There is a light attack, a heavy attack, a dodge, as well as a grapple and parry that you’ll eventually unlock.

Every movement in the game is timed to the beat and, naturally, this includes the combat as well. Hi-Fi Rush is a third-person action brawler mixed with a rhythm game. Combat is fast, flashy and rocks to beat. All in all, it looks and sounds great, and the developers have done a fantastic job here. There are a number of tracks that thump along as you play, most are original tracks, but there are a few licensed tracks added in as well in some specific scenarios. The entire world pulses to the beat of the music which is a nice touch. Visually the game is presented in a great cartoonish style. There are some twists along the way, and while it’s not the most original premise, the animations are excellent, the music and voice acting are done very well and it held my interest all the way through to the end. The back-and-forth banter of the characters can be funny, but some of the humor may not be to everyone’s taste. During your adventure, you’ll also band together with a bunch of interesting characters to fight against the corporation. As such, you are thrown into a quest to get to the bottom of it. Needless to say, you soon find out that something is afoot, and that Vandelay has sinister plans. Nice.Īs usual, I’m not going to spoil anything regarding the story, but in a nutshell, it revolves around Chai a wanna be rockstar who during cybernetic surgery at a corporation called Vandelay, accidentally gets his music player stuck in his chest, and thus can feel the rhythm of the world. The visuals are great, and everything moves to the beat. Is it worth it? Well, I’ve finished the campaign, and then some, which took me around 13 hours and here are my thoughts. D eveloped by Tango Gameworks the studio behind The Evil Within, The Evil Within 2 and Ghostwire Tokyo, comes this surprise. So, Hi-Fi Rush just shadow dropped out of nowhere, with little to no marketing behind it.

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