9/21/2023 0 Comments Hifi rush invaders must dieThe further your skillset library expands, the more you can mix up gameplay in rewarding ways. It may sound like a tricky balance to make work but it does and does so really well.Īs you proceed through Hi-Fi RUSH, you’ll gradually pick up new powerful abilities and moves, purchased by currency earned and found on your adventure. Exciting Devil May Cry–esque combat will ensue, as players do their best to build and maintain combos with button pressing to the beat of the backing song providing benefits in stronger damage and powerful finishers. In a given level (labelled ‘tracks’ in this instance), Chai will travel through environments, running into encounters that become their own combat arena. This is a relatively unique affair, billed as a rhythm-action game. One big instance of how that is presented is the rhythm-based gameplay that is on offer. Y’know, the good stuff.Īs alluded to, Hi-Fi RUSH is oozing with style. Situated within all of that, is a frankly heartwarming story of found family sticking it to the power. Further harrowing implications of Vandelay Technology’s power become apparent in a palpable mission that sees you travelling through a museum, telling doctored stories about the company’s roots. Uncovering more pieces of the game’s worlds whether through readables, exposition or the environment itself reminded me of the early days of Borderlands, being invested and excited by a new sci-fi world, rife with dastardly corporate executives out to ruin your life. Chai, played by Robbie Daymond, is channelling a similar performance to that of his role as Prompto in Final Fantasy XV, an earnest if a little naive and charming individual. As you complete feats and challenges in missions, you’ll unlock pieces that will be added to a mural, transforming the dingy area into something more picturesque.Īt the end of my time with Hi-Fi RUSH, its world and cast became a fond all-timer for me. The game even does one of my favourite things that HUBs do, and that is growing in real-time. Here is where you’ll also upgrade away at Chai’s abilities. In-between levels you’ll be at a hideout where you can chat with your party and reflect on your past mission. Expect plenty of time to get to know your closest friends too. Everyone is distinguished in their own way and distinguished well. Care and consideration have been taken into every character’s design, no matter whether they’re major or minor. On the other end of the spectrum, your crew is made up of characters such as an adorable black robotic cat named 808, a spunky denim-clad roboticist in Peppermint, and the very large but sweet and mostly pacifistic scientist Macaron. What ensues is a slick, stylish and smokin’ journey through futuristic environments, in a charming throwback fashion, delivered in a mission-based structure. You, along with a crew of like-minded people that too hate your pursuers, slowly learn that Vandelay Technologies have a program within their implants that serves as a back door for mind control. With their arm, Chai can deploy a magnetic wand, which can then be fashioned into a melee weapon that resembles a hybrid of guitar and wrench. So spawns our threat.īefore long, a whirlwind of revelations big and small awaits. Now being able to hear and feel the beat that comes with the songs that periodically play off his media device, this is quickly seen as an issue with the giant corporation, deeming Chai a ‘defect’ that must be hunted down and destroyed. With a love of music and a need for a new arm, this combination becomes problematic when he sneaks into tech company Vandelay Technologies in his hunt, receiving a cybernetic limb replacement but also being fused with his MP3 player. Players control a character by the name of Chai, a 20-something-year-old slacker who longs to be a rockstar… without putting in any of the work. Situated in a futuristic (though plausible) world where robots walk among us and corporations rule over all, an engaging premise is set early on. Last year, we had that in the cool, edgy card-based shooter meets visual novel Neon White. In 2023, only one month down and we have that in Hi-Fi RUSH, a rhythm-based action adventure game well worth your time. Though when a game is able to achieve an otherworldly design and do it while delivering a silky smooth experience, it inspires. Sure, we’re at a place where games can be a spectacle in story and budget, bringing cinematic experiences now like no other. One of the many ways that games stick out and garner appeal is their style.
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