The game brings humorous life to its robotic cast with diverse personalities, from a truth-telling robot CNMN that quickly draws its own facial expression (with a marker pen) depending on the moment, to complaining robots about work, hippie robots, and detective-style NPC’s, making it an interesting world-building. The character designs in Hi-Fi Rush are a standout feature, giving praise to their cuteness (like the cat), diversity, and attention to detail in comical facial expressions for both robots and NPCs, as well as the main character Chai. This design approach infuses a touch of whimsy and cartoony humor into the game’s animation. Our protagonist, Chai, exudes a youthful, Scooby Doo’s Shaggy-look-alike vibe with a relaxed, bumbling, and carefree airhead personality, contrasting the serious attitudes of the office robots and executives. Resulting in a form of a wacky adventure drawn with a colorful striking presence. Looking through the cutscenes and cinematics show the art style in Hi-Fi Rush reminds me so much of Rogue Galaxy’s cell-shaded comic book art that sort of blends in the elements of cartoon and science fiction mechanical contraptions while defining details through drawn-in characterized bold lines, vibrant colors, and fluid animation to boot. And here are my reasons why you should consider playing Hi-Fi Rush.Īnimation, Level Designs, and Cinematic – Design Sings by Itself To the point that if Hi-Fi Rush comes to other platforms such as Nintendo Switch or PS5, I would buy it as this is a cult classic. That’s why I am pleasantly surprised by Hi-Fi Rush jam of rhythm-based gameplay of these classic titles mentioned above jammed into a Kingdom Hearts-style of combat that hits me right to the feels by granting me more damage as I hit to the beat, making it a more rewarding experience. While these titles are fun and easily accessible rhythm-based games, unfortunately, most of these titles are in a niche market or not getting much love and sequels or remakes they deserved.

However, surprisingly I do have a fondness for titles such as Gitaroo Man, Space Channel 5, Parappa The Rapper, and Elite Beat Agents.

Personally, I find it rare for me to enjoy music or rhythm-based games as this genre can often be overly challenging, restrictive, and difficult to dive into.

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