Agents of Mayhem

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  1. Hecatone
    Aug 17, 2017
    5
    It's like a less fun Crackdown. I'd have rather had the ability to customize my avatar than the set characters with very limited abilities. Not having a squad mechanic instead of switching between characters (with limited abilities) was a huge missed opportunity, which could have set the game apart from other similar games. Compared to other similar games (Assassins Creed, SunsetIt's like a less fun Crackdown. I'd have rather had the ability to customize my avatar than the set characters with very limited abilities. Not having a squad mechanic instead of switching between characters (with limited abilities) was a huge missed opportunity, which could have set the game apart from other similar games. Compared to other similar games (Assassins Creed, Sunset Overdrive, ect...) this game was less interesting. I fail to see what so special about it that other reviewers felt it deserved an 8 or a 9, with one reviewer copy and pasting his great review under PC and Playstation as well. The game wasn't terrible or even bad, just okay. You'll have fun playing it but maybe wait for it to go on sale.… Expand
  2. leburn98
    Jun 2, 2019
    7
    It's like Crackdown had a baby with Saint's Row. There is fun to be had here for sure, but it's repetitious action drags down the experience.
  3. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 15, 2017
    8
    Agents of Mayhem
    A Sleeper hit
    A gents of mayhem is a spin off game from the saints row series where a group of heroes are assembled with their own hatred for the legion to take them down The game takes place in south korea and the story is told with animated cutscenes and tons of humor and charm… This is a bit of a 3rd person version of a hero shooter.. though completely single    Agents of Mayhem
    A Sleeper hit
    A gents of mayhem is a spin off game from the saints row series
    where a group of heroes are assembled with their own hatred for the legion to take them down
    The game takes place in south korea and the story is told with animated cutscenes and tons of humor and charm…
    This is a bit of a 3rd person version of a hero shooter.. though completely single player
    you start out with 3 characters, and once youre set free in the open world youre able to go and recruit the other 9…
    The game handles the introductions and unlocking these characters perfectly…
    and rightfully so as recruiting them makes up a hefty chunk of this 22 hour long campaign
    To unlock a character you have to complete a mission with that character..
    each characters mission introduces them, gives them a back story and their reason for wanting to take down legion…
    and none of them feel throw away, every single character in this game feels fleshed out, both in their play style and their personality
    These missions introduce the characters weapon, their special attacks, and their mayhem attacks..
    They force the player not only to dip their toes in the water with each character, it forces them to prove they can succeed with that character as well
    And each is balanced in a way that you may love 2 things about them but hate one… or really love one thing but hate the other 2..
    This makes picking your favorite 3 so hard…
    And keeping in mind you need a variety of characters in your squad for different objectives missions may throw at you..
    Once you have your 3 favorite characters , its time to squad up and take the city for your own
    A squad consists of any 3 characters
    You can take these characters and clean up the town if youd like, taking over outposts so that you can unlock a regions side activites or claim currency terminals to increase you dollar per minute you earn back at your base
    these side activities aren’t really too interesting or fun…
    I don’t imagine many people will spend their time running around this tiny city doing them..
    and other than unlocking schematics for new cars theres not much incentive to do them anyway..
    speaking of cars this is how you will traverse unless you choose to jump and dash into the air, but the game makes it easy by letting you call a car instantly with the touch of the d pad
    but sadly there is no fast travel here, youll be driving a lot
    most of your time will be spent doing main missions and running through lairs or dungeons
    These lairs and dungeons are found in story as well as in the global conflict section of the game which is where you send out your unused members to go out and earn xp and scraps for gremlin tech which is basically a consumable attack
    These dungeons are where youll earn mods for your equipped characters
    The mission structure here though is practically identical throughout all 20 hours..
    heres the crazy thing though..
    The game stays fun throughout inspite of this..
    Im surprised how much I ultimately enjoyed agents of mayhem…
    while the open world is shallow, the level design is extremely repetitive, and a low health indication like a harsh vibration or blood/discoloration on the screen doesn’t exist..
    the heroes with their different moves, diolog, and personalities, the different villians that are fun to hate.. the overall writing in this game.. all of it keep this game fresh and fun throughout…
    if youre a fan of hero shooters in any way.. don’t miss out on this one
    I give Agents of Mayhem
    an 8/10    … Expand
  4. Peptide
    Aug 15, 2017
    9
    Game is super fun right from the start. That is why I wanted it was because of the "fun" factor.
    The game is easy to pick up and go. Everything is explained very quickly and efficiently. Easy learning curve. Some people are saying its repetitive but so many games out there are exactly that. After several hours of gameplay, I am thrilled to explore even more.
  5. BN333
    Aug 16, 2017
    9
    Fantastic Over the top Open World Game. Basically G.I. Joe meets Marvel movie within a Cop game.
    Combines the insanity of Saints Row with the Future Cop GTA successor: Crackdown 1, 2. Neo-Futuristic vibe with a feel for previous eras like the 80s, 90s. Characters have unique abilities and styles to go along with gameplay. Personality and functionality are similar to the characters in    Fantastic Over the top Open World Game. Basically G.I. Joe meets Marvel movie within a Cop game.
    Combines the insanity of Saints Row with the Future Cop GTA successor: Crackdown 1, 2. Neo-Futuristic vibe with a feel for previous eras like the 80s, 90s. Characters have unique abilities and styles to go along with gameplay. Personality and functionality are similar to the characters in Saints Row 3,4 and Gat out of Hell. Differences and variety of play keep the game fresh and traversing the city is a blast.

