What makes the game great is that it is beneficial to play to the beat, but it isn't absolutely required. I'm just glad games like this are still being made. I love the 2000s era of hack 'n slash games.
rt wtf my fav content creator with one of my fav games, that's too mutch (i'm the lawyer, this was my client's last request before dying of hear attack from joy)
Fun fact: Kale is immune to one of the strongest special attacks in the game, because it uses 808's cuteness. If you try it on him he says he's a dog person.
The punchline at the end that Chai doesn't even know how to play guitar is incredible. It makes perfect sense too, what with his bum arm at the start of the game.
I mean, it's not really that much of a punchline and more just a sweet moment, since it's established that Chai can't play guitar during his first time meeting Peppermint.
When i got to Korsica i was like "this is my favorite fight in the game, it's just a pure skill check... Oh no it's a pure skill check, Dan is FUCKED."
My favourite fact about this game is the fact that every noise 808 makes is from the famous Roland 808 drum machine. Every single one other than the meows.
Fun fact with the first Zanzo mission: because it's possible to replay levels with everything you unlock later on, you're able to defeat the armored robot that is usually intended to be the level's scripted failure. Doing so results in everyone scolding Chai for going against the script, and CNMN tells the game to run it back and play the ending cutscene. Love it when games have little details like that to account for "NG+" playthroughs.
iirc, before heading towards Korsica's area there's a note from a coffee machine that's along the lines of "this is my revenge." Think the toaster from New Vegas that wants to destroy the world
To add on what that other comment says, there's a note of an employee feeling upset for being demoted to work in the Lava level. As revenge, they reprogrammed all of the coffee machine's firmware to only use decaf. Their revenge lasts throughout the entire game, it's a very funny bit.
i'm sorry it never dawned on me before seeing it in the video, the "anti human security" just being a flamethrower blocking the way through a passage, ensuring only robots (who are presumably fire proof) can walk through it, is so simple and genius while being so complicated and stupid. i love it.
it really adds to that one note i think found after it asking to change all the complicated puzzles to simple switches that gets denied because “this is cooler”. they must have used the exact same thought process with the “anti human security”
Fun fact, if you quit out in the middle of the later boss fights or moments in the story where it doesn't make sense for you to be in the in the safe house there's unique dialogue of the group criticizing you for breaking the pacing
Disappointing that Raniel Taniel couldn't get the samurai bot's parry attack down. Poetic Blade is hands-down my favorite rhythm. Also, the Japanese poems it recites can change each time. They range from: Mercilessly I will kill you With this sword to Ahh depressing Tomorrow is Monday Don't wanna go although my favorite is just: Aha haha Ahh haha aha Aha haha
@@Brian-tn4cd English haiku has changed to ignore the syllable pattern because it ruins the idea of haiku and isn't even a good analogue of Japanese syllables.
As a FUN FACT! Chai didn't just Not Know how to play guitar, before the start of the game, he straight up COULDN'T! his right arm had a malformation in it that rendered it immobile, this can be seen when his medical scans are shown as he's getting shoved into the augmentation press!
Got to meet some of the cast and developers at Anime Expo last year and it was amazing. They all clearly loved working on the game and afterwards their handlers insisted “no autographs, we need to get a move on.” but half the voice actors slipped away and came back into the room to sign stuff for like 20 minutes. I got a Hi-Fi Rush poster signed by both Robbie and Erica (Chai and Peppermint) and got selfies with both.
THe fact that this wasnt nominated for GotY last year is a crime. It wouldnt have won, Baldurs Gate 3 won very much deserved, but man it would have been great to see it nominated
@@erens208 Yeah, I was just thinking about the game awards. Glad to hear it got nominated for some. And kinda sad it unfairly lost to Starfield, but whatever. At least it got nominated^^
1:12:40 I love how despite him literally shielding her from the explosion, Korsica got life threatening injuries and Chai is just perfectly fine. I mean the guy got blasted through like 20 consecutive walls and was in the blender of an explosion when he destroyed the platform breaks and survived both off those without a scratch so I guess he is just extremely sturdy.
1:34:30 glad to see the Vandelay company is keeping the requisite furries on their side, though its unusual he's in finance and not with the more technical aspects
Honestly Hi Fi Rush is a great rhythm fighter simply because it's still fun to play even if you miss the rhythm. A lot of games make it feel like they're punishing you for failing to keep the rhythm where as Hi Fi Rush rewards you for keeping it.
No wonder Hi-Fi Rush got multiple awards and GOTY not just because it’s an amazing game but it because it was able to give the rhythmless man rhythm. And that’s why RT is the Rhythm King
Love this game. Can't believe Xbox made one of the best new ips in years and trashed the studio a year later. Hopefully, Krafton is better to Tango, but after all the controversy they've had, I'm gonna stay cautiously optimistic.
@@seantaggart7382 no sir they've been bought again by a different studio and they're trying to rehire everyone who was on the team who went their own separate ways after the studio was first let go by xbox
so, this is crazy to say, but RT isn't bad at rhythm, he's just bad at memory. he's decent with the immediate stuff, like hits, but bad with the memory stuff, like combos and parries.
His just timing score barely got over 50% even at the end of the game and he only ever used the partner finishers with the same combo, but at least the old man still has some reflex in him!
Tango (& the hi-fi rush ip) was actually acquired by Krafton, so thankfully they're not dead, though about half of the team had already found new jobs by the time Krafton revived the studio.
@@ambientNexusHopefully they’ll come back to work on any new HFR related content. With how much passion this game has I would not put it past them to at least lend a hand in some way.
