Skip to content
Released

Jan 8, 2002

9,065 days ago
Platforms
  • PS2
  • Dreamcast
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Jan 8, 20029,065 days ago
    • PS2

About

A rail shooter with a heavy emphasis on audiovisual elements in which a hacker attempts to breach an AI integral for the continuation of the human race to prevent it from shutting down due to information overload.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 47 players
Main story
2 h
Main + extras
3 h
Completionist
8 h

Reviews

Critics (IGDB)88/1005 reviews
IGDB players87/10047 ratings

Game info

Released
2001 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Engine
Unreal

Other versions

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBEMild Violence
  • PEGI3No content descriptors

Languages

6 languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
EnglishEnglish (US)––
FrenchFrançais––
GermanDeutsch––
ItalianItaliano––
Japanese日本語––
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)––

Themes & tags

16 more tags

Story & names

The world of Rez is set in the near future on a massively overpopulated Earth with society crippled by crime rates, and on the verge of meltdown. In an attempt to resolve the chaos, a new global network was created: Project-K, overseen by a self-aware artificial intelligence named Eden. However, the increasing information flow and infection by a virus (the main character) confused Eden, allowing her to begin questioning the meaning of its existence and the consequences of her actions. Trying to fathom the paradoxes that surrounded her and realizing the power she possessed, she shut herself down. The player character and protagonist is a hacker virus unofficially named Swayzak, traversing the Project-K network on a mission to re-awaken Eden and to reveal the true being at her core by progressing deeper through the system, and destroying the other viruses, anti-viruses, security programs, defense systems, and firewalls within.

Read the story

Also known as

  • K-ProjectWorking title
  • Project EdenWorking title
  • VibesWorking title
  • The Sound ProjectWorking title

Release dates by region

5 releases in 3 regions

north america

  • Jan 08, 2002PS2

europe

japan

The Rez series

All 5 games
  1. This gameRez2001
  2. Child of Eden2011
  3. Rez Infinite2016 · Expanded edition
  4. Rex HardTBA

You might also like

Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.