High on Life - The Reviews Were Wrong... 

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

they tried something unique and i honestly respect them for that

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 :/

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

My interaction with the Mac an Cheese brothers had me laughing harder than anything in years

Whenever anyone says "you either love it or hate it" and I try it, I ironically always find it mid (which is how I felt about High On Life)

I started High On Life a few days ago. The humor isn't always up my alley, but it's given me a few laugh out loud moments. That all said, the art design is fantastic, the weapon and enemy animations add a massive amount of character, and I actually am really enjoying the gameplay, which stresses exploration of its beautiful environments in a way I wasn't expecting.

I really like your point about Elden ring. We get so caught up in who is right and wrong that we forget that it must be quite alienating and even depressing to bounce so hard off a game that gives so many smart and passionate people so much joy.

All the over the top Rock and Morty worshipers vs regular people. That's what's so polarizing. The fan base has more loyalty than the Mason girls did for Charley. They could take a crap, sign it, and SOMEONE of these troglodytes would buy it for a few grand. It's zealotry. I like Rick and Morty as well but damn.

It's okay for something to not be for you. Not everything needs to appeal to all audiences. If something isn't for you, just move on, and find your own things. But don't crap all over something just because it's not for you.

this is the best example of the metaphor... 'don't judge a book by it's cover' after looking at the trailers... I thought I'll never play such a game... but one of my friends nagged me to play it so much that I gave it a try... and I had a blast... yeah... try this game out... 🔥🔥🔥

One of the funniest games I've ever played. Absolutely loved it

You know why that fight was so hard for you? Cause you didn't use creature! You fire Creatures kids all over and switch to another gun and shoot while the kids eat away at everything's life

The "secret ending" is not really an "ending", you don't need to finish to game to do it. It unlocks after the Nipulon Bounty. It's a "secret part of the game", as Clugg's sons tell you when you're leaving the area.

the humor is so repetitive and it doesn't even have a good gameplay loop to justify it. i can appreciate what they were trying to do, but i didn't realize how annoying the rick and morty humor could get when it wasn't in 15 min episodes that i had a break in between for. like they genuinely made you sit through playable cut scenes before you could get to the next area because they were that confident that they were being funny but really you're just sitting there with no skip button, being forced to sit in the main house while 2 characters have whole ass conversations. it was definitely new and different, but in my opinion, not in a way that worked. happy for anyone who enjoyed it though, as im kinda jealous and really wanted to cause i love rick and morty and loved the idea of a game with the same feel to it.

I used Creature almost exclusively after unlocking him and i found his dialogue to actually be pretty good. Especially during the detective sections he had me laughing out loud, and i also found he was kind of overpowered especially during the bro tron fight

The game being saved to a file called ‘Oregon’ could be a reference to the old game called ‘Oregon trail’

Mario has been jumping around with the same turtles and porcupines for years and I've never heard one complaint about enemy variety. fun little game

I'm a big Rick and Morty fan so this was perfect for me. I love the random, mainly ad-libbed dialogue. It's so refreshing

The characters and atmosphere are a ton of fun but the combat is so one dimensional. I wish he could transform into different kinds of guns, and the knife guy barely talks lol.

2 rules to enjoy a game: 1. Don’t read reviews 2. Ignore RU-vidrs Bit like with real life actually.

There’s so many shooters like call of duty , battlefield, titanfall. This was a least different from other shooter which all the same. Doom, Halo I want more different stuff like this. I can’t wait for the sequel

you've convinced me to try this out. I really enjoyed Rick n Morty during the first couple seasons when it came out years ago, but sadly the fandom kind of ruined it for me. I'm sure the later seasons are even better, and this game will most likely be good too, no more hating from me this year 💪

This is the problem with game reviewers and game journalists these days, when an amazing Triple A game comes out and does something good, the bar for game design gets pushes higher and higher so when those reviewers play a lesser game that does the same thing it comes across as "lackluster" or "repetitive", like any game that has grappling hooks now cus of doom eternal is just an "imitation" to them not an innovation.

This game is how games should be and used to be before everyone went serious, wok, cinematic. Games used to be made by bunch of dudes who wanted to make cool games. Clearly reviewers just want same old crap and has picked a side to stay connected in the industry.

Dude honestly man, I absolutely loved it bro, and the gameplay was so dope dude, it was like some throwback PS2 type stuff

Welp, looks like we won’t be getting a sequel.

I feel like this game is almost a modern Boogerman. The crudeness and even grotesque nature. This was much more defined and I would love to see a sequel. The layout reminds me of Jax2 or Banjo Kazooie. Open world but strict level design.

Your friendship with the gun should be more dynamic -

Really love High On Life but at the same time I see why others don't like it at all. It's been a ton of fun so far

26:16 also “WE DID IT!!!” for the ending

You want a great game? Take a shot every time Luke says 'Outrageous' 🤣

I'm not a fan of the humor but I'm glad unique games like this are being made

It's the kind of game that I probably wouldn't spend $60 dollars on but makes me glad I have gamepass.

