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Podcast: Retro Spectives
Episode: Episode 91: Rez
Description: Rez, first released in 2001 for the Dreamcast and PS2, is many things. It's a rail shooter, heralded as one of the greats of a now mostly dead genre. It's a visual assault on the senses, with its pulsating neon wireframes and insanely animated boss fights. It's an audio hallucinatory trip, with musical beats emanating from every killed enemy, and every shot fired rapping like a snare drum. It is, in short, an experience unlike any other.But for all its uniqueness, is Rez a game worth your time to play today? Or does it only survive in our m...