@@Slug_ssbm About half of the staff were re-hired by Krafton , They did offer everyone there jobs back but as the person above said the remaining half found new jobs in-between the closure and studio revival I can safely say that we will get more HFR content since , Krafton put a lot of Emphasis on Hi fi Rush
I love JoJo, it's one of my most treasured manga/anime, but Dan is waaay too normal to get into that rabbit hole. He might get a laugh out of some of the memes out of context, but you're not gonna get him to get to the point where he just knows the appeal of it or why stories like Steel Ball Run or Diamond is Unbreakable are so beloved.
@@leithaziz2716 He probably won’t get into it or even know it exists, but I would kill to see his reactions. Him basically being a fish out of water lol
Idk what I was in for when I got this game, I just downloaded because, A) It was free on game pass B) Its a rhythm game that doesn't punish you for being ass at it C) I thought the tall scottish girl boss with the red hair was cute (leave me alone on that one) By the end it was the best decision I could've possibly made, 10/10 game.
Its funny that Kale calls out Korsica for not being good at her job- when she is the most compentant member of the board- she is the only one that does security properly so you can't just steal access to vital documents for spectra from her, all her stuff you have to bypass is practical and straightforward, with all the overengineered and rule of cool elements of security being things the rest of the group forced through- like the giant beams of data and other stuff chai abuses to get to her office etc. Every other executive does things that are ultimately self defeating for the company- Rekka destroys defects, which while bad for Chai, also is bad policy in general even when it doesn't include murder- its basically just covering up potentially faulty product, with no sign of any actual examination for why it was faulty or deeper examination of the products in general- side note, Robots like O-5KAR and L-UC1LL3 are the older models, the more humanoid robots are the newer ones built after Kale took over, with such quirks as eating human food for fuel, the capacity and desire to shirk duties or push them off to the older models etc. Also with the reveal of what Spectra was actually for the fact that every modern robot is weaponized, when they have official non military uses says alot about the poor design priorities. Continueing Zanzo micromanaged R&D, wasted funds on personal petty projects and modifications to existing ones, which included changes that made them less effective (the laser turrets you parry don't blow up because you overload them or anything, Zanzo programed them to explode in embarrassment if they fail to kill their target). And in general was terrible as a boss. Mimosa made everything she could about her, or Kale and spent so much of marketing on pointless luxuries- notes you find explain that for every concert she puts on she "requires" a specific number of aquariums with a very specific variety of tropical fish, just for her to walk past on the way to the stage, and a private jet fully stocked and waiting for her, even when the event is at the Vandalay campus and thus she wouldn't be going anywhere. Roquefort keeps going on about the expenses and savings, and how Spectra has to be used or they are just leaving money on the table- but doesn't stop any of the rediculous spending the rest of the board does, or the poor buisness decisions like the stuff with the robots above, with the notable exception of giving Zanzo a funding limit, so the ONE time he did his job right, it let someone beat up a board member- and this while Vandalay is making so much money that they have a scrooge Mc Duck level money bin of gold. And Kale used technology (he is clearly a great engineer) to take over the company but lacks any of the skills needed to actually RUN the company, and instead resorts to the real purpose of Spectra, even when he has used his mind control tech to get compentent people working for him. He also gets points off for HIREING all of these people.
@@Modie Honestly, that's the last password I would have placed so she was clever (or not too techsavvy). Too bad she was matched against someone even DUMBER (Chai).
1:22:14 I love how Korsica's like "don't worry peppermint, you being related to Kale doesn't change how we feel about you❤" as if she was a rebel from the start even though she was literally Kale's 3rd in command like 5 minutes ago 😂
I mean, Korsica’s heel-face turn is pretty heavily foreshadowed. She’s consistently shown to be the last to know anything, and her treatment compared to the other Vandelay lieutenants is very different. Optional notes that you can find in particular reveal that she’s frequently left out of important conference calls and the like, despite being the head of security! And then the way that she actually shows some mercy towards Chai (ie not immediately going to deathmatch mode) and takes the initiative to research the Spectra program on her own shows that her values have a fundamental misalignment with the rest of the higher-ups. Perhaps most interestingly, she’s the only one to not be mostly metal. Everyone else is more metal than flesh - Korsica has *no* robotic parts whatsoever up until Peppermint gives her the ones that save her life after the encounter with Kale. Which, that in and of itself is a great illustration of the difference in attitudes towards robotics and their purpose held by Kale and Peppermint! Korsica’s turn makes her a great touchstone for some of the more subtle throughlines in the game. …Er, I got a bit off-topic there, but the tl;dr is that while Korsica did work for Kale, she was hardly really *in* on anything. Calling her third-in-command isn’t really accurate - she’s decidedly at the bottom of the top, and her holding one of the override drives is more on a technicality than anything. Given she admits to idolizing him and the company before, he probably thought he could manipulate her into obeying him. And he was right, it seems, at least until Chai and co. threw a wrench into his plans.
You're fine dude! I definitely recommend you give it a try though, as someone who has been a gamer for over 25 years, I can confidently say HiFi-Rush is one of the greatest games to come out in recent memory, and one of the best games I've ever played. It deserves to be experienced@@lassoroot
On one hand, I'd like to thank Cloé for editing all of this video On the other hand, there's has been so many moments where I've said "NO CLOE THIS IS A NICE/IMPORTANT MOMENT WHY DID YOU CUT THIS" But I love it in any case, so happy to see RT play one of my favourite games of all time :>
1:58:43 "I'd love to help, but don't quite think I, uh... fit a job description, so maybe I should see myself out." Game, you can't just say things *that* agonizingly relatable.
The science experience Dan wants at 30:22, just watch the annual Ig Nobel Prize. In 2000, the winners levitated a frog with magnets, then they won an actual Nobel Prize 10 years later
In the year with the release of the sequel to Breath of the Wild, Hi-Fi Rush was my game of the year for 2023. It’s that good! I love this game to pieces, and I’m so glad you get to play it RT.
