Topher
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A man after my own heart.
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High on Life | Review Thread
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A man after my own heart.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I hope you find the theater soon. If you're a fan of red letter media, you'll want to sit around for an hour and a half
bender
What time is it?
I hope you find the theater soon. If you're a fan of red letter media, you'll want to sit around for an hour and a half
That and AMEM is why I continue this slog.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Nothing will compare to my happiness stumbling upon that entirely on my own with no expectations or spoilers. Its funny but your enjoyment will be lessened by advance notice and over hype.
No games ever do this. Its a wonderful Easter egg.
bender
What time is it?
It's the drawback of playing games at a one achievement per day pace.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
I pleaded with everyone to guard spoilers with their life on this. Laughter is involuntary.
Topher
Gold Member
What is "AMEM"?
bender
What time is it?
Achieve More Earn More. Part of the rewards program. You get 50 points per day for earning an achievement. I don't think it's possible for me to run out of achievement options but the mental block in my head has me stop playing a game after I earn an achievement. High on Life has been rough as you pop a ton of achievements early on. I've been playing since launch and I'm finally up to 3rd bounty boss (Kubris).
Topher
Gold Member
Ah.....ok. Know what that is just never didn't put it together with the acronym. I'm pretty good about staying on top of the daily/weekly quests, but I'm hit and miss with AMEM.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Im on boss 4 and I dont pay attention to that lol. Girlfriend restriction.
bender
What time is it?
A healthy restriction either way.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Another boss down. Awesome fight.
Starting Blood Harvest now lol ...
Starting Blood Harvest now lol ...
Torrent of Pork
Banned
I just finished the first boss, and I'm glad the humor isn't utterly nihilistic like R&M.
manfestival
Member
Just finished the game. I think I would rate the game like a 7.5. The narrative is definitely stronger than most things. some of the aspects of the game grew on me over time like the graphics and the gameplay. I do definitely like that there are different outcomes based on decisions
remember_spinal
Banned
If only people had the same objectivity to Destruction All Stars which actually has a higher metacritic rating 
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vaibhavpisal
Member
If only people had the same objectivity to Destruction All Stars which actually has a higher metacritic rating
Did you loved it?
High on Life has more fun and character in first 5 mins than a lot of games have in their entirety.
If only people had the same objectivity to Destruction All Stars which actually has a higher metacritic rating
It was free on PS+. Tons of people gave it a chance. It didn’t stick and didn’t go viral
oldergamer
Member
Why are you talking about some other bad game in this thread?If only people had the same objectivity to Destruction All Stars which actually has a higher metacritic rating
Basically a mischievous post. At multiple times, the poster himself has called Destruction All Stars ‘bland’, ‘not fun’ and an epic failure.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Sounds like the complete opposite of high on life....maybe the poster was getting mixed up.....
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
That's the joke.
Sw0pDiller
Member
Don't understand why this game get it's own tread? Reads like a buggy meh game.
Hero of Spielberg
Member
Saw the reviews but decided to stream it on GP to give it a go. It’s awesome after a couple of hours. I don’t get the negativity?
i played through the whole game on xcloud and had no bugs, reviewers didnt have the day one patch.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
It's actually a good game. Great fun.
oldergamer
Member
Again, I don't see why he would bother bringing it "multiple times" into a conversation about high on life. The gameplay of DS bears no similarity to HoL. Its totally ridiculous to post Metacritic numbers for other games that nobody is playing, and compare them to a game that many people are playing.
If you have gamepass, you can just play it and see if you like it. There is little to no need to express concern over metacritic ( note the scores there can also be skewed ) when most people are in a position to judge for themselves. Honestly the need for review scores is a thing of the past imo.
oldergamer
Member
I'm almost finished and have yet to see any bugs. Its a far better game then i was expecting with a level of polish you don't see on most titles. That's why it has its own thread.
Little Chicken
Member
I literally only have one criticism of the game and that's the hub world being fairly quiet. They need to patch some more NPCs and ambient noise in.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Beat this a few days ago. Loved it, but a larger budget and maybe another month or two of development time would've helped. It has that classic "first game of a new IP" feel.
Absolutely charmed by it though. Still thinking about it regularly days later. 8/10 from me.
The ending was kind of abrubt, but I LOVED
Absolutely charmed by it though. Still thinking about it regularly days later. 8/10 from me.
The ending was kind of abrubt, but I LOVED
the final gun you get. every time I heard "LEZDOIT" I cracked up. So fun
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
If you haven't, go for the sequel bait achievement. It ... is a very big sequel bait as the name suggests lol.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Will do!
