Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell Reviews

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell is ranked in the 30th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Gamers Heroes
Johnny Hurricane
Top Critic
7 / 10
Feb 2, 2015

Overall your stay in Hell will only last about 3-4 hours unless you want to do all of the side content. It's a short stay but definitely a decent one. I think this game is worth a pick up if you are a Saints Row or Johnny Gat fan.

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GameSpew
Top Critic
7 / 10
Feb 10, 2015

The visuals don't really take anything away from the game. Sure, we all love top-notch cutting edge graphics, but it hardly looks bad, and it's fun, and that's the main thing here

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8 / 10.0
Jan 22, 2015

Saints Row: Gat out of Hell is a welcome entry in the series. It takes things to new heights in terms of story, while adding a few impressive gameplay mechanics, such as the flight one. There aren't that many different missions and the environment is a bit small, but don't forget that the game costs just 20 USD/EUR, so don't expect a full-fledged experience.

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Jan 20, 2015

Gat Out Of Hell is a £15, bite-sized Saints Row-lite experience. Go into it with those expectations and you'll probably be fine. But 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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Digitally Downloaded
Patrick B.
Top Critic
Feb 15, 2015

Fans of the Saints Row series will enjoy the expanded scope of Gat Out Of Hell and the new world. Everyone else may want to instead stick with Saints Row IV, which has been re-released on current consoles, before venturing into the underworld with the expansion.

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Ken Barnes
Top Critic
7 / 10
Jan 27, 2015

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell is a bargain for fans of Saints Row IV. There's less content included, but what is on offer here is good. We expected a slightly more mind-blowing jump to the current generation of consoles from the Saints after the relatively impressive showing that we saw on Xbox 360, but that isn't to say that the game isn't fun, compelling, and a real time-sink.

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ThisGenGaming
ThisGenGaming
Top Critic
5.5 / 10.0
Jan 30, 2015

Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell isn't going to something I'd recommend to people reading this review unless you are a big Saints Row fan who needs their fix of wackiness that Saints Row always delivers. I wouldn't recommend this game because it feels too much like a quick cash in, while it does add some cool new features like the flying power the fact still remains that you are basically playing through a game full of side activities that rarely has cutscenes or even main missions.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 10, 2015

Gat out of Hell is not perfect; it's shorter than it should be, and the missions are disappointingly unimaginative. As a full release, it'd be very tough to recommend the title, but taken simply as a slice of Saints Row silliness, it's much easier to endorse.

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8 / 10.0
Jan 19, 2015

Although short, Gat Out of Hell's story is great, and makes for an enjoyable experience with its unique flying mechanics and setting. Fans of the franchise will love this, however newcomers may feel let down by its lack of real narrative.

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6.8 / 10.0
Jan 19, 2015

As such, Gat Out of Hell is strictly for fans of Saints Row IV, those who have been wanting to play more of exactly that.

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Drew Hurley
Top Critic
6 / 10
Feb 6, 2015

As a standalone title, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell is fun enough, but it feels like a stripped down version of what it should have been. It's a real shame; there are moments where the game really shines.This game is a fun distraction, but sadly a forgettable one. It feels like it could have been so much more...

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55 / 100
Jan 31, 2015

A Saints Row game with no ambition, no plot, no variety, and no way of raising the bar. Solid and good for a chuckle or two, but ultimately an empty experience.

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Game Debate
Joffy S
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Jan 27, 2015

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell is an entertaining distraction for those starving for more Saints action, but there's nothing inherently new attempted here. Your mileage is going to vary, so if you were tired after Saints Row IV then you'd do well to stay clear, but open-world fans who love clearing up all that side content will find a fairly meaty package here for a bargain of a price. The problem with such an absurd title though is where Volition can take this next. Saints Row feels like a series that has begun to run out of ideas, and without a complete do-over it's really backed itself into a corner.

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Thomas Hugh
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Jan 25, 2015

Gat Out of Hell is a small slice of Saints Row IV in a different setting. It lacks content and variety but is fun to mess around in for a couple of hours.

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6 / 10
Jan 22, 2015

Anyone who enjoys the series will find things to enjoy in Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, but as long as you don't go in expecting a long story backed by great mission design, you should get on just fine with this uninspired bite size, but familiar, addition to the Saints Row family.

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4 / 5.0
Jan 19, 2015

In the end, should you pick the latest Saints Row chapter? Why the Hell not? The Saints games have continued to walk their own path and if you've been enjoying the recent experiences they've been throwing at us, then there is simply no reason to not get this one. Tons of gameplay, awesome new abilities, and probably the most enjoyable time anyone would really spend in Hell. Yeah I'm sold and you will be too.

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GameWatcher
SimonPriest
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Jan 19, 2015

Make no mistake this isn't a full blown adventure but a 'just go with it' adrenaline rollercoaster ride; it has its ups and downs, with plenty of big drops for the rush, but it'll be over soon enough. Gat out of Hell is a great round off to the Saints Row adventure as it gets wackier and wackier, with it standing as a defiant parody of how the Saints ended up in this mess.

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Unscored
Jan 19, 2015

Gat Out of Hell is a hell of a lot of fun. The flight mechanics are fantastic, the new arsenal of weapons is as creative as any other Saints Row title's, and the game basically fixes all the problems I had with Saints Row IV as an open-world game. It's a bite-sized portion to hold you over until the inevitable (and larger) Saints Row V.

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8 / 10.0
Jan 19, 2015

There is no concept too ridiculous for Volition to exploit and for people with a love of the deranged and silly, Saints Row is one of the funniest games on the market.

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GameZone
Top Critic
7.5 / 10.0
Jan 19, 2015

Gat out of Hell is a fun way to kill time while we all eagerly await the release of a more-complete Saints Row 5. That's coming, right?

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