TRYING OUT HI-FI RUSH | Hi-Fi Rush Part 1

[@huba6542]

1:45:52 This game was in production for about 5 years and that's a pretty cool interaction when Chai says right before mission "this will be a cool story to tell in 5 years" Pretty cool chai thought if you ask me

[@dubstepbee6892]

1:34:04

[@justanotherfoolish]

I love how Shen is absolutely bewildered to be playing an actual good game

[@grimboi231]

I wouldnt blame her

[@testhekid]

good games are rare and she just played one

[@satyakisil4289]

These days AAA is just interactive cinema masquerading as games.

[@regalroyn1011]

@@satyakisil4289 My exact complaint, yet people defend it to death

[@satyakisil4289]

@@regalroyn1011 it's easier to do so. Video game storylines are far more profound than modern cinema, with objectively less stereotypes and clichés(no Mexican filter, for example). People want to watch films but they suck so much people prefer video games. Unfortunately that's what AAA execs expect, so they put all their focus on branding "lore" rather than a fulfilling gaming experience. No wonder I still stick to playing Mirror's Edge.

[@Frikcha]

I think the thought process behind this game was "lets just make the most 2000s-cool video game ever"

[@tompotter8703]

A lot of the people who made this game were from clover studios, who made games such as Okami and viewtiful joe, so yeah, it’s good to know they still got it.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Apparantly they just played a bunch of Jet Set Radio and Marvel vs Capcom and went "alright we have our style"

[@ZeOHKay]

Yeah, pretty much. Pretty sure John said exactly that in an interview.

[@jasoncampbell3558]

With the basic game design memo of “No matter what, EVERYTHING, stays on beat.”

[@iAmPimmiCue]

The concept of this game came from the Bar scene on Shaun of the Dead

[@ultima1033]

-The game opens like an actual friggin anime -Almost everything in the game world syncs with his heartbeat. There are so many deep phrases you could pull from that. This game is amazing!!!

[@archithrough]

It is inspired by saturday cartoons, you friggin weeb.

[@notyourbuisness4052]

P O pll

[@notyourbuisness4052]

Opp

[@Creepo_J]

some people forget about only he can view the world that way and yeah that is pretty symbolic

[@fearjunkie]

Can't believe we have such a strong GOTY contender THIS EARLY in the year.

[@littleman6950]

And it came out of *nowhere.*

[@diegosaez4885]

The greastest shadowdrop you've never heard of until you did.

[@Khann_2102]

Even better than Forspoken game, it's been forgotten

[@darkwar232100]

Remember when Elden Ring was dropped last year? Similar situation.

[@Urd-Vidan]

@@darkwar232100 eh, Elden Ring had hype on its side and was teased for years. It wasn't shadow dropped or anything. This really just actually came out of nowhere.

[@frustratedsquirrel]

I feel like lots of developers have dreamed about a game like this, a rhythm game that can still be a proper action game. There have been some attempts in the past, like Crypt of the Necrodancer and No Straight Roads and so on. But this is such a great execution, and I would not have expected it to come from the crew who made Ghostwire Tokyo and The Evil Within.

[@nickelakon5369]

You zoomers don't know but most of tango is ex-clover who made God hand, Okami, and viewtiful Joe. It makes complete sense for those of us who remember.

[@ValbrandrLeonhardt]

I loved NSR, but I kind of wish it was closer to Hi-Fi here.

[@shazbeet]

@@nickelakon5369 damn, its all starting to make sense now

[@leolionheart3982]

@@nickelakon5369fuck yea!!! Love Viewtiful Joe as a kid!!!