Punished Miku
Gold Member
That Blood Harvest shower scene lol. I miss skinemax
Kagey K
Banned
Go make a thread about it instead of derailing in this one.If only people had the same objectivity to Destruction All Stars which actually has a higher metacritic rating
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Punished Miku
Gold Member
5th boss down. Somehow every single one is great lol. And they're all different.
Now I'm
I love this game lol.
Now I'm
at space Applebee's lol.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Loved the whole gag there. So painfully realistic.
Bridges
Member
The "Mods Please Ban" achievement won't pop, still says I have to visit three areas in downtown blim which is impossible not to do throughout the course of the game. Real bummer after 100%ing everything else to see the ticker stuck at 85% for this last achievement.
All that aside, game was awesome, really glad this exists and is getting a lot of well deserved buzz. I hope they have a higher budget for the sequel for more areas and enemy variety. Humor was great from start to finish, several of the gags at the very end were probably the funniest scripted moments I've ever seen in games.
All that aside, game was awesome, really glad this exists and is getting a lot of well deserved buzz. I hope they have a higher budget for the sequel for more areas and enemy variety. Humor was great from start to finish, several of the gags at the very end were probably the funniest scripted moments I've ever seen in games.
Jaybe
Member
Was just there, I’m probably 10 minutes ahead of you lol
LordOfChaos
Member
Just finished. I thought the end was a bit of a fizzle and the certain sacrifice resolved too quickly to have any real impact, but still, solid enough game to play on gamepass. I think it ended at about the right time too, wouldn't have wanted it to stretch more, but it was enough to be satisfying.
Now sitting in the house watching alien commercials lol.
Where's Lizzie after all this in the house btw? I also happened to think her voice actress was the weakest of the bunch through the whole game, not super important though
Now sitting in the house watching alien commercials lol.
Where's Lizzie after all this in the house btw? I also happened to think her voice actress was the weakest of the bunch through the whole game, not super important though
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Watching some Vampire Hookers now. So far the other 3 were better but its okay lol. Reminds me of Black Samurai. Definitely 1970s.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I just saw Stewart Lee (the UK's masterful comedian, who is also undisputedly left wing) joke that someone in his audience was racist, for reasons that definitely would not indicate that someone was racist.
I think that's a case closed for me. The joke is not there to bait "woke" people. Unless Stewart Lee is suddenly adopted by Nigel Farage and co.
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FeastYoEyes
Member
Anyone know where to gather warp drives after the end of the game? I have one warp disc left (the expensive one) and want to try to get it.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Just wander around and anytime an enemy base warps in, they have a warp drive crystal. I found several in the jungle in areas I'd already been to. But who knows.
They also show up on the radar as a blue mark if you're close.
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Hugare
Member
I'm playing right now, and tho there are some things to love here, the gameplay is really ho-hum so far and is starting to bore me
Bosses are a highlight. Loved Douglas and 9-Torg, specially Douglas.
Art design and animations are really great. Characters move fluidly and are very expressive.
Human characters (well, your sister) are bland in comparison, but alien animations truly shine
Jokes sometimes land, but more often than not it misses, imo. And this is coming from someone who loves R&M.
It's a decent, 7.0 game so far. Nothing extraordinary, but enjoyable.
But really impressive as the first AA-ish game from Squanch Games.
With the money that they are gonna get from this game's popularity, I see a good future for them
Bosses are a highlight. Loved Douglas and 9-Torg, specially Douglas.
Art design and animations are really great. Characters move fluidly and are very expressive.
Human characters (well, your sister) are bland in comparison, but alien animations truly shine
Jokes sometimes land, but more often than not it misses, imo. And this is coming from someone who loves R&M.
It's a decent, 7.0 game so far. Nothing extraordinary, but enjoyable.
But really impressive as the first AA-ish game from Squanch Games.
With the money that they are gonna get from this game's popularity, I see a good future for them
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Grildon Tundy
Gold Member
That 100% threw me for a loop. The way I figured out it was in-game and not actually at my door was because I was playing with headphones, and my dog didn't start howling lmao
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Glad I wasn't the only one lol.
Grildon Tundy
Gold Member
I'm early on, but the part
had me legitimately cracking up for a good ten seconds or so. If I can get one moment like that per hour, this will be the funniest game ever made for me
where you first go down to the slums and run into a guy nonchalantly going "Oh, man, I broke my leg coming down that pipe. Be careful" as his leg sat completely separated from his body
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You can go back to that location even after finishing the quests in that specific area for more ambient lines from the NPCs.
They wrote and recorded a metric ton of NPC dialogue for this game.