![]() ![]() Hi-Fi Rush borders on the synaesthetic at times with its audio-visual harmony. Take the production zone, where we have shipping containers turned into slaloming ski lifts, jutting pickers, tricksy tubes and pulsating machines, all reacting to the music in your ears. For a game set in a giant factory (well-trodden ground for the medium), I was never bored of my surroundings. Suddenly the walls are alive with the sound of music, and the environmental design team knock it out of the park with this challenging brief. Your robotic arm is now a scrap metal Flying V, and you’re demolishing droids with combo attacks that do more damage if you can tap with tempo. Alas, Chai’s trusty iPod falls into the machine during the operation and is fused to his chest, letting him tap into the rhythmic undercurrent of this mechanised world. This particular sequence comes at the end of the game’s tutorial level once you’ve been introduced to Chai, the self-stylized “future rockstar” protagonist with a broken arm.Ĭhai is branded a ‘defect’ by the money-grubbing Vandelay corporation, so they affix him with a robotic arm so he can grab their garbage. The funny thing is that it actually delivers upon this promise. You’re going to fight a giant robot to the beat of a Nine Inch Nails song in an immaculately cel-shaded cyberpunk world. Hi-Fi Rush throws up some tantalising prospects. Hi-Fi Rush is a refreshing pivot away from the studio’s affinity for horror, and one that comfortably breaks this curse. Generally, the studio is well-known for their beautiful aesthetics, but they tend to falter in the way they feel, giving them a niche, cult quality. As the game’s industry embraces the safety of endless sequels and almost constant remakes, Tango has delivered three new, fascinating worlds since 2014 – The Evil Within, Ghostwire Tokyo, and now Hi-Fi Rush. It’s hard to be sceptical of a game with the Tango Gameworks pedigree, especially if you believe in the studio’s general mission statement. READ MORE: The best Xbox Game Pass games you can play today.It’s the best Xbox exclusive since Sea of Thieves. Hi-Fi Rush, a rhythm-based hack ‘n’ slash from Tango Gameworks, turns my fidgeting into a full-blown game mechanic. ![]() When I play a game with pacing issues, long loading screens or dull expository cutscenes, I find myself tapping the buttons on my controller to the beat of an imaginary song. ![]()
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