{"id":8875,"date":"2023-02-06T10:39:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/hi-fi-rush-review-a-brawler-set-to-the-beat-of-a-drum\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T10:39:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:39:45","slug":"hi-fi-rush-review-a-brawler-set-to-the-beat-of-a-drum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/hi-fi-rush-review-a-brawler-set-to-the-beat-of-a-drum\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi-Fi Rush review \u2013 a brawler set to the beat of a drum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/strong>This music-centred adventure, an unexpected release, pits a teenage boy against robotic assassins in a colourful title for gamers of all talents <\/p>\n

The video game industry\u2019s hype cycles are typically measured in months and years, not minutes and seconds. So the simultaneous announcement and release in late January of Hi-Fi Rush<\/a><\/em> \u2013 the kind of \u201cgo and buy it right now\u201d revelation Apple is known for \u2013 feels breezily countercultural. So too does its bright, cartoonish styling: this game is as brazenly colourful as a Jet Set Radio<\/a><\/em> fever dream, and even as plastic Guitar Hero<\/em> instruments clog up the nation\u2019s cupboards, it\u2019s refreshing to play a game that is so unashamedly music-centred.<\/p>\n

This is a brawler set to the beat of a drum. You play as Chai, an ebullient teenage boy who enrols in a biological augmentation program with a shady pharmaceutical company. The operation goes wrong when an old iPod-style music player is fitted to Chai\u2019s chest. Marked for extermination, you must guide Chai to safety, then help him to take down his oppressor. As you move through these Shibuya-inspired streets, the world and everything in it pulses to the rhythm of the game\u2019s soundtrack (a blend of originals and licensed tracks from bands such as the Black Keys and Nine Inch Nails).<\/p>\n

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\nTK; XboxThis music-centred adventure, an unexpected release, pits a teenage boy against robotic assassins in a colourful title for gamers of all talents
\nThe video game industry\u2019s hype cycles are typically measured in months and years, not minutes and seconds. So the simultaneous announcement and release in late January of Hi-Fi Rush \u2013 the kind of \u201cgo and buy it right now\u201d revelation Apple is known for \u2013 feels breezily countercultural. So too does its bright, cartoonish styling: this game is as brazenly colourful as a Jet Set Radio fever dream, and even as plastic Guitar Hero instruments clog up the nation\u2019s cupboards, it\u2019s refreshing to play a game that is so unashamedly music-centred.
\nThis is a brawler set to the beat of a drum. You play as Chai, an ebullient teenage boy who enrols in a biological augmentation program with a shady pharmaceutical company. The operation goes wrong when an old iPod-style music player is fitted to Chai\u2019s chest. Marked for extermination, you must guide Chai to safety, then help him to take down his oppressor. As you move through these Shibuya-inspired streets, the world and everything in it pulses to the rhythm of the game\u2019s soundtrack (a blend of originals and licensed tracks from bands such as the Black Keys and Nine Inch Nails). Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TK; XboxThis music-centred adventure, an unexpected release, pits a teenage boy against robotic assassins in a colourful title for gamers of all talents The video game industry\u2019s hype cycles are typically measured in months and years, not minutes and seconds. So the simultaneous announcement and release in late January of Hi-Fi Rush \u2013 the kind …<\/p>\n

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