Fuck Microsoft for closing Tango Gameworks, Hi-Fi Rush owns. Rarely has an action game felt so intuitive and effortless. The sheer adrenaline I got from the soundtrack makes me want to replay it almost immediately. I literally jumped of my chair during the cantina scene, although I already knew the song was in the game. And I did it again during the wolf boss iykyk. As a big fan of rhythm games and an average character action game enjoyer gameplay-wise I'd say Hi-Fi Rush feels almost perfect.
My only criticism is that the story feels sort of bland for most of it and is just set-dressing, the characters feel severely under-cooked and especially the overall message the story carries is one I highly disagree with. I'm okay with the story being mid, but I can't unsee that all being worked towards here is a different person running the company, instead of the guy who developed the literal mind control machine. Never mind that the basic structure of exploitation and the drive to do everything for money (which is what some characters heavily criticize throughout the story) are still in place. Everything the game says against corporatism is very very surface level and in some instances even funny in dialogue, but never brings the thought to an end. That doesn't mean, that there are no funny observation about corporatism and the ins and outs of a production line in this game. The analogy works very well in the realm of games production too, which gives the satire a little more punch and a sad undertone, considering that whatever the joke at hand, has probably happened to multiple people on the team. Game development just sucks.

As a game overall, Hi-Fi rush is a banger from start to finish and I can't recommend it enough, which is something I didn't want to negate with my critique. These are just things I picked up on and disagree with.