Agents of Mayhem – Mayhem Without the Saints
It’s been a while since anyone has been able to say this, but Volition have announced a new IP. Now, imagine this if you will. What if Saints Row was about superheroes? No, I don’t mean simulated superheroes in a digital con…well, actually, it’s a video-game so I kinda’ do. Okay, so not the capes and fancy powers kind of superheroes, but the more down to Earth (heh, yeah right) gadgets and heightened reflexes kind of shtick. Like Batman and Captain America, that kind of thing. But also make them spies that give no fucks about discretion, and that would be Agents of Mayhem.
At present, our colleagues have an exclusive cinematic video, as seen above. It gives us a thematic introduction which we don’t really need. It’s a somewhat more caricature art style than the Saints series, but the overall feel of the game is promised to be immediately familiar. Featuring stupidly over the top characters, like the reality TV star who used stunt doubles to blow stuff up (including themselves) for him, and an open world to dick around in and ignore the plot.
As the Agents of M.A.Y.H.E.M. (the Multinational Agency for Hunting Evil Masterminds) you will travel to Seoul, South Korea, to do battle with L.E.G.I.O.N. (the League of Evil Gentlemen Intent on Obliterating Nations) who have launched an attack on the world because…whatever. They’re lead by a Saturday morning cartoon villain called Doctor Babylon and it’s your job to punch him in the face. Or just blow shit up and trash the place. Or both. It’s a Volition game, their whole shtick is to give you a playground and let you go play, which is precisely what we will all be doing in 2017. No date more concrete than that as yet, but past experience has shown Volition favour early Summer releases, so I’d say to expect it about a year from now.
Until then, check out the video and all the other tidbits we have and strap yourself in for a stupid ride, ’cause there’s Mayhem to be unleashed.
June 6 2016, Munich, Germany: Volition are back with a brand new IP in their latest open-world epic – Agents of Mayhem® – coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC in 2017.
The developers of the highly acclaimed and hugely successful Saints Row series have taken it to the next level with the creation of a new comic hero universe.
Meet the Agents of M.A.Y.H.E.M. (the Multinational Agency for Hunting Evil Masterminds) – a motley outfit of unique and diverse Super Agents recruited from around the world to thwart the destructive schemes of the evil supervillain organization L.E.G.I.O.N. (the League of Evil Gentlemen Intent on Obliterating Nations).
Featuring an original storyline, trademark over-the-top open-world gameplay, and the look-and-feel of a distinctive superhero cosmos, Agents of Mayhem is a true Volition game. This new IP is a part of the Saints Row universe, sharing certain story elements, symbolism, and design inspiration with the multi-million selling franchise. Building on the unique skill of the AAA studio to continuously surprise, endear, and engage players, Agents of Mayhem represents the culmination of over a decade of open world experience and creativity.
THE STORY
In a simultaneous global assault, LEGION has taken control over the nations of the world and the only force left to stop them is MAYHEM. Led by the mysterious and no-nonsense Persephone Brimstone, MAYHEM’s elite Super Agents are called to the city of Seoul, South Korea. Led by LEGION Minister Doctor Babylon and his diabolical lieutenants, a nefarious plot is set in motion to build a world-altering device that will grant unrivaled power to the supervillain organization. In order to stop LEGION and take back the world, the Agents of Mayhem will traverse a sprawling urban battlefield from the ground to the rooftops and team up as a super-agent collective to stop LEGION at any cost.
Success is far from guaranteed and collateral damage will be substantial, but it’s all in a day’s work for the Agents…
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