[@bonkgameing]

@@nickelakon5369 Oh my god. I was wondering why I was so drawn to this game, it’s made by the people who made viewtiful Joe

[@syrusalder7795]

I genuinely cannot tell if i prefer the streamer or standard music and that's how you know they've done a DAMN fine job with it. Also, there's a vaguely amogus shaped sign in the intro cinematic and i hate myself for noticing it

[@code6652]

Amogus

[@chronoarms4821]

Standard has a Prodigy song in it so its immediately better

[@afedorchak77]

Standard has Wolfgang music to its full extent, its better by a mile lol though streamer music still slapped they did such a good job with a streamer adaptation

[@wavewingman5993]

Even when Shen leaves it paused on a room, it's not even boring because every single inch of this game is packed with SO MUCH to look at. There's Chai's idle animation, the vent animation, the fan animation, the small animation of Peppermint, and a scrolling display board with multiple propaganda posters, all of which are clever and fun to look at. And that's just ONE ROOM!

[@AmazingMezmer]

One minor room at that

[@kerbethegodkiller2914]

I love how the plot of this game can be resumed into: an optimistic akechi gets robotic upgrades and helps futaba to take down sonic while also meeting some friends along the way

[@awesomefatBruceLee]

(Futaba learns how to shoot and Morgana manages to beat up a fullgrown man finally)

[@АндрейНеугодников-м6е]

Sonic?

[@mb2001]

Kale's VA also voiced Sonic.

[@heardofrvb]

Like Loona

[@doubleoof7907]

The funny thing is Vandelay is basically doing almost the same thing Eggman is doing with his robots

[@fusingfrog23199]

Shen's Arrival: 3:06 Game Start: 12:50

[@dakotakreh6123]

Ty

[@sjohn2776]

"That's admitting defeat. I'll just keep hating this job until then." Lu-C1lle is my spirit animal...robot?

[@Kittenlauncher5]

2:05:29 Shen "I'm just too smart for this game:)" completely misses the gears lined up in front of her face, god I love her streams, so much fun to see.

[@invaderpez12]

Chai is one of my favorite characters now because I can relate to his head being so empty

[@DapperBrick]

Shen: "I'm so bad at the game" Also Shen: "perfectly masters the parry mechanic first try."

[@bonkgameing]

you just press a button on beat..

[@DapperBrick]

@@bonkgameing I am either tone deaf or had the slightest delay during my playthrough but parrying was the hardest boss I faced.

[@trogdor6135]

@@DapperBrick if there’s even a slight audio delay it can really mess with you. Plugging in headphones to your controller helps a lot.

[@hdanimatesorsomething]

*proceeds to parry perfectly through the tests

[@amememachine8974]

Also fails to do any combos besides the basic ones and misses the beat 90% of the time but go off

[@Gothaman1]

The amount of time shen and chai shared a braincell early in the game was high indeed

[@Ozymandias2x]

And Chai and 808 are already sharing one brain cell. That cell's getting a lot of mileage.

[@ASquared544]

Shen brings up a good point: this game just shadowdropped and it’s already guaranteed a spot in the art direction and sound design categories at the Game Awards… and other better important game awards but that’s not important

[@CinosTheHedgehog2000]

As little as I care about the Game Awards, I do hope it wins something at the end of this year

[@luminous2216]

coming from after the game rewards: THEY WON AUDIO DESIGN OF THE YEAR

[@theimperiumofman102]

Honestly shadow dropping this game is the best thing they could do, cause it let the game speak for itself and spread through word of mouth about how amazing it is.

[@bronben5479]

I haven’t seen a game since Hades where the art style meshes so well with the game play and story telling.

[@llmalex4176]

Wow this comment makes me want to play hades again

[@michaelmiller2418]

So, to boil down Shen's entire experience here: "Amazing beats. Awesome characters. Shenny likey dummy, Chai."

[@osarceno93]

The fact that this is Robbie Daymond and Erica Lindbeck im just imagining Futaba navigating and chastising pancake boy through the whole adventure lol

[@runedoom]

808 is mecha-gona.

[@Hisnitch]

@@runedoom impossible, 808 isn't fucking annoying.

[@black-fenrir35]

To hell with akechi all my homies hate akechi.

[@crylune]

@@Hisnitch Implying Morgana is annoying. Get a grip. Only interesting mascot.

[@charlieseen]

​@@Hisnitch I will take a thousand Morganas over one Teddy

[@slycooper759]

Fun fact Chai is voiced by our favorite pancake Boi. You know what we're talking about

[@xXxXxXxAllianaxXxXxX]

NO WONDER THE VOICE WAS FAMILIAR TO ME!!!!

