Hi-Fi Rush Is Getting Review Bombed...But in a Good Way - IGN Daily Fix

In today's Daily Fix:
In the fallout of the studio closures accross Bethesda this week, critical darling Hi-Fi Rush is getting review bombed on Steam. Don't freak out, it's a positive review bomb. Not sure if there's a word for that yet. As of the posting of this episode, the game has over 21,000 user reviews, the majority of them being overwhelmingly positive. This makes the game the highest rated Microsoft or Bethesda game on Steam ever. In related news, Microsoft's no good very bad PR week continues as Xbox president Sarah Bond responded to questions about the decision to shutter several game studios this week. Bond insisted the decision was about ensuring the Xbox business stays healthy and that the industry as a whole is suffering from a "lack of growth." Needless to say, this did not go over well with fans, who pointed to previous comments about Hi-Fi Rush meeting the company's metrics for success both financially and critically, and the studio still getting shut down. And finally, in some positive news, hit indie game Animal Well is doing well, and players are just discovering a puzzle that needs at least 50 players to complete. Well, the community is coming together for this one, and looks like it'll be solved soon.
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[@Dalgonae]

we should call it a "review bloom!"

[@BrianAltano]

Oh I love this. Genius!

[@justinhicks6816]

love it!

[@applehazeva2739]

oddly fitting Chai Humor

[@slyisdaname]

sounds like something chai would say😂

[@Shutupobsessedeurocvck]

Ratio

[@DemonRings]

we need to review bomb the Evil Within. That game was way underrated

[@OtakuUnderground92]

Facts

[@Dalgonae]

review bloom 😉

[@htxflow]

Yes bro. Especially the 2nd one

[@Deathvalley1980]

Agree

[@chucknorris078]

Do not buy the game now... the money does not support Tango... it just makes Microsoft wallet bigger so they can buy more studios to shut down.

[@Yinzermakesvids]

Not sure you noticed but they are a 3 trillion dollar company, people not buying those games won't even dent their wallet

[@willissudweeks1050]

You probably didn’t even know about tango til this

[@belgianbull4722]

@@willissudweeks1050 The evil within games, Tokyo Ghostwire,... Tango is well known and loved by Gamers

[@miki49]

Agreed.

[@PerfectFitGE8]

@@Yinzermakesvids Microsoft is. The Xbox devision is pure debt.

[@clementcooley4359]

Do the people who run video game companies even play video games?

[@haffyree5576]

if they did, video games would have been alot better than what we are getting now.

[@xelaander8429]

No, they see dollar signs and optimise for that. Gamws is simply a byproduct of said optimisation

[@applehazeva2739]

The CEO of Baldurs Gate does. Becouse you wont get an better D&D Campaign in Video Game Format anywhere else

[@misterscienceguy]

​@@applehazeva2739BG2 is better tbh

[@cooliostarstache5474]

No

[@riseordiecrying2451]

Brian is one of the few reasons why I'm still subscribed to IGN. Level headed takes. Love it.

[@ericwalker6477]

You can tell he’s one of the ppl that want nothing to do with IGN

[@CrewDrastically]

For me its Luke Reilly

[@armanpakan]

Same!

[@LuiDen]

Feel like he really should start his own thing. I'd watch his content/news daily. No annoying voice/intonations at all. Plain, rational and simple.

[@BrianAltano]

@@ericwalker6477Hey for the record this is 100% bullshit. I love it here and the fact that they encourage me to be myself in videos like this are one of the big reasons why.

[@lizzielogemann6422]

Hi Fi Rush is one of my all time favorite games, so I'm absolutely devastated to see the Tango closure, but at least the fans rallying around it is a small silver lining!

[@davidquezada2116]

The game is currently in Humble Bundle monthly games now

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

Watch them still use hi fi rush in their sizzle reels next xbox show case.

[@AgentOrange88785]

Oh you know they will

[@chucknorris078]

☠️☠️☠️

[@TheJohhnyE]

Why not? Sony still used Forspoken for a while, even though it got it's studio shut down. 😂

[@chucknorris078]

@@TheJohhnyE Luminous productions was owned by Square... not Sony... Square shut their doors.

[@lemonlime8949]

Sizzle reels 😂😂😂😂

[@joelbarraclough6689]

There's gotta be a way for Hi-Fi Rush to comeback to get more sequels or be a franchise

[@BUPMY1]

Someone buys the IP from Microsoft?

