![]() But as someone who grew up on ‘80s movies centered around wild visions of where technology could go, and for someone who loves the technical achievement of game mechanics far more than is healthy, 20 years later, Rez is still that game. And certainly, you can define the future in a million different ways. ![]() You’d think that over time that impression would fade, and something else would take its place. I’ve long thought of Rez as the poster child for the future of video games. It felt like a game reaching for the future. It threw you inside a computer with a wireframe look, an AI-driven story, and all the optimism and fear of technology that came with that. ![]() By playing with the idea that gameplay could create music and sound effects could form a soundtrack, it arrived with a sense that we don’t really know what video games are yet, so let’s try this. In 2001, Sega’s musical rail-shooter Rez felt like a science experiment.
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