[@nutelasaur9453]

I found it amazing Shen could tell from the literal first voice line, but it took me like 10 minutes to figure it out lmao

[@tavoiradio7667]

The girl in the cat was acted by futaba and loona from hellavu boss too

[@hello.9958]

Who is the pancake boi?

[@jokey8783]

@@hello.9958 Akechi from P5

[@ABANDONED23456]

Slight spoilers: One thing I love about Hi-Fi Rush is that Chai genuinely grows as a character, and you learn that he isn't actually a dumbass, but acts reckless and overconfident to hide the fact that he's self-concious. He genuinely grows as a character and matures during the game. It's done so freaking well

[@WilliamMantooth]

I noticed that! it is sad that he is disabled before he had the robot arm. but the game is cool so

[@BiggieMFCheese]

@@WilliamMantooth ngl im pretty sure he faked the arm because he wanted the robot arm. seems like some shit chai would do lol.

[@spiritualviolation]

@@BiggieMFCheese nope! dev confirmed he doesn't have full function of his arm pre-game. so he is disabled

[@ABANDONED23456]

@@BiggieMFCheese nope! Its confirmed; he was a canonically disabled character before he got the armstrong arm. Its the whole reason he didnt know how to play guitar in the first place; it's not that he was too lazy to learn, it's that he literally couldn't.

[@BiggieMFCheese]

@@ABANDONED23456 ohhhhh that makes so much fucking sense. Thank you for that

[@heardofrvb]

If Shen, Max and Pat love this game, Tango must be doing something right.

[@lightshadow3683]

Every game tango has made is amazing, and it's probably because they take so long between games. Instead of trying to push at least one game a year like other companies with the intent of easy cash, they've made a total of 5 games in 13 years.

[@heardofrvb]

@@lightshadow3683 5?

[@El_Legante]

The Gamer Trinity

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Who is tango?

[@heardofrvb]

@@michelecastellotti9172 The developers of the game.

[@m1ssw1z61]

1:25:47 Honestly one of the best ranking screens ever

[@pixelh2701]

First time playing that bit It had me on the floor XD

[@Katitorsi]

it's absolutely so extremely charming the entire way through just finished the main story but still have so much to do one of the most enjoyable and fun gaming experiences I've had in my 32 years slipping and sliding around on earth and this game jumped into my list of favorite games of all time very quickly

[@BlastYoBoots]

Zanzo has a cardboard cutout? Don't you mean... a STAND???

[@LandBoundFish]

GODDAMNIT

[@EhanuRehu]

And he is opposing you... It's *an Enemy Stand*

[@rootzparty3053]

Fuck you for making me realize that! Got a genuine facepalm out of me, that's amazing!

[@masterexploder7477]

This game is a modern classic. It will NEVER age because of the graphical style.

[@darienb1127]

"I'm so mad that I found my new man toy." - Shenpai 2023

[@nickelakon5369]

Unfortunately with streamer mode you don't get the complete reference, but QA-1 million's theme is "1,000,000" by Nine inch nails Still, the streamer version "too big to fail" is pretty good

[@FiveTiger]

Damn, Dante had a guitar weapon more than a decade ago and its taken this long for a game like this to come out

[@rafabuda0]

No Straight Roads did come out before

[@TornaitSuperBird]

@@rafabuda0 Yeah, but that game wasn't as mechanically deep as this.

[@subzu2733]

​@@TornaitSuperBirdi mean it should still be considered considering its a rythm game

[@CorynSilver]

Shen losing her mind and laughing gives me so much life.

[@Adonael]

It´s a joy to hear Shenpai being so giddy and exited.

