High on Lifefeatures one of the craziest video game stories in recent memory. Earth is invaded by a drug cartel alien race hell-bent on smoking the human race. And we mean smoking in the most literal sense. It’s your job as a voice-lessprotagonistto travel to different alien worlds and stop the alien cartel from turning humanity into a massive bong rip.
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The game features some outrageous moments, from a drug-fueled boss fight to a movie marathon with a legless three-eyed alien. The game is created in part by Justin Roiland, creator and voice behind Rick and Morty, and his signature is seen through every outrageous moment in the game. Here are the most outrageous moments from High on Life.
This list contains some late-game spoilers for High on Life.
10The Opening Game Within A Game
High on Life begins with you playing a game on your computer called Buck Thunder 2. You control the protagonist as his divorce lawyer gives you tips and tricks on navigating the world and shooting aliens.
This bizarre game within a game is totally on brand for the sense of humor you’ll experience throughout High on Life. Unfortunately, you don’t get to spend too much in this game, as your session is quickly interrupted by your sister.
9The Create A Character Page
High on Life features a character creator right at the start of the game. The character creator has no impact on the game as you never actually see your character. This same trick was pulled inMetal Gear Solid 5but in a less outrageous fashion.
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Once you leave your videogame within a game, your sister offers you a white substance on a mirror, which is the only time you see your character’s face. Scrolling through the different faces that appear in the mirror, you get to decide what you want your character looks like. It’s outrageous as this impacts the game in no way, and it has to be the only time in gaming you get to choose your character through a cocaine mirror.
8Killing A Kid
Early on in the game, as you make your way into the slums, you encounter a righteously annoying child. You can try to shoot him, but the first couple of times you try, your talking gun stops you. Until he doesn’t.
After you pull the trigger on this kid, you’re given an achievement and chastised by your new talking gun companion. You run into the boy’s mother a little later, and even she laments how annoying the kid is, but c’mon. You still shot a kid.
7Watching The Entirety of Tammy & The T-Rex
If you’ve never seen the 1994 masterpiece Tammy & the T-Rex starring Denise Richards and Paul Walker, you’re in luck! The entirety of the film can be viewed from the comfort of your in-game couch. Tammy & the T-Rex tells a familiar story. Paul Walker is killed by a group of hoodlum teenagers, and his brain is then placed in a robotic T-Rex.
The movie is as wacky and outlandish as High on Life itself. Buying the rights to a B-Movie and placing it in its entirety in the game is a bold joke, but it’s one that pays off. There are other films available to view in the game, but none match the camp of Tammy & The T-Rex.
6Getting Glooped
Throughout High on Life, the main villains are the G3, an alien drug cartel. The G3 are all covered in a yellow goop that acts as a shield against your various weapons. During the Douglas bounty, you’ll need to disguise yourself as a G3 by getting yourself covered in that same yellow goop. Here, you’ll discover that the gloop all the G3 are wearing for armor is just the excrement from an alien creature.
High on Life features ample gross-out humor, but getting glooped is easily the most egregious in the game. Later in the game, you’ll have to disguise yourself again, but this time the excrement-exuding alien isn’t feeling great, and you’ll have to bring them some medicine to get them ready for glooping. It’s gross and totally on brand for High on Life.
5Space Applebee’s
Who doesn’t love a good two-for-twenty deal? There are a lot of fun areas to visit in High on Life, but none made us scratch our heads more than Space Applebee’s. Space Applebee’s is exactly what it sounds like. It’s an Applebee’s in space.
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During a mid-game mission, you’ll be tasked with going to Applebee’s for a one-on-one discussion with your favorite pistol, Kenny. Here, he’ll tell you some deep dark secrets about his past while you choose a signature appetizer and entrée. We’re not totally sure how Squanch Games was able to get Applebee’s into their game, but High on Life is better for the addition of tasty quesadillas.
4This Bear That Gets Cut In Half
Throughout High on Life you’ll run into an alien race of Care Bear type aliens who have been enslaved by the G3. These cute teddy bears are always nice and friendly. It would be a shame if anything truly bad happened to them.
Enter this poor bear that we find at the beginning of one of our bounty runs. The poor guy has been cut in half. And it’s a really bad case of being cut in half. you may stay with him as he passes and fulfill his dying wish. But be warned, it takes a while. As soon as you think he’s finally dead and start to leave, he stirs and ask where you’re going. It’s truly one of the more bizarre encounters in the game.
3The Dr. Giblets Fight
Dr. Giblets is one of the bounties you must collect during the campaign for High on Life. His intro begins like every other bounty, only he immediately trips, breaks his helmet, and dies. This fight ends before it even begins.
There is still a boss fight after Dr. Giblets' death, as he has created an elaborate postmortem trial for any foe that could have killed him. The commentary Dr. Giblets delivers beyond the grave is hilarious, as we learn just how many enemies he has created in this world. We would have preferred a proper boss battle, but High on Life introducing and immediately killing a character is a joke just too good for them to pass up.
2The Strip Club Achievement
Nipulon is one of the toughest bosses in the game. Upon meeting the crime lord in his office, he immediately drugs you, and the rest of the fight takes place with your character tripping hard. During the fight, Nipulon references other games, includingMetal Gears Solid’s Psycho Mantis fight, and he threatens to give you an embarrassing achievement.
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Nipulon gives you the achievement for spending fifteen hours in the “very real in-game alien strip club.” It’s a real achievement that lives on your trophy board and is available for all of your friends to see. Let’s hope the people looking through your achievement list knows this is a joke and don’t think you are some creep who’s spent the better part of a day in an alien gentlemen’s club.
1The Two People You Love The Most
The main characters' parents are never seen but are often referenced throughout the campaign of High on Life. They leave right before the alien invasion happens, and the main characters spend a bit of time wondering aloud about their safety. During the final boss fight, we believe are about to get a glimpse of them as Garmantuous, head of the G3, tells you he has captured the “two people you love the most in this world.” He then reveals two alien prison cells containing Jack Black and Susan Sarandon.
Yes, Jack Black and Susan Sarandon both make an appearance in High on Life. They are presented before the main character before being brutally murdered by the G3. They may not be your parents, but Garmantuous is right — who doesn’t love Jack Black and Susan Sarandon?