Dear RTGame, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to sincerely apologise for my recent comments about your skills in rhythm and rhythm games. My words were thoughtless and unkind, and I deeply regret any hurt or frustration they may have caused you. As a dedicated fan of your streams, I understand the effort and passion you put into your content. Your unique style and entertaining personality are what make your streams so enjoyable, and I should have been more supportive and respectful of your efforts. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, and it’s important to remember that gaming is about having fun and connecting with others. My comment was unnecessary and did not reflect the appreciation I have for the hard work you do. Please accept my sincerest apologies. I will strive to be more considerate and encouraging in the future. Thank you for all the joy and laughter you bring to your community. I look forward to continuing to support you and enjoy your streams. Best regards, [Your Name]
wow i just realized that kale is ultimately responsible for his own demise bc he’s the one who threw chai’s ipod away, where it then gave chai his powers. i love it when games do that lol
Timestamps for Bosses and other big moments: QA-1MIL - 12:17 Rekka - 22:15 THE GIFT BASKET! - 43:41 Escaping Zanzo's office (Buzzsaw) - 46:08 Korsica - 1:06:22 Mimosa - 1:23:47 The Cafeteria (where Invaders Must Die normally plays) - 1:30:24 Roquefort - 1:33:48 Reflection (breaking through the forcefield) - 1:41:21 Surfacing (normally Whirring) - 1:42:46 CNMN's big moment - 1:46:47 Kale - 1:49:08
4:11 I absolutely love this game because when you listen closely and look at your surroundings everything you see and hear will be in sync with whatever song is playing! its sooooo coooolll!
It doesn't just end at the game world either! Every. Single. Cutscene. is timed to the beat. Even the animated ones! Even when the characters are doing non-beat things like just talking, you'll notice things like the swaying of hair being timed to the beat.
It’s my favorite thing ever tbh, my autism demands I do everything to a rhythm and seeing the entire game world move to a beat makes me happy in an indescribable way
34:21 Zanzo's Bizzare Adventure 43:49 MudaMudaMudaMuda!MUDA!!! 44:55 What did you say about my desing?! 45:03 He probably hates someone called Jonathan 45:18 Defunded Platinum!OraOraOra!ORAA!
19:50 THAT’S ME! Second time I’ve been featured in a highlights video! It’s not much, but as a longtime fan I’m so happy I could communicate with Dan and make people laugh
I love how Dan started really bad with the parrying sequences but eventually halfway the game he suddenly improved his parrying to the point he's actually able to counter them consistently. That's our Rhythm King! 👑
I gotta say, I've heard about this game a lot but never looked into it, but seeing it now, I'm disappointed I neglected to play it. I absolutely love the character designs, and the rhythm-based beat 'em up gameplay seems super cool. We stan Rekka
I don't know if you know about this. But the running gag about the decaf coffee is actually explained in a log entry in the zanzo levels. Where a disgruntled coffee maintaince bot decideds to get back at everyone by making all coffee decaf after being sent into the volcanic area to fix the machines with a firmware update. That just one of the many tiny details about this game that I love. It was amazing to see you play this marvel of a game. Truely one of the best. So good in fact it gave you some rhythm. Congrats Dan. Love your content as always and look forward to the next one. But remember: You are a ROCKSTAR!
Thank god this game easily gets you into the “flow” state, makes it really easy to actually play the game while leaving a lot of room for improvement in combos and parrying
Probably one of the most surprisingly accessible rhythm games I've played, honestly. I'm not very good at rhythm games either, but I was able to play Hi-Fi Rush on hard and still get pretty good scores. Very good time.
shoutout to the PUBG publishers for buying Tango Gameworks and offering to the team all their original positions back, it was an absolute tragedy when Bethesda just decided to off this studio last year
So Fun fact, all of the members of your team (Excluding 808) are named after a type of tea, and yes Macaron is a Black tea just to add that extra layer of humour
We condensed the entire game into a two hour movie for your viewing experience, a massive thank you to Cloé for making this possible
shoutout cloé for condensing this video down so it could also get an S rank in clear time
What makes the game great is that it is beneficial to play to the beat, but it isn't absolutely required. I'm just glad games like this are still being made. I love the 2000s era of hack 'n slash games.
Thank you Cloé and RT !
Cloé, thank you (Hi-Fi Rush is peak)
rt wtf my fav content creator with one of my fav games, that's too mutch
(i'm the lawyer, this was my client's last request before dying of hear attack from joy)
Let it be known, at 28 years of age, Daniel "RTGame" Game, has at last acquired some rhythm
I am sadly already 29 and even older than you previously thought
@@RTGameokay grandad
@@RTGame I can't believe Daniel Rumble Tumble is already 30 years old
@@RTGame I can‘t believe RT is turning 40 soon
@@RTGamehow was it when there were dinosaurs grandpapa
Fun fact: Kale is immune to one of the strongest special attacks in the game, because it uses 808's cuteness. If you try it on him he says he's a dog person.
Heartless bastard
Oh that's hilarious
Heartless TH-cam
Also makes sense to why he funded Roquefort's billion dollar fursuit.
@@theholyketchup6445I’d fund it too
The punchline at the end that Chai doesn't even know how to play guitar is incredible. It makes perfect sense too, what with his bum arm at the start of the game.
It's the perfect joke to end the game on, it works perfectly with Chai's character that this would be the case and he would just never bring it up
Also really works with his "I don't need a guitar" line. Because he literally did all this without learning to use one.
I mean, it's not really that much of a punchline and more just a sweet moment, since it's established that Chai can't play guitar during his first time meeting Peppermint.
@@BorntoOrnn My man willing to take exprimental surgery if it means he can finally get that muscle memory
When i got to Korsica i was like "this is my favorite fight in the game, it's just a pure skill check... Oh no it's a pure skill check, Dan is FUCKED."
