High on Life 2 review: "I smiled, I laughed, I sorely wished the combat was a lot better"

Using Sheath, a gun with a fang-toothed face, in High on Life 2 to blast through Human Con, where aliens party in human mascot costumes.

High on Life 2 is many things. It's funny (sometimes), unpredictable, flawed, creative, oddly welcoming, far better than the original, yet also slightly disappointing. One thing it never, ever threatens to be – for the right person – is boring. This is a game aiming for a very specific audience, and while that runs the risk of turning some people off very quickly, it also means that once you're in – you're in until the end.

Are you part of this very specific audience? That depends on how you feel about first-person shooters with platform elements, plenty of NSFW dialogue, your first two targets being a billionaire and a politician, and discovering that the newsreader you regularly see on your TV is named Jason Testicles. Sound good? OK, let's go.