Hi-Fi Rush stars the wannabe rocker Chai as he battles for freedom from an insidious robotics firm with the ability of music. Like the encore after a stellar live performance, the Arcade Challenge! Update! for Hi-Fi Rush provides much more for gamers to find after finishing the raucous story mode – and greatest but, it’s out NOW and free for all gamers!
The Arcade Challenge! Update! provides two new sport modes accessible by way of a brand new arcade cupboard accessible after ending the story, on high of a wealth of challenges, secrets and techniques and goodies to uncover just by feeling the beat and diving into the colourful world of Hi-Fi Rush.
“These two modes take what we’ve put into our battle mechanics and ask you to essentially put your expertise to the take a look at,” says John Johanas, Game Director for Hi-Fi Rush at Tango Gameworks. “We strongly advocate you’ve perhaps taken a run by the Rhythm Tower [available in the base game], know learn how to use all of your combos and assists, and really feel emotionally prepared – you don’t need to be second guessing what strikes you’ll be able to pull off!”
“These two modes take what we’ve put into our battle mechanics and ask you to essentially put your expertise to the take a look at.”
The first of those new modes – BPM Rush! – pits Chai towards waves of enemies that don’t simply improve their forces between rounds. The beats per minute, or BPM, for the music that amplifies your strikes (and your opponents’!) additionally ramps up, with later phases reaching as much as a blistering 200 BPM.
“For reference, the very best velocity in the primary sport was 160 BPM,” says Johanas. “[The Update!] options an Easy and Normal mode which displays the quantity of injury you obtain and enemies take, however the total gameplay is identical. However, finishing both Normal or Easy will unlock a further problem, EX Mode, which begins you nearly proper on the high velocity and places you towards waves of high-level enemies as their harm steadily will increase between every wave!”
Despite breakneck speeds and relentless robotic hordes to take care of BPM Rush!, that is nonetheless Hi-Fi Rush. “The trick to this mode is identical as all the time: Feeling the beat!,” explains Johanas. “Even at excessive speeds, the basics of fight are the identical, so your assaults nonetheless land on the beat.” Of course, enemy assaults are additionally nonetheless synced to the beat – carry on rhythm and comply with up with a Rhythm Parry and also you’ll be turning these unhealthy guys to scrap very quickly!
Of course, Chai can be no stranger to working his approach up from the underside (he’s lastly had his second guitar lesson, we hear) so taking your time can be key. “Like training a tough riff on a guitar, we modeled BPM Rush! on basic music follow strategies. Start out slowly and construct your self as much as these excessive speeds,” says Johanas. “Maybe you gained’t get all the way in which to 200 BPM the primary time, however strive it once more and all of a sudden the primary wave at 135 BPM feels a bit like gradual movement the place you’ll be able to see the assaults coming a mile away!”
“Maybe you gained’t get all the way in which to 200 BPM the primary time, however strive it once more and all of a sudden the primary wave at 135 BPM feels a bit like gradual movement!”
The second sport mode now out there in Hi-Fi Rush’s free Arcade Challenge! Update! is a twist on the sport’s Rhythm Tower mode. In Power Up! Tower Up!, gamers battle their approach up the Tower, tackling rooms of enemies and racking up a excessive rating, however now with a de-powered Chai! Don’t fret, although, as you’ll earn a choice of Upgrades between rounds to bulk Chai up!
“We had a number of enjoyable placing some difficult, but typically goofy ways in which Upgrades can have an effect on Chai on this mode. They give stat bonuses that deliver Chai again as much as the place he was in the primary sport with issues like protection, offense and companion assists,” explains Johanas. “They may even take you previous the utmost, so you’ll be able to overpower some features of Chai!”
However, some Upgrades may additionally include particular optimistic or unfavourable modifiers, known as Bonuses and Bugs, that have an effect on how the following battle’s going to go down. “Sometimes you’ll get fortunate and Zanzo’s laser drones shall be in your facet and taking out enemies for a flooring,” says Johanas. “But different occasions, chances are you’ll have to be careful for lengthy vary enemies since all beam assaults can now deal considerably extra harm!”
If some Upgrades include potential negatives, why take them up in any respect? As defined by Johanas, threat can probably web an enormous reward. “In Power Up! Tower Up!, the way in which to get that coveted S Rank is along with your closing rating, which is closely influenced by your closing rating multiplier. The increased threat Upgrades you are taking, the extra your closing multiplier will improve, with safer upgrades providing much less of a bonus. Additionally, getting a sport over isn’t the top of your run however does knock a major chunk off your closing multiplier, so that you’ll need to select properly and play effectively.”
