However the main genre that the story ultimately decides to write itself around is comedy, which makes for a fairly interesting mixture but in the end one that I feel leaves more things on the table than I would like. The setting of Hi-Fi Rush grounds it primarily in the cyberpunk genre, meaning that it contains thematic elements of said genre’s specialties like technology that advances faster than ethics can regulate and the dangerous logical conclusions of unregulated consumerism. Obviously this all leads to a much greater conspiracy surrounding Vandelay Technologies and more characters become relevant as the story progresses, but that covers all the basics you need to know. Chai manages to escape from Quality Assurance with the help of an underground operative named Peppermint, and Chai agrees to investigate rumors regarding Project Armstrong in return for safe passage off the island. This causes him to perceive the entire world in time to the beat of the music and lets him magnify nearby metallic waste into an electric guitar to beat stuff up with (just roll with it), but unfortunately this gets him marked as a defect by the Vandelay staff for “recall”.
Chai signs up for a cybernetics initiative called Project Armstrong and quickly finds himself outfitted with a robotic arm, but a mishandling of his personal effects leads to his not-iPod being fastened within the power source. The story of Hi-Fi Rush takes place in a near-future cartoon world on Vandelay Island and follows the story of Chai, a nobody kid with a surpassing love of rock music. I played the Steam version of the game for this review. Players interact with the game through character-action combat and 3D platforming exploration synced to music at all times, as well as some upgrading and customizing. Its premise involves a rock-and-roll fanatic augmented with the power of music exploring the campus of an evil megacorporation and busting countless robots with the help of his friends to uncover the dark secrets behind local operations. Developed by Tango Gameworks, published by Bethesda Softworks, and released on January 25th of 2023, Hi-Fi Rush is a character-action-platformer-rhythm hybrid game available on PC and Xbox Series X.
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