To be fair he did come out of the fight a lot better at parrying
@@toastedjam1470 AND he got the catch
My favourite fact about this game is the fact that every noise 808 makes is from the famous Roland 808 drum machine. Every single one other than the meows.
Wait, so you're telling me the 808 Drum Machine can't meow? What's even the point of using one then?
Just another reason why cats are superior to the Roland 808 drum machine.
At a first glance, this cat is ticking all the boxes...
Man, I wish then there was another cat called 606...
Roland as in- IS THAT A LIBRARY OF RUINA FROM PROJECT MOON REFERENCE!?!?!?
Sleeper Agents WE HAVE A KEYWORD COME IN
Fun fact with the first Zanzo mission: because it's possible to replay levels with everything you unlock later on, you're able to defeat the armored robot that is usually intended to be the level's scripted failure. Doing so results in everyone scolding Chai for going against the script, and CNMN tells the game to run it back and play the ending cutscene. Love it when games have little details like that to account for "NG+" playthroughs.
isnt that the shantae p-rn model as your pfp
@@zinfuldreams1709 💀
@@zinfuldreams1709 HOW DO YOU KNOW??
@@zinfuldreams1709 Yes, and?
@@Legoguy9875 based
1:56:50 I still find this one of the best subtle jokes, Korsica ran the SECURITY of the company, and her password was.....PASSWORD
To be fair, that would have been the last password I thought about, precisely because of her position. 😅
@@SystemBD that's not how dictionary attacks work though
Also the fact that USB sticks can potentially hold passwords with thousand of characters, and Korsica just does her passwords manually.
@@kephirbaron its funnier given there's Korsica PSAs telling everyone to regularly change their passwords and to make them strong
@@SystemBDIt's the kind of password an algorithm could guess in milliseconds
I love how the main team all has tea related names, while there seems to be a bit of a running joke about issues with coffee makers through the game
iirc, before heading towards Korsica's area there's a note from a coffee machine that's along the lines of "this is my revenge." Think the toaster from New Vegas that wants to destroy the world
@@DizzyScorpia that's actually hilarious
To add on what that other comment says, there's a note of an employee feeling upset for being demoted to work in the Lava level. As revenge, they reprogrammed all of the coffee machine's firmware to only use decaf. Their revenge lasts throughout the entire game, it's a very funny bit.
@@DizzyScorpiaSOON THE WORLD WILL BURN IN NUCLEAR FIRE
Macaroon and Korsica are types of tea?
Suprised RT never realized Zanzo was doing JoJo poses and was just confused by them
Wait, he really didn't? I thought he was joking lmao
@@1coloman11 I didn't get the sense he was joking? But I thought RT did know Jojo so maybe it went over my head
I swear he's made a joke about JoJo's before but I guess he doesn't recognize the poses. Zanzo is a living JoJo's reference and I am LIVING for it.
Dad's a bit too old for those animes
@@dabiga2315I know what you mean but saying he's too old for an anime series that started back in the late 80's is kinda funny
“I put my stock in futures, but not yours, kid.” Is the most badass line that could possibly be in a boss fight with an accountant.
this entire game was just a journey of RT discovering he is just chai
I'm gonna be a rockstar when I grow up
@@RTGame Future rockstar, future drift king
Me realising I'm also Chai through playing the game so by proxy I am technically also RT
They called him the rock king back in college
@@RTGameyou already rock
i'm sorry it never dawned on me before seeing it in the video, the "anti human security" just being a flamethrower blocking the way through a passage, ensuring only robots (who are presumably fire proof) can walk through it, is so simple and genius while being so complicated and stupid. i love it.
It's even funnier because you could probably just dive through coz no way they are using liquid fuel and it isn't an uncontrolled flame
it really adds to that one note i think found after it asking to change all the complicated puzzles to simple switches that gets denied because “this is cooler”. they must have used the exact same thought process with the “anti human security”
@@DiminutiveJerryi mean doing so would likely light your clothing and hair on fire but it could work
@@Stampyboyzgo for a dip beforehand. You'll be cold and wet, but you can extend the time you can spend in fire before it catches
Fun fact, if you quit out in the middle of the later boss fights or moments in the story where it doesn't make sense for you to be in the in the safe house there's unique dialogue of the group criticizing you for breaking the pacing
So you're saying that you dont have rhythm, but listen to what you're doing right there
With that stamp and a book you got a real nice hook, sounds to me like you got rhythm to spare.
I have no idea what you’re talking about, I have about as much rhythm as that chair.
@ellishugges3050 What happened to me? Was a tragedy, but I don’t need to be a millionaire
@@Potentialman-vs2cd
Look, I got a sweet deal going on here. I've got all the books that I can read
All these sweet old ladies and this carpet from the 80's
Bold choice to state you have no rythym, RythymTiming Game.
RhymingTiming Game
RhymeyTimey Game
@@birodactyl_of_the_webrhyhtmingtimeing Game
rhybbly rhobbly rhymeytimey game
@@DeXyfero rhyrmryhginhrhythtihymrymtng game
I love that this is game is
Akechi (chai) and Futaba (peppermint) team up to kill sonic (Kale) because they have the same voice actors
The Sega franchise characters kill eachother: The Game
Blaze the Cat attempts to take down Sonic the Hedgehog with the help of Young Cricket
i knew that peppermint's voice sounded like futaba
THIS IS HOW I FIND OUT ROGER CRAIG SMITH VOICES KALE????
someday, dan will hear about the pancakes line from akechi again in a certain "crime drama"
Disappointing that Raniel Taniel couldn't get the samurai bot's parry attack down. Poetic Blade is hands-down my favorite rhythm.
