You’re either the kind of person who likes a game where you get to shoot aliens as the
very violent, very naked President of the United States…or you’re a big…look,
I was going to say something mean there, but I don’t want to do that, I don’t want
to get combative here.
I’m having too much fun with President Ba-rack.
No, literally, we had too much fun.
We blew up everything there was to blow in Saints Row IV, phrasing.
Leaves us with a bit of a dilemma, doesn’t it?
I wonder where a guy, an everyday joe like myself and a very naked president…can find
a little action?
Well, that’s an idea.
It’s Saints Row IV: Gat Out Of Hell.
So I’m probably showing my age here…either that or my general attitude toward what the
gaming industry is in 2015…but I don’t fully even understand what this thing is.
I mean, it’s not a sequel, it’s not Saints Row V…but it’s not add-on content either,
‘cause you can also get this on its own.
So I guess it’s called a standalone expansion or something, I don’t know…
It’s like Saints Row 4.5, I guess.
Actually, no, it’s Saints Row 4…point…I don’t know, I don’t know what to call
this.
And to be honest, I don’t care, because it’s awesome.
That’s what I call it, awesome.
I mean, it’s not as awesome, as the original…as the full…as the…
Look, it’s not as good as the bigger one I played before, but it’s still…
Goddammit…modern video games.
Why do you have to be like that?
Ugh, that’s it, if I ever meet you…you better watch it.
I’ll punch you in the leg and kick you in the balls and—
I don’t think we’re yelling about the same thing anymore.
So, in short…this is basically Saints Row, but a bite-sized portion, but in hell.
The Saints are hanging out, playing with a Ouija board, like friends do…and all the
sudden, the President, your President, that you created in Saints Row IV…gets sucked
into a hell vortex.
Which, obviously, takes her to hell—it’s a hell vortex.
See, it turns out Satan noticed how much carnage you caused in Saints Row IV, and he thinks
you’d be perfect…to marry his daughter.
I’m not kidding, my naked president and the spawn of Satan, in a lesbian wedding.
There’s even a musical number about it, this game’s f*cking incredible.
Now, unfortunately, as cool as it is…the story’s pretty minimal.
In fact, to be honest, the entire game’s pretty minimal.
You play as Gat and Kinzie, and you have to save the president, and you do that by killing
as many things as possible, causing a ruckus, and drawing the devil’s ire.
This is very much a game of good ideas, obviously.
But yeah, that simple premise sets you free to just…run around in hell.
You kill stuff, you crash stuff, you explode stuff…
The underworld is your personal playground, in this…
Whatever it is.
As much as I love Saints Row IV, though…uh, I didn’t love this as much.
It doesn’t have quite the same entertainment value, somehow…which says a lot more about
how awesome the main game is, than how disappointing this one is.
But what is disappointing…is that the game does feel a bit cheap.
Bit budgety, if you get what I’m saying.
And sure, it’s things like a lack of polish, and environments that all look the same…but
it’s the gameplay, too.
Like, a lot of the missions are also kind of repetitive, and since there’s way less
of that hilarious story to drive your progress…I don’t know, it gets a bit boring.
Which is crazy, Saints Row IV was a lot of things, but it was never boring.
Doubt hell’s boring, either.
Look, if you have Saints Row IV and you like it…you’ll like this.
This is just more of it, but this time, in hell.
Plus, there are some new additions, like you can fly…and Shakespeare is a demon emcee.
And that’s awesome.
But if you look at it as a standalone…game…well, that’s when it’s like…meh.
Like, I would never recommend getting this by itself.
Get Saints Row IV, play the crap out of that…and then you’ll get some joy out of this…
Whatever it is.
It’s Saints Row IV: Gat Out Of Hell, for the PlayStation 3.