Justin Roiland and Squanch Games might be on to a winner, I thought.

The talking alien gunsweren’t that irritatingand the gun fights seemed solid!

And it appealed to my juvenile sense of humour too.

Gus, a green alien gun, fires a spread of alien shotgun pellets at any enemy in High On Life.

Yeah, you’ll get a cheap chuckle from me.

For a world so colourful and zaney, it’s a shame the FPS side can’t match it.

If you dislike Rick & Morty, you will despise High On Life.

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Turn “Gun Chatter” off in the options and it doesn’t make much of a difference.

Often, I zone out and browse TikTok on my phone during these moments.

Each of your guns has an alternate fire that mixes things up a bit, I suppose.

The player looks out at the slums in High On Life.

I don’t care for efficiency and damage!

Give me an irradiated bladder that hoses enemies down with boiling piss.

Give me a girthy meat-truncheon which gorges on skin and burps out pools of acidic jello with every swing.

The player wields a green alien gun and fires at some blobby, yellow enemies in High On Life.

Just give mesomethinga bit spicier; we’re in an unhinged universe, no?

I’ve now reached the point where I sigh whenever the game expects me to fight.

And it’s not ideal when everything that surrounds it also tires.

The player wields a yellow goldfish-looking gun that has an expression of horror on its face as it looks down at a deceased alien gun on an operating table in High On Life.

The player talks to some sad teddy bears who’ve caged a yellow alien in High On Life.

The player cradles a pink alien gun and speaks to Blorto, an orange alien who sneakily lets you in on his illegal activities in High On Life.