Also, the Japanese poems it recites can change each time. They range from:
Mercilessly
I will kill you
With this sword
to
Ahh depressing
Tomorrow is Monday
Don't wanna go
although my favorite is just:
Aha haha
Ahh haha aha
Aha haha
Given the last one you should've kept the haiku pattern since itd be the easiest to actually do XD
@@Brian-tn4cd
Sadly they don't really translate directly to a haiku in English
They are still in the same format tho
@@Brian-tn4cd English haiku has changed to ignore the syllable pattern because it ruins the idea of haiku and isn't even a good analogue of Japanese syllables.
I have never related to poetry so hard in my life
That's amazing ty.
As a FUN FACT! Chai didn't just Not Know how to play guitar, before the start of the game, he straight up COULDN'T! his right arm had a malformation in it that rendered it immobile, this can be seen when his medical scans are shown as he's getting shoved into the augmentation press!
Oh good, I thought because he was an idiot his solution for a broken arm was chopping it off.
I just rewatched the scenes, I couldn't find anything of the sort.
Got to meet some of the cast and developers at Anime Expo last year and it was amazing. They all clearly loved working on the game and afterwards their handlers insisted “no autographs, we need to get a move on.” but half the voice actors slipped away and came back into the room to sign stuff for like 20 minutes. I got a Hi-Fi Rush poster signed by both Robbie and Erica (Chai and Peppermint) and got selfies with both.
At which location? I'll be mad if I missed them near me as I couldn't go to my local one last year
@@doriondouglas6176 Los Angeles
@@samreid6010 oh wow nevermind haha I'm in Canada
THe fact that this wasnt nominated for GotY last year is a crime. It wouldnt have won, Baldurs Gate 3 won very much deserved, but man it would have been great to see it nominated
After watching this, I totally agree
+ commenting for the algorithm
It got 2 goty nomiations. It just lost those to BG3 and Starfield. Unless you are only counting the Game Awards. But that is a silly marketing scheme
@@erens208 Yeah, I was just thinking about the game awards. Glad to hear it got nominated for some. And kinda sad it unfairly lost to Starfield, but whatever. At least it got nominated^^
same but honestly last year had a LOT of really good games
It at least won best audio design at the Game Awards (don't know about others), so I take that as a win
1:12:40 I love how despite him literally shielding her from the explosion, Korsica got life threatening injuries and Chai is just perfectly fine. I mean the guy got blasted through like 20 consecutive walls and was in the blender of an explosion when he destroyed the platform breaks and survived both off those without a scratch so I guess he is just extremely sturdy.
All he needs is energy drinks
When I wrote this I hadn't even seen the part where Chai literally fired himself out of a cannon.
Chai is secretly immortal
He has comedy armour. He can survive anything as long as it's funny.
Tbf, he'd already been upgraded with whatever miracle tech everyone else is using, but she was still completely human.
1:34:30 glad to see the Vandelay company is keeping the requisite furries on their side, though its unusual he's in finance and not with the more technical aspects
Seen how expensive quality fursuits are? He better know how to handle his finances.
Lotta oddly rich furrys out there
Accounting is maths and law, therefore filled with furries
You could say he's... a *wolf of Wall Street.*
Ya know at least he's beating the IT allegations
Watching Shen's playthrough and then this one where Dan is constantly comparing himself to Chai is incredibly funny
Oh fuck you're right
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HER SLIDESHOW STREAM OH GOD
My favorite description of this game's robots has to be "these guys are sapient solely so they do their job worse"
I think that also sums up the robots in Portal
Honestly Hi Fi Rush is a great rhythm fighter simply because it's still fun to play even if you miss the rhythm.
A lot of games make it feel like they're punishing you for failing to keep the rhythm where as Hi Fi Rush rewards you for keeping it.
No wonder Hi-Fi Rush got multiple awards and GOTY not just because it’s an amazing game but it because it was able to give the rhythmless man rhythm.
And that’s why RT is the Rhythm King
Rip to what Microsoft did to the team
Xbox: That is so cool!! Anyway we are closing the studio now
Also Xbox: Why our games get no awards 😭😭😭
Didn't Baldur's Gate get GOTY?
I thought he was the drift king?
@@ceph_and_seethe I thought Hi Fi got it for 2022?
Love this game. Can't believe Xbox made one of the best new ips in years and trashed the studio a year later. Hopefully, Krafton is better to Tango, but after all the controversy they've had, I'm gonna stay cautiously optimistic.
im just glad them and the series isnt dead forever
@@epicgamner1139 WAIT THEY AREN'T DEAD!?
@seantaggart7382 Krafton, the company that owns PUGB bought the studio and the rights to Hi-Fi.
@@seantaggart7382 no sir they've been bought again by a different studio and they're trying to rehire everyone who was on the team who went their own separate ways after the studio was first let go by xbox
Krafton has had controversy? How so?
so, this is crazy to say, but RT isn't bad at rhythm, he's just bad at memory. he's decent with the immediate stuff, like hits, but bad with the memory stuff, like combos and parries.
I think you're right, I have noticed if there is a sequence, I forget what's supposed to come next just as he does.
He's getting old. Dementia's kicking in
His just timing score barely got over 50% even at the end of the game and he only ever used the partner finishers with the same combo, but at least the old man still has some reflex in him!
Who knew that all RT needed to get a Rhythm is for it to revolve around violence
The feeling of a 2000's game combined with the the rhythm hack and slash combat equals a feeling equivalent to sex
better than
You think Chai would smash to the beat
@@Creepo_J what is wrong with you
yes
@@Creepo_Jcbat
@@Creepo_J why of course, he's definitely the type to own a Nintendo Switch.
I love that RT had Chai's vibe locked in so quickly that even at just the first boss, he knew the Cool Line was *too cool for Chai*.