[@JustSomeViper]

This game is amazing, it just feels like an instant classic out of the PlayStation 2 (in the best sense possible) The gameplay, the music, the characters, animation, humor, you can just feel the love they put into it

[@pendingauthor2536]

This game tickles that joy when things land on perfect beat, and it’s wonderful

[@decusq]

i swear this game BETTER be up for a Best art direction at this years Game Awards or i will freaking lose it

[@samy29987]

And best action game and also best music and score. It *better* be

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

only big AAA games and whatever the few big indie games came out that year so they can pretend to care about them tend to make it. AA games get notoriously snubbed - see how the ENTIRE Yakuza/RGG series has had a grand total of ONE nomination before.

[@VideoGamePerson1]

2:48:52 I absolutely LOVE that she calls it "the keyblade thing" and not just because that was the first thing I thought of as well.

[@mb2001]

I've played a Kingdom Hearts game before, but I'm not sure what "the Keyblade thing" is.

[@VideoGamePerson1]

@@mb2001 It's from a cutscene towards the end of KH2. A character grinds their keyblade against the ground while running in a straight line, similar to how Chai does it in the part of the video I timestamped.

[@KKarkatVantas]

So glad this game is destroying forspoken

[@giorgiogioganna949]

and its way cheaper

[@theinimitablejora522]

I really did like the Forspoken demo when I played it. But I am SOOO HAPPY THERE’S ANOTHER GAME TO SUPPORT THAT DESERVES IT MORE, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE EXCUSE LMAOOOO-

[@archithrough]

Rather you mean forskin

[@mauricemoldenhauer7266]

Ooh, don't you dare even compare this masterpiece to forspoken

[@PhantomShadow224]

How is this doing in comparing to the dead space remake? I hope both are doing great

[@AzaleaBu]

Immediately after the first fight I had to stop watching and buy the game. It's so fucking good

[@mollywantshugs5944]

I only found out about this game less than an hour ago, and already I need this in my life

[@deadboyo2773]

You better have bought it by now

[@mollywantshugs5944]

@@deadboyo2773 don’t have the money right now. It’s top of my buy when able list though

[@BigRagatheOpStomper]

@@mollywantshugs5944 it's free on Xbox gamepass

[@TheSmartboy64]

I've been searching around youtube looking for people who are playing and supporting this game. To answer your question at 1:30:16 This game is what we needed. Just a great, fun time made by people who wanted to created something memorable and enjoyable. It's made by people who love games for people who want to play games. Damn it feels good to be a kid again playing this.

[@brandonbaker9854]

I love that the whole reason that this is even happening is because Kale dissed the classic iPod

[@team4star1]

I’m just happy that shen enjoys the game. I immediately got it on release and have just been hoping that other people like it.

[@Goat81093]

This has such an early 2000's anime inspired cartoon feel it's amazing

[@StateBlaze1989]

Man, Smidge is laying on some thick "fuck me" vibes.

[@ReiseLukas]

He also reminds me of Machina X Flayon from Holostars EN. Idk if it's the same person or not but the voice is very similar

[@testhekid]

i love seeing shen nerding about this game, she's rocking the rhythm and honestly it's getting up with my most favourite games of all time fosho!!

[@phalanx3803]

i love how they used Todd Haberkorn for Zanzo he pulls it off so well.

[@geoshark12]

3:14:18 the answer would be yes and his preformace would be based on how well he kept to the beat

[@Charle4217]

Plays Cbat

[@averyfields8183]

Oh god. Here comes the smut fics

[@geoshark12]

@@averyfields8183 they probably existed as soon as people saw the game

[@abaddonarts1129]

1:13:54 is the moment you can tell Shen is feeling the beat. The first combat she's totally in the zone and just absolutely crushes. So cool

[@supergamers7558]

Oh course its Shen that has the best reaction to a game like this.

[@danielmcpherson3891]

I've never seen Shen play a Devil May Cry game, but given their penchant for parrying, I bet they'd be a Royal Guard savant

[@JageshemashFTW]

ShenChai in the thumbnail is legitimately an awesome design.

[@TRONgirl_EXE]

Also 808 as a bird

[@UNSCPILOT]

Fanart for this game is going to be awesome

[@Psrj-ad]

finally someone who's as hyped and excited while playing this game as I was. i thought i was the only one who was having this much fun playing

[@android19willpwn]

this game just puts you in the zone so easily. It's kind of incredible.

