The developer of Hi-Fi Rush revealed how Shaun of the Dead and other Edgar Wright films inspired the new game.
Xbox's newest exclusive, Hi-Fi Rush, was heavily inspired by the filmography of acclaimed director Edgar Wright. Xbox has been heavily criticized for the last few years for not having consistently great exclusives. It really stands out in comparison to PlayStation and Nintendo which are releasing game of the year-level exclusives that are both incredibly fun to play and even sometimes have amazing stories, some of which are now being adapted for the big screen.
The game came out of left field and was an immediate hit, but many people were surprised it came from The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks. It's very different from the studio's other games and according to director John Johanas, that was very intentional. Johanas wanted to change the studio's image after The Evil Within 2 and that led to what would become Hi-Fi Rush. Johanas noted in an interview with Xbox that he was then inspired by the films of Edgar Wright.
"One of the earliest things we had– and this kind of influenced the direction on our style for how we did things – was the movies that Edgar Wright as a director would make," said Johanas."And I know maybe people would compare this to Baby Driver, which is about music — music to tied to the images very coherently — but actually this pre-dated that significantly.
Johanas also revealed that he took inspiration from Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs the World for the protagonist, calling him a bit of an anti-hero. However, he's not an anti-hero because he's bad, but simply because he's dumb and doesn't conform to the typical hero archetypes. The inspirations are more than apparent when you look at Hi-Fi Rush with this in mind.
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