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[Bernkastel]

Poor man's Sunset Overdrive 2.

When a guy's test in gaming is so much dictated by a coroporation he wants to shill that he compared a rhythm game with poor man's Jet Set Radio.

 

[Barakov]

Poor man's Sunset Overdrive 2.

 

[intheinbetween]

No reviews yet?

 

[Roberts]

So I finally found some free time and sat down to play this, if only for an hour. I'm not a huge fan of games like DMC, because I have difficulty remembering all the infinite amount of combos, but I think my problem was that I could never really give a shit about characters and the stories themselves and thus not immersing myself in the game itself. I gave up on Scarlet Nexus pretty early and DMC5 attempts at humour made my teeth ache. But this one works like a charm - it is instantly likeable, has a lot of music that I listened 15-20 years ago and actually made me chuckle more than one occasion. And, ha, I actually remember the combos instead of just spamming all the buttons.

Still have to work on my timing. Usually get around 60-70%, but I think it is because I played on wireless headphones.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

When a guy's test in gaming is so much dictated by a coroporation he wants to shill that he compared a rhythm game with poor man's Jet Set Radio.

Due to having the most quoted post in this thread I had to reward myself. Go check it out again.

 

[shiru]

So Sunset Overdrive+Scott Pilgrim with similarly shitty characters and writing. Shame as the rest looks good.

 

[RoboFu]

Game is nothing like sunset overdrive.

It’s also one of those games that unlocks more features as you play.

I liked it when I first started playing it but now I love it around the third stage!

 

[Banjo64]

Due to having the most quoted post in this thread I had to reward myself. Go check it out again.

You in this thread

 

[GHG]

No reviews yet?

10/10

There you go.

Also all the sunset overdrive comparisons are strange. It plays nothing like it but it's everything I wanted sunset overdrive to be when I was playing it.

 

[Banjo64]

Glad to see PS bros enjoying it too, just goes to show that good games are good games and that's all people want from Xbox.

 

[Mr Branding]

No reviews yet?

Like Bayonetta/Devil May Cry ? Are you an enjoyer of music ? Appreciate cartoony / anime / cel shaded art styles? Dabbled with rhythm games before and found some mild enjoyment?

Then this game might be a 10/10 for you. Find out for only 29.99€. From the makers of The Evil Within and blessed by Shinji Mikami, try Hi Fi Rush. Out now

 

[suspicious mind]

Achievement notifications seem bugged but restarting your Xbox is supposed to fix this. Finished the second boss today. I'm still having a good time but it hasn't gotten its' claws into me yet. I think that has something to do with the default difficulty level.

I saw a couple of people posting that notifications were bugged but i was playing high on life yesterday and the achievements also didnt pop on my xbox. However they did pop on my phone so it is or was probably an xbox live issue and not the game itself

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Glad to see PS bros enjoying it too

Unfortunately

 

[RGB'D]

There's a delay for all attacks. Between hitting the light attack perfectly on beat and when the attack hits is a huge window. it doesn't actually land until the next beat.

Light attack pressed on beat 1 won't hit until beat 2. Heavy attack pressed on beat 1 won't hit until beat 3.

Man is your latency off? That isn't true. Light attacks hit when the dudes yell for on the beat hit. They aren't delayed. The heavy attacks are delayed a beat but heavy attacks are always slower

 

[OverHeat]

The game is fucking nuts I can’t stop playing good job tango!!!

 

[Punished Miku]

Man is your latency off? That isn't true. Light attacks hit when the dudes yell for on the beat hit. They aren't delayed. The heavy attacks are delayed a beat but heavy attacks are always slower

The first attack kind of feels like it has a delay, but once it connects and you start a combo, it is perfectly on beat. Overall, it feels great to control.

 

[intheinbetween]

Like Bayonetta/Devil May Cry ? Are you an enjoyer of music ? Appreciate cartoony / anime / cel shaded art styles? Dabbled with rhythm before and found some mild enjoyment?

