Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

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  1. HaloFever
    Jul 18, 2016
    7
    Gat out of Hell is a nice but not great stand-alone expansion sold at an appropriate full price. In fact, I picked it up for free through PS Plus. The gameplay is fun but a few design decisions make Gat out of Hell less than a AAA experience.

    Gat out of Hell is a basically a smaller version of Saint's Row IV only set in a Hell themed version of Steel Port. Your super powers are now    Gat out of Hell is a nice but not great stand-alone expansion sold at an appropriate full price. In fact, I picked it up for free through PS Plus. The gameplay is fun but a few design decisions make Gat out of Hell less than a AAA experience.

    Gat out of Hell is a basically a smaller version of Saint's Row IV only set in a Hell themed version of Steel Port. Your super powers are now demon themed, but are otherwise the same. You can glide/fly, jump, run super fast, and do super stomp or other super attacks. Upgrading is also the same: you collect orbs from the tops of buildings and money from completing missions and killing demons. Just as Saint's Row IV played like a DLC of Saint's Row III, Gat out of Hell plays like DLC of Saint's Row IV. That's ok, really. Not every game has to be a bloated 100+ hours to completion epic. Stand-alone expansions like Far Cry: Blood Dragon and Infamous: First Light were both fun and inexpensive titles. Gat out of Hell continues this tradition (if not a few years too late).

    At least Saint's Row really nails the whole point of character progression. You become incredibly powerful very quickly. Enemies don't. This means upgrading abilities and leveling up makes the character actually more powerful and more fun to play, rather than populating the world with higher level versions of the same enemies. You fight the same Archdukes at level 20 that you do at level 5, only at level 20 you can quickly hand them their ass. More games should get on board with this system.

    Gat out of Hell, however, really misses opportunities to utilize all of its assets. There are 7 special guns in the game based on the 7 deadly sins. They are fun to use, but also easily missed. Upgrades to all of the super powers are also easily missed. I found myself ready for the last mission and having only unlocked two of the special weapons and none of the upgraded abilities. For fun, I found all the map locations that unlock abilities such as making enemies bow before you or stealing the souls of enemies. But I never used the new abilities more than once to try them out. In a video game, never save the best weapons for last.

    My play through was less than 20 hours. For an open sandbox game, the playtime is ridiculously low, but for a game that is akin to a DLC, the playtime was rather robust. I spent less time playing the more excellent Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The playtime is mostly short because you can fly all over the Hellified Steel Port incredibly fast. (Flying is so fast, the fast travel locations in the game are entirely unnecessary.) Missions have been distilled to a minimum of objectives to complete, and do remind me of the original Crackdown. Despite the focus on gameplay, there are more cutscenes (including one musical number) than a game this size deserves. There are also 5 different endings.

    The game is a little rough to start. It is clearly a last gen title meant to accompany Saints Row IV. Unfortunately, this stand-alone expansion was released too late. The opening sequence makes no sense if you never played Saints Row IV and made little sense to anyone like me who has already forgotten key plot points of Saints Row IV. Dropping into Hell was confusing. Not only are you given little indication of what to do, you are also not told how to do it. Which button do I use to enter a car? How do I switch weapons? Where am I going? Even a stand-alone expansion needs a tutorial.    … Expand
  2. BaronMonaco
    Feb 10, 2016
    6
    Gat Out of Hell is the main extension of Saint Row 4 and given how crazy the original game was you wouldn't expect less from its extension. So yeah, you're in hell now the story is really fun with great cinematics. The gameplay follow the lead of episode 4 with a lot of "super-powers" that makes driving irrelevant, and that's good given the fact that the driving is pretty bad compared toGat Out of Hell is the main extension of Saint Row 4 and given how crazy the original game was you wouldn't expect less from its extension. So yeah, you're in hell now the story is really fun with great cinematics. The gameplay follow the lead of episode 4 with a lot of "super-powers" that makes driving irrelevant, and that's good given the fact that the driving is pretty bad compared to GTA or even Watch Dogs. The gunfights could use more attention (cover system, increased IA, etc.) to be great but it's still fun to play.

