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High on Life | Review Thread
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tommib
Member
Super cool that everyone’s enjoying this. We need more quality humour in games. People saying that it has the structure of Metroid Prime make me even more happy. I think the Prime games have the best level design I’ve ever seen.
I’m almost tempted to play it on xcloud but I’ll hold for the port. Have fun, guys.
I’m almost tempted to play it on xcloud but I’ll hold for the port. Have fun, guys.
winjer
Gold Member
I got a couple of frame time spikes when entering a new area, probably compiling shaders.
But after that, the game runs very smoothly.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
There's some major easter eggs that I will not spoil, but it's in my top 10 for the year for sure. I think it's probably without question the best and most ambitious comedy video game ever made.
Interrupting gameplay. As if you were playing the game through an emulator. It's been a recurring issue with many PC games for the past few years,which makes it very frustrating as devs should already be aware.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
yeah, fuck reviewers.
If greg miller cant do a screaming tik tok video about how the game is a masterpiece it probably means its actually decent.
MMaRsu
Member
Demon Wind + commentary track from Redlettermedia is in
Topher
Identifies as young
The issues I had continued on well after new area loads. But obviously my issues are isolated based on your responses. I'll redownload again later and see if I can figure out what is going on with my PC. Happy playing on XSX though since it has keyboard and mouse support.
anthony2690
Member
Just played an hour so far, absolutely love it so far 
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Greg seems to be enjoying this game from what he’s posted on Twitter.
winjer
Gold Member
What is your GPU?
I'm also using my custom config for UE4. maybe it can improve your performance.
Just ad this to the engine.ini
Its in this folder: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Oregon\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Topher
Identifies as young
3070 Ti. Nice! Thanks man. I'll give it a shot.
Topher
Identifies as young
THE FUCKING GUN.....the fucking gun talking shit all the time...so BULLSHIT
Hilarious, ain't it?
DragonNCM
Member
No?
Topher
Identifies as young
FunkMiller
Gold Member
THE FUCKING GUN.....the fucking gun talking shit all the time...so BULLSHIT
This is not a game for people who don't like Roiland and Rick & Morty.
DragonNCM
Member
Yeah....I know that now
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
No Fun Allowed .jpg
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
maybe he does some tik tok videos and I look like a silly sausage
vaibhavpisal
Member
"Outdated humour" seems to be the complaint.
Just started it. Opening scene itself has sold me on the game.
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calistan
Member
It’s so janky! The sound balance is all wrong, sometimes I can’t hear what the weapons are saying (no great loss because it’s generally just “fuck, yeah, shit, fucking stab, kill, fuck!”). One time I had a whole scene where the characters flapped their mouths but it was completely silent. The screen sometimes shakes and judders for no obvious reason. Invisible walls, paths through the levels obscured by visual clutter…
I kind of like it. I’m embarrassed to be seen playing it, though. My wife was not impressed.
I kind of like it. I’m embarrassed to be seen playing it, though. My wife was not impressed.
Kagey K
Banned
You can turn it down if you don't like it. There's a slider for that.
nkarafo
Member
You mean just for the volume or how frequent it is?
Turning down the volume completely would kinda remove one of the selling points of this particular game, no?
Kagey K
Banned
The frequency.
Frequent: Guns/Enemies will talk at you regularly when there’s nothing important going on, cracking jokes, riffing on your progress, and so on.
Occasional: Guns/Enemies will mostly stay quiet, only occasionally piping up if you’re dawdling on a mission objective or doing something silly like jumping in sludge.
None: Guns/Enemies will only speak during story-critical moments, and will remain completely silent otherwise.
https://gamerjournalist.com/can-you-turn-off-voices-in-high-on-life/
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nkarafo
Member
Good. That seems like a good setting to have. I wish there was one for most games, lol.
buenoblue
Member
Pc defo had this issue. I had a solid 60fps with vsync (80s without) and the game felt like a stuttery jerkey mess.
After the DAY 1 patch and getting the shotgun the game feels really great, it's still not a 8 or 9 or worth $80CND, but it's a better take on retro game design that 99% of the other shit out there.
Something about it reminds me of the shittiness of Duke Nukem Forever, maybe it's the models or the dead eyes in the sister's head.
The game is pretty ok, but there are small things that could have made it great.
Something about it reminds me of the shittiness of Duke Nukem Forever, maybe it's the models or the dead eyes in the sister's head.
The game is pretty ok, but there are small things that could have made it great.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
I had no idea there would be so much competent platforming, I was kind of expecting a straight shooter.
Game is really good.
Game is really good.
LordOfChaos
Member
They bought the rights to three movies, Tammy and the T-rex, Demon Wind (movie theatre) and Blood Harvest (home after first 2 G3 Bounties)
Bumblebeetuna
Member
I had never even heard of Tammy and the T-Rex. I saw the poster on the wall behind Gene and saw Paul Walkers name and thought it was a sick joke
GymWolf
Gold Member
Probably because nobody with a sane mind call her daughter tammy.I had never even heard of Tammy and the T-Rex. I saw the poster on the wall behind Gene and saw Paul Walkers name and thought it was a sick joke
Go with Tamara or bust.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Well perhaps the issue didn't manifest the same with with G-Sync on then, because I wasn't getting it, and I was on Series S.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yeah the humor might not be your cup of tea, but if you have game pass there's no harm in giving it a shot for an hour or so.
SLB1904
Banned
I really enjoyed that one
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
It starts real strong so if you don't like the intro you can probably just move on.
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SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Accounting isn't much of a game per se, and you can play it out in under an hour, but it is indeed very funny. Recommended if you enjoyed Stanley Parable, as it's co-developed by the same guy.
Squanch Games' last release, Trover Saves the Universe is absolutely hilarious. The stationary camera is a big concession to the (optional) VR mode that drags it down a bit, but if humor is the main selling point it's a scream.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Do you recommend VR or non-VR for Trover?
LordOfChaos
Member
It's on gamepass so may as well give it a shot. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about it and thought it might become too much Morty, but I've liked it so far, it's silly and refreshing
Lukaku's First Touch
Member
playing for the first time and I can't even edit walking controls?? I'm on AZERTY and it's set to QWERTY but nowhere to change it... wtf is this lol.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
VR if you have the option. It's definitely a game that was developed with the VR experience as the priority. It's perfectly playable on a screen but the weird perspective-character design makes more sense in VR.
Topher
Identifies as young
Nice. When I saw the part in the beginning where the woman was trying to talk her husband out of trying to save the world, I figured there would be a lot of side banter. Awesome. Can't wait to play some more tonight.
Art The Clown
Banned
liking the game so far. About halfway through I believe. Wish there was HDR. Game still looks good without it though.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Check the item descriptions too lol. Tons of them.
Watch the commercials on the TVs in the main city area off on the periphery.