Current version:PlayStation 5
Hell Let Loose

Hell Let Loose

Hell Let Loose is a PlayStation 5 shooter game developed by Black Matter. It centers on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.

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8.2 / 10
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About this game

Hell Let Loose is a PlayStation 5 shooter game centered on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and weapon and firepower management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.

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8.2 / 10PlayStation 5

Strong battlefield teamwork, highly dependent on communication and logistics.

Hell Let Loose makes supply, spawn placement and specialist roles central to winning. Infantry, reconnaissance and armour depend on each other, so a coordinated advance feels larger than individual marksmanship. Positional gunfire and artillery reinforce that danger. The cost is a demanding rhythm: without forward deployment, long runs dominate, and silent squads can leave newcomers uncertain about their purpose. PS5 later received a server browser with useful map and mode filters, making suitable matches easier to find. Console memory crashes remained an acknowledged problem during the 2024 update cycle, a relevant historical caution for long sessions. This suits players willing to communicate, learn duties and support logistics rather than seek constant personal highlights. Online access and the applicable PlayStation Plus subscription are required.

Strengths

  • Genuinely interdependent tactical roles
  • Convincing battlefield sound and pressure

Weaknesses

  • Disorganisation creates lengthy downtime
  • Console memory crashes are a historical reliability concern

Who it is for: Communicative players willing to learn roles and support logistics.

Play notes: Online play and PS Plus required; expect long sessions and voice coordination.

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Changing fronts are tense, but poor organisation slows the experience.

Reviewed7.8 / 10Not provided
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Interdependent roles produce strong tactics, with communication setting the ceiling.

Reviewed8.8 / 10Not provided
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Convincing atmosphere builds tension through environment and cooperation.

Reviewed8.7 / 10Not provided
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Useful discovery and guidance improvements retain a dated 2024 memory-reliability concern.

Reviewed6.9 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Developer
Black Matter
Publisher
Team17
Release date
Oct 5, 2021
Platforms
PlayStation 5
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
Fast-pacedReplayableReal-time CombatThird PersonExploration3D GraphicsPlayer versus EnvironmentDodgeWarShootingLinear LevelsSolo-friendly
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Age ratings
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Play modes
Multiplayer
Perspectives
First person

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