High on Life 2 review: a radical shooter for a radicalized generation

Squanch Games turns that anxiety into sci-fi satire fit for Adult Swim in its latest game, High on Life 2. The first-person shooter sequel builds on 2022’s High on Life — minus Squanch founder and Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, who exited the studio in 2023 amid sexual harassment allegations. It has the same fondness for loudmouthed humor (for better and worse) while getting much more ambitious with its action. But beneath all the bullets and f-bombs is a timely cartoon comedy built for a radicalized generation, even if it doesn’t have many ideas of what to do with its pent-up aggression beyond putting it into a parade of elaborately designed gags.