    Technically it may be the biggest downside of the game, it looks like old-gen and it's buggy as hell (I even thought I could not finish the game as I froze 3 times in a row in the same mission), the PS4 can do a lot better.

    Content wise the game is deficient as well, it will last 6 hours to reach the 100%, which is neither good or bad for an extension but there is no real mission in the game, only a bunch of side-activities that you have to do to piss off Satan and unlock cinematics, that was a big disappointment for me.

    In the end Gat Out of Hell is not a very good extension for an AAA game and it only provides the minimum to entertain you. I advise it only to hardcore fans of Saints Row 4.    … Expand
  3. BIOHAZARD-R-US
    Dec 21, 2016
    7
    While the charm, style, wit and humor of Saints Row the Third and Saints Row IV are retained here, the story and open world game play are what fall flat here. True, Saints Row games aren't really best at story telling, but Gat Out of Hell has two of the last surviving humans from Saints Row IV willingly travel to Hell to get back the President, and causing such a ruckus in theWhile the charm, style, wit and humor of Saints Row the Third and Saints Row IV are retained here, the story and open world game play are what fall flat here. True, Saints Row games aren't really best at story telling, but Gat Out of Hell has two of the last surviving humans from Saints Row IV willingly travel to Hell to get back the President, and causing such a ruckus in the neighborhood, all leading to a showdown with Satan himself. Well for being as epic as it sounds, it's just meh. The boss battle takes a few minutes, it doesn't feel epic, really just feels like you're fighting a tank enemy that teleports and throws some little guys at you. The main story is about 5 missions and can be completed in about an hour, but the game restricts you from progressing by making you do open world game play to reach a certain rank. That's completely fine, and understandable even, but the open world game play here is tedious and too much filler.

    Other Saints Row games had a lot of story content (and better story content too), which made the open world game play better. It was a nice break from the action, and never felt like a chore. Here, 90% of the game is open world game play, so it's pretty much all filler. The super powers are back once again, and I only used like 2 of the new powers throughout the whole game because they were so OP. The rest weren't as useful or as powerful, or as easy to use, and I only used them for the related challenges. The game is heavily grind-oriented in that aspect.

    The world of Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell is just a re-imagined Steel Port with a Hell skin, and for an expansion pack that's fine, but how many times are we gonna take over Steel Port in these games? Mix it up! Saints Row IV had us become President of the US! Let's take over some other areas for a change.

    Overall the game has a lot of standard Saints Row humor, and the writing is still entertaining and well-delivered, but all the filler content and epic story with mediocre execution just doesn't make this as good a game as Saints Row the Third or Saints Row IV    … Expand
  4. DreamDays
    Jun 14, 2022
    6
    its literally the worst saints row game of all time. even if you are a big saints row fan like me, just dont waste your time
  5. Thegodfatherson
    Jan 24, 2015
    6
    It's a short but sweet adventure through hell in the Saints Row universe with buggy graphics and low gen texture pop ins. Gat Out Of Hell is not a game, it's an expansion of Saints Row 4. So, sorry if you were expecting a sequel. But it acts well as a sequel as well. It has the ability to be one, if it wasn't for the short story and the buggy Xbox 360 graphics running on a PS4. The plot isIt's a short but sweet adventure through hell in the Saints Row universe with buggy graphics and low gen texture pop ins. Gat Out Of Hell is not a game, it's an expansion of Saints Row 4. So, sorry if you were expecting a sequel. But it acts well as a sequel as well. It has the ability to be one, if it wasn't for the short story and the buggy Xbox 360 graphics running on a PS4. The plot is nothing new, Johnny Gat finds his way to hell and must find the president and get the hell out of the forsaken place. Jokes wise, it's funny, comedic and crude humor that you might expect from Saints Row as a franchise. Many people have argued that it's a GTA clone at its best. But really, does GTA have a flying ability? Does it have a dub step gun? Go figure then. Gat Out Of Hell is a short montage of all the things that you did and appreciated in Saints Row 4 but just redefined and washed out for PS4.… Expand
  6. vonbird
    Jan 23, 2015
    6
    GAT out of hell was both good and bad.
    It was good because it had saints row's good old humor and fun, characters and driving and...
    but it was bad cause the graphics didn't improve and we can even say that it was worse than st row 4
    hell's enviroment was good but not entertaining and it was less than what i expected over all.
  7. timmytime
    Jul 9, 2016
    6
    Saints Row IV was already glorified DLC for SR3, and this is glorified DLC for Saints Row 3. The flying controls are actually pretty cool, but the superpowers are not meaningful or interesting for the most part. You can blaze through the main story in a couple hours. Not a huge fan of the side missions other than the flying.
  8. TheBigGorilla
    Jan 27, 2015
    5
    Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell review. This is my review. I am reviewing. I am review. DO U WANT 2 KNO IF U NEED BUY? Keep reading! BEcause this is reView for Saints Bow: Bat Out of Fringe.

