First things first as someone who payed there hard earned money for this game I have a much better opinion then so many people who have a agenda 65% of online reviews on game sites,blogs and YouTube are shills they are known for blackmailing Publisher & Developers into payola Angry Joe comes to mind when it comes to this but, he isn't the only one Most of these same clowns don't pay a dime for the software or even hardware The biggest problem with the Internet is the over the top negativity over good and services It's very Toxic Before Agents of Mayhem even dropped people online were quick to knock it (No Online Co-Op fail) It's not Saints Row fail Good lord I hope half these people are high school kids that are just stupid and don't fully understand the real world Agents of Mayhem is in fact Saints Row (I can bank the Developers only put from the Creators of Saints Row 1-IV in some of the teaser trailers) to troll the internet Community who are massive babies If you played and beat SR Gat out of Hell you'd understand this Universe/Timeline The negatives: There are minor bugs I've been stuck in the Ark, sometimes the game has lag usually during odd things like when you fall from a super high spot Once in a while the audio drops out But, on 8-22-17 (There was a patch/update so hopefully it fixes the small issues No type of Grinding on anything there are strange polls in high spots you'd think you can jump on or even grind on/across But, you can't Not sure why these are even in the game I can't help but, think there was a grinding mechanic but, it was removed due to Sunset Overdrive Another massive Negative is the load out screen (This game takes the over complicated characters upgrades Boardlands has and throws it into a Sandbox/Open world game You only get 3 Agents of Mayhem Characters out of the gate which i don't mind but, it would've been nice to have a few more I'm on Level 11 so not sure when other Agents are unlocked
Graphics the look is a bit different from previous SR games (It's very much Crackdown mixed with Far Cry: Blood Dragon, meets Sunset Overdrive) It's very 1980's Neon If you are sensitive to colors watch lets plays before you buy it (I can see some people falling out and having a Seizure from this game) If you are a child of the 80's your love what you see there are so many cleaver references all over the place Depending on what type of TV you are playing on you'll want to adjust the settings to your liking The cut scenes are straight-up 1980's looking Saturday morning cartoons in a awesome way!
The controls are so/so not horrible by any means but, seem a bit "off" The climbing up building in Saints Row IV and SR: Gat Out of Hell was almost perfect in Agents it's not as easy While it's not over complicated like GTA5 it's a bit stiff and takes a little getting use to The driving is spot on much like in other SR games it's easy to get into a vehicle and drive The switching on the fly works and the more you play you'll understand this concept
The Story: Is a bit simple much like Just Cause 2-3 and the previous Saints Row games You don't play games like this for the deep social commentary you play it for the shallow Open World game It's very much like a extend Adult version of G.I. Joe
Is it fun and worth your time and money Without a doubt yes if you love Sunset Overdrive, Just Cause 2-3, Crackdown 1-2, and all the previous Saints Row title you'll dig this While it's not perfect (No open world/Sandbox title is) There is a lot of content in the game The best way to try to explain this re-imagining is to compare it to Dead Rising 4 = DR4 was a solid fun game but, overly simplistic to appeal to the masses/mainstream fans Agents of Mayhem isn't a lazy sequel it's just a little to bloated in a sense (Volition went all out to expand on a open world game trying to take concept done by Boarderlands, and Overwatch and a hint of Crackdown This game is super ambitious Volition could've done the lazy thing and just took Saints Row IV and re-skinned it and added more HD textures I'm not sure who this game is meant for though It's a odd mash-up of a True Open World title with elements of other game genres It shouldn't work but, it really does Is it the best Sandbox game I've played this year probably not but, it's super close Hopefully there is real HQ Season Pass unlike the garbage Capcom gave us with the Dead Rising 4 Season Pass I hope this direction continues But, Volition remakes Saints Row in this time line that way both games can share the same Universe Much like Saints Row and Red Faction shared the same Universe previously This could be a build up to a Saints vs Agents of Mayhem game The game is a solid entry into the sandbox genre that changes the rules and should be given a lot more credit then JohhnyGamer1988 says or the other brave internet trolls that hide behind a phony online name to express there point of view I gain nothing for talking up this game i have no angle and not looking for clicks I think it's being ripped apart to be ripped apart while garbage like Friday the 13th The game gets a strange pass at being garbage It's a solid 9/10 MS Gamertag Duckman 1979