Beginning its life 15 years ago on the PlayStation 2 (and Dreamcast), Rez is a lauded rhythm shooter that set the stage and inspired many games in the decade and a half that would follow. It is widely acclaimed as one of the best games of all time, inducing a state of synesthesia — the phenomenon of experiencing secondary involuntary sensory experiences when other cognitive nodes are stimulated — while the player creates a soundtrack using their own projectiles, zooming through a digital world made to represent the inside of an all-powerful AI. Never has Rez felt more complete than with its evolution to VR, a zen-like state that completes the immersion, fully realizing the goal of turning any player into a synesthete.
Without even jumping into VR, Rez Infinite is already an impressive display. Pulsing colors and shapes forming vaguely recognizable imagery set to a mind opening soundtrack, all boasting a solid 1080p and running at a consistent 60 frames-per-second that I never noticed faltering. Admittedly, I didn’t play long on a regular television display, opting instead for the far superior VR experience, but what I did play on my TV proved that even those without Sony’s latest piece of hardware are in for a treat, particularly if they are looking for a worthy update to the Rez of old. Putting on the PlayStation VR headset changes everything, largely for the better. Though my character was on a dedicated path, my view was completely unrestricte...