High on Life - The Reviews Were Wrong...

they tried something unique and i honestly respect them for that

The reviewers who hated it for the jokes were right, and the reviewers who loved it for the jokes were also correct. Looking at it through streams, the style of comedy on display here is imo borderline torture to listen to lol, but for people who are into that sort of comedy, the game is probably pretty awesome. Thanks to Gamepass, it's at least cheap and easy to check out

Good to see it being popular. We have way too many generic shooters these days that all look alike.

I was surprisingly really invested in the story of this game by the end. It has a lot more depth than I thought it would and there were plenty of moments that had me laughing so hard. The worlds are also beautiful and my favorite part was exploring these worlds to find hidden areas and chests. You even need to come back to older levels after you unlock new abilities to get everything. I think this game has a ton of charm and was a blast to play and that's coming from someone who never would've purchased this game if it wasn't on gamepass. I'm excited for a sequel!

There is a surprising amount of gameplay depth and secrets to find. On the surface, it seems like a quick little game.

probably one of the most creative games ive played in a long time. The way they combined the FPS and platforming elements was ingenious and the story was pretty solid. It was visually interesting you can tell the devs put a lot of thought into the level design and allowing the player to combine different movement abilities along with gatlian abilities. Pretty impressive first step into this genre and I cant wait to see what they have next

I really liked playing through this game, but my biggest complaint is there isn’t a lot of incentives for playing with different guns. They have cool different abilities, but I found myself mostly sticking to Kenny or Creature, aside from environmental puzzles that required different guns. Made it feel like Gus and Sweezy were barely part of the game. I would’ve liked to hear the other guns talk more even if I’m not using them, especially in dialogue scenarios.

Well, almost needless to say that it is highly unlikely we'll be getting a sequel now :/

Absolutely loved it, the humour kept it from getting repetitive. If your on the fence about it still give it a try you might just end up finding a fun game

gus' special ability is actually pretty useful bc u can bounce it back with knifey 3 or 4 times and it goes directly to enemies. It also melts the first few bosses. Btw, loved the game and it's bizarreness.

My advice for the sequel would be (if it stays a metroidvania) to have a map. I don't mean a Ubisoft style map that instantly tells me where every collectible is, just want to know which area has how many collectibles left and which area is cleared.

One part I loved about High on Life was the extreme amount of static comedic content, and the weird TV shows they include on the TV at your house, I have to admit that I spent way too much time sitting in the living room after the first mission watching them, and it was totally worth it.

had a blast, great progression, felt rewarded after every boss battle with the new guns and equipment. humor was hilarious. felt ad-libed and authentic. gunplay felt good the movement system is awesome especially when you get the slide and jetpack. story was really engaging. characters had depth. and the guns were so cool. Easter eggs and side missions are really cool there's a lot of hidden things all throughout the game that also keep you wanting to play more. only gripe I had was that it would get boring fighting the same enemies at times. like most of the people you kill are just the yellow bums its almost too easy. overall id rate it a 8.3/10 super fun game lost points for the repetitive combat just killing the same enemies over and over until you reach the boss. id definitely check it out if you have game pass. tbh the game is kinda short and for that reason alone I don't believe it should be 60 bucks. 30 would be a fair price point cuz the main quest is only like 10 hours long.

I loved this game so much. One of my favorite parts is that vivid actors break character and laugh and it stays in 😂😂 like tweegs character does that when meet him

This video has not aged well in two weeks

I just absolutely love the art style. we need more worlds like this

It's on Gamepass, very easy recommendation if you have that. It's extremely talky, but it's not like Uncharted or Dad of War where they bring the game to a crawl to force you to listen.

Not every game can be a 5 course gourmet meal, sometimes you just want a little fast food. I loved this game, even as a nearly 40-year old mom that never really watched Rick & Morty. It's not perfect, but it was a fun game that made me laugh more than most games.

Honestly what hooked me was your sister's opening dialogue in the intro. She decends into typical teenage girl talk madness, continuing to drone on and on for what felt like 4 hours without actually saying anything. I honestly went crosseyed then started to daydream while pretending to half-ass pay attention while she kept babbling on. She was definitely grating as you said, but it was in a weirdly good way. I actually felt like I time traveled about 20 years and was back in high school pretending to listen to your girlfriend. Some writer(s) actually wrote teen dialogue and it sounded real, and not like some moronic clueless Hollywood writer in his 50s wrote it. So after listening to her and feeling like searching for the nearest window to jump out of instead just so you don't have to listen to one more second of your sister talk, I was hooked. I thought if they can nail this that well, let's see where else this goes. That and getting a full-length commentary track of RedLetterMedia doing a MST3K homage in a theatre was well worth admission price, even if admission price was Gamepass subscription.

Well given the fact that the founder of Squanch and primary voice actor has been arrested, I wonder what the chances of a sequel are now...