Its criminal that Xbox shut down Tango Gameworks after making a masterpiece like this.
Such a TH-cam move
Edit: Oh well, their loss is KRAFTONs gain
Tango (& the hi-fi rush ip) was actually acquired by Krafton, so thankfully they're not dead, though about half of the team had already found new jobs by the time Krafton revived the studio.
@@ambientNexusHopefully they’ll come back to work on any new HFR related content.
With how much passion this game has I would not put it past them to at least lend a hand in some way.
@@Slug_ssbm About half of the staff were re-hired by Krafton , They did offer everyone there jobs back but as the person above said the remaining half found new jobs in-between the closure and studio revival
I can safely say that we will get more HFR content since , Krafton put a lot of Emphasis on Hi fi Rush
Microsoft cannot be forgiven for all they destroyed, and will continue to destroy
It got picked up by the pubg publisher
44:58 it’s called a jojo reference dad
one day he will watch jojo
I love JoJo, it's one of my most treasured manga/anime, but Dan is waaay too normal to get into that rabbit hole. He might get a laugh out of some of the memes out of context, but you're not gonna get him to get to the point where he just knows the appeal of it or why stories like Steel Ball Run or Diamond is Unbreakable are so beloved.
@@leithaziz2716 eh, I would call those 2 the more "normal" ones. It's the bizzarness of parts 2 and 3 he might struggle with.
@@leithaziz2716 He probably won’t get into it or even know it exists, but I would kill to see his reactions. Him basically being a fish out of water lol
@@leithaziz2716 steel ball run is peak manga, i believe he should start there because of the whole universe reset thing
Local Irish Man beats robots to death(?) with a guitar made of scrap metal, all to the beat of music.
After the end of the game he gets a pint at the pub
A man with no rhythm plays a rhythm game
@@oofoof4875 Part 3 or 4 (counting games not episodes. I think Rythem heaven had a few)
*Barely to the beat of music
Idk what I was in for when I got this game, I just downloaded because,
A) It was free on game pass
B) Its a rhythm game that doesn't punish you for being ass at it
C) I thought the tall scottish girl boss with the red hair was cute (leave me alone on that one)
By the end it was the best decision I could've possibly made, 10/10 game.
To be fair, EVERYONE likes Korsica.
Korsica is very cute
don't feel bad, all of r/hifiRush is down bad for Korsica
don't worry, you're amongst friends
Honestly I think peppermint is really cute lol
He has no rhythm, yet he must stream.
dAMn, that reference is truly despicable.
Its funny that Kale calls out Korsica for not being good at her job- when she is the most compentant member of the board- she is the only one that does security properly so you can't just steal access to vital documents for spectra from her, all her stuff you have to bypass is practical and straightforward, with all the overengineered and rule of cool elements of security being things the rest of the group forced through- like the giant beams of data and other stuff chai abuses to get to her office etc.
Every other executive does things that are ultimately self defeating for the company- Rekka destroys defects, which while bad for Chai, also is bad policy in general even when it doesn't include murder- its basically just covering up potentially faulty product, with no sign of any actual examination for why it was faulty or deeper examination of the products in general- side note, Robots like O-5KAR and L-UC1LL3 are the older models, the more humanoid robots are the newer ones built after Kale took over, with such quirks as eating human food for fuel, the capacity and desire to shirk duties or push them off to the older models etc. Also with the reveal of what Spectra was actually for the fact that every modern robot is weaponized, when they have official non military uses says alot about the poor design priorities. Continueing
Zanzo micromanaged R&D, wasted funds on personal petty projects and modifications to existing ones, which included changes that made them less effective (the laser turrets you parry don't blow up because you overload them or anything, Zanzo programed them to explode in embarrassment if they fail to kill their target). And in general was terrible as a boss.
Mimosa made everything she could about her, or Kale and spent so much of marketing on pointless luxuries- notes you find explain that for every concert she puts on she "requires" a specific number of aquariums with a very specific variety of tropical fish, just for her to walk past on the way to the stage, and a private jet fully stocked and waiting for her, even when the event is at the Vandalay campus and thus she wouldn't be going anywhere.
Roquefort keeps going on about the expenses and savings, and how Spectra has to be used or they are just leaving money on the table- but doesn't stop any of the rediculous spending the rest of the board does, or the poor buisness decisions like the stuff with the robots above, with the notable exception of giving Zanzo a funding limit, so the ONE time he did his job right, it let someone beat up a board member- and this while Vandalay is making so much money that they have a scrooge Mc Duck level money bin of gold.
And Kale used technology (he is clearly a great engineer) to take over the company but lacks any of the skills needed to actually RUN the company, and instead resorts to the real purpose of Spectra, even when he has used his mind control tech to get compentent people working for him. He also gets points off for HIREING all of these people.
Counterpoint: Her secret security password is Password.
@@Modie Honestly, that's the last password I would have placed so she was clever (or not too techsavvy). Too bad she was matched against someone even DUMBER (Chai).
In Kale's defense, his mom named him Kale. I'd hold a grudge and become a villain too
he could just change his name tho 😭
I met a real guy named kale and he was chill
1:22:14 I love how Korsica's like "don't worry peppermint, you being related to Kale doesn't change how we feel about you❤" as if she was a rebel from the start even though she was literally Kale's 3rd in command like 5 minutes ago 😂
Tbf, attempted murder typivally sours one's opinion of people rather quickly XD
It was a little corny, but eh it was still a cute scene
I mean, Korsica’s heel-face turn is pretty heavily foreshadowed. She’s consistently shown to be the last to know anything, and her treatment compared to the other Vandelay lieutenants is very different. Optional notes that you can find in particular reveal that she’s frequently left out of important conference calls and the like, despite being the head of security! And then the way that she actually shows some mercy towards Chai (ie not immediately going to deathmatch mode) and takes the initiative to research the Spectra program on her own shows that her values have a fundamental misalignment with the rest of the higher-ups. Perhaps most interestingly, she’s the only one to not be mostly metal. Everyone else is more metal than flesh - Korsica has *no* robotic parts whatsoever up until Peppermint gives her the ones that save her life after the encounter with Kale. Which, that in and of itself is a great illustration of the difference in attitudes towards robotics and their purpose held by Kale and Peppermint! Korsica’s turn makes her a great touchstone for some of the more subtle throughlines in the game.