[@NickDroid-gl9ws]

@@BUPMY1I doubt Microsoft would give that up even after what happened with helldivers 2

[@justifano7046]

Why? You(gamers) voted with their wallets and proved they don’t want Hi fi rush

[@JlRyer]

It will under a new M$ ran studio that American./s Same stuff happened with age of empires and halo wars. M$ got the AOE ip after killing off the dev who worked on Halo Wars 1.

[@frosted_cupkate]

@@justifano7046 'voted with their wallets'? M$ was the one that decided to shadowdrop it, thus murdering any marketing potential it might have had.

[@renslo689]

HiFi Rush was such a great and fresh new game in a stale bag of chips that is the game industry. It would have done better if there was a physical version, a collector's edition and lots of merchandise for it, figures, shirts, plushies, etc. It needed more exposure.

[@JeannieLove]

Limited Run Games

[@renslo689]

@@JeannieLove That money won't help the game. I'm talking more about when it won awards and people talking about it, it should have been taken care of better.

[@The80Kat]

@@JeannieLovetalking about a place you can get actually physical games, not that scam limited runs

[@caio_mancinigtr]

the fact that Xbox is shutting down more studios than releasing games pisses me off

[@keoki_]

You can’t tell me you’re surprised…

[@blitzball4lyfe823]

Goes to show that Nintendo and PlayStation are on point 🔥

[@k3ndo751]

​@@blitzball4lyfe823 They're also not on point. :D Maybe Nintendo (haven't heard news otherwise), but Sony/Playstation isn't better at all. :D

[@Marky-Mark1337]

At least they have Activision-Blizzard 🗿🗿🗿 Playsation can cope

[@caio_mancinigtr]

@@keoki_ won't be surprised if Ninja Theory is next. Dont think hellblade 2 is gonna do as well as they think

[@vinheim]

Today is mother's day in Mexico (every may 10th), so happy mother's day moms!

[@garrett3726]

Does she play Hi Fi Rush?

[@dididorin]

And is my birthday too and happy mother day to everyone guys

[@Mr.MacaronSama_Gaming]

Happy Mother's Day

[@stealthzi7465]

Its fathers day in a few weeks here lol in UK

[@ant_47383_uei]

happy hi fi rush day to all mothers

[@YoungAbel15]

I'm waiting for Brian's rant against corporate greed like he did with PlayStation's layoffs!

[@BrianAltano]

Good news, there are several of them in this episode!

[@spazco8669]

@@BrianAltano Welcome to capitalism, the backbone of your entire society.

[@whatafrog77]

Did you watch the first 5 minutes of this 8 minute video? Or just plug your ears and scream the whole time?

[@Diggi1027]

What does this have to do with PlayStation?

[@eihwvz]

BOOST

[@richied5294]

❤ Honestly, Sony should do the biggest positive PR and purchase Tango. ❤

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

Or Nintendo since they actually give a darn about Japanese studios (still miffed over the dissolving of Sony's Japan Studio).

[@TheJohhnyE]

How can they buy a studio that doesn't exist? Besides, who wants Tango to make another ubisoft clone open world game with minor stealth and a weak skill tree? 😂

[@richied5294]

@@TheJohhnyE the people still exist

[@diegomedina9637]

​@@theonewhowrotethis5681They didn't even bother with the studio that did the Mario and Luigi rpg games (which to be fair Hi Fi Rush sold more than those games did lmao)

[@LoliconSamalik]

@@TheJohhnyE They already did that with Ghostwire and it didn't pan out. So they were planning to pitch HiFi 2

[@andym3278]

This overwhelming positive review bomb is a great salute to this studio.

[@immatoll4375]

Game is in Humble Bundle Monthly. That's the actual main reason for the reviews.

[@sausage563]

of course the puzzle for animal well requires 50 players. that's the normal lobby size for a halo game.

[@IvaN-cf7qt]

Is just like halo 2 and 3 ,honestly

[@galacticgames587]

Gotta love the gaming communities backlash against corporate greed.

[@arkos4637]

Problem is it doesn't matter when nobody was actually playing or buying the game...... Like it was available to 25 million people at no extra cost and purchasable and only 3 million people touched it and less then 7% on Xbox/Game Pass/Game Pass PC bothered to finish it and we know more people on console played AoE4 a freaking RTS then Hi-Fi Rush. Like Helldivers 2 worked because people actually play it but that is not the case for Hi-Fi sadly.

