With the humour of Rick and Morty and the darkness of, properly, Rick and Morty, Excessive on Life arrived on the FPS scene inside just some months of its announcement again in 2022. It was a success, even when we did not we did not significantly look after the taking pictures or the blabbing. Three years later, Excessive on Life 2 appears set to do the very same with a fast turnaround from announcement to launch—although this time with out Justin Roiland’s involvement.
Excessive on Life is bringing again the speaking gun however including some new stuff as properly—what says cool sequel higher than a skateboard? From following the announcement trailer to deep diving into Xbox’s information channels, I’ve pulled aside every little thing I can for Excessive on Life 2 and chopped out all the great elements, very like Garmountous ripping out the spleen of an unsuspecting human.
From Excessive on Life 2’s story to its gameplay modifications and launch date, that is every little thing you must find out about it proper now.
Excessive on Life 2 launch date and platforms
Ah, the dreaded ‘coming quickly’ launch date tease, how we’ve missed you. So, Excessive on Life 2 doesn’t but have a confirmed launch date but. Nevertheless, the sport is reportedly set to reach on PC and Xbox Collection X|S within the winter of this yr. Meaning Excessive on Life 2 will function fairly equally to the announcement-to-release timeline of the primary sport.
Excessive on Life was initially introduced within the June 2022 Xbox Video games Showcase, with a launch date set for October. It was then rapidly delayed to December that yr. Possibly the vagueness of the winter launch date for Excessive on Life 2 offers sufficient flexibility for the dev group to keep away from the frustration of a doable delay. Both method, it appears like we’ll be enjoying it earlier than lengthy.
Will Excessive on Life 2 be out there on Xbox Recreation Go?
Excessive on Life 2 will likely be launching on Xbox Recreation Go for Xbox and PC. It is also a part of the Xbox Play Anyplace program, so it is possible for you to to play it by way of cloud streaming. As famous by Xbox Wire, the primary Excessive on Life sport was “Xbox’s greatest third celebration launch in Recreation Go historical past.” So the sequel definitely has some huge, bizarre alien sneakers to fill.
Excessive on Life 2’s first trailer
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Excessive on Life 2 was introduced with a fittingly weird trailer at June’s Xbox Video games Showcase. It opens with two aliens on a settee, with considered one of them taking some type of human-based antidepressant named Humanzopro—just for the trailer to burst with surrealness and color.
Our presumed major character skirts round an alien metropolis with some new weapons. There’s an intentional trippiness to the motion as they skate by half pipes with a fire-breathing lizard, solely to ultimately find yourself in a bottle of humanzopro. Yeah, Excessive on Life 2 is considered one of these video games.
Tellingly, ending up within the bottle of humanzopro touches on the merciless methods at play within the first sport and the callous disregard for humanity as a primitive species. An underdog (or ought to I say underhuman?) in a galaxy detached to you, Excessive on Life 2’s trailer hints at that very same sardonic tone. Let’s simply hope the sport’s jokes and gameplay are sharper than the primary.
Excessive on Life 2 story
Set after the occasions of the primary sport (as you would possibly have the ability to guess), a bounty is put in your sister, and you need to not solely maintain her secure however determine who set the bounty. The plot up to now sounds a tad contrived, however that’s all we’ve been given by way of the Xbox and Steam entry for the sport. Like the primary sport’s, the story appears to be a car for getting throughout that world greater than something, and an excuse to quip a few one-liners whereas it’s doing so.
The backdrop stays just about the identical, with an enormous and evil pharmaceutical firm hooking aliens on shady substances. There appears to be an underpinning of area imperialism and exploitation, linked to the mass dehumanisation of human beings, however the first sport didn’t actually use that for far more than a few jokes and to lift pressure. As we’ve solely actually bought the one trailer, a few screenshots, and a brief description, it appears probably the total sport will go a tad deeper than that.
Excessive on Life 2 gameplay
Within the official trailer, we noticed the return of Knifey (I believe you’ll be able to guess what he’s), Gus, Sweezy, and the Creature. In case you are regular and don’t keep in mind the weapons from Excessive on Life off the highest of your head, that’s to say, it is possible for you to to make use of an SMG, bomb gun, shotgun, and melee assault in Excessive on Life 2. Alongside these, we additionally bought a have a look at a brand new marksman-style rifle, a bow, and a frankly horrible fishy-looking set of twin pistols.
Excessive on Life 2 seems to be constructing on the Metroidvania, half FPS parts of its predecessor, notably incorporating a skateboarding mechanic. There’s a way of pace within the official trailer paying homage to the likes of Sundown Overdrive. Whether or not or not this new skateboard will revolutionise Excessive on Life’s motion is but to be seen. A single trailer gained’t offer you a good suggestion of the way it feels, even when we perceive the way it appears.