Agents of Mayhem Reviews

Agents of Mayhem is ranked in the 34th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
7.5 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2017

Agents Of Mayhem is a highly entertaining, open world third person action game. It’s world and character design provide a unique and interesting take on the genre and combined with the animated cutscenes make for an overall enjoyable gameplay experience. It is let down by it’s repetitive mission structure and lack of online modes, but would still recommend it to any fans of Saints Row or anyone looking to experience a quirky take on the third person shooter genre.

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7.4 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2017

At the end of the day, even with it's issues, Agents of Mayhem is still a fun experience that anyone who is a fan of hero shooters or the previous Saints Row titles will be able to enjoy. Shooting hoards of Legion scum won't get old any time soon.

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Atomix
Top Critic
74 / 100
Aug 15, 2017

Agents of Mayhem is a good action game with a tremendous generic feeling. Albeit it is fun to play, sadly it doesn't have anything that makes it shine like other games, even less like those like of the Saints Row series. If you play it you could enjoy a really good time; just don't expect anything outstanding.

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74 / 100
Aug 17, 2017

Hero shooter for solo players, who scores despite some gameplay flaws with varied heroics, a great campaign and much self-irony.

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7.3 / 10.0
Aug 17, 2017

Fundamentally Agents of Mayhem is a fun game, but Volition's effort to achieve great ambitions at the shadow of Saints Row cut off the the potential to do more. Its roster of characters poses a charming personality and the perspective it gives us of Seoul looks amazing, but beyond the meticulous options in personalization and the fluid combat gameplay, there is a lack of cohesion and too much repetitiveness.

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7.3 / 10.0
Aug 16, 2017

Agents of Mayhem came out with great hopes, offering a wonderful open world and a unique style of play, with many unique characters to choose from, but faced a storyline that was used in many film and games, It was put to fill the void no more, I would have been pleased if a cooperative play mode was added to increase the fun that could have made us overlook the bad story just for the fun of playing with friends.

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72 / 100
Aug 21, 2017

It may not consistently live up to the standards of Volition's recent pedigree, but Agents of Mayhem's cackling supervillains, destructive vigilantism and satisfying combat make for a jolly good open-world adventure nonetheless.

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IGN
Top Critic
7.1 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2017

Agents of Mayhem does a good job paying homage to the cartoon and live-action TV heroes of the 80s and 90s, and revels in the absurd tropes and idiosyncrasies of those inspirations. A broad and goofy arsenal of unique weapons and gadgets and the ability to switch characters on the fly to access complementary abilities offers some solid combat and good mindless fun, but due to some unpolished writing and repetitive environments and enemy types, it doesn't fully live up to its heroic potential.

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Aug 15, 2017

Agents of Mayhem is a step back from the trippy, superpowered hijinks of Saints Row IV and Gat Out of Hell. The cast is colorful and eventually, you'll open up the game enough that you'll have fun, but for a Saints Row veteran, you'll always feel like a little bit is missing. There a definite highlights here and there, but otherwise Agents of Mayhem treads water most of the time. Fun, but not amazing.

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7 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2017

But despite these technical flaws, I still had a really fun time messing around with the agents. Enjoying Agents of Mayhem is sort of like watching a cartoon you used to love without the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia or the naivete of youth. You'll get more of a kick laughing at it, rather than with, but there's a smile on your face either way.

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Aug 18, 2017

While I do feel like Agents of Mayhem has a bit of a generic streak, I don't believe it's a bad game.

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70 / 100
Aug 15, 2017

Agents of Mayhem would be a good product if Saint's Row did not exist. It has a simple and linear development. And that makes it boring during the most time of the adventure. The best thing of the game: the possibilities of the Agents.

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Paul Tassi
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2017

Agents of Mayhem is a strange game. I did enjoy much of my time with it, but I kept wishing it was a fully-fledged Saints Row sequel, not some alternate universe spin-off with less content. I didn't expect all that much going in, but by the end, I wanted more than I got.

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7 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2017

Agents of Mayhem does not do anything wrong, but it also does not stand out in any of its mechanics.

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Aug 15, 2017

The presentation, the characters, the gameplay -- Agents of Mayhem feels like a great game in spots.  It's got all the Saints Row style that you're accustomed to seeing from Volition, but it lacks in features when compared to other open world games of this nature.

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GameMAG
xtr
Top Critic
7 / 10
Aug 15, 2017

Agents of Mayhem clearly lacks a cooperative story mode and more varied missions that could make the game more fun. So, it's left to pull itself out of the secondary marshes thanks to well-designed characters, humorous dialogues and a pretty visuals.

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M3
Top Critic
7 / 10
Aug 15, 2017

Volition is back with yet another action packed game, filled with doubtful humor and silly designed characters. Agents of Mayhem may feel like a new Saints Row in almost every aspect – but it still offers plenty of entertaining gameplay.

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70 / 100
Aug 17, 2017

Taking these Agents out on missions starts out fun, but quickly goes repetitive.

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Aug 29, 2017

Agents of Mayhem offers fast-paced and mindless fun filled with Volition's signature crude humour, but elements of it make it feel like a missed opportunity.

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EGM
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2017

Agents of Mayhem is one of those games with so much potential that just doesn't quite reach the heights it probably could. That being said, it's exhilarating combat and unique character system have me looking forward to a more polished, more fully conceived sequel.

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