[@goon5544]

I'm still waiting for the physical hifi. I'm moving over to all playstation as much as possible moving forward and had enough of xbox.

[@dethskullcrusher]

Same, PC (Steam), Playstation and Nintendo all the way.

[@sgtskully_0411]

And technically Hifi is on ps5 now

[@The80Kat]

Couldn’t support this game at all because the lack of physical

[@y2washere]

Shout out to Dunkey and BigMode.

[@tonyg5597]

Yes, Mothers Day this Sunday in Australia….I think our Father’s Day is on a different day though as its in September

[@CobraTrouser]

The amount of weird sad schizos in the comments that keep claiming Hi-Fi didn't sell well is so bizarre, obviously it didn't do ridiculous CoD slop numbers but it literally BTFO Forspoken (which had like a month headstart) WHILE on gamepass. We literally have the MS statements about how it vastly EXCEEDED their expectations. Hi-Fi did as much as spreading through word of mouth could have done since that was the games only real marketing, the game is a true underdog story and hopefully returns someday in some shape or form.

[@CINEMARTYR]

Thank you Brian! ❤

[@karmal3108]

Man I’m gonna miss The Evil Within :(

[@BrianAltano]

Me too. Adored those games.

[@rogueone207]

Sarah (president of xbox) really gives me cooper's wife vibes (fallout show)

[@paranoia_xo]

Just another dead eyed corporate drone

[@cooliostarstache5474]

Greed never changes

[@sevhoss]

Brian is unhinged, let it out sir

[@lumos_aeternum]

Sunday is Mother’s Day here in Australia, too!

[@TheOfficialChannelOfChannels]

Sony Should Get them to make Sunset Overdrive 2

[@ronsil6815]

Thanks Brian You a real one.

[@kirakunplays4162]

A hi fi rush 2, or spiritual sequel because of copyright, on PS5 would be the best revenge ever.

[@StiffAftermath]

Animal Well reminds me of Fez. Deeper meaning to the world and its secrets.

[@VuNguyen-fv5jl]

LET BRIAN COOK IGN

[@f.b.l.9813]

maybe the "games industry" should make games that people actually want to play, not games that consulting firms want to make?

[@MwelwaOnCos]

Why TF would Microsoft acquire so many studios and start closing them down? Sarah Bond should fire herself too

[@bluefox8011]

Woa, this game looks amazing. Gonna buy it now

[@MaGIKzIIx]

Lol the its always sunny reference

[@albertorep97]

3:23 that response about the "The ganes we make, the devices we build... etc" reminded me of "Connor Roy was interested in politics from a very young age"

[@louis1443]

It’s a great game why would they close it

[@TheJohhnyE]

Because nobody bought it

[@rossman8919]

they closed it to save money because they wasted all their money buying blizzard

[@killerluuk]

Props to Steam for letting comsumers speak their mind. Unlike imdb who deletes reviews

[@B4GP]

Hi-Fi Rush was one of their best games of all time. The music, the gameplay, all of it was too amazing to ignore. Xbox gone screwed up in closing down these studios. The president is foolish and not even a gamer to think we don’t need these studios anymore when in fact they give us what we love.

[@keoki_]

Great video IGN!!!

[@uhobme2028]

"AAA" gaming seem quite determined to kill all optimism for anyone working in those spaces

[@BillNyeGuy]

Love to see all those positive reviews! This was the best game Xbox studios has released in how many years?? To treat their talent like this and just weeks after they won BAFTA awards. Absolute insanity from Microsoft leadership.

[@baconx6476]

"We have a long term commitment.... to give you more CoD in the future for Xbox!!"

[@frankiefromky]

Dunkey deserves all the success in the world! Cheers mates 🍻

[@edserken5094]

Such a wonderful game! bright colors, not a brooding depressing thing in sight, and fun (what a concept!) 🤦‍♂️

[@cjgeterix2120]

Review bombing has been shown to be the only weapon we have that works.

[@The80Kat]

Where did that happen?

[@cjgeterix2120]

Helldiver's 2 Sony drama

[@MyFlamingoe]

When they shutdown tango, doesn’t their employees just transfer to another department or something?

[@JeannieLove]

If they did, why did a now former employee, former due to the closure, post an image of all the rewards the game got? Usually companies are also open about moving people.

[@Argonian0727]

Yes they all get taken to a nice farm in the country!

[@safwansaid5139]

Tango works downfall was sparked by ghost wire tokyo, they spent so much resources into that game for years for it to not even performed well in the market, Hi-Fi rush was only delaying the inevitable unfortunately.