    Figure it out, Volition. Try harder next time.

    5/10 will buy
  9. HonestBill
    Feb 26, 2015
    6
    It's now time for Deep Silver to go back the the drawing board and change some things up. I feel like an idiot, there's something about this game that make me want to buy the new one every 3 months (exaggerating but almost true). This is the same crap different colours. I miss Saints Row 1 & 2.

    I'll be honest, this isn't a terrible game, its just getting boring. I'll see you in line    It's now time for Deep Silver to go back the the drawing board and change some things up. I feel like an idiot, there's something about this game that make me want to buy the new one every 3 months (exaggerating but almost true). This is the same crap different colours. I miss Saints Row 1 & 2.

    I'll be honest, this isn't a terrible game, its just getting boring.

    I'll see you in line at Saint Row 5 release.    … Expand
  10. Kansler
    Jul 25, 2017
    7
    The flying mechanics are a great improvement over SR4 and I felt compelled to gather as many collectibles as possible just because the movement was so much fun. The story is a bit meh and the missions are mostly rehashes from SR4, so it all comes down to how much you like the new mechanics.
  11. Kai82
    Jun 8, 2021
    6
    It has the humor, craziness and style of the Saints Row franchise but is far more shallow. I read that it started as DLC and was made into an expansion. For clarification: It is not a bad game. It feels more like a reskin or limited version of Saints Row 4 with less story, creativity and impact (and I say this a someone who enjoyed the game). Story: The story starts promising crazy. At aIt has the humor, craziness and style of the Saints Row franchise but is far more shallow. I read that it started as DLC and was made into an expansion. For clarification: It is not a bad game. It feels more like a reskin or limited version of Saints Row 4 with less story, creativity and impact (and I say this a someone who enjoyed the game). Story: The story starts promising crazy. At a birthday party for Kinzie Kensington the Saints tried out an Ouija board for fun. What they did not knew or discovered far too late it was an antique belonging to the famous occultist Aleiser Crowly. Because of this the leader of the Saints is dragged to hell by Satan himself. He wants him to marry his daughter Jezebel and as leader for his invasion of heaven. It is now the mission of Johnny Gat and Kenzie Kensington to get the boss out of hell. This is such a good set up and works well. Sadly the missions and story up to the final battle are weaker and lessen the immersion and enjoyment. Also it was quite short compared to the other games in the franchise (disappointingly so). However I like the multiple endings which were entertaining. I read later that 1 was the set up for Agents of Mayhem which is the not Saints Row Saints Row follow up I have yet to play. In general the story, set up and characters are a missed opportunity but still somehow entertaining. Gameplay: The gameplay is similar to Saints Row 4 if not even basically the same. You can overtake neighborhood by neighborhood by missions and activities. However it never was compelling or challenging as in the other games (There is an ability that makes even the harder challenges easy). As you level up you unlock new upgrades. To activate upgrades you have to pay for them with money. Differently from Saints Row 3 and 4 money is not a plentiful resource and I recommend choosing a favorite weapon or playstyle instead of trying to get all upgrades (I was not patient enough here as the game was not enjoyable enough for grinding). For your special skill there is a similar system like in Saints Row 4. The arcane powers can be upgraded with collectibles. Those are named Soul Clusters. If you did play Saints Row 4 you will feel familiar immediately. Again the powers are enjoyable and a lot of fun