High on Life rocketed to the top of the Xbox Game Pass list, despite mixed reviews and technical difficulties on launch day.
The effort from Squanch Games and Justin Roiland is now Microsoft's most popular subscription game - both on PC and consoles.
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More people are playing High on Life through Game Pass on Xbox consoles than other popular games like Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, FIFA 22, and Rainbow Six Siege combined. In fact, it's currently being played by more people than any other first-party Microsoft release, including Halo Infinite, Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon 5, and Minecraft.
On PC, the process is unfolding in a similar way. High on Life is dominating, even beating out veteran games like Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Solitaire Collection!
High on Life has the advantage of being a fresh addition to the Xbox Game Pass library, but it's interesting to watch it steadily climb the rankings of the service's most popular games in the last few days since its launch.
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High on Life is rated PEGI 16 for “intense violence, sex, drugs, horror, and strong language.” Is it because it’s the time of year when many young people are “on the fence” and eager to play this new, naughty shooter with a humorous Rick and Morty style?
Pentiment, the only new first-party release on Xbox this year, doesn’t seem to have generated a similar response. Perhaps it’s because Microsoft hasn’t really had many other new games on Game Pass itself.
Despite how High on Life fared in most reviews, many seem to be giving it a chance for various reasons. (On Metacritic, the Xbox version has a score of 63).
Avoid the game, Edwin in his review of High on Life for Eurogamer, calling it “a lousy cocktail of ideas from other action-platformers and the worst parts of Rick and Morty.”
High on Life was made available through Game Pass and is now accessible on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It's worth a try!
Source of information: eurogamer.net