[@Ajbolt89]

Love you Brian!

[@LucidVisions]

Hi-fi Rush is the best game to come out of Xbox in maybe a decade and they close the studio. This is why they can’t compete. Take the hit on this studio to maintain a compelling portfolio. Gamepass is slowly becoming the unsustainable snake that is eating itself.

[@JeannieLove]

Ouroboros?

[@cobaltfog]

Maybe Microsoft will sell it off if they think it's worth something.

[@Hashama]

Always a pleasure to listen to you Brian.

[@HistoryMajor7]

Since hi fi rush never came out physical it will be removed because of music licenses just watch. Should’ve had a physical release

[@tihontihon7161]

Apparently we will get a physical release. Limited Run confirmed it just recently, but didn’t state the exact date of the phys release

[@TheOfficialChannelOfChannels]

Sony Should Get Them to make an Across the Spiderverse Game

[@jimmywashere8753]

Xbox still owns the IP for these studios games and can still create sequels to them with basically the same people they would just be under a different studio name.

[@deepstrider]

Shortsightedness is the word.

[@theplantpapi6330]

The expectation of infinite growth goes in the face of every known economic principle. HFR offers such a unique gaming experience but these money grubbing vampires only want to support the next 2k COD micro-transactional black holes

[@WhirlwindHeatAndFlash]

a woman who has never touched a videogame in her life trying to run a videogame company *shrugs* what else is new

[@fadercreek]

This and sea of thieves need to go to nintendo switch

[@adamjdonohue]

lol yes. Hello from Australia, it is Mother’s Day here. we also have mothers 😂

[@ZabawneGierki-ot3ts]

Tango vs Cash

[@marianochacon7782]

Brian, you are not on NVC enough.

[@colinnotyou0k78]

Are you an independent studio? Are you thinking about being under the ☔ of one of the big boys?........ DON'T!

[@nolahahnshouse3389]

Sony should purchase them

[@davidsnow7193]

Wait to buy under $5.

[@Leonheart039]

hmmm Review Fireworks.... doesn't sound half-bad

[@deadaxe1648]

maybe we called review building

[@Elibbb-sx3kg]

The score is 7

[@WaterParkCentral]

Review Rush! 🤑

[@mycroftwilde4742]

Remember when IGN was still trying to sell they were a journalism organization and not a marketing based one? ...wait, what, they are still doing it?

[@BrianAltano]

What are you even talking about.

[@mycroftwilde4742]

@@BrianAltano Lots?

[@BrianAltano]

@@mycroftwilde4742 You wrote a bunch of drivel.

[@mycroftwilde4742]

@@BrianAltano 😂 🤣

[@KevinSheppard]

It should be called Review Booming, not Bombing

[@clarkmichaels822]

Kind of useless as a protest, no? Just makes the game more appealing for people to buy, that money goes directly to Microsoft. If you want to hurt Microsoft you would have to actually reviewbomb the game since that would hamper sales and lose MS money. But that's obviously not fair on the developers (but neither is getting closed down by MS). The only way to win is not to play.

[@allanjensen8324]

Brian You are amazing 😂

[@dean-fk4tr]

Would've been better in Sony's hands.

[@crossslashgame]

XboX.... Never really hit the mark... Did it

[@corey2232]

Maybe if more people actually played the game rather than just talked about it for console wars nonsense, Tango wouldn't have been shut down. Hell, people probably didn't even have to buy the game for Microsoft execs to see it as a success. Simply having a lot of people play it on Game Pass would've likely been a positive metric. But across both consoles & PC, it seemed only critics & a handful of people actually played the game. Everyone else either tried to belittle it in fanboy arguments because it was associated with Xbox, or the opposite group used it brag about how it won more awards than Spider-Man 2... but not even playing it.

[@alxchief]

Now to review bomb cod

[@bigtone231]

Cod fans are too dense for that😂

[@Marky-Mark1337]

​@@bigtone231they will silde cancel to the next game

[@schwubmexx]

Or better. Millions over Millions shouldn't buy this Crap anymore

[@darkd5ds]

xbox division has outgrown and makes more then the other departments of microsoft,this is corporate greed at the finest

[@RileyHell]

Games are expensive to make, and unfortunately, if they don't sell well enough, then the studios struggle to survive. We all have games we love but just didn't make sense financially for the company.

[@coshvjicujmlqef6047]

sell well but still underperforms the QQQ index fund, they will be gone too.

