Necromunda: Hired Gun
June 1, 2021
Pick your contracts. Hunt your targets. Collect the bounty. Navigate an ocean of crime and corruption to balance the bloody ecosystem of Necromunda as a merciless hired gun. The money’s good, the dog’s loyal, and the gun’s reliable – but can you survive the hunt? Necromunda: Hired Gun is an …
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Critic Reviews (33)
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65.0
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68.0
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72.0
"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 …"
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40.0
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65.0
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45.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun tries, but stays there. If you are a lover of the genre, its gunplay and mobility will be interesting for you to enjoy its combats, when the game is left."
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50.0
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60.0
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60.0
"In spite of these flaws, the chaotic level of excess is also why it&s;s still worth giving Necromunda: Hired Gun a chance at some point if the bugs and crashing end up fixed. Firing off giant green energy spheres and …"
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80.0
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75.0
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40.0
"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&s;t really mind so much."
Read original review"Necromunda: Hired Gun does have redeeming qualities. The movement is great, the gunplay feels good, and the environmental design is stellar. There&s;s simply a legion of issues on both the design and technical fronts working overtime to hold it back. …"
Read original review"The patches are coming out steadily, the developers are trying to fix their mess, but in the end, Hired Gun leaves you with a bitter taste. This could have been a memorable game, yet Necromunda: Hired Gun feels like an …"
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80.0
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82.0
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76.0
"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 …"
Read original review"Necromunda: Hired Gun is a frenetic fps without a moment of pause, but various technical problems, a forgettable story and a gunplay with too many ups and downs put some excellent ideas in the background"
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35.0
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30.0
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30.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun unfortunately suffers from several bugs that make it a too immature game to be enjoyed properly. Underneath these issues, however, there is a far from trivial FPS."
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60.0
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75.0
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90.0
"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 …"
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20.0
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65.0
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25.0
"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 …"
Read original review"Necromunda Hired Gun rests its foot on the accelerator of dynamism and violence, however it has an inaccurate aim. Many of its problems stem from strictly technical stumbles, some of which can be filed with special updates (such as bugs …"
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40.0
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55.0
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65.0
"This was a rollercoaster of a review, through no fault on my own. This is the first time I&s;ve ever done a complete 180 mid-way through writing, but I suppose that it&s;s only fair if the patches didn&s;t just fix …"
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68.0
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66.0
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64.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun is not so bad. But could be better without baseless RPG elements and there should be better weapons."
Read original review"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 …"
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55.0
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68.0
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28.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun wisely aims high but ultimately flubs the execution on too many fronts to warrant a universal recommendation, but for the most hardcore Warhammer or first-person shooter fans it may be worth a look for the amusing marriage …"
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75.0
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80.0
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35.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun is a perfect example of a game that does the Warhammer 40k license justice. If it had the time to hammer out the bugs and issues it could have easily been a sleeper hit of 2021. As …"
Read original review"Necromunda: Hired Gun features a stunning art direction, but with a garbled story and more technical and design blemishes than you can poke a space stick at, this one&s;s bound to be buried in the under-hive."
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35.0
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45.0
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25.0
"At the end of the day, Hired Gun is a mediocre first person shooter where the cons far outweigh the things that make it fun. You would do best waiting for it to go on a deep sale if you …"
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50.0
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25.0
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10.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun will need a lot of work to get it into a state anywhere close to one we could recommend playing. Actually activating aim assist shouldn&s;t be a tall order, but the same cannot be said of the …"
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85.0
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70.0
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60.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun is an enjoyable dive into the grime of Warhammer 40,000&s;s most corrupt city. But all of the incredible atmosphere in the world can&s;t hide its rough edges."
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65.0
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70.0
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70.0
"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 …"
Read original review"Fast-paced, loud, and unashamedly grim, Necromunda: Hired Gun is a competent, fun shooter when it all works."
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28.0
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35.0
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60.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun has a certain grungy charm and offers up some clever ideas, but unrefined core mechanics, messy level design, and a shameful lack of polish ultimately add up to Necro-no-fun-da. Hardcore Games Workshop fanatics might still find something …"
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70.0
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65.0
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45.0
"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 …"
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62.0
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78.0
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38.0
"There is some merit to how enjoyable the movement is in this game. However, it’s clear there are polish and refinements required if this bounty hunter wants to make bank. Necromunda: Hired Gun is messy and not the game Warhammer …"
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58.0
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62.0
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38.0
"The most obvious conclusion of Necromunda Hired Gun is that it&s;s a shame. The technical difficulties are easily solvable, but they discourage any player from starting a game, being the most advisable to wait for a first patch that fixes …"
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48.0
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48.0
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48.0
"Necromunda is a sight to behold, but it&s;s undermined by wonky shooting, superfluous mechanics, and bugs."
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30.0
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25.0
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20.0
"Throughout Hired Gun, you very much feel its desire to emulate elements of genre-defining hits like the Half-Life and BioShock games, as well as its failure to understand how they utilized their systems and mechanics to engage and immerse players. …"
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58.0
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62.0
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60.0
"In sum, Necromunda: Hired Gun is a very mixed offering. It seems that for every pro the game brings, there is a con to match it. I still had fun with Necromunda, but the experience is tainted significantly by the …"
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15.0
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15.0
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10.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun is a game that goes far from doing justice to the setting, having serious problems in its gameplay and a narrative that does not hold the player at any time. Add to that a vast amount of …"
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45.0
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38.0
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22.0
"Necromunda: Hired Gun shoots itself in the foot with bugs galore, brain-dead AI, and a dull, nonsensical story."
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