{"id":159857,"date":"2022-12-16T20:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/high-on-life-pairs-perfectly-with-game-pass\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T20:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:31:04","slug":"high-on-life-pairs-perfectly-with-game-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/high-on-life-pairs-perfectly-with-game-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"High on Life pairs perfectly with Game Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"
High on Life<\/em>, the latest project from Squanch Games, is difficult to recommend. That has nothing to do with the game’s quality \u2014 instead, it’s a result of the game’s hyperspecific humor. Unlike other comedy games, like <\/em>Portal 2<\/em> \u2014 which is filled with a variety of characters, each with their own style of humor \u2014 High on Life<\/em> strongly pulls from the comedy stylings of the studio’s co-founder and CEO, Justin Roiland of Rick and Morty<\/em> fame.<\/p>\n But the game isn’t so specifically Rick and Morty<\/em> that you can boil a recommendation down to a \u201cyes\u201d for Rick and Morty<\/em> fans and a \u201cno\u201d for people who haven’t seen it. Even people who are mostly ambivalent toward Rick and Morty<\/em> \u2014 like myself \u2014 might find something to love (or hate) in High on Life<\/em>‘s jokes.<\/p>\n So how do you know if High on Life<\/em> will work for you before dropping 60 bucks on it? How do you know your friend will like it if you decide to give it to them? You don’t, and you can’t. But that’s where Xbox’s Game Pass service can really work its magic.<\/p>\n Game Pass has gained a reputation as a place to discover darlings and gems you might have missed. (This very column is, in part, dedicated to highlighting them). Small, beloved games like Death’s Door<\/em> can flourish there, and niche titles like Signalis <\/em>can become breakout hits. And it’s obviously the best spot to get your fix of Xbox-owned games like the latest Gears of War or Halo Infinite<\/em>. But Game Pass is also the perfect destination for games like High on Life<\/em>. <\/p>\n High on Life<\/em> is a game that will either make you cringe so hard that you turn it off in the first 10 minutes, or laugh your ass off all the way to the game’s first boss. The beauty is that, with Game Pass, either of those outcomes are perfectly acceptable. Either you’ll find a new game that you’re excited to see through to the end, or you’ll delete it off your hard drive forever and never think about it again \u2014 no harm, no foul.<\/p>\n