    Definately a must buy for this year, along with originator of the open traversal genre: Crackdown 3.    … Expand
  6. osprey
    Aug 27, 2017
    6
    On day one I was loving this game but it gets old pretty quick. I love the Saints Row games but this game is more like Sunset Overdrive which I hated. The characters and stories are fun but the endless battles with bullet sponge enemies and the repetition removes most but not all of the charm. I still had fun sometimes in this game but nothing like the endless fun in Saints Row. I hadOn day one I was loving this game but it gets old pretty quick. I love the Saints Row games but this game is more like Sunset Overdrive which I hated. The characters and stories are fun but the endless battles with bullet sponge enemies and the repetition removes most but not all of the charm. I still had fun sometimes in this game but nothing like the endless fun in Saints Row. I had a hard time finishing this game as the chaotic style and the harsh colours gave me a headache at times. I found some of the levels that required the use of the scan very annoying as the same button that does the scan also is the action button and it also leads you to your vehicle instead of the objective. I managed to finish the game but doubt I wil do much else in it whereas the Saints Row games continue to be fun after you finish the main story. So sad that the game this could have been wasn't delivered. I don't hate it but I sure don't love it.… Expand
  7. HayvenMoses
    Jul 14, 2018
    8
    Ive seen alot of reviews trashing this game and I dont get it,Im having a blast with it,its fun,funny the Graphics are amazing gameplay is tight,whats not to like? I play for fun and this game is fun,I just bought it new for $10 so you cant go wrong.
  8. Broyax
    Dec 31, 2019
    3
    Après les désopilants Saints Row 3 et 4, Volition remet le couvert mais sans les Saints dans une nouvelle ville au sommet de la technologie : Séoul ! et le plus frappant concerne la ville elle-même fort réussie graphiquement parlant avec une grosse touche de "dessin animé" (ou anime) offrant ainsi une zone de jeu inédite certes bling-bling mais agréable à parcourir.

    Surtout que    Après les désopilants Saints Row 3 et 4, Volition remet le couvert mais sans les Saints dans une nouvelle ville au sommet de la technologie : Séoul ! et le plus frappant concerne la ville elle-même fort réussie graphiquement parlant avec une grosse touche de "dessin animé" (ou anime) offrant ainsi une zone de jeu inédite certes bling-bling mais agréable à parcourir.

    Surtout que contrairement aux SR qui étaient (et restent hélas) des étrons techniques, Agents of Mayhem est pour sa part très joli en plus de tourner (enfin !) correctement... Présenté en 1440p sur la X, l'image est en effet proprette et assez détaillée même si ça n'égale pas Crackdown 3 bien entendu. Des saccades peuvent néanmoins encore se manifester surtout en voiture ou plus rarement contre les boss...

    Mais contrairement aux SR, on jongle ici avec une panoplie de "héros" que l'on débloque au fur et à mesure ; on passe de l'un (ou l'une) à l'autre n'importe quand, ce qui permet de varier les capacités de notre équipe de 3 "personnages" qui peuvent évidemment être améliorés...

    Les combats restent dans la droite ligne des SR, ce qui donne un TPS tout-à-fait convenable ma foi... mais on regrette le temps (des SR) où l'on pouvait customiser à loisir son (unique) personnage, car ici on a le choix qu'entre quelques "skins" (à débloquer...) et c'est tout ! alors que les possibilités étaient tellement plus nombreuses auparavant...

    Les pouvoirs sont aussi nettement en retrait (surtout par rapport à SR4) voire à la fois anecodtiques ou carrément trop débiles, seul le "mayhem" étant vraiment intéressant mais très en retrait de l'overdrive d'un Rage 2, cela va sans dire !

