Want to pop off some cool shots in between melee attacks? You better learn how to work with a syncopated beat, then. Want to finish off your combo by slamming a guitar into the ground and making shockwaves? Play a full bar, and hit every note in time. You’ll notice when you play that the entire world pulses in rhythm with the music. “While the gameplay is nothing like playing guitar or being in a band, the visceral feel of your attacks landing to the beat … to me it’s a sideways take on what it feels to be in that trance state where you are one with the music,” says Johanes. You land your attacks and combos on the beat, using a cobbled-together scrap-metal guitar as a weapon. It doesn’t play like the rhythm games that dominated back in the 00s, such as Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but more like an action game – closer to Devil May Cry than DJ Hero. “Not only is the game a love letter to music (especially the rock genre and the idea of a rockstar in general), it’s also a way for players who are not musicians to experience the sort of ‘performance high’ that one would get by playing music live,” explains director John Johanas.
It stars a deeply uncool and talentless young dude transformed into a rock god, and the game wants to have the same effect on you. This unlikely rhythm action game was surprise released on Xbox Game Pass by the renowned horror studio Tango Gameworks earlier this year. Watching your dreams play out … Hi-Fi Rush.
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