is delivered by toying with them. It is however not as refreshing as before. Characters: It is the first time that you play another character. You can chose between Gat and Kenzie. No complain here as I like both characters and their comments during the game. A wasted opportunity are that you do not encounter more familiar faces in hell from the previous games. The used characters are good but I wished they did more with them. Especially Jezebel became my favorite. Graphic / soundtrack: The game looked average back then. The style did not convince me but I admit that some ideas were good. Soundtrack was also decent. Overall it was a good but in the end also shallow experience. It got repetitive more fast than the prequels and feels more like an DLC. I recommend this only in a bundle or if you get it really cheap.… Expand
  12. itchipod
    Feb 24, 2015
    6
    Great for a stand-alone DLC letting you experience like it was the whole game. Yet, hindering the user to customize the character diminish the fun. Some Side quests were boring and repetitive though.
  13. Sky-Line___
    Sep 19, 2016
    6
    Crazy & funny to play with one friend, but it only lasts a few hours.
    Sadly, it's graphically poor, full of bugs and there are plenty of framerate drops.
  14. MrXhedo
    Aug 11, 2015
    7
    This is more the same you got on Saints Row IV, with a few changes but still fun and funny. The story is pretty good in a Saints Row way, if you enjoyed the humor before you will again. If you are a fan i recommend picking it up.
  15. KayVen17
    Dec 29, 2016
    6
    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln verstanden?
    Dann sind hier meine Punkte.

    Mein persönlicher Score = 64/100
    Mein User Score = 6/10    … Expand
  16. Dragonfly44
    Oct 29, 2020
    7
    Its as funny and as enjoyable as Saints Row IV, but unfortunately its really just a short and extremely stripped down version of it. 75/100
  17. Professorfett
    Apr 21, 2020
    5
    Hello fellow saints, and sinners it's time to talk about Hell. Well more or less the story of how Johnny Gat went to hell to fight the mother **** Devil. That's right I am B-rod, and I am reviewing the latest DLC for Saints Row IV. This review will more or less be a bit quicker than normal, but that is because I will only focus on the DLC and nothing more. Without further ado let us diveHello fellow saints, and sinners it's time to talk about Hell. Well more or less the story of how Johnny Gat went to hell to fight the mother **** Devil. That's right I am B-rod, and I am reviewing the latest DLC for Saints Row IV. This review will more or less be a bit quicker than normal, but that is because I will only focus on the DLC and nothing more. Without further ado let us dive into Hell, and see what happens.

    The story is traditional to Saints Row style with your created character The Boss gets sucked into Hell that forces Johnny Gat, and Kinzie jump in to go save them. While the game is titled Gat Out of Hell you can play the entire DLC as Kinzie. She has nothing different about her except for the little bit of dialog that changes. The game lies with one aspect; that is the fact they say it is a musical but there is only one scene where they sing and that's it. Not that it ruins the experience I am just pointing out they put that on the box. Story wise there isn't much too this DLC. There are few story based missions, and most of the cutscenes are stills with a voice over narrating them. Which I think is a shame one of my favorite parts of Saints Row are the cutscenes where they have this dialog that is funny, and nonsensical. The game is surprising with how it ends where you can make a choice that will drastically change where the Saints Row universe goes depending on what you choose. (not that it matters right now anyways) The story is semi interesting but for $20 I am expecting at least a longer experience than a couple of hours.

