Whenever a new game comes out, people inevitably start finding ways to beat it faster and faster. And if you do this in the recently released comedic shooter high in lifethe game will respond positively, cheering you on and hoping you set a world record in the process.
published last month high in life is the newest game by Rick and Morty Co-creator Justin Roiland and his studio Squanch Games. The first-person shooter contains thousands of jokes and tons of characters who often breaks the fourth wall as you explore the different worlds or fight enemies with his strange talking weapons. For example, if you sprint around too much, the cannons will indicate that you don’t appreciate all the work that went into the level. And if you try to shoot random NPCs, the guns will punish you and refuse to do so. It turns out that if you do some speed running, high in life will react accordingly.
As discovered by PCGamesN, players have noticed that your suit’s AI will notice you running fast and comment on this when you skip a platforming section in the second half of the game. In order to reach the goal, you usually have to go down a much longer path that involves fighting villains, jumping over roofs and using a jetpack. If you skip all that with a few skillful jumps and climbs, your suit’s AI will be fine with it – indeed likes that you speed up the game. It also wishes you good luck and hopes you set a world record.
If you look around YouTube you can find actual speedruns of high in life where players use this faster route to complete the mission – and Every time they do the dialogue games. Funnily enough, most speedrunners move through this part so fast that they trigger the next dialog before the cute speedrunning joke is even over.
high in life is full of this kind of shenanigans that break the fourth wall. At one point, the game will keep you waiting for a full hour, complete with additional dialogue and videos while you wait. It’s that kind of humor and content that seems to have helped with that high in life popular, being one of the greatest hits in Xbox Game Pass historyeven bigger games like surpassing minecraft Halo, and forza Last month. Just be careful not to get trapped in Space Applebee’s.