Get it from gamepass, alone worth the $15. You'd be glorcking yourself in the nub nubs if you didn't. They straight up put an entire MST3K movie in as a joke.

Creature was literally the most broken gun in the game, apart from letzduit. All u do is shoot close to the enemies and the little guys do all the work. You don't even have to hit them with the shots. Also they bring you armor from the enemies they kill

I loved the game. Great addition to gamepass. My suggestions for the sequel: 1. A save feature rather than relying on auto save. Since it would be useful to save at some key moments and load the game back up again (if needed). When I was in the saloon for the duel, I lost but then all the characters inside the saloon ended up randomly dying? 2. A map design similar to jedi fallen order. So it doesn’t impact on the HUD and even the guns could joke about how often you keep stopping or spending looking at the map. 3. A feature like Arkham city which highlights where a chest is so you can return to it later. Since you can find a lot while exploring but they are not accessible since you haven’t unlocked the relevant gun. And then trying to recreate your steps can be difficult. 4. The soundtrack- keep that team. The soundtrack when exploring is so so good.

The gatliens are so cute and I laughed way more than I expected. I love the casual cruelty you're able to get away with.

“gender neutral pronouns” is not the correct term, the correct term for that is: Postmodernist New Speak

Suspense bro!!! I need to know what that Origins/Valhalla mechanic you mentioned is?!?

Gonna have to disagree hard when it comes to Creature. During the whole last act he’s the only one trying to keep the gang together. He also trivialized most of the late game bosses. That trio you claimed was hard and used Kenny for? I just used Creature and watched their health bars drain.

Never have I recommend a game enough based purely on it's comedy. I love this style of comedy because it's not depressing. Though I didn't laugh much during my playthrough. Because the type of humor is how me and my friends talk normally to eachother on the daily. But it was still a fun playthrough. For me it's a one and done. Maybe I'll come back in 10 years and do it again. If you're that type of gamer then give it a chance. You'll know within the first hour or even half hour if you'll enjoy it.

I enjoyed the game but reviews are opinions. You can’t call them wrong As a game reviewer yourself you should know this

It's on sale in playstation store and on the fence, 35.00 for the full dlc version of the game seems like a great deal, should I get it? Is it replayable?

I wanna play this game but I hate buying digital games and I’m not down for Gamepass, so I’ll wait for this game to get cheaper, or hopefully get a physical release. Big props to Justin Roiland tho, keeping it $60 like it should be, while the rest of the industry is letting greed take over.

There's a setting to tune the guns speech. Unless its a mission objective don't talk to anyone, there you go problem solved. I really dont know what people expected out of this creator but its exactly how i thought I'd be.

Completely unrelated to the content of the video. Is that a detolf cabinet your Lego pyramid of Giza is in? I have one of each but haven't built the set because I didn't know if it would fit inside. I didn't want to put it together and have nowhere to display it properly.

I enjoyed high on life as a game but honestly I enjoyed trover more in terms of comedy. It may be because I played trover first and so therefore knew some of the tropes already, but were SEVERAL moments in trover where I was cackling out loud. Honestly pretty much the entire experience I was reeling. If you'd like a more contained experience in a similar vein as high on life then check out Trover Saves the Universe

I’ll never pay full price for a 10 hr experience no matter how funny or not funny something is.

Gotta love that Roiland voice parody.

You know what man? I got into this review thinking like "Oh another guy that is gonna throw hate to a game just for not being perfect" and I got out of this video pretty satisfied, you recognize that of course the game isn't perfect but you're not requesting all of this crazy things that all the reviewers are usually requesting and you are realistic in the way that you know that the company did their best to create a project that the like with what they had and I can sure say that I did like it too. I appreciate channels like yours cause there is not too many of channels like that anymore out there, all I see is videos of people already shitting on a game that isn't even out yet and this is a good change, more realistic and positive reviews, keep it up.

They don't use the pronoun "they" for the player, everyone just calls u The Bountyhunter, Bountyhunter, or 'human'

I have no evidence of this, but I truly believe deep down, that reviewers said they didn’t like the humor because most reviewers didn’t want people to think they could be entertained by toilet humor. Especially after they all gushed about the emotional writing and acting in God of War Ragnarok. Again, I have no evidence of this. It just ‘feels’ like they didn’t want readers to believe they could like deep emotional content in one game and a poop joke in another.

Hahaha, that impression of Justin Roiland with picking up the phone caught me off guard. You could practice for 20 minutes and have an awesome impression cooking.

Tedius gameplay with a lot of backtracking. Easily missed upgrades with no indication where to get them... the rest was fun.

I just saw the thumbnail to this video the first thing I thought was if you go to settings you can just turn off the gun narrative... problem solved. I didn't though because I knew exactly what I was getting into it's called reviewing your game before you buy it. 🙄

i'd play an entire game with divorce lawyer phil good times

I hope they prioritise double-jump in the sequel.

