![]() ![]() If only the basic enemies had as much variety as your arsenal of attacks. Super attacks and combos make the screen burst into even more vibrant life - and justify the game’s seizure warning. That’s especially true once you unlock combo attacks with your Scooby gang of support characters, who can break through shields or soften up impenetrable armor when temporarily summoned. It’s hard to mess things up too badly even in the over-the-top boss fights. It’s a combat system that’s both stylish and forgiving, at least on the default difficulty level. ![]() You’ll gain points by striking in time, but won’t lose anything if you miss it - you’ll just do less damage and gain fewer style points than you might have. You can move, jump, dash, and grapple to your enemies with a little more freedom, but the attack restriction means that most of the gameplay is locked into the beat of the background music. You can button-mash all you want, but Chai will only actually strike his foes on the beat: either one beat for the light attack or two for the heavy. The latter is where the gameplay shines, giving you a wide selection of tools to wreak rhythmic destruction. Hi-Fi Rush alternates between basic platforming sections, populated with a bunch of moving platforms and predictably breakable crates, and boxed-off combat arenas filled with robots for you to musically pummel. You can button-mash all you want, but Chai will only strike his foes on the beat When the surgery also implants his off-brand iPad into his chest, Chai gains the power to see the pulse of the world around him, wield a Flying V made out of trash a la Quick-Draw McGraw, and power up his attacks by smashing on the beat. This aspiring rockstar has had his arm replaced with a cybernetic trash collector after volunteering for experimental surgery at one of those giant, cartoonishly evil companies that seem to populate the Borderlands universe. You play Chai, a protagonist who fell right out of a 2000s-era Fox Kids show. ![]()
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