I wanted to love this game, I really really did. However, after giving it a fair chance and playing it I have to say that out of all overwhelmingly positive review games I've played, this is the first one I legit think is overrated garbage drivel! I have to wonder if people are just letting things go because the uniqueness in combat (very little but some) or the art direction.

I'll start with what I like, the art direction is genuinely incredible! It's got a polished beautiful anime style look with crisp animation, movement, and the world plays to the tunes/beats making the game world feel in part with the game pretty well. Optimization is absolutely stellar! No issues to report whatsoever and while it's not majorly demanding, it's nice ot see a game not filled with bugs/glitches. I think the characters are entertaining and likeable and 808 is flat out adorable. The music is pretty fantastic as well. Anyway...that's kind of about it on the positive side. Oh, voice acting is stellar too, i'll give it that.

I thought I was going to love this combat but man is it AWFUL. Staying on beat barely rewards anything really and half the time the inputs to finish a combo do not even work. I've had multiple cases where I press A or X to finish a combo and it works fine and then others do the same exact thing and nothing. On top of that the game introduces halfway through a parry system which is BY FAR the worst element they added to this game. In combat you'll often have enemies that can only be defeated by parrying and all it does is make this already slowed down combat even worse. You'll have tons of enemies on screen but the camera does everything in its power to ruin you. Why in the ♥♥♥♥ is there no targeting system in a game like this? On top of that, why is there no timing window or indicator for parry's/oncoming attacks from behind. This is basic stuff that is almost all games of this nature yet it's nowhere to be found. Let's also not forget the "partner" system where you can call in on of the characters to perform specific duties depending on enemy type. At some point you'll go against shielded, fire, and armored enemies requiring you to use each partner accordingly. However,, what makes this games combat system so godawful is just how many enemies they'll throw at once. Let's throw in 3 enemies requiring all 3 switching between partners, while also parrying laser rifle enemies, while parrying samurai's/flying buzzers and don't forget your combo's! Is this made for young teens on adderall or just zoomers in general? Plus, might as well add that on the screen is non-stop flurries of explosion, color, parry timers it becomes way too much to pay attention to at once.

This games general gameplay loop is one of the most boring I've come across. Again, for a game with this much acclaim, I don't understand how people let it slide here but other games that do the same thing get bashed so much for. A level in this game consist of 80 percent of awful platforming and 20 percent combat. The platforming is atrocious where chai's movement feels twenty years behind the likes of good platformers like Crash Bandicoot. I mean even the simplest of jumps barely feel like you make it due to how rigid and stiff the movement is. The levels all tend to blend into one and while the environments may look a little different, the way they're designed is uninspired and downright repetitive. Exploration in this is also just a laughable joke! Looking for collectibles is literally just looking to the right or the left in a room, under the stairs, etc on your linear pathway. Even if you manage to find notes to read You can still make collectibles/exploration interesting in a linear game, look at the Metro games for example. Also, what in the actual ♥♥♥♥ is this game utter obsession with turning the entire 2nd half of the game into a QTE slog? Almost every parry enemy slows the game down for a QTE, opening chests, using partners to call, and doing minute tasks to progress the story. Might as well mention too that the Korsica boss fight might the worst designed boss fights I've had the displeasure of playing in a game...least one with so much "acclaim"

The story in itself is also entirely cliched and filled with every damn trope imaginable. Clueless moron works for an organization they believe is good despite the obvious problems and situations in front of them, takes the main character for them to realize it despite it staring at them the entire time. Typical organization is bad, we need to take it down plot-line but not interesting or taking the cliche and doing something new with it. Plenty of times this has been done and at times really well but this is just meh as the story goes. The humor is also so incredibly forced it becomes quite cringy and annoying.

I'm not joking, out of all overwhelmingly positive games I've played, this is the first I actually have true disdain for. How people are calling this GOTY or 10/10 anything in the light makes me wonder if they even played it. Most reviews are people with only 1-2 hrs in. I have only 2hrs left in this game and it feels like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ slog to get through. I've never felt before like a gun was pointed my head in order to finish something till I played this.

