For my mind, Saints Row used to be a fun riff on Rockstar’s tried-and-true Grand Theft Auto template, but somewhere around the series’ fourth entry, developer Volition made a fatal mistake: it tried desperately to be different. What was once a good-natured comedy about gangs vying for territory quickly descended into farce. We got an alien invasion replete with bombast ramped up to 11, and jokes forced through clenched teeth. Saints Row stopped being subversive, and started being boring.
Unfortunately, the winds of change have failed to blow. Agents of Mayhem is a spinoff entity that’s rather more latter-day than vintage Saints. It takes place in a futuristic version of Seoul, rebuilt after the end of Gat out of Hell. It’s a gleaming, glistening jewel of a city, with burnished metals and sleek cars inspired by a Philip K. Dick novel. It’s bright – bright - with a...
Unfortunately, the winds of change have failed to blow. Agents of Mayhem is a spinoff entity that’s rather more latter-day than vintage Saints. It takes place in a futuristic version of Seoul, rebuilt after the end of Gat out of Hell. It’s a gleaming, glistening jewel of a city, with burnished metals and sleek cars inspired by a Philip K. Dick novel. It’s bright – bright - with a...
- 8/15/2017
- by Edward Love
- We Got This Covered
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