Hi-Fi Rush

This game has a art style that resembles Jet Set Future Radio and Persona. The gameplay reminds me of Kingdom Hearts and DMC, but all to a beat.

Graphically it looks stunning. It plays good, the story is great. And I love the cast of characters. The combat is also shockingly deep with a great progression system.

I cannot believe Xbox shadow dropped this game. Also a lot of love for the fact that this game has real rock music in it. The boss fights are super cool and fun as well. This is a game that feels true to Xbox's DNA. There is so much fun to be had here from combat to collectibles.

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Starting out, this game felt like a great fresh take on a rhythm game. With bands like "Nine Inch Nails" and "The Black Keys" filling up the first 30 minutes I thought this game had great potential.

Unfortunately as time went on it was quite the let down.

Mechanics are fun, and the concept of hacking away to the rhythm was entertaining. This idea got very stale after a few hours of gameplay though.

Unfortunately those hit songs at the beginning that get you hooked in don't fill the roster of the entire rest of the game. To me this was a huge let down. You hook me in with some of my favorite songs, then never give me a taste afterwards? It's a very bait-and-switch move to get people to finish your game without them being excited to do so.

Outside of the rhythm of the game, the story was overall very cliche and I didn't find myself being attached or interested in any characters.

This game is highly regarded as "slept on" or "underrated" as an exclusive. Which is why I played it. However I beg to differ and think if you're looking for a rhythm game that you want to actually enjoy the music to in the process, I would look elsewhere.

This game got shadowdropped and it is absolutely brilliant. The main character, Chai, gets a sort of license or application to be part of a cybernetic limb replacement project. As he sneaks ahead of everyone to get his arm replaced, his MP3 player drops on his chest and it gets fused with him and his arm. Now his heartbeat is essentially music.

It's like they put incredible art design, great comedy, fluid combat, and a bunch of great music into a blender and mixed it into a video-game smoothie. It does everything it tries well, and it's one of the most entertaining games I've played in a long time. My only dislike about it is that the jumping is a bit wack.

This game got announced to come to PS5 and I decided to pre-order it and I am not in any way disappointed, part platformer, part hack and slash and part rhythm game and it all fits together so well, most games these days are sequels, remakes or ports and this was nice and refreshing to play, a simple yet captivating 11 hour game that will not lose your interest at all, it's a game that I believe anyone will love the hell out of, and the voice cast, Robbie Daymond and Roger Craig Smith absolutely stole the show and didn't hold back, either edition is well worth your time and another playthrough is undoubtedly on the horizon, Tangi Gameworks take a bow.

This game is one of the most fun games of the 2020s, it has a fun story, great rhythm gameplay that is easy to learn but hard to master, a quirky and fun cast of characters. I also have the highest praise for the art style, which is one of the most unique I have ever seen. The level design was a bit repetitive, and it's a little short, the other aspects are so strong that is doesn't matter. This is the Xbox Series' best game, even though I played it on PlayStation, but Xbox did what every stupid person would do and shut down Tango Gameworks, who was a solid development studio that made good games, Ghostwire Tokyo excluded, but they were headed in an interesting direction with Hi Fi Rush, but Xbox ruined that with their poor management and business decisions. Good luck selling consoles after this!