![]() ![]() Dead Space and Hi-Fi Rush couldn’t be more opposite if they tried!įurthermore, to be blunt, both Microsoft and the Xbox community needed this. It’s also the beneficiary of great timing the only other significant release around the same time was the Dead Space remake, which, while outstanding, is hardly gunning for the same audience. Everyone has been talking about Hi-Fi Rush for the past week, and deservedly so. ![]() And Bethesda knew it had something special. ![]() The result is an instantly lovable game that feels fresh and has taken the gaming community by storm. Every moment literally exudes joy, as even the normally boring bits of the environment bop to the beat as your rockstar avatar Chai snaps his fingers or taps his foot. Hi-Fi Rush makes this silly-sounding premise sing though, with humor, liberal use of the entire color palette (recalling past Xbox cult classics like Jet Set Radio Future and Sunset Overdrive), and gameplay that rewards combo moves and special attacks pulled off to the beat of its incredible soundtrack – including cuts from Nine Inch Nails and The Black Keys – but, crucially, doesn’t penalize you for failing to stay in rhythm. ![]() Maybe it’s the literal-cartoon art style and its equally cartoonish plot about a teenager who cuts the line at Vandelay Technologies to get his disabled right arm replaced with a functioning robotic limb, only to end up getting rockstar powers courtesy of the iPod that gets mistakenly fused to his chest during the automated, factory-like procedure. And while a number of the new-age rhythm-action games have been good – last year’s Metal: Hellsinger leaned hard into its theme and was an incredibly fun game for doing so – there’s something more approachable and appealing about Hi-Fi Rush. We’ve enjoyed a steady diet of them over the past few years, likely from game developers who themselves are, like many gamers, mourning the seemingly permanent death of the plastic-instrument genre that Guitar Hero and Rock Band pioneered in the late-2000s. But they’ve also never really been “hit” games. ![]()
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