$30 album that includes a game

Pros
- Top notch presentation with a wonderful story awaiting you.
- Endearing, likeable characters with fleshed out personalities. Characters have a high level of cuteness and quirkiness.
- A rhythm game that'll scratch that punk rock itch!
- Great soundtrack with very creative audio effects.
- Multiple difficulty levels to choose from.
- Plenty of achievements and collectibles.
- Hidden gems for perfectionists and explorers.
- Gorgeous varied environments made in its specific style. Somewhat reminiscent of Borderlands.
- Charming references to movies, tv shows, books and games.
- Lots of meta humour in a game that doesn't take itself too seriously but is seriously well developed.
- Characters and objects move to the sound of the beat! Seemingly simple but perfectly executed.
- Accessibility options baked in from the get-go.
- Very well optimized for the Steam Deck. I had a blast!
- No bugs/glitches/crashes to report and near instant wake from sleep so you can resume exactly from where you left off. So cool!
- All in all, the game is unique. There's nothing quite like it. Hoping it acts as inspiration for others and paves the path for a potential sequel.

Cons
- The platforming aspect isn't for everyone at first, but you can get used to it. Much like the Spyro remastered trilogy.
- Timing for certain moves can be tricky and lead to some frustration but with plenty of patience you can proceed. Eventually.
- Inaccessible areas which require another playthrough to open. Not a fan. Understandable as to why they did it, story-wise, but still.
- What Microsoft did to Tango Gameworks is beyond words. Despite that, the studio is still kicking and hopefully in more capable hands.

Hi-Fi Rush is amazing, it was the first ever Steam game I bought and absolutely loved it. It has a brand new concept and gameplay, and although controls are a lil bit hard to learn I still love this game. Overall 10/10.

10/10 game

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Hi-Fi RUSH dropped without any marketing, but it made an impact but instantly went platinum. Rhythmbased hack and slash gameplay that is solid, but added so much style that it is a completely unique experience, and nothing I have played comes close to it.

Just a short briefing: everything is on the beat.
It is a hack and slash game, but paced around the beat for actions. Not only you are on that beat, the whole world is.
Your movement is the only thing not on the beat, so you gotta realign most of the time.
Every defensive option is timed as well, so the player has to choose been defensive and aggression and got to rotate permanently, learn the enemy patterns and the game will literally tell you the rhythm needed.
Combos are very simple and easy to string together, but there is some resounding depth to it. Yet, do not worry about some DMC5 performance, just go with the flow.
Now about the next big thing, I have to announce:
Often while gaming I actively do something else, listen to a podcast, stuff like that. I got the attention span of a fly.
But Hi-Fi RUSH is different, permanently something happens and the beat forces that sick flow state riff. Flow state is one of my favorite things about gaming. Just being, experiencing something new, and taking aim at another goal.

The music has some variance, got some real classics under the belt which no guy of my age group knows anymore, but they still shine and even got readjusted to have a clearer beat for the player.
Who would have thought that the praised rhythm based game got a banger soundtrack?
Even the original slap hard, sometimes they even are more of the concussion granting percussion.

Hi-Fi RUSH is like a best of album which follows a general motive. The hack and slash connects, but it keeps introducing new concepts over the course of the whole game and makes them so damn likeable.
The characters are so mad expressive, everyone being able to take the stage and shine, even if they are solo. But when they align and full dynamic range is getting used, Hi-Fi RUSH is hilarious and fun.
There are some maybe somewhat deep concepts it references, but it is not the focus. Every part of the narrative is a framing device to get from sick set piece to another. Sometimes people are seeing mundane stuff and want the whole world and complicated analysis and everything. Nah, man, just shut up and feel, that is how Hi-Fi RUSH rocks.
Go with the smooth animation, absurdly good comic and anime mixed visual style, feel the beat and just enjoy the slightly surrealist humor.
Just have fun, it ain’t that difficult.

Microsoft gave up on Hi-Fi Rush, because art and even sales are not for corporate suits.
You can pour your heart out and guys will fire you, because the expectations they got are not enough. Consumers are no individuals, creativity is only allowed tolerated as long you push the numbers up so that the corporate suits are happy. And even if they are up, they need to be upper.
They ended Tango Gameworks, but maybe they can flourish under new management. Perhaps they went from bad to worse, but at least they made some true art and get another shot.
At least one thing remains:
The suits will end, forgotten and not missed. Maybe they cruised in life, but it is a pity they will never understand the human (heart)beat.

Hi-Fi RUSH rocks.

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Hi-fi rush jest w pyte. Polski i angielski dubbing bardzo dobrze zrobione i gameplay przyjemny. Gra przywraca radość z grania.

ABSOLUTE PEAK, ♥♥♥♥ MICROSOFT

Hi-Fi Rush is one of those games that is fun. Objectively fun. It's silly, doesn't take itself too seriously, it has action and storytelling with emotion and spunk. It's one of the best games I played in 2023.

It's hard not to say how much fun I was having. This game is so fun. it's one of the few games in my library where I actively turned up the difficulty knowing I wanted my first playthrough to last longer. You won't regret buying this game. It's just really, really fun. And there's a lot of content, and they keep releasing things. And it's good. And it's fun. 30 bucks, go buy it. On sale, buy it again.