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[Sid Of Bee]

Discovered this game somewhat by chance, noticed a YouTube video about it's controversial reviews... Saw that it was on Game Pass so I checked it out.

I'm hooked.

It's like a funky mix of Metroid Prime, Half-Life, Halo, and Oddworld... with smart in your face raunchy humor. I have enjoyed Rick and Morty before and noticed this is by the same guy and his game studio... Which I was surprisingly unaware of til now.

The colorful and weird graphics that are so full of detail and nuance. Exploration and fun enemy encounters. Great boss fights and mission structure. Cool movement and traversal options that open areas up to you naturally. An enjoyable story that doesn't take itself seriously and doesn't have lengthy non-interactive cutscenes but kind of plays out in front of you ala Half Life.

I didn't expect it, but this is the most fun I've had playing a game in awhile.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Im gonna pass this game... I hate Rick and Morty series.

 

[Jennings]

Hopefully High on Life 2 has the sister turn into a weapon so she can tag along on all missions and snort coke and have sex with all the aliens.

 

[onesvenus]

If you like the humour, it's a really nice game. It might be too much if you are not into it.
I'd say it's sadly overlooked here because it's not on PlayStation

 

[tmlDan]

don't like the humor, and looks like generic combat. Not for me.

Glad its doing well tho, games like this are unique

 

[adamsapple]

Yes, we're discussing it in the review topic

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/high-on-life-review-thread.1647641/

Biggest surprise of 2022 for sure.

 

[Topher]

Fun game. Personally, I like the humor. The gunplay is good, but through four bosses only the guns have really changed and not the enemies. I've been playing in small chunks the last week or so due to Christmas, but I hope to finish in the next few days. A solid shooter overall. 7-ish/10

 

[Revolutionary]

I didn't mind the humor but I stopped playing about halfway through because the gameplay is unbelievably bland.

 

[01011001]

I started playing it after the PC version can now be played with a higher FOV thanks to Flawless Widescreen, so I don't have to throw up while playing.

I like it... it's super janky in many ways but it's pretty fun

 

[GymWolf]

It was surely one of the biggest surprise of the year.

 

[T4keD0wN]

I enjoyed the gameplay and some of the humour. The achievements were funny as hell, but i really disliked the excessive swearing to say they overdid it would be an understatement. Wish knifey and MacNcheese brothers were used a bit more.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Discovered this game somewhat by chance, noticed a YouTube video about it's controversial reviews... Saw that it was on Game Pass so I checked it out.

I'm hooked.

It's like a funky mix of Metroid Prime, Half-Life, Halo, and Oddworld... with smart in your face raunchy humor. I have enjoyed Rick and Morty before and noticed this is by the same guy and his game studio... Which I was surprisingly unaware of til now.

The colorful and weird graphics that are so full of detail and nuance. Exploration and fun enemy encounters. Great boss fights and mission structure. Cool movement and traversal options that open areas up to you naturally. An enjoyable story that doesn't take itself seriously and doesn't have lengthy non-interactive cutscenes but kind of plays out in front of you ala Half Life.

I didn't expect it, but this is the most fun I've had playing a game in awhile.

What are your thoughts?

I was expecting to hate it based on all the reviews. Made me think this game was borderlands 2/3 levels of cringe but after checking it out on Gamepass I fell I love with it. Really applaud the studio for their attempt at a comedic title such games are pretty rare now that p&c adventure games have mostly gone extinct.

 

[Robb]

Enjoyed it a lot, way more than I thought I would. Can’t wait for the sequel - which I’m sure we’ll get considering its success.

 

[Punished Miku]

I absolutely loved it. It displaced Triangle Strategy for me and is now my 3rd best GOTY. The story, humor, easter eggs mixed with almost Nintendo level quality bosses and fun gameplay. I think its the best comedy game ever made by a mile, and probably my favorite FPS ever made.

A sequel will get more investment for movies, comedians, and enemy variety. Its just going to get better. They've got a winner.

 

[cormack12]

 

[adamsapple]

If you like the Roiland humor, you will have a blast with the game.

 

[K' Dash]

I fucked them up immediately and didn't get the last part

 

[Certinty]

One of the best games of the year.

 

[Jack Videogames]

I started, but it's tremendously annoying for me. I hate feeling like four people are spitting jokes to me at once while I'm trying to shoot at the bad guys. NPCs keep talking one over the other and I already have children for that.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Great 7 out of ten game where its a 7 out of ten that's awesome. Loads of fun, but I like Rick and morty so maybe im a piece of shit.....

....yeah, deffo a piece of shit.

 

[chixdiggit]

Just finished it the other day. Thought it was great. Even started to go back and figure out missing chests/crystals/collectables.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

It's one of the most popular games on gamepass/xbox right now, but no, you're the only one playing it.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Did you miss the 18 pages long thread on it

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Kokoloko85]

Alot of hype and threads for a 6/10 game according to average reviews, I wonder why lol…
Rick and Morty is cringe for me, so thats a pass for me

 

[LiquidMetal14]

It's not bad but has so much needless swearing. Like this is circa 2008 and a dev thinks it's cool to toss in bad words for the sake of it. It's bad enough to where I had to change the settings for voice and for the gun/enemy banter to be off.

No kid or anyone of age should think that excessive swearing somehow takes a game go a notch.

 

[Kokoloko85]

Sounds like: Hello fellow friends, have you heard of a service called Gamepass?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Sounds like: Hello fellow friends, have you heard of a service called Gamepass?