    L'autre souci concerne les fameuses activités de jadis qui ont toutes disparu, remplacées par des courses et des conneries qui ne consistent qu'à détruire comme un bourrin décérébré d'autres conneries. Bref, c'est complètement raté, rendez-nous l'arnaque à l'assurance ou le total chaos par exemple !

    Enfin, le gros problème d'Agents of Mayhem réside dans sa répétition et sa répétitivité : la campagne n'en finit pas et à peine arrivé à la moitié, on n'en peut plus... des vagues d'ennemis, des bases souterraines copiées-collées, des boss d'une lourdeur et d'un ennui consternants... que c'est creux, bête et... répétitif !

    Car finalement l'énorme souci de ce monde ouvert, c'est son manque d'amusement et d'excentricité, les deux points qui faisaient la drôlerie des SR 3 et 4 : dans AoM, on ne rigole pas... on s'emmerde, tout simplement.    … Expand
  9. Luzwck
    Feb 16, 2019
    8
    So much better than Crackdown 3. Agent of Mayhem is fun, fast and has a variety of heroes with different types of gameplay.
  10. guywithbeer
    Jan 11, 2019
    6
    I only played the game for about 1 hour but that was enough for me.

    Graphics are fun and smooth. The open world aspect seems to work well although the action seems overly simplistic. I imagine if you enjoy open world shooters such as Crackdown and the newer Saints Row episodes then you might have some fun playing this game. If you look for something deeper then perhaps this might not    I only played the game for about 1 hour but that was enough for me.

    Graphics are fun and smooth. The open world aspect seems to work well although the action seems overly simplistic.

    I imagine if you enjoy open world shooters such as Crackdown and the newer Saints Row episodes then you might have some fun playing this game. If you look for something deeper then perhaps this might not be for you.

    Nevertheless still a competent open world action third person shooter.    … Expand
  11. SWERY_51
    Dec 29, 2021
    8
    I had way more fun with this game than with Saints Row 3 and 4.

    I dream of a AoM 2 with new-gen graphics, and why not as a game as service, adding for exemple a new town once a year, and new content regularly, new agents, new missions that will unlock new skins, new types of vehicles, etc... They could also add some loot with stats like in Borderlands or Diablo. It would be awesome.
  12. FreelancerTrent
    May 31, 2019
    8
    Such a pleasant experience! Playing for the first time in May of 2019 with patches, I'm really enjoying the feeling of polish and abundance to the gameworld. AoM is for those gamers like myself who enjoy the base feeling of fragging enemies enough that we want to experience how many characters do said fragging subtly differently. Just Cause 1 & 2, the compulsive destruction of theSuch a pleasant experience! Playing for the first time in May of 2019 with patches, I'm really enjoying the feeling of polish and abundance to the gameworld. AoM is for those gamers like myself who enjoy the base feeling of fragging enemies enough that we want to experience how many characters do said fragging subtly differently. Just Cause 1 & 2, the compulsive destruction of the Crackdown series, AoM fits right in, but with much more character depth than Crackdown, as much as I thought the 3rd was the epitome of that series. Very similar vibes, but with more polish/production values! All the thoughtful nuances in playstyle that the game invites the player to explore and revel in are satisfying to gamers like me but not enough for those looking for a subtly different genre. Many gamers won't revel in slight variations on the same experience the same way us Dynasty Warriors / Orochi Warriors gamers do, lol.
    As an aside, I'm shocked when games like this and Crackdown 3 get utterly decried in games media and by gamers who consistently want a different genre of game and attest to that in their reviews.    … Expand
  13. RaginPagan
    Nov 22, 2020
    4
    Run and gun aspects of the game are amazing. The driving physics leave a lot to be desired, however. While this wouldn't be a big issue, unfortunately you have to drive for some missions and the clunky driving physics do not help. While parts of the game are fun, I believe the game would have been a lot better if the devs focused on what they do best, and that's fast paced and fun shooting action.
  14. LeeT72
    Nov 11, 2019
    8
    I have completed a very large number of games on all the main platforms, so consider myself quite an experienced gamer.

    I picked up Agents of Mayhem for peanuts, and did abandon it in favour of more interesting titles. However, after completing (and enjoying) Crackdown 3 I felt the urge to give Agents of Mayhem a second chance. I'm so glad I did as I approached the game with a different    I have completed a very large number of games on all the main platforms, so consider myself quite an experienced gamer.

