Rez/YMMV
- Crowning Music of Awesome: Pretty much the entire game, but the notable standouts include Stage 3 (Ken Ishii's "Creation (The State of Art)") and Stage 5 (Adam Freeland's "Fear (Don's Magical Adventure Mix)", which samples its main riff from Marlena Shaw's version of "California Soul").
- Memetic Mutation:
- Eden doubting her existence, to the point where fans portray her as having an existential crisis over anything, even stupid things like finding out there's no pizza left.
- The Trance Vibrator for the PS2 port, due to many fans immediately coming up with naughty ways to use it.
- Never Live It Down: While the game is highly acclaimed regardless of what system it's on, the PS2 port is infamous for the Trance Vibrator accessory which naturally people came up with rather... fascinating uses for.
- Play the Game, Skip the Story: Ooh, pretty lights!
- This Is Your Premise on Drugs: The game has been likened to Tron on ecstasy.
- Visual Effects of Awesome: The smoother remake of the original game Areas is great enough, but Area X takes Visual Effects of Awesome to a whole new level.
- Watch It for the Meme: The game got more publicity from the fact the Japanese version came with a freaking vibrator.
- What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: The AI's name is Eden. Area 5 is a tour of the evolution of life from single-celled organisms, to sea life, to the migration to land, and ultimately, either leaving Earth to colonize other planets or the Ascent To A Higher Plane Of Existence (depending on your interpretation).
- What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?: A common reaction to seeing gameplay footage.