Studio Head at Tango Gameworks.
Thank you for all your support over the years.
And I'm John Johannes, director on Hi-Fi RUSH.
Chill out! It'll be fine!
Power chord!
Well, I gotta say,
I never would have thought of a game like this
I'm really excited for what the team has created.
So everyone thinks of us as putting out
horror games like The Evil Within or
spooky games like Ghostwire: Tokyo,
but this is clearly something totally different.
And if this game hasn't already leaked...
Fingers crossed!
We hope it's a pleasant surprise.
Let's have some fun.
Well, I'm excited for something new!
The whole team is excited, too!
So we've been waiting for this for a long time.
So let's jump in to explain exactly
what Hi-Fi RUSH is.
Hi-Fi RUSH is a Rhythm-Action Game, so it's
a bit of a twist on your traditional action game.
Here, your moves and attacks
help create a living soundtrack.
That means all your flashy moves,
stylish and devastating combos
add a layer to the music.
The more you flow with the beat,
the better you can connect your
attacks and abilities.
You are in total control during combat,
but everything you do syncs up
like an awesome music video.
That's Hi-Fi RUSH.
You play as Chai, a wannabe rockstar and
victim of a weird corporate experiment
that lets him sense the rhythm of the
entire world pulsing to the game's soundtrack.
As you can see, the beat moves the
world around you and is the key to combat.
You looking for me?
Your attacks will automatically sync
to land on the beat, making Hi-Fi RUSH
a super easy game to start playing.
However, attacking on the beat leads to
combos that end with a musical countdown.
we call a Beat Hit.
Think a big cymbal crash at
the end of a drum solo, like this.
Landing Beat Hits unleash a combo finish
that adds unique musical flair
and high damage attacks.
And the crowd goes wild!
Chai! Chai! Chai!
Chai. Chai. Chai.
Oh...umm...
Anyone see the guy that did this?
How about we see it all in action?
Bring it on!
You're never restrained by the music,
you can jump, dodge, parry,
and attack whenever you want,
using whatever attacks you want.
It's not about mashing buttons.
The key here is feeling the beat.
Your progress isn't blocked
by missing the beat,
but you get rewarded musically
and mechanically for staying in rhythm.
When we say everything
moves to the beat, we mean it.
Enemy attacks, cut scenes,
dangerous obstacles,
you name it.
It all syncs to the music, creating an
ongoing jam session of a game.
To help out is 808,
your robot cat companion,
who literally hovers over your shoulder
and helps you find that rhythm.
But we also have visual guides
to help you even more.
We want you to be able to
enjoy Hi-Fi RUSH, whether you're
a rhythm pro or not.
I look so cool doing this.
Chai also gets by with a little help
from his friends, literally.
Get up, slacker.
We've got work to do.
Chai will team up with unlikely allies
who expand his repertoire of moves
both in and out of combat.
There's Peppermint breaking barriers
and juggling enemies.
Along with Macaron smashing enemy
armor and knocking back enemies.
Tag teaming with Chai's partners in
attacks opens up huge possibilities
for dynamic combos and over-the-top action.
Ehh, that's not bad.
The extra help is handy because
when you're not fighting,
you're going to be running around
and wreaking havoc all over
Vandelay's corporate headquarters
where everything is trying to take you down.
You and your partners have a
singular goal in mind:
Taking down the bosses of
Vandelay Technologies.
Besides wanting to erase Chai
for being a defect, it seems
they've got something a little bit more
sinister on their corporate agenda.
You'll fight through each department
to take them all on.
Each level with their own
musical spin on the rock genre.
And then we have a showdown.
So let's get ready to crumble!
Boss battles are climactic set pieces,
varying from straight-up fights and
musical minigames, to chase sequences.
Custom choreographed to
licensed music from amazing artists.
Hi-Fi RUSH is like nothing we've made
at Tango before.
And we think it's like
nothing you've ever played before, either.
It's a high-energy, feel-good
Rhythm-Action experience
that's amazingly satisfying to play.
Pretty rockstar move, Chai.