    I picked up Agents of Mayhem for peanuts, and did abandon it in favour of more interesting titles. However, after completing (and enjoying) Crackdown 3 I felt the urge to give Agents of Mayhem a second chance. I'm so glad I did as I approached the game with a different view, in which I took the elements I wanted from the game and completed the main campaign. Many people say it's boring and glitchy, but they may have not updated the game and thought they had to complete every remedial task. AoM tasks aren't all supposed to be completed (unless you want to do them all), but they're provided in abundance so you can adequately upgrade without searching endlessly for appropriate activities.

    Give it a try. Play to unlock all the characters 1st, consider each as a loadout option, and tackle the main campaign as you see fit. You'll probably agree it's a great game that's lots of fun, and yet so cheap.

    I played it on the Xbox one X and only encountered 1 visual glitch (hovering item) and 2 failures for the current objective to update (simply reload current objective).

    Grab yourself a bargain.    … Expand
  15. Karottedraak
    Sep 3, 2020
    6
    This game is like the saints row game but without its flavour. The game is in the beginning pretty boring and even has a snap aim system which I recommend to turn of and adjust the aim-assist to have the most fun. Also the combat is not that exiting while it has a lot of potention. the enemies are always the same and they are never used in a challenging way so its just point and shootThis game is like the saints row game but without its flavour. The game is in the beginning pretty boring and even has a snap aim system which I recommend to turn of and adjust the aim-assist to have the most fun. Also the combat is not that exiting while it has a lot of potention. the enemies are always the same and they are never used in a challenging way so its just point and shoot nothing more.

    For the story I would not recommend this game as it has almost no story and it is a **** of stories combined in a wrong way. The vilains also are really boring and not interesting at all.

    But I have to say when I came to the ending of the game this game blew my mind and it showed me it could have been pretty good. The villains in the end also are a lot more interesting but this only lasts for the last hour and a half.

    So I give this game a 6 out of 10 and wouldnt really recommend it unless you have time to kill and get this game for cheap. There is some fun in the game to be found but it can also feel like a chores list you have to complete like every ubisoft game nowadays.    … Expand
  16. RTCWFAN
    May 16, 2023
    8
    This game is crazy. It is a mix between the Saint's Row series and superhero games. You should definitely check it out! Overall rating: 7.9.
  17. Bruninho1997
    Oct 22, 2021
    9
    Acredito que esse jogo seja um pouco injustiçado, não posso negar que me assustei ao me deparar com notas tão baixas.
    Particularmente eu achei o jogo extremamente divertido, a jogabilidade de cada agente é única e bem caracterizada para o personagem, com seus benefícios e malefícios nos combates e até mesmo na exploração.
    O mundo aberto do jogo é um pouco pequeno e não é tão divertido    Acredito que esse jogo seja um pouco injustiçado, não posso negar que me assustei ao me deparar com notas tão baixas.
    Particularmente eu achei o jogo extremamente divertido, a jogabilidade de cada agente é única e bem caracterizada para o personagem, com seus benefícios e malefícios nos combates e até mesmo na exploração.
    O mundo aberto do jogo é um pouco pequeno e não é tão divertido ficar "zoando" pelo mapa, mas cada construção e cada detalhe das ruas é nitidamente bem elaborado e planejado, tendo em quase todos os cantos algum baú ou fragmento de cristal para recolher.
    O combate do jogo é muito bom, e escolher o melhor agente que se adequa ao seu estilo de jogo é fundamental para se dar bem, mas infelizmente o jogo pode ficar um pouco bagunçado em confrontos em lugares apertados e cheio de inimigos.
    Graficamente falando é muito bonito, joguei em um XBOX Series S e sua performance foi muito satisfatória, mantendo quase sempre sua taxa de quadros por segundo em 60.
    A história é razoavelmente boa, e possui momentos engraçados, não espere serenidade na maior parte do tempo.    … Expand
  18. neomoonsevin
    Nov 19, 2022
    9
    I like this game it is very good in my view I don't understand why this ever was bad mouthed I really don't understand it great graphics ad I laughed heaps during my playthrough heaps definitely a Mature audiences game big up to thq and Volition

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Oct 21, 2017
    50
    A spin-off that unfortunately fails to scratch that irritating Saints Row itch. [Nov 2017, p.85]
  2. MondoXbox
    Sep 19, 2017
    78
    An entertaining game, with a great set of characters and lots of contents. What it lacks, though, is in variety, with an excessive repetitiveness due to too few locations and enemy types.
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  3. The Digital Fix
    Sep 13, 2017
    70
    There's so much to like if you're a fan of action cartoons but Agents of Mayhem is let down by repeated use of locations and annoying bugs.
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