Social Media Divided Over High On Life A Game Where The Player's Morty-voiced Gun Goes Ah Jeez In Response To Everything

Squanch Games' High on Life, a comedy shooter conceived by Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland, got a new gameplay trailer at yesterday's Gamescom event, showing off what will almost certainly be its defining feature — talking weapons.

The premise of High on Life finds the player as a bounty hunter fighting off aliens with a talking gun and talking knife, both of which are voiced by Roiland. As social media discovered after yesterday's trailer, the two guns sound essentially indistinguishable from Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith from the Adult Swim show. They also seem to never stop talking.

Most of the action showcased in yesterday's trailer showcases the Morty-esque gun "ah jeez"-ing through comebacks at an equally quippy boss. The face of the gun faces the player, meaning all of these lines are essentially screamed at the camera.

This was not everyone's cup of tea, as many found it unbearably cringeworthy, particularly on the heels of the Forspoken trailer that was roasted for its Marvel-esque dialogue.

So like…. High on Life… I was down on it at first, then I was back up on it cuz Mr. Boop guy is a writer on it……….. and now I'm way back down on it cuz wow this is an insane amount of never shutting the hell up

— VoidBurger (AKA Jess) 🍔🎮 (@VoidBurger) August 23, 2022

That High on Life boss fight just killed my excitement for High on LIfe

— Destin (@DestinLegarie) August 23, 2022

High on Life's difficulty selection just makes it so that your weapons are even more unfunny

— TehSnakerer (@TehSnakerer) August 23, 2022

Still, as Rick and Morty's enduring fandom has proven, there is certainly a market for Roiland's voices and writing, and several commenters expressed that they found the premise and gameplay trailer hilarious.

high on life is going to be a 10 #gamescom pic.twitter.com/iMj9c24CSx

— Gav (@GavinUK86) August 23, 2022

High on Life's writing is so great! The profane comedy is on point, but also there's SO MANY contextual, constant lines that it feels like your entire armory is invested in your success. Really fun idea to have this kind of reactive VO in an action game's scripted scenes.

— Mitch Dyer (@MitchyD) August 23, 2022

All games should have talking guns!😅 Love the look of this. #highonlife #gamescom2022 #Gamescom pic.twitter.com/L66HKNvMjF

— ScaredyMat (@ScaredyMat) August 23, 2022

High on Life was recently delayed to December 2022, so it will be some time before players can see if the quippy dialogue gets more bearable in context, but right now, it appears a large amount of gamers are not high on High on Life.