High On Life 2

This game could be so much fun. However there are so many things about this that seem not finished. Certain spots to get through don't work unless you reload the game. Bosses are very glitchy. I am currently stuck on a boss whose meter wont go past half way. No mater what I do. I restart and it starts at the same half way mark and stays there. I have tried starting from a different area and it wont load properly still goes straight to the half way mark of that boss. I do not recommend this and at this point feel I waisted money on a super poorly built game.

What in the actual hell is going on with this release? a roadmap specifically for fixes? i get 2-3 second hangs multiple times a minute, this is AFTER the 10gb update. changing graphics settings barely changes fps! this game needed WAY longer in the oven, shame on you guys for not delaying it. this might be the worst performing game i have ever played. do not buy

High On Life 2 is the direct sequel to High On Life. That slapstick comedy game that mocked you for speedrunning, the knew when you "cheated" (if you've seen the funny videos online) and the extremely vulgar language that get's tossed around a LOT. I couldn't play HOL2 when it first came out as the performance of the game was terrible. Here I am, finally played the game to 100% and I have to admit... I really wish I didn't. I will explain WHY below. So let's get to it! [h1][b] Cons [/b][/h1] ⚫The first thing I want to address is the performance. The game (for me) still stuttered in certain locations. It crashed on me 4 times. This ruined the game a little for me and is a prime example of how NOT to release a game. I hate when developers do "RELEASE NOW, PATCH LATER". That's what this game is and they are still failing at it. ⚫The comedy is forced upon the player. Its almost as if the people who are voice acting the comedy are just reading off of a script. Nothing was really funny compared to the first game. Imagine a comedian repeating the same joke over and over... that's the humour in this. ⚫The combat was beyond sloppy at times. I don't know if my performance issues were causing this but man... the first half of the game's combat was a slog. Mix and matching guns as you progress through the game only got worse with "mechanics". ⚫The story started off strong. It did but... as you progress through the game you can tell it was clearly a "RUSH" job just to release the game and make some money. They even MOCK you at the end of the game if you "pirated" it or got the game "cheap" somewhere else. No joke. I wonder if this was intentional. ⚫What... is... that... final... boss... fight. Its a near infinitely stretching straight line (with rails and some walls/turns tossed in) while you ride a skateboard dodging pill bottles and shooting the "big bad boss". I am sorry... what? It's an almost 20-30 minute segment of going in a straight line shooting like a braindead monkey. ⚫The "old" guns feel off. Compared to the new guns... I feel as if the older ones are just forgotten about. An old trope if you will. Even their jokes are dull and repetitive which fall flat on their face over and over again. ⚫I know I said I like the skateboard right... but mix this with the chaotic combat moments that expect you to be on your feet constantly, moving like deer being hunted just brings the game down so much. ⚫None of the "bugs" that I have seen online have been patched. I encountered about 6 or so of them that I have seen before. [h1][b] Pros/What I liked [/b][/h1] ⚫I loved the new skateboard you get. It's a fun way to travel and it's incorporated into the game so well. You can "skate" along walls, rails and even off ramps into cool tricks. Someone clearly is a fan of Tony Hawk. ⚫Some good new guns are in this game and I have to say. they are honestly the saving grace of HOL2. Trust me... it's the really only GOOD thing (and the skateboard). [h1][b] My Verdict [/b][/h1] After my own opinion and experience has been jotted down, I just want to say this before I actually rate the game - the developers seem really incompetent on fixing bugs and optimising the game. At the end of the day, High On Life 2 does do some things better than the first game but it takes more than 20 steps backwards in EVERY other aspect of the first. An underwhelming story, sloppy gunplay/combat, poor game optimisation, comedy that's repeated until it's not funny anymore... ugh. Asking for £50 for a game that's clearly been rushed out the door to make a quick buck clearly shows GREED at a next level. I would NOT recommend this at all. Even if it goes on sale. [h1][b] 2/10. Poorly optimised, overpriced, an underwhelming story and so much more wrong with it.. what a sloppy mess [/b][/h1]

waiting for optimization patch. The game itself is good

My boyfriend pre-ordered this game for me for Valentines Day, knowing I absolutely loved the first game and was absolutely stoked for this one to release. Cost $59.99 USD plus tax. The very least expected was that it would run properly. I never had any problems with crashing from day 1. I had a bug here and there but nothing game breaking. I usually run games on lower settings just to avoid a hassle with FPS and stuttering on most newer games, despite whether I could run higher or not. These haven't been issues for me luckily. What is an issue? Soft/hard locks. I have 21 hours on record, nearly 22 hours. I grind very hard on games like this for collectables, to explore, etc. I finished Twilly's and never got stuck before this, but I did go back later to see if anything had changed, because as HoL goes you tend to unlock more dialogues or puzzles as you play more. I saw the newsletter sign up, clicked it, then immediately could not leave the lobby anymore. No escape rooms opening, Twilly stands there just staring. I originally had the Gatlians talk but get cut off, then they "patched" not being able to leave his lobby and I was still stuck, but had no dialogue anymore. I reached out to their support team, and provided my save file. Nothing has come of it since. Maybe I'm being impatient, but the fact is, this shouldn't have been a problem once they "patched" it. This shouldn't have been a problem when it released. It released in February, and people are STILL unable to play. The only difference between not releasing the game and releasing it in this state is people are a lot angrier trying to play a $60 USD game that refuses to actually run. We are nearly in June. There are games with smaller dev teams putting out better and larger patches within the same amount of time that this dev team has had. I just cannot recommend a game that stops you from playing. Either add an "Unstuck" button, or actually allow us to make manual saves so we can run back saves rather than restart the ENTIRE game if we end up facing a lock that you'd already deemed "fixed".

this game is not optimized for PC. constant stutter and frame drops during any fight in the game desperately needs a rework.

The positives: • The jokes are funny. • The game looks great. • The characters/ Gatlians are fun and interesting. • The missions are alright nothing too great but they are alright. The negatives: • The game runs poorly even on my system with an average of 60 fps while using DLSS. • The textures look terrible most of the time they pop in and out and some textures on high are blurry. • I have had multiple softlocks/ issues that made me unable to complete puzzles and forced me to restart the game multiple times which in turn made me lose progress cause there is only 1 save and it is a autosave. • The controls of moving around the map is not great with the skateboard, the skateboard goes the way the skateboard is orientated and not where you are looking so a lot of the time you go sideways or diagonal while boosting making you hit objects which make you stop moving. • The gunplay is not great there are quite a lot of Gatlians but you would use most of them whenever the game forces you to use them because otherwise, they are just worse than the other ones. • The story is good at the beginning but goes on for way too long near the end. TLDR: The game is decent but suffers because of the performance of Unreal Engine making the game run poorly even on high end systems and this will not be fixed because it is an Unreal Engine issue for this game. The game also has quite a lot of issues with puzzles not working forcing you to restart the game and losing some progress because there is only a autosave no manual saves and I have had multiple softlocks which resulted me in having to restart the game.

El juego esta bien pero todo eso no sirve si la optimizacion lo hizo un mono con Down