Even typed Game Pass™ properly and not Gamepass like most normal gamers.

 

[Kokoloko85]

It's bad enough to where I had to change the settings for voice and for the gun/enemy banter to be off.

Normally I like Banter or talking between characters in video games. But Rick and Morty or Family guy banter…. Id rather have Forspoken out of the cringe battle

 

[Roberts]

It's not bad but has so much needless swearing. Like this is circa 2008 and a dev thinks it's cool to toss in bad words for the sake of it. It's bad enough to where I had to change the settings for voice and for the gun/enemy banter to be off.

No kid or anyone of age should think that excessive swearing somehow takes a game go a notch.

Swearing is part of the world building - it's a universe full of psychos, sociopaths, weirdos un creeps. Of course it will have swearing. It actually never feels forced.

 

[acm2000]

Thoroughly enjoyed it, make sure to try find the secrets and but all the disks as they add a lot to the experience.

I rate it 69/80

 

[GHG]

 

[Punished Miku]

If you guys have actually played it and want to talk about why you don't like it, that would be helpful. Just citing Gamepass is pretty much the lowest form of commentary you could have. I can get incredibly specific about why I think it's a great game. Has nothing to do with Gamepass.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I wish I had more time to play games. With the holidays behind us, I should start to have a little more free time. This is a game I want to really sink my teeth into. I’ve only played the first couple of hours. Which were fantastic.

 

[brian0057]

Yeah, AAA gaming is dead.

 

[DeepEnigma]

If you guys have actually played it and want to talk about why you don't like it, that would be helpful. Just citing Game Pass is pretty much the lowest form of commentary you could have. I can get incredibly specific about why I think it's a great game. Has nothing to do with Game Pass.

FTFY, sugar

 

[KyoZz]

Yeah, my humor is dead.

FTFY.

 

[brian0057]

FTFY.

If it's Roiland's humor, I'm glad it's dead.

 

[KyoZz]

If it's Roiland's humor, I'm glad it's dead.

Good news is that not everything has to be for everyone! How incredible is that?
How about spending less time on things you don't like, and more time on things you do like?

It's a winn-winn situation, we don't have to see those kind of comment (that serve no purpose, for real) you, you don't waste your time!

 

[brian0057]

Good news is that not everything has to be for everyone! How incredible is that?
How about spending less time on things you don't like, and more time on things you do like?

It's a winn-winn situation, we don't have to see those kind of comment (that serve no purpose, for real) you, you don't waste your time!

I'm waiting for Subnautica to update.
Also, don't post on a public forum if you feel in danger of reading opinions you don't like.

 

[Kokoloko85]

If you guys have actually played it and want to talk about why you don't like it, that would be helpful. Just citing Gamepass is pretty much the lowest form of commentary you could have. I can get incredibly specific about why I think it's a great game. Has nothing to do with Gamepass.

The humour just isn’t my thing. But then again Ive only watched a handful of episodes my friends got me to watch. Now if they make a 1st person South Park game like this, Id be interested

 

[KyoZz]

I'm waiting for Subnautica to update.
Also, don't post on a public forum if you feel in danger of reading opinions you don't like.

There is a difference between reading contrary opinions which can be interesting, and just a blatant troll that serve no purpose.
But hey, you do you.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Looks fun. It's on my list of games that I'd like to play in a more immediate future. Which is completely different from my list of games that I'd like to play in a completely unspecified, probably distant future, i.e. "backlog"

 

[Drewpee]

Discovered this game somewhat by chance, noticed a YouTube video about it's controversial reviews... Saw that it was on Game Pass so I checked it out.

I'm hooked.

It's like a funky mix of Metroid Prime, Half-Life, Halo, and Oddworld... with smart in your face raunchy humor. I have enjoyed Rick and Morty before and noticed this is by the same guy and his game studio... Which I was surprisingly unaware of til now.

The colorful and weird graphics that are so full of detail and nuance. Exploration and fun enemy encounters. Great boss fights and mission structure. Cool movement and traversal options that open areas up to you naturally. An enjoyable story that doesn't take itself seriously and doesn't have lengthy non-interactive cutscenes but kind of plays out in front of you ala Half Life.

I didn't expect it, but this is the most fun I've had playing a game in awhile.

What are your thoughts?

It's an Xbox console exclusive so you're going to find theres not a super high opinion on it around here. There's alot of little general complaints from people that haven't actually touched the game.

Personally I am enjoying the hell out of it. Love the little details, makes me feel like Im playing a game the creators really cared about. My only complaint would he the 3d model they used for the sister. She looks weird and out of placed compared to the rest of the game.

 

[Sid Of Bee]

Lol. Not so. But I see why it looks like that. Honestly just hooked on this game.

 

[Sid Of Bee]

Did you miss the 18 pages long thread on it

Yes.

 

[Topher]

It's an Xbox console exclusive so you're going to find theres not a super high opinion on it around here. There's alot of little general complaints from people that haven't actually touched the game.

Well, if someone hasn't played the game then that is one thing, but let's not pretend complaints about the game are isolated to folks "around here". Plenty of reviewers were not kind at all. Unfairly so, imo, but it is what it is.

 

[adamsapple]

It's a good game.

 

[DeepEnigma]

It's a good game.

 

[LaughingStock]

The idea of ricky and morty yelling at me for hours on end didn't appeal to me at first. But I have to admit I've been enjoying this game. It makes me chuckle from time to time. Gameplay and visuals aren't bad either.