[@maxima3572]

sadly, since its a stream, you dont get the AMAZING needle drops. that opening was Lonely Boy by The Black Keys and nothing has ever fit so well AND hit my nostalgia like that before

[@Hedgee_]

That being said, the original music is still really good.

[@wertijvonbelker312]

Honestly im awe and baffled how Shen cant for like 75% of stream hit combo's and such BUT THE MOMENT THEY GET TO PARRY THEY HIT EVERY SINGLE ONE pretty cool ngl :D

[@SushiReversed]

I'd describe this game as a fever dream in the best way possible.

[@6tango16]

If anyone has the timestamp, I would love to see Shen's initial reaction to the JoJo dude

[@Birthday888]

2:50:57

[@Wildwolfgaming99]

This game reminds me way too much of jet set radio from the music and the art style. It's making me so weirdly nostalgic.

[@pwnorbepwned]

The AMAZING timing of that squeak noise when 808 landed! 😆 2:17:08

[@DJ_Fu]

This game feels like a straight up mix of No Straight Roads and Jet Set Radio. I'm in love.

[@vanished2667]

Good someone still remembers NSR

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

Shenpai’s laugh is just so contagious lol

[@reagansido5823]

All the good games right now were shadow dropped and I love it. When I watched the presentation this was announced in, this was the only game that I didn't skip past and paid close attention to. I could just tell this was something special.

[@farresalt4381]

You know what, guys? You're absolutely right! It's the best "modern AU" for Hiccup and Toothless I've ever seen! :D

[@DeathKnight5608]

I had this thought of what if someone modded Chai into Ryuji Sakamoto.

[@kiwitown_]

I always just come back to this gameplay just to hear Shen geek out and be so full of emotion in this game 😭😭 favourite gameplay hands down

[@sadoldguy4380]

Another Shenpai stream where she is cracking up laughing!

[@Lfromdeathnote]

This game made Shen devolve into a happy little monke

[@jojojiva234]

your joy is incedibly infectious and fuels my crazed love for this game

[@technowriter]

ooo the graphics look amazing!!! hope ya have fun with the game, Shen!!

[@cycy8699]

quirked up white boy goated with the sauce busting it down

[@rafabuda0]

Busting it down dumbass style.

[@doctorjonathan353]

Finished the game and replaying it right now! Honestly seeing you play it for the first time and your joy for the small and big things is so contagious

[@BanishedHand]

But for real tho, this is gonna be one of those games that people are going to be talking about 5 years from now

[@Beestying]

As soon as I heard of this game I thought this would be a game Shen would vibe with. Glad to see I wasn't wrong!

[@LordAnubisGaming]

A fun game, a bumpin sound track both in and out of Streamer Mode, and a kitty that’s as silly and lovable as Chai is dorky lol. Shen picked a banger to absolutely fall in love with.

[@DanceMonkeychg]

You're having an incredible amount of fun with this game, and communicating that fun to us with humor and a big, exuberant personality. I am a middle aged man in rough personal and financial shape. If I had a device that could play this, if I had the energy, and the focus, and more disposable income for other hobbies, I would want to try this game. This video is a huge part of that, watching and listening to you play this was a Blast!

[@Shashou1987]

Alright I mainly hop into Miss Shen's Streams every now And again to check in. I have listened to the songs of this game and used some of it to help me focus on working on my Books. Now seeing Shen Stream my interest was peak, nice streamer anime art etc. Point is I would hundred percent do a Fic if I could.

[@zachialadams9279]

They're.....all named after cafe items.

[@candlestone5397]

Not all of them... Rekka is named after spicy ramen. They are all named after things you can drink though.

[@nickgrout2502]

​@@candlestone5397 you can drink a macaron?

[@firelight3806]

They're named after food items.

[@DomoSama13]

The question of if Chai fucks to the beat... Is DEFINITELY something someone will answer for us eventually... To our regrettable degree.