“We had a number of enjoyable placing some difficult, but typically goofy ways in which Upgrades can have an effect on Chai in Power Up! Tower Up!”
It’s not simply excessive scores gamers are vying for in these new sport modes. Also included within the Arcade Challenge! Update! are 40 new challenges to tackle – 20 for every sport mode – that may earn gamers candy rewards.
“Some are straightforward, like simply giving new modes a strive, and a few require you to grasp some strategies like, say, performing an ideal rhythm parry at 200 BPM!” explains Johanas. “Each of those challenges has a rating utilized to them relying on their problem and attaining them tallies up that rating to unlock prizes.”
The prizes up for grabs vary from equipment for Chai to costumes for 808 and even the fan-favorite Korsica, plus extra Photo Mode rewards equivalent to new poses for every character, specialised filters, and extra sticker packs to customise your images! “This new replace provides you the primary sticker pack immediately,” Johanas provides.
“You may also unlock new Special Attacks that characteristic each CNMN and Smidge serving to out in their very own particular approach throughout battle. Lastly, we have now one thing particular for individuals who wish to name themselves… completionists. We wish to go overboard with placing little secrets and techniques in our updates however for this one, whereas it won’t be so little, it actually is a big thanks to everybody who’s performed Hi-Fi Rush up to now.”
No want to attend for tickets – Hi-Fi Rush’s Arcade Challenge! Update! Is out now as a free obtain for all gamers! If you’ve but to expertise the topsy-turvy story of Tango Gamework’s music-infused motion hit, Hi-Fi Rush is on the market on Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC, with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.
Hi-Fi RUSH Deluxe Edition
Bethesda Softworks
$39.99
$31.99
Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag crew of allies insurgent towards an evil robotics enhancement megacorp with raucous rhythm fight! From Tango Gameworks, the studio that introduced you The Evil Within® and Ghostwire®: Tokyo (no, actually) comes Hi-Fi RUSH, an all-new motion sport the place the characters, world and fight stylishly sync to the music!
AMP UP WITH THE Hi-Fi RUSH DELUXE EDITION
Get the VIP backstage therapy with the Hi-Fi RUSH Deluxe Edition, together with:
– Hi-Fi RUSH Base sport
– Two Chai outfits*
– Seven bonus Chai t-shirts
– 808-Themed Guitar Skin
– 808 Alternate Skin
– 20,000 Gears for unlocking fight expertise and different upgrades. (Note: Gears are obtained by fight and exploration in-game and never out there as a purchasable digital forex.)
*Each of the Chai Outfits contains an alternate robotic arm, scarf, jacket, trousers and sneakers which could be combined and matched with different cosmetics in-game.
Note: Gears are instantly out there after buy. Players get entry to the opposite gadgets after beating the opening stage and may change their outfits within the Hideout.
CHAI VERSUS THE WORLD
Labeled ‘faulty’ after a shady company experiment mistakenly fuses a music participant to his coronary heart, Chai should now struggle for his freedom in a slick animated world the place every part – platforming puzzles, enemy assaults and even the colourful gags & banter – are synced to the beat.
OPEN UP THE MOSH PIT!
Take on armies of company drones (learn: precise robots) in satisfying, rhythm-amplified fight. Time your strikes to tug off flashy Beat Hits, hard-hitting particular skills and even mixture assaults along with your allies! Want to indicate off? Go additional and faucet into the beat to amp up your expertise and earn these covetous S-rank scores.
ROWDY REBELS VS. BADASS BOSSES
Lead a squad of colourful teammates and take the struggle to the center of an, er, heartless company. Square off with every division’s boss, from Production to Marketing to Finance, every extra prepared to guard the corporate’s backside line than the final in over-the-top battle sequences accompanied by their very own music tracks!
GRAB YOUR HEADPHONES
Tap your toes to a killer mixtape of authentic music, in addition to songs by Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, The Joy Formidable and extra! Want to indicate off your expertise to a stay streaming viewers? Fret not: Hi-Fi RUSH features a streamer-friendly alternate audio mode which replaces these licensed songs with authentic tracks made particularly for streaming Hi-Fi RUSH.