…Er, I got a bit off-topic there, but the tl;dr is that while Korsica did work for Kale, she was hardly really *in* on anything. Calling her third-in-command isn’t really accurate - she’s decidedly at the bottom of the top, and her holding one of the override drives is more on a technicality than anything.
Given she admits to idolizing him and the company before, he probably thought he could manipulate her into obeying him. And he was right, it seems, at least until Chai and co. threw a wrench into his plans.
Ok sorry I haven't actually played the game, just from watching the video I thought it was kinda funny @nighttyger3397
You're fine dude! I definitely recommend you give it a try though, as someone who has been a gamer for over 25 years, I can confidently say HiFi-Rush is one of the greatest games to come out in recent memory, and one of the best games I've ever played. It deserves to be experienced@@lassoroot
I love how chat either calls him Dad or Dan based on how proud or disappointed they are in him
On one hand, I'd like to thank Cloé for editing all of this video
On the other hand, there's has been so many moments where I've said "NO CLOE THIS IS A NICE/IMPORTANT MOMENT WHY DID YOU CUT THIS"
But I love it in any case, so happy to see RT play one of my favourite games of all time :>
Me with all of the Phoenix Wright games
Just be nice
When the entire game is good, you have to cut something.
So it's worth checking out the vod(s) on the archive channel, gotcha! Thanks, OP!
1:58:43 "I'd love to help, but don't quite think I, uh... fit a job description, so maybe I should see myself out."
Game, you can't just say things *that* agonizingly relatable.
The science experience Dan wants at 30:22, just watch the annual Ig Nobel Prize.
In 2000, the winners levitated a frog with magnets, then they won an actual Nobel Prize 10 years later
I now believe the entire RT rhythm game series has been preparing him for this. A few years ago he never would have had a chance.
In the year with the release of the sequel to Breath of the Wild, Hi-Fi Rush was my game of the year for 2023. It’s that good! I love this game to pieces, and I’m so glad you get to play it RT.
1:00:52 To quote Hellsing abridged, “Bitches love cannons”
Dear RTGame,
I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to sincerely apologise for my recent comments about your skills in rhythm and rhythm games. My words were thoughtless and unkind, and I deeply regret any hurt or frustration they may have caused you.
As a dedicated fan of your streams, I understand the effort and passion you put into your content. Your unique style and entertaining personality are what make your streams so enjoyable, and I should have been more supportive and respectful of your efforts.
Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, and it’s important to remember that gaming is about having fun and connecting with others. My comment was unnecessary and did not reflect the appreciation I have for the hard work you do.
Please accept my sincerest apologies. I will strive to be more considerate and encouraging in the future. Thank you for all the joy and laughter you bring to your community. I look forward to continuing to support you and enjoy your streams.
Best regards,
[Your Name]
This got a laugh out of me, the end really caught me off guard.
Can't even sign their own name
Even with all the great music this game's soundtrack has, all I hear while watching Dan play is a flashback to Phineas and Ferb's "Ain't Got Rhythm."
Both the streamer friendly and normal soundtrack are great.
I FUCKING LOVE ZANZO he just hits jojo poses every 2 seconds LMFAOO
Zanzo is the closest thing we get to a living jojo reference
He has a body pillow of himself in his office
I also just love the concept of an overly dramatic mad scientist who loses by burning through his entire budget
Wait a minute…a man named Armstrong. Making robots!???…i wounder if he also wants to make an omelet
I wonder if he played college ball
@@FinnDanger-e3v hmm maybe in Texas
Perhaps even the mother of them all
@@callmeturg1590I think he could have gone pro but he joined the Navy instead
@@justasidequestnpc6396he could probably break the president in two with his bare hands
wow i just realized that kale is ultimately responsible for his own demise bc he’s the one who threw chai’s ipod away, where it then gave chai his powers. i love it when games do that lol
The best part of this game is that even people more rhythm challenged can play it with its amazing accessibility settings.
I love how RT immediately got what was going on after the korsica punch as soon as Peppermint was acting nice to Chai
Timestamps for Bosses and other big moments:
QA-1MIL - 12:17
Rekka - 22:15
THE GIFT BASKET! - 43:41
Escaping Zanzo's office (Buzzsaw) - 46:08
Korsica - 1:06:22
Mimosa - 1:23:47
The Cafeteria (where Invaders Must Die normally plays) - 1:30:24
Roquefort - 1:33:48
Reflection (breaking through the forcefield) - 1:41:21
Surfacing (normally Whirring) - 1:42:46
CNMN's big moment - 1:46:47
Kale - 1:49:08
4:11 I absolutely love this game because when you listen closely and look at your surroundings everything you see and hear will be in sync with whatever song is playing!
its sooooo coooolll!
It doesn't just end at the game world either! Every. Single. Cutscene. is timed to the beat. Even the animated ones! Even when the characters are doing non-beat things like just talking, you'll notice things like the swaying of hair being timed to the beat.
It’s my favorite thing ever tbh, my autism demands I do everything to a rhythm and seeing the entire game world move to a beat makes me happy in an indescribable way
RTGame, this is the tenth time you've said you don't have rhythm
Man with no rhythm plays a rhythm game
Surely nothing will go wrong at all
Beyond happy the studio was saved. Long live Hi-Fi Rush!!!