[@desgoyomama3274]

cbat

[@kiwisbirb2687]

SHUT

[@walkingglasses6264]

He is forever cursed to do everything to the beat, including fucking. ALTHOUGH if he does that to the beat THEORETICALLY...would it feel better?

[@valiang8867]

And definitely with Smidge

[@LimitlessLiger4404]

are you crazy, chai doesnt know what sex is

[@Thasian_]

Shen is the first and only person I've seen play this game and idk why I haven't seen it more. It's genuinely such a good game, Chai is a great character, and the whole game is so satisfying.

[@jamesfletcher1152]

Damn, the voice actors of Akechi AND Futaba are here? That's awesome

[@somedude4087]

its nice that the beat assist is in form of 808...since that IS 808 and they're doing that function even if you don't have the assist on (with that glaw around themselvef)

[@thekingofstillwater5890]

After watching Max playing it I immediatly got it, thanks to game pass. Its a straight 10/10 off the bat and defiantly the best game of the year so far; Not counting the RE4MAKE or Dead Space Remake as their just old games with fresh coats of paint. Its got everything I love; Rock/Metal, great characters, funny jokes, amazing style and presentation, and fluid gameplay. The best XBox "Exclusive" since Sunset Overdrive (which this game actually surpassed.) I also totally ship Chai and Peppermint, cause i think they go great together and vibe more as the story goes on.

[@SinnerBeta]

Not a shipper myself, but fuck it, their chemistry is great.

[@PandaTheFunky216]

As a solid music fan and gamer, EVERYTHING IS ON A 4 4 BEAT AND I LOVE IT

[@OhThatRobin]

I'm in love with everything in this game

[@minibotas9496]

I loved watching every time you vibed and started dashing to the beat of the music to make your own rhythm

[@pando218]

Gameplay of: No more heroes, DMC Style of: Jet set radio, sunset overdrive Bangin tracks that, good humor, funny moments, good writing, protagonist not boring. The fact this was shadow-dropped, too!? Some game devs and companies need to take notes cause to think developers who made horror games would make something so beautiful and creative that they are beyond amazing.

[@Reaper0123]

Funny coincidence with Rekka's name. Officially its based on spicy Rekka noodles (food naming :D), it's also a finnish word for a truck. And she certainly hits like one, if even harder.

[@cryptidcrowngaming]

the true definition of a beat em up

[@pando218]

It's like Jetset Radio and Sunset Overdrive had a baby, and that baby had a baby with DMC

[@BanishedHand]

Man, this game came out of nowhere just to stomp on forspoken.

[@Cobaltios]

Complete coincidence... but it's funny that it happened the way it did.

[@ZephyrKK]

Just catching these vods Shen but thank you for playing this awesome game! I love your excited energy and I was totally just as blown away with this amazing game!

[@RUDE7643]

I’m a rocker, I’m a himbo, I have an iPod in my chest, and I’m new in town.

[@DrunkMoth]

Chai and 808 share a single braincell and i love it

[@psidrako]

I've been calling this game "ARPG Crypt of the Necrodancer" as a compliment.

[@gameredan]

Why do i feel like Chai personality really similar to Yosuke, he's also wearing headphone on battle and just vibin while waiting for his turn.

[@rootzparty3053]

Anyone else think with that signature double fist clash of Rekka's they were angling to get Thuder Struck as her fight theme? The timing of the hits works really well with that early crowd call of "Thun-der!". I could have sworn it was kicking in as she took the gloves off, and I already played that fight. Edit: Oh, also the entire electricity element of her fight, thanks brain.

[@paledivine]

I didn't watch any streams till I played it for myself, still haven't beat it or really started this vod. Excited to see you play this! Chai really is so dumb, and that's good I think ❤

[@mgw3133]

Chai is voiced by Robbie Daymond Aka Akechi Use that information how you want to

[@SuperMandibleclaw]

and peppermint is voiced by erica lindbeck aka futaba

[@mgw3133]

@@SuperMandibleclaw omg i didn't even catch that lol

[@onyxwulfie9130]

Chai has become my new Blorbo he’s such a clown

[@logandaley1544]

This looks amazing it’s going on the steam wishlist for sure