Hi-Fi RUSH Is A Perfect Video Game 

he shen since you liked this game so much i heavily recommend NO STRAIGHT ROADS its quite similar to this in tone artsyle and rythem synced gameplay.

chai isnt himbo he’s babygirl and i think more people should know

Shen Can I send you an Xbox Controller, I have 4 of them and 2 are brand new,... (Außerdem komm ich Österreich da get die Post ziemlich schnell nach Deutschland) so if you want I send you a brand new Controller

Hey Shen, if you enjoyed the humor and dialogue in Hi-Fi, I'd recommend playing through Sunset Overdrive. It's got similar humor and a bit of comic book-esque style. Probably one of my favorite games ever.

@@Andrew-ij3mh Honestly yeah that one is great too.

I loved that detail so much dude

The drum kit...ten

@@KorbAgain stoooooop XD

@@KorbAgain Did you just--

A drum kit that meows? First time hearing of this...

The man regularly falls 30+ feet and breaks his fall with his face, but because it's in a wacky cutscene, he's fine.

Ik it’s great, he can literally fall in lava and just be okay, honestly iconic.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is called "tone armor".

It's especially funny cause he has what looks like a sprained/broken arm at the start 😭

​@@meemosteeno5121He was actually disabled/didn't have full motor functions in his right arm, apparently

If it doesn't then I will be severely disappointed

It's only March!

@@tbotalpha8133 you're right hi fi rush dlc can still come out

@@hollowbox5723 no there’s just still a lot of contenders for goty.

@@lazyaaron1240 facts

Zanzo is a living reference to everything at this point. JoJo poses, Castlevania lines, Megamind scene recreations; what doesn't he reference

15:45 Akechi shining through

@@ooohheldenring9770 that's why he's the best character

@@ooohheldenring9770 he is the definition of a Jojo’s reference

Almost like it’s a reference

And not even full price

I just got No Straight Roads at a discounted price, and was so appalled at how unpolished and clunky it was. Hi-Fi Rush seems to accomplish everything NSR was attempting to achieve. Plus its an ACTUAL RHYTHM game.

because they see games with the latest gen of photorealistic graphics and that make 10h of actual meaningful gameplay into 100h of grinding as the safest bet

It’s a simple marketing scheme/technique. Game Companies prefer spectacle in their trailers rather than gameplay. Like Forspoken, or Suicide Squad KTJL. The cinematic trailer looks good, but the gameplay trailer looks ass, because their is no spectacle

This game did better then hyped up garbage so.....

I didn't and still enjoyed the living crap outta this game. It was my first walkthrough watching Shen's VOD's.

I couldn't wait, so now I'm gonna watch again!

Dude...same

it has and it came forth for us all

I'm glad it didn't disappoint!

One I love a ton is where an employee is gonna get fired so they update the coffee machine to only put out decaf, and it comes up several times afterwards. Without it it's a decent enough bit, but that added context makes it extremely rewarding

@@molberding5 And it apparently never got fixed because Korsica was still drinking decaf at the end of the game.

Hot, amazing voice, relatable. What’s not to like?

​@@meatkirbo that's she's not real and not with me 😭

Macaron > korsica

I love a good accent.

@@bich_whatRespectfully disagree, but this is a really good opinion.

I blame ProZD.

I was about to ask wtf you meant then remembered my very little time playing Atomic Hearts and was like oh yeah...

Refrigerator Senpai

If I had a nickel for everytime I've seen them, I'd have 10 cents, which isn't much, but its weird it happened twice...

​@@Dinoman972I blame Atomic Heart

Everytime Korsica is speaking, it's like MUSIC to my hears. Also, neat haircut and jacket.

I swear I’m the only person that prefers Peppermint over Korsika.

At long last,another peppermint enjoyer!

I've found my brethren.

​@@JNSStudios2 Peppermint is cute, Korsica is hot.

It's also a Scott pilgrim reference

@@cyrusscheid6928 It is also a reference to my life specifically with how often that exact thing happens.

And a W date in my opinion

Eh, I felt they could’ve done more to play him up, like maybe have him be a goon to Kale or be somewhat present throughout the game so meeting him is a bigger thing but the reveal was pretty cool.

I can't blame her, a beautiful Scotswoman could do that to me and I'd be all for it.

And then a Megamind reference after the Castlevania reference (Zanzo walking away)

And his whole character is a JoJo's reference

Thank you so much! It was a lot of fun to work on this, and the second half is on its way!~

@@ClassyReviews YES SIRRRRRRRRR U DESERVE ALL THE LOVE

it’s not quite to the beat sometimes but it’s still very impressive and really shows the TLC

@@ClassyReviews Great work, mate! This video was incredibly good, thanks to you!

