Necromunda: Hired Gun Reviews

Necromunda: Hired Gun is ranked in the 14th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8.5 / 10.0
Jun 7, 2021

Streum On Studio’s latest release might be a bit rough around the edges, but it’s a blast to play.

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80 / 100
Jun 1, 2021

Necromunda: Hired Gun is a fast-paced first-person shooter where we'll get into the shoes of a bionic mercenary who, accompanied by his faithful cybernetic pet, will do anything in exchange for money to improve and become the best of the guild.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 14, 2021

As a whole, Necromunda: Hired Gun is one of the more enjoyable shooters to come out this year. Unfortunately, minor performance issues on the PS4 prevent the title from truly shining. I also draw issues with how boss fights play out, and among other concerns. Other than that, it is a great game to lose yourself in for short bursts. So, it’s a good thing that it doesn’t require the player to stick around longer than necessary.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 2, 2021

A fast-paced FPS set in a Warhammer 40,000 universe, with a captivating setting and an exceptional soundtrack.

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7.8 / 10.0
Jun 1, 2021

Necromunda: Hired Gun is a fast paced FPS that makes the most of the Warhammer 40K license. The attention to even the smallest detail by the developers and the excellent level design are the setting for a dynamic and frenetic shooter. Unfortunately, just like Streum On Studio's previous titles, this latest video game by the French team is plagued by a number of technical problems and issues in the AI department.

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8 / 10
May 31, 2021

Necromunda: Hired Gun has some jank and some odd qualities, but when tearing your way through hordes of cyborgs is this much fun, I don't really mind so much.

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7.5 / 10.0
Jun 25, 2021

It’s probably the most polished game Streum On Studio has made yet, even if it doesn’t quite have the same level of depth and complexity as E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy. It’s both a pretty solid shooter, and a fairly good Warhammer 40k game overall; so long as you go in expecting a somewhat buggy and unpolished experience.

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7 / 10
Jun 4, 2021

An undeniable passion project with incredible world design, addictive gunplay, and a great soundtrack, let down by jank, weak storytelling, and half-baked systems. I could see this getting rave reviews if it had been released in Early Access, though. Give it six months. It's got the makings of a corpse-grinder cult classic.

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70 / 100
Jun 4, 2021

Necromunda: Hired Gun drives us into the criminal underworld of the Warhammer 40,000 universe with a brutal and frenetic classic-style FPS that will improve as soon as some technical problems are fixed. Said that, it is missing a multiplayer mode that gives more hours of life on our console or PC.

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70 / 100
May 31, 2021

Like so much of the Warhammer 40K universe, Necromunda is a richly imagined world filled with the potential for conflict and storytelling. Using it as the setting for an action-filled shooter makes total sense. Although its mechanics are essentially a greatest-hits collection of ideas from other shooters, Necromunda: Hired Gun is a competent introduction to this particular slice of the Warhammer 40K-verse.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 5, 2021

Fast-paced action and combat is the heart of Necromunda: Hired Gun. A great variety of skills allow you to string moves together while taken on dozens of foes at once. The world of Necromunda is a horrible dystopian underbelly of the 40K universe and it shows in Hired Gun. It's just a shame that the story, and characters are so barebones that the 40K license almost feels wasted.

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3.5 / 5.0
Jun 14, 2021

After spending some intimate time with Necromunda: Hired Gun, I can only describe the game as incredibly average. Its really flawed and fun parts cancel each other out in a near-perfect way leading to one of the most middling experiences I've had this year. However, if you're a Doom loyalist and enjoy the FPS genre, there is some fun to be had with this mixed bag of a game regardless.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 5, 2021

Hired Gun is almost great in its core shooting mechanic and offers nice Warhammer 40K aesthetic, but everything else in this game is mediocre at best.

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7 / 10.0
Jul 8, 2021

Necromunda: Hired Gun is not so bad. But could be better without baseless RPG elements and there should be better weapons.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 2, 2021

Update September 21st: The game is finally fixed on Xbox! After having to wait an extra two months for the same performance fix the PS5 received this game is infinitely better on console than it was at launch. Performance and aiming are both rather good now, after being completely broken for months. Thus I have updated my review for the game on our website and open critic to a 7.0

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7 / 10
Jun 7, 2021

The frame rate can slow down, it occasionally crashes and there are aspects of Necromunda: Hired Gun that don’t live up to their potential. For fans of the 41st Millennium’s most infamous planet however, the fast paced FPS combat, detailed game world and strong narrative that Streum On Studio have created, all steeped in Warhammer 40K lore, will be compelling.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 11, 2021

So while the running and gunning is generally pretty smooth short of the framerates, there are a lot of other small to medium details such as can bog things down a bit as they are a tad clunky and can only be done from the main hub. It would have been much better to have an actual inventory system window that also allowed for you to see all of your current upgrades instead of having to go back to the vendors to see all of these details. Overall though, what’s present is pretty solid and I came away fairly impressed at the gameplay as even hours down the line it keeps on being robust enough with the new upgrades as they are acquired.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 11, 2021

There’s one thing I have to make clear: This game isn’t trying to break one’s expectations. It’s a profoundly, if not perfectly average game that comes off as one of those very experiences. Fortunately, it’s a great way to approach the game. It’s not going to go over the top, it’s not going to attempt to fight with other games in a competitive stance.

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7 / 10.0
Jul 12, 2021

A serious lack of polish and some unnecessary padding keeps it from being great, and it’s still got nothing on the criminally underrated and oft-forgotten Warhammer 40k: Space Marine – the pinnacle of action games set in that universe.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jun 7, 2021

Fast-paced, loud, and unashamedly grim, Necromunda: Hired Gun is a competent, fun shooter when it all works.

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