I quit the psp homebrew scene a long time ago. So finding out about Resonate while randomly checking out a psp page out of boredom was pure luck.

Resonate is as mentioned in the title a clone of the psychadelic shooter Rez which was first released on the dreamcast and only lately got ported to the xbox 360, where it is downlaodable via xbla in hd graphics.

Just like in Rez your character moves on a predefined path and you only have to aim and shoot. Eventhough Resonate looks gamplaywise pretty much like Rez the programer didn´t copy everything. For instance you aren´t controlling a hacker who is trying break into a totally top secret server, but a fish making its way through an underwater world.



Of course your character evolves while shooting down enemys, and will eventually become a shark (dick sucking not included) or take on a lower form, untill you are a plankton, if you suck.



As if this wasn´t already awesome enough, there will also be a level-editor, available for download.

Both, the game itself and the level editor haven´t got a release date by now, but when Resonate will be released I´ll finally have a reason to get that dust of my psp and turn it on again.


Let's face it. Resonate will never deliver the same intense atmosphere as Rez, not only because of the lack of a vibrating controller. Nevertheless it´s an interesting approach and I applaud the programer for coding one of the few 3d homebrew games.