Game is just genuinely overrated garbage and I do not like to call well received/liked games like that but this is the first I can REALLY say that too. Sure I gave skyrim a negative in my reviews here but it was really just a joke at Skyrim where is Hi-Fi Rush is a joke. I absolutely hate this game and I'm super annoyed I missed the refund time window (seriously steam 2hrs or 14days is such a terrible system. Some games to try and get to fix can take an hr or two and 14 days should be a month)

I want my $30's back for much better indie titles than this. I love indie games, this is just not good...in the slightest. People are really overhyping this drivel

I wanted to love this game, I really really did. However, after giving it a fair chance and playing it I have to say that out of all overwhelmingly positive review games I've played, this is the first one I legit think is overrated garbage drivel! I have to wonder if people are just letting things go because the uniqueness in combat (very little but some) or the art direction. I'll start with what I like, the art direction is genuinely incredible! It's got a polished beautiful anime style look with crisp animation, movement, and the world plays to the tunes/beats making the game world feel in part with the game pretty well. Optimization is absolutely stellar! No issues to report whatsoever and while it's not majorly demanding, it's nice ot see a game not filled with bugs/glitches. I think the characters are entertaining and likeable and 808 is flat out adorable. The music is pretty fantastic as well. Anyway...that's kind of about it on the positive side. Oh, voice acting is stellar too, i'll give it that. I thought I was going to love this combat but man is it AWFUL. Staying on beat barely rewards anything really and half the time the inputs to finish a combo do not even work. I've had multiple cases where I press A or X to finish a combo and it works fine and then others do the same exact thing and nothing. On top of that the game introduces halfway through a parry system which is BY FAR the worst element they added to this game. In combat you'll often have enemies that can only be defeated by parrying and all it does is make this already slowed down combat even worse. You'll have tons of enemies on screen but the camera does everything in its power to ruin you. Why in the fuck is there no targeting system in a game like this? On top of that, why is there no timing window or indicator for parry's/oncoming attacks from behind. This is basic stuff that is almost all games of this nature yet it's nowhere to be found. Let's also not forget the "partner" system where you can call in on of the characters to perform specific duties depending on enemy type. At some point you'll go against shielded, fire, and armored enemies requiring you to use each partner accordingly. However,, what makes this games combat system so godawful is just how many enemies they'll throw at once. Let's throw in 3 enemies requiring all 3 switching between partners, while also parrying laser rifle enemies, while parrying samurai's/flying buzzers and don't forget your combo's! Is this made for young teens on adderall or just zoomers in general? Plus, might as well add that on the screen is non-stop flurries of explosion, color, parry timers it becomes way too much to pay attention to at once. This games general gameplay loop is one of the most boring I've come across. Again, for a game with this much acclaim, I don't understand how people let it slide here but other games that do the same thing get bashed so much for. A level in this game consist of 80 percent of awful platforming and 20 percent combat. The platforming is atrocious where chai's movement feels twenty years behind the likes of good platformers like Crash Bandicoot. I mean even the simplest of jumps barely feel like you make it due to how rigid and stiff the movement is. The levels all tend to blend into one and while the environments may look a little different, the way they're designed is uninspired and downright repetitive. Exploration in this is also just a laughable joke! Looking for collectibles is literally just looking to the right or the left in a room, under the stairs, etc on your linear pathway. Even if you manage to find notes to read You can still make collectibles/exploration interesting in a linear game, look at the Metro games for example. Also, what in the actual fuck is this game utter obsession with turning the entire 2nd half of the game into a QTE slog? Almost every parry enemy slows the game down for a QTE, opening chests, using partners to call, and doing minute tasks to progress the story. Might as well mention too that the Korsica boss fight might the worst designed boss fights I've had the displeasure of playing in a game...least one with so much "acclaim" The story in itself is also entirely cliched and filled with every damn trope imaginable. Clueless moron works for an organization they believe is good despite the obvious problems and situations in front of them, takes the main character for them to realize it despite it staring at them the entire time. Typical organization is bad, we need to take it down plot-line but not interesting or taking the cliche and doing something new with it. Plenty of times this has been done and at times really well but this is just meh as the story goes. The humor is also so incredibly forced it becomes quite cringy and annoying. I'm not joking, out of all overwhelmingly positive games I've played, this is the first I actually have true disdain for. How people are calling this GOTY or 10/10 anything in the light makes me wonder if they even played it. Most reviews are people with only 1-2 hrs in. I have only 2hrs left in this game and it feels like a fucking slog to get through. I've never felt before like a gun was pointed my head in order to finish something till I played this. Game is just genuinely overrated garbage and I do not like to call well received/liked games like that but this is the first I can REALLY say that too. Sure I gave skyrim a negative in my reviews here but it was really just a joke at Skyrim where is Hi-Fi Rush is a joke. I absolutely hate this game and I'm super annoyed I missed the refund time window (seriously steam 2hrs or 14days is such a terrible system. Some games to try and get to fix can take an hr or two and 14 days should be a month) I want my $30's back for much better indie titles than this. I love indie games, this is just not good...in the slightest. People are really overhyping this drivel