15 Most PHENOMENAL Video Game Moments Of 2023

8. Roquefort's Reveal & Boss Fight - Hi-Fi Rush

Speaking of shadow drops, Microsoft got out there before Metroid, releasing the utterly unknown Hi-Fi Rush in January, from Evil Within developers, Tango Gameworks.

Not only was the game an immediate hit through a G O R G E O U S art style and rhythmic hack n' slash gameplay, but its bosses were memorably larger than life too.

Specifically, Roquefort. An unassuming man turned hulking great mech-wolf, you fight Roquefort in three stages, each transition animated beautifully, with the climax of the fight being a rhythm minigame for the big finish.

Hi-Fi Rush is 2023's shiniest hidden gem, not because it was unexpected, but because it's so ludicrously, unashamedly BEAUTIFUL, the fact a survival horror dev pivoted this hard, and this well, should be outright championed.