    The games sound takes a dive in this DLC for one simple reason. NO RADIO. When you spend all your time flying and jumping around why would you get in a car? I do understand you aren't in the simulation, so why would the music play? They could've just said they had headphones or something or anything honestly. The game ends up being pretty quiet because of that. Graphically speaking it is better than Saints Row IV was on the PS3 but not by much. These games have that cartoony look, but they are showing the age of their engine as of right now. Also Hell looks like a slightly different Steel Port, and I'm getting a little tired of being there.

    The gameplay comes down to a few new enemies, a couple new weapons, and a two new powers. The new weapons are awesome they are all based on the seven deadly sins, and the powers include flying and summoning. My biggest problem with this DLC is the fact that 90% of the missions you do are just events. There are no crazy hell missions or stupid funny things like chainsawing luchadores or killing furries. It literally is the events from Saints Row IV with some Hell mixed into them. The game is roughly four hours short and that is if you are taking your time. Honestly you can breeze through this thing pretty quick. Quick tip with this game; get the armchair weapon it is so useful it turns Satan and his armies into little duckies on a shooting carnival game.

    In the end this DLC is only worth it if you get the double pack that has Saints Row IV otherwise it seems like a waste of money to me. Believe me that is hard for me to say I am a rabid Saints Row fan, but this just wasn't what I was hoping for. I give this DLC a 2.5/5 it had a lot of disappointments. I leave with a question. What else can the Saints Row franchise do to push the envelope?    … Expand
  18. Xiao1Antonio
    Jan 7, 2019
    5
    I love Saints Row but this has to be the worst game with the name slapped onto it. Challenging gameplay (at times), good humor and ton of grinding but, that all this has going for it really.
  19. Tonarestriga
    Jul 18, 2020
    6
    I was not happy with this game at all. I have no idea how they had an amazing Saints Row IV then they go to this. It almost felt like two different teams. I am quite disappointed in this game. What is here is fun but what is missing really crushes this game.

    Pros:new systems are fun, enjoyable game play, and new characters. Cons:graphics drop, vehicles drop both in quality and    I was not happy with this game at all. I have no idea how they had an amazing Saints Row IV then they go to this. It almost felt like two different teams. I am quite disappointed in this game. What is here is fun but what is missing really crushes this game.

    Pros:new systems are fun, enjoyable game play, and new characters.

    Cons:graphics drop, vehicles drop both in quality and modifications, drop in character modifications, and drop in playable content, cheat codes are gone.    … Expand
  20. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    7
    I'm just writing at least 150 characters because I wanted to save this review in a more convenient way to look back at scores that I had given stuff as a user
  21. HuevoAlce
    Jun 27, 2022
    5
    Saints Row: Fat Out of Hell is, without a doubt, fun. It's aesthetic is great too. But there's nothing much more than that.
  22. FrankCreeper
    Jul 11, 2023
    7
    Its fun to play finally Gat in the series of saint row too bad this game comparison with the others title is very shortly but has amazing and cool gameplay with cool gun and executions animation.
    Good game but...I think its the worst on comparison with the others game of this saga
    P.S (I Play the version on PS3 and PS4 with the PSPlus)
  23. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    7
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 45
  3. Negative: 4 out of 45
  1. Dealspwn
    Mar 22, 2015
    50
    If you don't care about playing last-gen material on new-gen platforms, give this a miss, do yourself a favour and pickup a copy of the original Saints Row IV for under a tenner.
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  2. Gaming Nexus
    Mar 18, 2015
    65
    Gat out of Hell is not bad, but it's not great either. To put it simply, it's more Saints Row IV. If you go into it thinking its going to have all new gameplay with an all new story, you are going to be disappointed. It's fun but the overwhelming feel of deja vu may sour you a bit on it.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Mar 10, 2015
    40
    An ugly, throwaway cash grab. [March 2015, p.110]
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