James from WellPlayed writes: "An unsatisfying shooter brought even lower by an exhausting and all-encompassing script, High on Life can’t commit to its satire or ideas long enough to do anything of value."
I don’t think anyone really cares about these negative reviews.
“High on Life has passed Minecraft to become the #1 Most Popular Game on Game Pass”
“High on Life is Xbox Game Pass’ biggest launch of 2022, the biggest 3rd party Game Pass launch of all time, and the biggest release of a single player-only game in the service’s history.”
Ah yes. PlayStation puts out a couple exclusives, therefore every other game becomes non-existent and there's literally nothing to play on an Xbox. I guess there were literally no videogames to play on Playstation the entire second half of 2021 by that logic lol.
I would be interested to see how many folks are actually playing it to completion before I commented on how well received the game is. It's easy to imagine lots of people downloading it to try it, I don't think that necessarily demonstrates a disconnect between consumers and reviewers. This score does seem very harsh though.
I am looking forward to trying it as I do really like Rick and Morty, just need to finish up a couple of games I have on the go before starting it. I am excited to play it as it should be a nice change from the games I have played recently.
Just like any single player game I'll play. I'll play it for so long then move back to multiplayer for COD. I hate being taken away from MP games for long periods of time since it has my progession and effects my skills coming back.
Plus I'm totally ADHD on games. There is always something else to play and or try (the curse of owning PC, Xbox, Nitendo, and PS5. For me it's not about completing the games but having fun playing them.
Of course it's the most popular, what other game it's competing with that one that's new... Of course it the most played... But this say it all about the value of gp...
1% of games in year are the ones that make the diference.
“ 1% of games in year are the ones that make the diference.”
Not really though:
Remove the other 99% and there’s no reason to buy a console.
Remove the 1% and you’ve still got tons of games for the year plus the GOTY.
Also, HoL is doing extremely well on Steam - a platform that has more games than PS and Xbox combined. Perhaps it’s just a fun game that GP helped give visibility to?
@orchard you can spin whatever you want. Each year the amount of games worth getting is low.
I mean quality not like this one, that at best its average. And only 3 to 5% maybe even lower are amazing games. And yes goty games.
You understand that all the games running for goty means their quality is above, it's not only the one that wins...
So, what makes the diference are those few games that Nintendo and Sony launched every year. That top the charts. That are always on the news. And not forgetable indies...
Tons of games... Nope, not really, because if you were a gamer, you would understand that beside children, we don't have time to be wasting on average games... A great deal of gamers play one or two mp games and sp game....
You can see the charts, where there aren't tons of games...
I just imagine people with my grandmothers sensibilities writing these crazy low scoring reviews. Anyone playing this knows exactly what to expect. Anyone reviewing the game this poorly either had their expectations way out of sync or just has an axe to grind against Roiland and co.
The author brought up some very valid criticisms for the game, but ultimately statements like this just sound like he got completely triggered by Roiland’s humor
I just want every one of the defenders of high on life to learn the lesson from their own tactics. I’ve watched the same people trying to defend high on life crap on other games but have doing everything they can to defend this game.
Maybe just be okay with the fact you like the game. That you were interested and that others weren’t. I think the game is funny but in short burst, the gameplay is a basic as it comes and it’s an okay game but nothing to write home about.
That means if the game is average as a 5 from its overall gameplay/content. It makes sense that others would find 2-3 points in either direction on the other aspects of the game. Trying to make it seem like being an average game is bad is something I simply can’t understand gamers with.
Not everything is a 6-10 and it’s always take the common score and apply YOUR standard to it. Game might average 5-8 so if it’s 7 to everyone else. If you’re pro the game you may give it 1-3 points on YOUR experience.
Sometimes you just agree with the consensus, sometimes you don’t. I know I don’t agree on a lot of the 10/10 games in the last decade. But I also don’t try to piss on everyone else’s enjoyment of the game.
Haters gonna hate. This review clearly misses the entire point of the game and clearly doesn’t understand the game, Justin roiland or his sense of humor or what his fans would expect from the game. I also can’t take the score seriously. You’re certainly entitled to your opinion, but having played the game myself, it’s certainly not a 3. This is a score of emotion or spite, not quality.
Is the game the pinnacle of game design? Not even close. Is it technologically groundbreaking? Nope. Is it what Justin roiland fans would expect, hope for and consider a good laugh with lots of entertainment value? Absolutely.
The people trashing and calling conspiracy on this review are the same people that was pushing and praising troll review scores when ever there's a 4/10 or 3/10 score for a ps exclusive claiming "Oh but people are allowed to score it a 4 and have an opinion". So why are you now hating on reviews giving this a low score now? I thought you guys are pro "opinion"? hypocrites LOL? or just mad cause its a XS game getting trashed?
I don’t think anyone really cares about these negative reviews.
“High on Life has passed Minecraft to become the #1 Most Popular Game on Game Pass”
“High on Life is Xbox Game Pass’ biggest launch of 2022, the biggest 3rd party Game Pass launch of all time, and the biggest release of a single player-only game in the service’s history.”
I feel exactly the same way about Calisto protocol but most enjoyed seeing it battered. Personally I'm really loving it.
I just imagine people with my grandmothers sensibilities writing these crazy low scoring reviews. Anyone playing this knows exactly what to expect. Anyone reviewing the game this poorly either had their expectations way out of sync or just has an axe to grind against Roiland and co.
Just started playing and I like it so far, but I can understand why others don’t.
“Relentlessly unfunny”… lol
The author brought up some very valid criticisms for the game, but ultimately statements like this just sound like he got completely triggered by Roiland’s humor