OMG your Kenny impression is spot on.

The game is hilarious. Some people just don't do humor. Also the game mechanics are solid. Nonstop fun and jokes, what more can you ask for. I think they may even add some DLC at some point, as there are points in the game which appear to have been designed with this in mind. 10/10

The Big booty random twerking aliens are the best enemy type hands down. Change my mind.

Its silly lighthearted dark humor. If you take yourself and life very serious you wont like it. Its an escape not a destination. Its for fun sake.

playing the game high as a kite is an absolute experience

My favorite thing about this game is how seriously the game treats its world. The game is completely and utterly ridiculous, but the characters treat it as straight faced as possible and when you peel back the comedy, the stuff going on is really fucked. That and the overall game play was a lot of fun. Flying around with the jet pack and glob shooting, everything is fun.

I played through this between Christmas and New Year and every play session I was intoxicated and so.. it's nice to witness the game with a clear head.. Thanks.

Is the folder thing an Oregon trail reference? I just finished this game and was glad to see you played/enjoyed it! Shame about the Justin roiland thing. The charges didn’t stick, but the allegation is there. It is terrible for those involved in the alleged assault. And it’s terrible (although much less impactful) for those of us that are fans of his work (because just on principal, he won’t he a part of the creations we love that included him moving forward)

I honestly don't care what reviewers say. If I find game interesting I try it. Me and my friend absolutely loved this game played it on game pass pc then bought it on steam.

You know you can go to the pawn shop anytime you want to upgrade, not just when there’s a quest telling you to go there. Alternatively, if it wasn’t cause you were waiting for a quest, then you do know you can go there in between ALL 7 BOUNTIES plus during most non-bounty quests.

Not sure right or wrong are the answers to a subjective question...

My guy you do a perfect voice of that gun haha

New game plus so you can keep all your upgrades for your guns

I used creature the most once I got him.

You don't need to beat the game to get the secret ending. It was the last thing I did before heading back to earth

i had a blast with this game. yeah it has flaws but it was fun and funny and i hope they do a well funded sequel.

The guy that made the video said to comment for the devs, so that's what I'm doing. You don't have to make a good game, but if you're going to try, then you could definitely try harder. Personally, I think the only reason the game is polarizing is because you already have an audience that likes your show and your humor. If you didn't have that, then this game would probably just be bad or ok instead of polarizing. For me, I had a hard time connecting with the characters and the game itself because I'm not a kid, and I need more than just mad jokes every couple minutes. The combat could use a lot of work, and the game play itself could use some more work. Personally, I will not be there for the sequel. I didn't hate the game but it was extremely lackluster for something that I really wanted to be good and had hope for. If you decide to make a more serious game that maybe requires some strategy and keep your humor, then I will be there for that. You didn't make a bad game here, but you didn't make a good game either. (Bonus) I really did like the knife. Something about a sadistic weapon made to stab people just hits right with me and I liked the accent as well. That knife is what held it together for me.

For me it was a mixed bag. I liked the game overall, but there were definitely 2 things that took away from my fun. 1: The glitches. Nothing game breaking or overbearing, but definitely a bit tedious and annoying. Like sometimes needing to go back and forth between portals because the quests/quest markers wouldn't update. Or sometimes when there are a lot of enemies clustered together it won't register every hit. 2: I'm not the biggest fan of the over explained, constantly talking, humor. I don't hate it by any means, but it does get grating after awhile. To balance the negative out, I did really enjoy these 2 things. 1: The commercials/environmental stuff you can just stumble upon or interact with. Like the payphone or T.V.s in the city hub area. The obviously improved TV skits had me dying, specifically the sock puppet, cuck humor skit. 2: Surprisingly enough, the movement was pretty fun, it was sluggish at times, but it felt good swinging around, running on walls, and set packing to get height on enemies.

That was a surprisingly great parody

picking a character at the start is just making fun of other games trying to be an RPG by being costomisable...

I've never seen Rick and Morty. So I'll give this game a try. Check back for my impressions. Edit: I actually really like this game, it's fun! Not all the jokes land but most of them are good for a chuckle at least. It's lighthearted and fun. I've never seen Rick and Morty so I'm not biased. It plays well and I laughed out loud a loud. I'm no kid either. Give it a chance. There's less rambling than you think.

Buck Thunder 2 looks pretty fun. I'd play it.

I found the actual gameplay to be actually fun and a breath of fresh air. I wasn't looking for insane graphics and details, I was looking for a good game with no dlcs and that's what I got

Creature is underrated. He's psyched, he's supportove, and he thinks mytes are cute. Also while sweezy's automatic reload detonator is much easier, kenny is better. Or creature. He's a pikmin gun. I love it

I'm surprised nobody recommends it as a decent metroid style game. I love that formula for power creep and exploration. But once you 100% it there is almost nothing left to do.

It’s like the disaster Artist with James Franco. It was made to make a certain group of people laugh out loud, and the people who didn’t get it? Well they made it funnier seeing their genuine mystification