Then this game might be a 10/10 for you. For only 29.99€, from the makers of The Evil Within and blessed by Shinji Mikami, try Hi Fi Rush. Out now

I’m already a sucker for Hi-Fi Rush though I’m interested in reception by media

 

[DenchDeckard]

It's not a narrative, it's true. There are at least 2 of them who are.

woah, name and shame em!

No reviews yet?

raining 10/10s incoming

 

[MidGenRefresh]

How long is this game?

 

[Interfectum]

Poor man's Sunset Overdrive 2.

Spoiler

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I might have to pick this up. It looks incredible.

 

[Luipadre]

track 4... wtf this game gets better with every stage. Im blown away

 

[cireza]

I might have to pick this up. It looks incredible.

I am really enjoying the game.

Main character reminds me of Aladdin from Disney 1992.

 

[Interfectum]

I am really enjoying the game.

Main character reminds me of Aladdin from Disney 1992.

Wow he totally does.

 

[Markio128]

There’s no disputing that this game looks pretty awesome. I’ll defo be giving it a go at some point.

 

[shiru]

I might have to pick this up. It looks incredible.

cringe af.

 

[Punished Miku]

cringe af.

That's kind of the point, he's supposed to be a loser at this point in the game.

Trust me, it works when you're playing it. Game is a masterpiece.

 

[Billbofet]

The first attack kind of feels like it has a delay, but once it connects and you start a combo, it is perfectly on beat. Overall, it feels great to control.

I felt that too, but the game pushes/delays that first attack to always match the beat. You won't get the hurrah sound you would if you nail it, but it sets you up to still get combos beyond the first hit.
I am five levels in and almost always miss the first beat, but I've gotten quite good at the combos and I'm loving being airborne during the majority of most fights. Game rules!

 

[SlimySnake]

Does the game open up? i got to the big city and figured it would go open world from there but its still just a bunch of linear corridor levels.

Not feeling the combat so far but my son seems to love it.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

Better in terms of good will, certainly. Better in terms of audience awareness and mind share? I seriously doubt it. If you aren't very clued in to gaming media you still haven't heard about this one.

I guess it depends on what MS's goal is here. GamePass is still a new frontier in terms of a business model.

Maybe they expect people to just log in to Game Pass and see an interesting box art and click it. Or just for word of mouth to carry it. That's definitely possible but none of my gamer friends had heard about it when I asked them and that's not a good sign.

Your putting way to much thought energy into this, word of mouth will carry this game for months. There is no hard deadline on how much this can sell in a certain amount of time.
The games released, word of mouth will carry it.
If you haven’t witnessed what a real sleeper hit is. This is it in motion.

The fact that you haven’t played it (guessing you haven’t) and have this many complaints? Why would anyone take you seriously?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Better in terms of good will, certainly. Better in terms of audience awareness and mind share? I seriously doubt it. If you aren't very clued in to gaming media you still haven't heard about this one.

I guess it depends on what MS's goal is here. GamePass is still a new frontier in terms of a business model.

Maybe they expect people to just log in to Game Pass and see an interesting box art and click it. Or just for word of mouth to carry it. That's definitely possible but none of my gamer friends had heard about it when I asked them and that's not a good sign.

Dude, a lot of people are talking about this game and blown away by it....It came out 2 days ago....lets that organic growth happen.....organically.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Either I suck or the Achievments are borked on mine. Come to think of it I've not seen an achievment popup in any game for a long time. I might have it turned off or something.
Wife came home last night and I turned the sound down all the way and just played for a few min using the bouncy cat head as a que. Not as fun but worked.

 

[Games of Today]

It does seem to be getting worse…. And my patience with it is getting very thin. It’s such a pandering writing style

Trust me man you're not alone. I, as well as many others are here for you.

 

[SportsFan581]

I might have to pick this up. It looks incredible.

While I like realistic graphics too, I've always loved this animation style. I don't know what capabilities this particular engine has, but there really isn't any kind of game that you couldn't make with animations this smooth (shooters -3rd and 1st, adventure, rpg, etc.). Somehow the more hand drawn look allows for really imaginative environments and characters.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

I am really enjoying the game.

