That new universe brings us to Agents of Mayhem, an experience that is able to take that out-of-place wackiness that was growing out of Saints Row and give it a place where it can feel right at home.Īgents of Mayhem places players into the shoes of several agents operating as part of MAYHEM, the Multinational AgencY Hunting Evil Masterminds (they really wanted to get that “Y” in there). Thankfully Gat of all people, notorious gangster of the Saints Row universe, would quite literally go through hell and make it so a new universe can emerge, one where everyone gets a fresh start of sorts. Things were getting a bit too wacky, and a need for a reset was becoming in order. Yet when the fourth game came along it started to feel as if Volition, the studio that managed to make something that was much more than a mere GTA clone, was running out of ideas. What at first seemed like a shameless grab at GTA’s popularity quickly became one of my favorite modern video game series thanks to its character-filled open world, copious buckets of humor, and wacky take on typical action. After Saints Row IV, I wasn’t entirely sure what to feel about how the series had transformed over the years.
