FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Sounds like with the update, folks are plenty happy. That’s awesome. I really can’t wait to fire this game back up tonight.
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High on Life | Review Thread
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Sleepwalker
Member
I watched a playtrough through after the first boss. I don't mind the humor and actually like it at some points but I just hate the art direction in this game, the weapons, the guns, the aliens, I hate all of it lol. Gonna have to pass.
Glad you guys are having fun!
Glad you guys are having fun!
devs and MS for getting this on Gamepass.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I heard in an interview there are four full movies that they licensed through Vinegar Syndrome.
Tammy and the T-Rex is amazing, by the way. They essentially "borrowed" a robotic T-Rex prop that someone had access to for a week or so and hastily wrote and filmed an entire movie around it.
analog_future
Banned
It's actually a bit of a shame as I think the game would've gotten higher scores if reviewers played with the day 1 patch.
I suppose there's only 15 reviews in though, so lots more scores to come.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
By the way, was I the only one that paused the game and checked the door when the knocking started in this part? Hazards of a good surround system, it fooled the wife and I both.
Punished Miku
Member
There's cartoons and skits on small TV all over and radio as well
Strider Highwind
Banned
Really really good, much better. Im playing now on PC and the little issues i'd noticed are all gone to be honest
i only booted the series x version up to test it for like 2 or 3 mins but it felt much better, was a little choppy last night. PC Versions flying tho
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Yes!!!!!
Happened to me too. We have a sound bar that mimics surround sound very well and it fooled me at 10:30pm last night. I was like, what was that!? Who the fuck is talking to me!?
HeisenbergFX4
Member
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Well, I just played for like 2 hours and then spent a while watching s film in this game. Game is absolutely excellent imo.
Will make my top ten of the year if it carries on like this. Looking to play more.
I'm upset that my tammy the t rex cut out after about 40 minutes though, I was hooked...lmao
Game is better than it had any right to be, and feels like a game...just a straight up game in 2022. I like this comedy and I don't care if that makes me a piece of shit lol.
Will make my top ten of the year if it carries on like this. Looking to play more.
I'm upset that my tammy the t rex cut out after about 40 minutes though, I was hooked...lmao
Game is better than it had any right to be, and feels like a game...just a straight up game in 2022. I like this comedy and I don't care if that makes me a piece of shit lol.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Hilarious. Glad everything seems better. It’s not wasted work, as long as he got paid regardless.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Shame we won't get a Digital Foundry video on this game though, it's pretty great.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Rewarding players for idling is kind of Squanch Games' thing. Trover famously claimed 20 hours of recorded dialog despite the game only being about 7 hours long. You could stand there and listen to guards talk to each other or whatever background shit seemingly forever and never hit the end of it. Most of the dialog clearly just improvised on the spot. This is actually slightly reigned in from that but you can see they kept all the loose improvisational stuff in the TV spots and stuff like that.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Yeah, I get vibes like the R&M’s Interdimensional Cable episodes, where shit seems so adlib.
In a good way, of course. That’s why I think some will hear the acting and think it’s bad, when this is the style on purpose.
In a good way, of course. That’s why I think some will hear the acting and think it’s bad, when this is the style on purpose.
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VN1X
Banned
Probably not due to those video files lol. Entire films can be reduced to a few hundred MB's, especially in that resolution and bitrate.
RPS37
Member
I just switched from game optimizer to vivid. I wish this game had HDR.
freefornow
Member
Geez a quick 5 min before and after vid wouldn't take much. If this were from "other" studios of the misbehaving canine variety, he would put out a 5 hour opus.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I get it though. High on Life wouldn’t get the views that a “AAA developed” game would. That is one difference that Digital Foundry does do before putting out a video, they tend to wait for a Day 1 patch before they put a video out there.
Lukaku's First Touch
Member
Its also fixed on PC?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I really love how unanimously folks are having fun playing this game. Great to see a fun-ass game with enjoyable humor, unlike the Borderlands shit.
Roberts
Member
Been playing it after the patch and it really does work flawlessly this time. It actually looks and plays super well for an indie - great animation and art design make it look like an AAA game at certain points.
Suddenly 2022 looks a whole lot better for xbox. Grounded, As Dusk Falls, Pentiment, Scorn and now this - a super diverse line-up and not one stinker there.
Suddenly 2022 looks a whole lot better for xbox. Grounded, As Dusk Falls, Pentiment, Scorn and now this - a super diverse line-up and not one stinker there.
Strider Highwind
Banned
Yup. I updated on PC and it's flying now, im not seeing the stutter issue at all really(One super minor instance when first getting to the third level). But im all the way into the game forreal now and its good to go.
I did go beat the 3rd boss on my series x instead of pc to test the patch and yo the Series X version feels flawless. The colors pop so good on my big tv
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Punished Miku
Member
eatttttt the pepperoniiiiii eat it eat it.
No no I'd rather not ....
Eatttttt the pepperoniiiiiii
No no I'd rather not ....
Eatttttt the pepperoniiiiiii
Punished Miku
Member
Broken record. But yeah its like a new game on series s. Buttery smooth compared to yesterday.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Woooowwww 
Another great ambient dialogue lol
this fucking game lol
Another great ambient dialogue lol
this fucking game lol
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
bender
What time is it?
nah, also that's some terrible cropping on the gif
Not my gif. The cropping suits the writing in this game. At least they let me shoot the kid.
Agent_Nobody
Member
I was wondering what was up with the framerate.
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Punished Miku
Member
I feel like the gameplay is kinda underrated. Some of these mini-bases in level 2 are not bad. Cover spots. Places to platform or hit groups with grenades. Its an above average FPS. Just need more weapons, but that's coming.
Agent_Nobody
Member
More weapons? What more do you need than a psychotic knife telling you to stab yourself?
Punished Miku
Member
I purposefully was waiting until 12/31 to make my list.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
The PC version never had the particular frame rate issue as the console versions but it did get a patch and the patch does improve performance, it's just not as night and day as the consoles.
Tested this again on Series S (going back and forth between Series S and PC) and it runs way, way better, really good now.
Punished Miku
Member
Yeah he was pushing it for sure lol.
Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
Okay that was funny.