And the “largest third Celebration Recreation Cross launch ever”

Over on the Recreation Cross charts (on each PC and console), I seen that Excessive on Life was leaping up shortly after launch. However immediately, Microsoft absolutely confirmed my inkling: the sport is a bona fide success on Recreation Cross.

The Squanch Video games launch was apparently “Xbox Recreation Cross’ largest launch of 2022,” in addition to “the most important third occasion Recreation Cross launch of all time, and the most important launch of a single player-only sport within the service’s historical past.” The place does Microsoft really get these stats? They’re based mostly on the “variety of hours performed within the first 5 days of launch.” In each an electronic mail to Destructoid and on the Xbox Wire weblog itself, Microsoft makes use of the phrase “tens of millions of gamers” to explain the userbase enjoying proper now.

Regardless of my misgivings with the sport, as I identified in my evaluation, Excessive on Life is perhaps the probably the most very best Recreation Cross sport up to now (particularly because it has a $60 MSRP). It’s so janky that you simply’d presumably be pissed when you spent $60 on it, however on a lark as an “further” on Recreation Cross, it’s nice to dive into with no context as patches roll out for it.

Not solely that, however on condition that a lot of Excessive on Life is predicated on Roiland’s subjective humorousness, you might not even take pleasure in your complete vibe altogether. Whereas a lot of these jokes are hit and miss, the most effective issues about it’s the “90s journey sport” feeling it has, Easter eggs and meta-references and all. I want it had a bit extra polish, but it surely’s nice to see Squanch Video games getting a win both approach.