Bomb Rush Cyberfunk chapter 3 - Millenium Mall blocked, recruiting Rave (1st location)

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is an action-adventure game developed and published by Team Reptile. The player controls a member of a graffiti Writer gang called Bomb Rush Crew as they use boostpacks traversing around New Amsterdam, paint graffiti, collect beats, combo tricks and facing authority to stake their claim to the sprawling metropolis of New Amsterdam. The game was first released in Japan on Switch on 18 August 2023 and released worldwide for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on the same day afterward.

The game's gameplay bear similarity to Jet Set Radio with the exception of an option to switch between inline skates, skateboards, and BMX with each has different hidden functions, Reputation points (Shortened as REP) which can be gained by replacing other gang's graffiti with theirs, and access to flip phone which the player can use to access available sequence for the graffities they have collected after completing a mission, music for background the player has collected so far (Some of them are found in hard-to-reach platform) which can be manually picked and turned on or off from Red's phone, access to camera with the filter option and switch point of view between front or self (The camer's POV depends on the character's animation while holding the phone) and gallery with the option to view the captured photo in full screen and delete photos. Player gained access to boostpack at the beginning of the game which can help the player reach hard-to-reach platforms with correct timing. Boostpack fuel meter can be replenished by hitting vending machines and dumpsters which will spit out some fuel orbs for the player to collect. Player character also regenerates health over time if they are hurt (By cops, falling, unpassable wall hazard or DJ Cyber's disc during his boss battle).

Unlike Jet Set Radio's combo system, the game's combo can only be increased by leaning left or right before the player character hit a corner while grinding or wallride. The player can also use the boostpack to gain a large amount point multiplied by the player's current combo at the cost of some fuel which is useful for outscoring rival gang in Crew Battle.

The way to Millenium Mall has been blocked by a bunch of speakers, Solace told the BRC that the Oldheads did it and they need to talk to one of the Oldhead to get rid of the speakers. Problem is...they need some REP first before they can talk to them so unless you already covered all the graffiti spots in the Square, it won't be a problem but if you focus on the story, you need to gather more REP points before you can persuade them to open the way. While gathering REP points, I forgot to point out that I haven't recruited Rave yet early in the game (Even though you actually can recruit her very early in the game provided you have enough REP to open the underground bazaar for her 2nd location. I will provide the video after these two I uploaded). Keep in mind though that unlike JSRF, all Writer characters you recruited to your Hideout don't have any reaction dialogue related to the story or event that happen (Static dialogue that won't change no matter the story and no variation once they joined your crew) and just act as silent observer uninvolved directly with the story unless you play as them (Which they act as main support of BRC's cause). Also, just like Jet Set Radio Future, you will know if a character is playable due to their constant habit of dancing on the street when idle. The difference is...these playable characters don't have a dance that switch when you talk to them or when they are idle while Jet Set Radio Future's most characters have different dance depending on the situation (Idle and talking). The closest character we can try to recruit was Rave and she can be found in the Subway area (Broke those glasses of the gate blocking the way to enter Subway). When meeting her, she will ask you to tag the spots on the train when it passes by to impress her. This is actually the first attempt to get her to join you later on