Enjoyment - 4/10
Difficulty - 2/10
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell epitomises how a trophy list can sour an already average game. While this spinoff game was never going to push the envelope, it still held promise banking off the wacky world of Saints Row. The gameplay and dialogue did provide funny moments, but they are short-lived as the main story can be completed in two hours. What is left for completionists is a boring grind that does not reward the player in a meaningful way.
The trophy list does have variety, however there are some absolute STINKING trophies here. For example, Twenty-Twenty Vision asks you to spend 20 hours in the game (bear in mind I completed everything in around 14-15 hours) AND Double Trouble for playing 3 hours in online co-op. These kinds of trophies are totally unnecessary and only pad out the gametime. I also encountered a trophy glitch where one of the challenges for The King of Hell did not register properly, meaning I had to join an online co-op session in hopes it would pop. Thankfully it popped but if it didn’t, I would have had to do the ENTIRE game again, (challenges, collectibles, story etc.) no thanks.
Overall, Saints Row: Gat out of Hell does have turn off your brain moments of enjoyment, but it is let down by a very short campaign, repetitive endgame content, and a poor trophy list.
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Difficulty - 2/10
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell epitomises how a trophy list can sour an already average game. While this spinoff game was never going to push the envelope, it still held promise banking off the wacky world of Saints Row. The gameplay and dialogue did provide funny moments, but they are short-lived as the main story can be completed in two hours. What is left for completionists is a boring grind that does not reward the player in a meaningful way.
The trophy list does have variety, however there are some absolute STINKING trophies here. For example, Twenty-Twenty Vision asks you to spend 20 hours in the game (bear in mind I completed everything in around 14-15 hours) AND Double Trouble for playing 3 hours in online co-op. These kinds of trophies are totally unnecessary and only pad out the gametime. I also encountered a trophy glitch where one of the challenges for The King of Hell did not register properly, meaning I had to join an online co-op session in hopes it would pop. Thankfully it popped but if it didn’t, I would have had to do the ENTIRE game again, (challenges, collectibles, story etc.) no thanks.
Overall, Saints Row: Gat out of Hell does have turn off your brain moments of enjoyment, but it is let down by a very short campaign, repetitive endgame content, and a poor trophy list.
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