Main character reminds me of Aladdin from Disney 1992.

Boom, thank you! Me and my son were playing last night and we kept saying the dude feels so familiar, reminds us of someone we’ve seen before.
The Aladdin attitude comparison is right on.

 

[damidu]

man how do you even play this?
think i have zero rythm sense
can’t keep up with visual cues, are you guys syncing the button taps to music or something?

 

[SportsFan581]

man how do you even play this?
think i have zero rythm sense
can’t keep up with visual cues, are you guys syncing the button taps to music or something?

Pay attention to the baseline of the music for the most part. Practice the timing a bit when an area uses a new song and you'll get the timing down okay, I don't have much of an ear for it myself and that is working for me. Using my headset vs. earbuds seemed to help me out as well. LOL

 

[Mr Reasonable]

man how do you even play this?
think i have zero rythm sense
can’t keep up with visual cues, are you guys syncing the button taps to music or something?

Yes, the gameplay syncs with the music. Try tapping your toe if you can't get it at first.

You could also change the sound balance so there's more music - just turn everything else down a little.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

man how do you even play this?
think i have zero rythm sense
can’t keep up with visual cues, are you guys syncing the button taps to music or something?

Yes, just tap to the kick drum. You can mash it up like X X X Y Y X X Y Y. You can also do subdivision too. Just like playing guitar lol.

 

[Mr Branding]

Bros, these boss fights, the music direction, getting them S ranks ..

 

[Mr Reasonable]

This is really nice to see, people just being positive.

 

[Kataploom]

Poor man's Sunset Overdrive 2.

Spoiler

This is funny because it's actually more expensive than Sunset Overdrive on stores lol

BTW Great OT title haha

 

[Punished Miku]

man how do you even play this?
think i have zero rythm sense
can’t keep up with visual cues, are you guys syncing the button taps to music or something?

Just count the down beats. 1, 2, 3, 4. Tap your foot. Look at the character snapping his fingers when idling and double that speed, tap. He also does a foot tap in between combos to show the beat. Also everything in the environment dances to the same tempo. He even runs at that tempo with his footsteps I believe.

 

[Billbofet]

I almost never, ever replay a game. I think the last time I did was Dark Souls or Mario Odyssey maybe five years ago.
This one, I fully plan on playing through again as I feel I'm actually learning how to play it better as I go.

 

[Punished Miku]

I almost never, ever replay a game. I think the last time I did was Dark Souls or Mario Odyssey maybe five years ago.
This one, I fully plan on playing through again as I feel I'm actually learning how to play it better as I go.

I'm running through normal then replaying on hard in Japanese.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Your putting way to much thought energy into this, word of mouth will carry this game for months. There is no hard deadline on how much this can sell in a certain amount of time.
The games released, word of mouth will carry it.
If you haven’t witnessed what a real sleeper hit is. This is it in motion.

I hope so! We'll see as the months go on, I guess.

The fact that you haven’t played it (guessing you haven’t) and have this many complaints? Why would anyone take you seriously?

I've been playing it and I love the shit out of it. Absolutely a 9/10. I'm not complaining about the game, I'm worried it won't get the notice it deserves.

 

[Raven117]

Trust me man you're not alone. I, as well as many others are here for you.

Feels good to be supported.

 

[Kvally]

There's a delay for all attacks. Between hitting the light attack perfectly on beat and when the attack hits is a huge window. it doesn't actually land until the next beat.

Light attack pressed on beat 1 won't hit until beat 2. Heavy attack pressed on beat 1 won't hit until beat 3.

I wonder if it's an issue with your TV? Light attacks here have no delay. Matches entirely on beat the second I press.

 

[Kacho]

Whew lads

Not bad for an RKO outta nowhere shadow drop

 

[SF Kosmo]

I wonder if it's an issue with your TV? Light attacks here have no delay. Matches entirely on beat the second I press.

No he's correct. Hits land on the beat, but it's the next beat. That's just how the game works. But you still get the sound on the first beat (if you've hit your timing), so it all feels right.