Editing Rez (video game) (section)

===Accolades and retrospectives===
''Rez'' received an award from The Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Festival in Japan.<ref name="ArtsAward"/> At the 2002 NAVGTR awards, ''Rez'' was nominated in the "Outstanding Innovation in Game Play" category,<ref name="NAVGTR"/> and was nominated for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year|Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year]]" at the [[6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]].<ref name="DICE"/> At the second [[Game Developers Choice Awards]] in 2001, the game was one of five titles highlighted in the "Game Innovation Spotlights" category,<ref name="GDCA2001"/> and was one of four games nominated for the 2001 [[BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards]] in their "Interactive Arts" category.<ref name="BaftaRez"/> It also won ''GameSpot''{{'}}s 2002 "Best Graphics (Artistic) on PlayStation 2" award, and was nominated in the "Best Game No One Played on PlayStation 2" category.<ref name="bestworst2002"/>

In anniversary retrospectives and lists of memorable Dreamcast titles from multiple websites including ''[[Gamasutra]]'' and ''IGN'', ''Rez'' was noted for its visual design and blend of gameplay and music.<ref name="EuroRetro"/><ref name="NLdreamcast"/><ref name="GRdreamcast"/><ref name="RetroDreamcast"/><ref name="KotakuDreamcast"/> As part of a feature on Mizuguchi's career and work, James Mielke of ''1Up.com'' considered ''Rez'' underrated in its time and having aged well compared to its contemporaries.<ref name="1UPinterview"/> The game would go on to receive "Runner Up" in the category of "Electronic - Puzzle and Classic" in ''Games''{{'}}s annual "The Games 100".<ref name="Games100"/> In 2009, ''Edge'' ranked the game #49 on its list of "The 100 Best Games To Play Today", calling it "Astonishing to watch [and] uniquely absorbing to play".<ref name="Edge100"/> In 2012, ''Rez'' was listed on [[Time (magazine)|Time]]'s list for the 100 greatest video games of all time.<ref name="Times100"/> ''Rez'' was chosen as one of the Dreamcast games to be shown at the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]]'s 2012 exhibition, [[The Art of Video Games]].<ref name="ArtGaming"/> ''Rez HD'' was rated the 13th best Xbox Live Arcade of all time by ''IGN'' in a September 2010 listing.<ref name="RezHDranking"/> In 2023, a poll by ''[[GQ]]'' conducted among a team of video game journalists across the industry ranked ''Rez'' the 99th best video game of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-10 |title=The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/best-video-games-all-time |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref>

At [[The Game Awards 2016]], ''Rez Infinite'' was nominated for "Best Music/Sound Design" and won "Best VR Game".<ref name="TGA2017"/> It was also nominated for the equivalent "Best VR/AR Game" award at the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards.<ref name="GDCA2017"/> At the 2017 British Academy Games Awards, the game was nominated in the "Audio Achievement" category.<ref name="Bafta2017"/>
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