[@PerfectFitGE8]

Glad that IGN is finally calling Xbox out. It's been a longbtime coming. Xbox has and always will be terrible for gaming.

[@Argonian0727]

lol Microsoft shut down a company who makes shitty games. Yeah let’s call them out.

[@giullianpadilla361]

​@@Argonian0727which games?

[@PerfectFitGE8]

@@Argonian0727 Yes we should call out a company when they make bad decisions. We also shouldn't trust a company that said they were going to invest and make the studio better to then turn around close shop.

[@quizkill]

Whoa they haven't been bad for gaming. Them being in the console space forced the competition to be better, which is great for the consumer. Unfortunately these current shutdowns are a pretty shitty move by Microsoft though.

[@TheJohhnyE]

​@@PerfectFitGE8they did invest. And we got redfall from one company and a game that won awards and praise but nobody bought from another. 😂

[@spazco8669]

More people raging about Tango's closure than bought their games..

[@venomfuryx3250]

Yup

[@Erlaxis]

I'm sure MS is happy to get all the extra sales for Hi Fi while the people who made it are out looking for a new job.

[@lohoeferconstruction32]

You see Microsoft this is why everyone goes to PlayStation instead of Xbox this is why we can’t have nice things!

[@ViWizard]

Loved Hi-Fi Rush, it’s a pity we won’t see Hi-Fi Rush 2, neither will we see the Evil Within 3. Xbox is a huge mess atm.

[@vikhilsingh2929]

For this amazing decision by Microsoft they deserve the award 🖕🏻 take this Microsoft and Xbox it's all yours 🤣🤣

[@janeonuogu5458]

nice game

[@killerluuk]

Sarah Bond is so incompetent

[@StayFractalesque]

REVIEW MOONING ..

[@boneybon2677]

Microsoft has enough money to make stupidly high priced companies to not do anything with them but not to keep a small double A studio okay

[@coshvjicujmlqef6047]

Their stock underperforms and the PE ratio being too high this year. That is why they have to do massive layoffs.

[@wolvewick4414]

this game looks silly.

[@RamzaBehoulve]

I'm just gonna post here to laugh in case MS announces a new studio born from the death of the few presented. It's easy to dump on big companies, but as you said, there was no real reason to close some of them unless you want to consolidate talent.

[@ajit9598]

One corporate shitshow after another..Sony..Microsoft

[@ginozeus2579]

😐Fire Sarah Bond and Phil Spencer.

[@schwubmexx]

Yes please. Especially useless Philly Boy

[@dethskullcrusher]

Naah, fire XBOX from your libraries, from your houses and TV's. Buy only Playstation, Nintendo and PC (Not Xbox Store obviously)

[@TheJohhnyE]

Why? Just because a few studios you never heard of and weren't making any money got closed down? 😂

[@schwubmexx]

@@TheJohhnyE They werem't making anything cause that Shithead Spencer wasn't using them

[@greatwesternsky]

Capitalism in it's present form.

[@julien2231]

Yeah.. didnt play anything microsoft in 3 years. And prob never will again.

[@anthonymanzo7867]

then its not getting bombed, change the title

[@Neuron_Thunder]

Everyone thought what Sarah Bond said at that Bloomberg interview is basically nothing! but of course IGN will actually recite it like it was a holy book! Geez...

[@BrianAltano]

I openly mocked it. Did you actually watch this video?

[@Neuron_Thunder]

@@BrianAltano That interview with Bloomberg is an insult to Tango, Arkane and their fans even the interviewer doesn't care if her questions are answered, as for Sarah despicable behavior she worms her way through the questions with complete non answers

[@josephross8753]

Just remember, they didn't do this by mistake, the investors told the ceos to do this, thay want to milk all our money out of us, they punish passion and reward subservients, we need to make sure these investors stay in there place, and not mess with the fun.

[@coshvjicujmlqef6047]

401k bro

[@WeskerA]

what if we boycott Gamepass until they resurrect the studio?

[@coshvjicujmlqef6047]

Then gamepass is removed. Gamepass is not profitable at all.

[@mr.curtis6730]

We shut them down to keep xbox healthy. Yea your right xbox is just an indie company they only got like 73.9 billion dollers which is barely enough to keep a small busness afloat

[@coshvjicujmlqef6047]

But it is not even as profitable as investing a S&P 500 index fund. What's the point of investing on them?

[@Cosmonautchronicles]

Sony RN 💰