Rez

OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">I finally aquired it!</div><img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" />

I just got through beating Area 5 for the first time. My hands are throbbing in tempo with the song beat.

WOW. This game has not only lived up to my expectations, but was actually worth $40 and 30 minutes of my time to take apart the PS2 and adjust it so it could read the disc.

Like, seriously, I haven't played a game this stylish and awesome since Shadow of the Colossus.

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rez" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rez</a>
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  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    <3 Rez. I wish I could unlock all the goodies though! I guess I'm just not good enough :[
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  • GreyFlcnGreyFlcn Join Date: 2006-12-19 Member: 59134Members, Constellation
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MTEZWlQGI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MTEZWlQGI</a>
    Looks like fun

    Castlevania: SOTN, Tetris Attack, Tobal #1
    Gotta love the sleeper hits.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    It just looks like an on-rails shooter.
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  • NEO_PhyteNEO_Phyte We need shirtgons&#33; Join Date: 2003-12-16 Member: 24453Members, Constellation
    edited February 2007
    This thread is win. :edit: aside from Liku
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    edited February 2007
    Did you get the special 'trance vibrator' version omega? :3
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    What? I don't understand what's so great about this game and that YouTube video makes it look like an on-rails shooter with StarFox graphics... what am I missing?

    Thought from the article it linked to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia" target="_blank">Synesthesia</a>, which I have and it's pretty sweet.
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  • GreyFlcnGreyFlcn Join Date: 2006-12-19 Member: 59134Members, Constellation
    Well, in that respect SOTC is just short version of Zelda with hardly any plot <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
    edited February 2007
    <!--quoteo(post=1608668:date=Feb 23 2007, 02:07 AM:name=Geminosity)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Geminosity @ Feb 23 2007, 02:07 AM) [snapback]1608668[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Did you get the special 'trance vibrator' version omega? :3
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    <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    Naw, but I'm sure the controller could work just as well for those purposes if you which certain article I'm referring to ;O

    Liku: It's something you have to play for yourself to really understand. It's really damn cool.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    edited February 2007
    <!--quoteo(post=1608670:date=Feb 23 2007, 12:12 AM:name=GreyFlcn)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GreyFlcn @ Feb 23 2007, 12:12 AM) [snapback]1608670[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Well, in that respect SOTC is just short version of Zelda with hardly any plot <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
    <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Zelda couldn't wipe SotC's ######, and I'm a Zelda fan. They don't look, sound or play like each other.

    <strike>So why's Rez good, anyone?</strike>

    Alright, I'll try and play it.
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    Hehe... remember that thread Liku made where he apologised for being so angry and condescending?
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I never said anything about being condesending nor am I in this thread. And when have I been angry?
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  • OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
    Aw, chillax bro.

    He's just upset because you're being skeptic about something that, in his view, is undeserving of skepticism.
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    Uh... what's SotC?
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  • OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
    SotC = Shadow of the Colossus
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  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    It is an on-a-rail shooter. It's just a really, really nice one.

    My favourite thing is the sound that plays when you move to the next level, that bassy Bwhoooooom! And of course the extra layer added to the musical beat. It's a sweet game.
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  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    Well, not having played it though, what's special about Rez is that the music being played evolves as you do progress in both levels and as you shoot baddies, which I can imagine calls for an awsmoepants experience.

    Also, it seems there's going to be a sequel to either the X360, PS3 or Wii. I want this :S I wanted to get Rez way back then, but never having owned a PS2, kinda made it hard.
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  • RevlicRevlic Join Date: 2006-11-04 Member: 58367Members
    Lol I own that and the former girlfriend has the vibrator.

    Too bad she has no PS2
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  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1609042:date=Feb 24 2007, 06:57 PM:name=Revlic)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Revlic @ Feb 24 2007, 06:57 PM) [snapback]1609042[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    [...]the former girlfriend has the vibrator.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> (now for a completely unneeded, and not at-all-serious remark) I guess you weren't adequate, eh eh? *nudge nudge* *wink wink*
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1608665:date=Feb 23 2007, 12:54 AM:name=GreyFlcn)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GreyFlcn @ Feb 23 2007, 12:54 AM) [snapback]1608665[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MTEZWlQGI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MTEZWlQGI</a>
    Looks like <strike>fun</strike> an acid flashback.
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  • RevlicRevlic Join Date: 2006-11-04 Member: 58367Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1609046:date=Feb 24 2007, 06:20 PM:name=Dirty_Harry_Potter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dirty_Harry_Potter @ Feb 24 2007, 06:20 PM) [snapback]1609046[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    (now for a completely unneeded, and not at-all-serious remark) I guess you weren't adequate, eh eh? *nudge nudge* *wink wink*
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    Hey, I'm pretty good at that game.

    Likewise I don't need size.
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  • GreyFlcnGreyFlcn Join Date: 2006-12-19 Member: 59134Members, Constellation
    The aiming system reminds me a bit of armored core
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H56byg8EUHI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H56byg8EUHI</a>
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1xK-9W607U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1xK-9W607U</a>
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  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    SotC is quite possibly one of the best games created. It has an amazing art style, extremely good graphics for its time and some very original (and very kickass) gameplay. All it needed in my opinion was a "Colossus Creator" that very skilled people with a lot of time on their hands could make their own colossus that could be downloaded from the online network. That way, I'd never have to stop running around and climbing up things.

    The only fault on SotC was that it was so good, you could never stop playing it and blazed through it way too fast.

    And its nothing like Zelda. *glare*
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  • GreyFlcnGreyFlcn Join Date: 2006-12-19 Member: 59134Members, Constellation
    Actually it is very much like Zelda
    However I put that out there to make a point.

    While they share the same play mechanics,
    they are miles away from each other in terms of quality.

    Just because the genre isn't original doesn't mean the game can't be.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1609188:date=Feb 25 2007, 03:22 AM:name=GreyFlcn)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GreyFlcn @ Feb 25 2007, 03:22 AM) [snapback]1609188[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->While they share the same play mechanics,<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Like what, Swinging a Sword and moving your character?
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  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1609188:date=Feb 25 2007, 04:22 AM:name=GreyFlcn)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GreyFlcn @ Feb 25 2007, 04:22 AM) [snapback]1609188[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Actually it is very much like Zelda
    However I put that out there to make a point.

    While they share the same play mechanics,
    they are miles away from each other in terms of quality.

    Just because the genre isn't original doesn't mean the game can't be.
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    They dont share any gameplay mechanics. In SotC you ride around on a horse holding your sword in the air which directs a beam of light towards where you need to ride to. When you get there, you encounter a boss (there is no fighting beforehand) where you have to climb his body and stab his weakpoints.

    In Zelda, you run around doing a quest(s), usually killing many many creatures, with no scaling of gigantic creatures, with no large, vast open fields to ride through on a horse, with puzzles in between.

    There are hardly any similarities.
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  • GreyFlcnGreyFlcn Join Date: 2006-12-19 Member: 59134Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1609192:date=Feb 25 2007, 09:56 AM:name=Liku)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Liku @ Feb 25 2007, 09:56 AM) [snapback]1609192[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Like what, Swinging a Sword and moving your character?
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    Climbing
    Jump and roll
    Bow and Arrow
    Hell it also has some horse riding

    Obviously they are different games.
    Hell, between FPS games there's quite a bit of variety.
    But the basic mechanics are all the same.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    You're really splitting hairs.
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  • RoverRover blargh Join Date: 2003-09-23 Member: 21139Members
    K, from now on, starcraft = supcom.


    What? In both cases you build crap and kill other crap, right?
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