MGR meets Crypt of The NecroDancer in the style of Jet Set Radio.

Is wearing that shirt.....a bad thing...I'm not asking because its literally my favorite shirt..I'm asking for a friend 😂

I don't know for sure because I didn't buy it, but I heard that if you buy the deluxe edition, Chai gets a shirt that says "I paid for the deluxe edition, but all I got was this shirt"

@@CrokedBlueCreeper101it’s the only outfit I wear in the game that is absolutely what it says

yeah...I saw that and it made me really sad, I don't know if their gonna remove it from Steam but I hope they don't as it's super good.

​@@emilyfoutchthe game isn't going anywhere thankfully. Tango said after their closure that Hi-Fi would remain on all storefronts it's currently on

rip they didn't deserve that bullshit i need to get this game before they fuck with it

publishers can't let good studios stick around for too long. They might start growing an actual soul! And that's bad for business!

I actually enjoyed Ghostwire Tokyo and Hi Fi Rush, seems like such a great company with no good reason to be closed down.

That's marketing for ya! Ah-cha-cha!

Happy for him too

There's a game kind of like this that came out a few years earlier by name of No Straight Roads, by a smaller company called Metronomik. Was their debut game, quite short and with a focus on bosses'that attack in rhythm with the music-- different parts of the track corresponding to different attacks. I've seen people mention that "Hi-Fi Rush is what NSR should have been", but it's still worth checking out, to respect and criticize it on its own merits and shortcomings. For if you are interested in uniquely-styled worlds, fun characters, and an ABSOLUTE HAMMERING LOVE FOR MUSIC, i recommend to look up No Straight Roads. Be it to play or to watch, and especially to listen. If Hi-Fi Rush is about the rhytm, No Straight Roads is about music itself, why people perform and make it, and the industry behind it. Every boss represents a different genre, and every boss *theme* has at least three version: Base, EDM and Rock. Depending on how well or how badly you do in a fight, the soundtrack actively shifts between EDM and Rock. And ever since the free Christmas DLC with Christmas covers, and the Encore Edition release with a new Remix, there's at least *five* versions of every boss theme. As a random NSR fan on the internet, i hope it may be interesting to you, and others that you may tell about it.

Actually, it seems like a LOT of attention is being directed towards it since its release. Well-deserved, and I too hope it may bring better changes for the game industry. But in terms of games that had little to no advertisement and came out of Fumbuck Nowhere, but also has solid gameplay, clear and strong artistic vision, great characters and music, there's Clash: Artifacts of Chaos. It's kind of like God Hand, but set in Oddworld. Fighting stances and special attacks that can be found from exploring the overworld, and these can be customized to a certain extent to the player's preference. I really recommend checking out the game and spreading the word about it. Or at least the soundtrack to it, especially Pseudo's Theme.

Another game that released completely out of nowhere, which while probably not on the level as Hi-Fi Rush for most (or pursuing the same direction, for that matter) yet still has great music, artistic vision and characters, and a focus on combat, would be Clash: Artifacts of Chaos. Released about two weeks ago, and the character designs can be absolutely wild. Bizarre, creepy, funny, ugly, and all of them unique and interesting. It's somewhat of a mix of Oddworld and God Hand, in that regard. I definitely recommend looking it up and telling more people about it, even if you may not ever play it for yourself. It's something unique that deserves to be talked more about. or at the very least, i recommend to take a listen to the soundtrack. Especially Pseudo's Theme.

I read that as "Akechi fucking Futaba" and got really concerned for a moment...

ESPECIALLY if you follow the head canon that they're half related. ​@@awildnoviceappears

Yeah, making 3D models look like 2D drawings is fuckin difficult to get down well, this is good shit

Chai's endurance is comedy-based. He's hurt by whatever is funny.

@@lukeroberson2115 Looney tunes ah MC

And now we won't get another 😭😭 Edit: The beat goes on

@@jacobporter419 I was legitimately so furious when I found out

Apparently, a South Korean studio called Krafton bought them, rehired who they could from the old team (some of them had already found new work), and they are apparently working on a sequel now!

@@AllegedlyHuman I heard about it a week ago! An actual miracle

Well… DO I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU

basically a Jojo-Dracula, so unexpected i Love it👍

chai doesn't even know what sex is

Interesting note, everything BUT the intro cutscene before he gets the arm. Which I think is an amazing attention to detail.

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