session even, when you try to log out. It feels as if it's asking you to solve this in one long steady flow of though, with electronic beats banging in your head, discovering yourself one step at a time. Fuck.
I feel like Rez is one of the most impactful experiences I've had playing videogames.
I say this because this thing isn't only a pretty well crafted rail shooter, neither because this is also one of the best integrations of music I've seen on a game ever. Rez is impactful because what you get from that experience can seriously be lifechanging.
Obviously I choose to read it as a metaphor for making up with a part of your inner self that you've been avoiding. Finally facing something that's been bothering about you for so long, with barriers you've built to keep it away that are now so strong that you can't just deal with it in one though.
You gotta go deep into yourself to finally face that thing, to see what you are and be who you want to be, who you really want to be.
In my mind, that's why the credits roll even if you fail. Yeah you could just let it be there, but you could keep going, you gotta keep going.
There are so many things that made my playthrough a really great run tho. For example, only by the end of the game I felt like I truly understood how to play it. As if it's asking you to go back at it.
It's not a hard game, but really getting it is kinda complicated. There's very little dialogue and explanations, but through try and error you'll turn yourself into a pretty good... uh... rezer??? It's no surprise this guy ended up making one of the best puzzle games ever (Lumines).
Another thing I felt Rez really does greatly is in how it could be beat in one long run. It encourages you to do it in one session even, when you try to log out. It feels as if it's asking you to solve this in one long steady flow of though, with electronic beats banging in your head, discovering yourself one step at a time. Fuck.