Wait they were saved? Like seriously, that’s fantastic!
@@AdjustedDisparity Krafton acquired the IP and re-offered positions to everyone who'd worked on it
Behold an absolute banger of a game
Edit im like 30m in i think his rhythm is improving
34:21 Zanzo's Bizzare Adventure
43:49 MudaMudaMudaMuda!MUDA!!!
44:55 What did you say about my desing?!
45:03 He probably hates someone called Jonathan
45:18 Defunded Platinum!OraOraOra!ORAA!
your missing one at 26:59
@@onionshavewings Thanks
The Roquefort line between the 1st and 2nd phase still catches me off guard I was SHOCKED he didn't comment on it LMAO
1:57:25 oh RT, you always know how to completely destroy the climax of a game
19:50 THAT’S ME! Second time I’ve been featured in a highlights video! It’s not much, but as a longtime fan I’m so happy I could communicate with Dan and make people laugh
1:30:22 SIR, A SECOND CHAI HAS HIT THE TOWER
I love how Dan started really bad with the parrying sequences but eventually halfway the game he suddenly improved his parrying to the point he's actually able to counter them consistently.
That's our Rhythm King! 👑
Took me until now to realise the voice actors are Filbo and Egabelle from Bugsnaxs 17:15
Chai's voice actor also voiced Akechi from Persona 5
@@nemodra4790 Oh My! Only now that’s clicked - thank you!
Peppermint is also Futaba from the same game
Kale is also voiced by Roger Craig Smith, AKA Sonic the motherfricking hedgehog
@@ed_cmntonly Who is also (to bring this full circle) Snorpy in Bugsnax!
I love how when peppermint shoots the shots are triplets that still line up with the beat. Very satisfying.
I gotta say, I've heard about this game a lot but never looked into it, but seeing it now, I'm disappointed I neglected to play it. I absolutely love the character designs, and the rhythm-based beat 'em up gameplay seems super cool.
We stan Rekka
I was waiting for so long for Dan to play Hi-fi Rush, it’s such an underrated masterpiece I’m so glad you got around to playing it!!
People use the word Underrated way too much. Something could have 5 billion awards and still people would say it's underrated
@@iAmPimmiCue that's because it deserves even more >:)
I love how Kale during his boss fight. Throws away his suit TWICE. Just to put on a new Suit.
rare case of Schrödingers rythym.
I like your comment because Google translate corrects your spelling mistake
@@acomfychairgoogle also adds a a different mistake
I don't know if you know about this. But the running gag about the decaf coffee is actually explained in a log entry in the zanzo levels. Where a disgruntled coffee maintaince bot decideds to get back at everyone by making all coffee decaf after being sent into the volcanic area to fix the machines with a firmware update.
That just one of the many tiny details about this game that I love. It was amazing to see you play this marvel of a game. Truely one of the best. So good in fact it gave you some rhythm. Congrats Dan. Love your content as always and look forward to the next one. But remember:
You are a ROCKSTAR!
this game is in my top 5 of all time, the feeling you get hitting combos with perfect timing is just unmatched
Okay, this is a good start.
Now he needs to play No Straight Roads
This is by far the most unsatisfying playthrough I've ever seen of this game.
This is why we watch RT.
1:33:12 usually I’m really fond of puns and don’t get the stigma around them but that one actually hurt
1d6 psychic damage.
RT not getting the Jojo references with Zanzo was way too enjoyable to watch, he was so perplexed lol
Fun fact: “you destroyed my stack, but I still have my memories” is a programming joke by the robot. A stack is a data storage model.
1:27:22
Chai commits murder live onstage while hundreds of people cheer him on.
1:23:30 "No one will understand this in ten years" I don't understand this now
I only JUST got it on like my third watch of the video. It’s that old meme from the Katie Perry superbowl show a few years back.
going through a horrible day rn ty for uploading😭😭
Hope things improve!
I hope things get worse
Last time I saw someone beat someone else with an electric guitar was in this little old anime that not a lot of people have heard of called FLCL
Yup just what I thought! “Those eyebrows….”❤
I've heard of it! But have not seen it.
fell asleep to the vod, woke up in time for the highlights. radical!
I love the limited animation in this game. It’s so charming.
Not again 😭
We are getting closer and closer to Daniel playing Devil May Cry
When the title starts with "I Have No Rhythm", you know it's gonna be good!
Thank god this game easily gets you into the “flow” state, makes it really easy to actually play the game while leaving a lot of room for improvement in combos and parrying
The more high-profile streamers play this game, the stronger I become. My life force is directly linked to Hi-Fi Rush hype.
Probably one of the most surprisingly accessible rhythm games I've played, honestly. I'm not very good at rhythm games either, but I was able to play Hi-Fi Rush on hard and still get pretty good scores. Very good time.
This gives me hope that RT will one day discover No Straight Roads, which is a similar, beautiful game that fell hard under the radar.
Fun fact: Chai is canonically 25
All those years of sight-reading and rhythm exercises came flooding back watching the parrying sections lmfao
Didn't think RT would play peak fiction
I can’t IMAGINE how crazy the chat must’ve been going when Dan didn’t get the jojo references.
3:25 I cannot describe the amount of times this has happened to me
shoutout to the PUBG publishers for buying Tango Gameworks and offering to the team all their original positions back, it was an absolute tragedy when Bethesda just decided to off this studio last year
After rewatching shen play this gem of a game I was hoping RT would play it one day
26:58 jojo reference lol (bro is just one big jojo reference)
So Fun fact, all of the members of your team (Excluding 808) are named after a type of tea, and yes Macaron is a Black tea just to add that extra layer of humour