A potty-mouthed space-themed recreation has trade watchers abuzz.
Helped alongside by a co-creator of Rick and Morty, new space recreation Excessive On Life launched right now (Dec. 13) for Steam, Xbox Collection X | S and Xbox One for $59.99. The sport is already bringing in excessive critiques, regardless of its grownup content material. It has 9 out of 10 stars on Steam and a spotlight from huge gaming websites like our sister web site, PC Gamer (opens in new tab).
“Excessive On Life takes all of our creativity and peculiar concepts and delivers one thing really distinctive,” stated Justin Roiland, co-founder and CEO of Squanch Video games, in an e-mailed assertion; he was beforehand co-creator and voice actor of the space-themed sitcom Rick and Morty.
You’ll be able to view a swear-free trailer for the sport under, however we advise solely letting preteens and older youngsters watch. Earlier than letting your youngsters unfastened on it, bear in mind the ESRB ranking on Excessive on Life is M for mature (beneficial for ages 17+) on account of violence, blood and gore, drug use, sturdy language, crude humor and different causes.
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The primary-person shooter will deliver bounty hunters throughout the universe, with areas together with a jungle world and a metropolis inside an asteroid.
“Alien weirdos” and “harmful native wildlife” are in all places. However Squanch reassures us that you’ll have the instruments to cope with them as a result of “your weapons speak,” that means that the weapons are actually sentient and have character voices, which sounds unbelievable.
“Excessive On Life follows the misadventures of an unmotivated high-school graduate who turns into Earth’s final hope following an alien invasion,” Squanch Video games officers added within the assertion.
“These interstellar creeps are on a continuing seek for their subsequent intoxicating expertise, and, sadly, they uncover that people present an beautiful excessive. The one resolution is to grow to be a bounty hunter, monitoring down the kingpins within the alien cartel to cease their horrifying harvest.”
This isn’t the primary foray into space for Squanch, as their previous titles embrace Trover Saves the Universe (opens in new tab) and Dr. Splorchy Presents: Space Heroes (opens in new tab).
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