Agents Of Mayhem : Some games consider themselves serious and some games don't. This one slides straight into the latter category. From the publishers of the classic Saints Row series – one for which I haven't played much – we have Agents Of Mayhem, which I personally feel should be Donald Trump's...

Volition's Agents of Mayhem ostensibly takes place in the Saints Row universe, but aside from this game's logo, appearances by Oleg and Pierce Washington, and an abundance of the color purple, one would be forgiven for not even noticing or caring about the connection.

In many ways, Agents of Mayhem feels like a child smashing action figures together and making explosion sound effects. On one hand (the one holding the bad guy), the game is a shallow rumination on good versus evil.

If any other developer followed a game like Saints Row IV with Agents of Mayhem, they'd be accused of resting on their laurels. In Volition's case, I don't even think that's possible. They might be st

Fun; diverse characters; Shooting is slick and enjoyable; Genuinely funny

Not much mission variety in the campaign; Story is nothing special; Occasional frame rate issues

Agents of Mayhem isn't subtle. The single-player action-adventure game from Saints Row developer Volition is all about being larger than life, with intense superhero-versus-supervillain combat and raunchy protagonists who drop F-bombs as much as they drop real bombs.

Wide variety of characters with different weapons and skills; Fast-flowing and explosive combat makes a great first impression

Storyline loaded with obnoxious characters and expletives guised as humor; Repetitive; monotonous mission design; Somewhat buggy; with problems accessing key features and issues with mission goals; Character upgrades fail to introduce meaningful depth

When Sonic Mania starts, you get a title screen just like in the old games and the ability to start a single-player game or play against a friend. This multiplayer part mirrors that of the old games, as the screen is split in two, and so you compete to get through the courses first, setting up other...

Still, even when stumbles a bit, it's only on little speedbumps in the road. For every issue I had, it didn't take long before I was enjoying myself again, eagerly anticipating what sort of wacky wonders the game would throw at me next.

Like the Kevin Smith version of A New Hope I imagine almost daily, Sonic Mania is a game made by fans, for fans. And that's not a bad thing. Newcomers may be turned off by the intermittent difficulty spikes, but others may finally understand why many childhoods were spent looking for a kid who had a...

Eggscellent Level Design; Eggsceptional Art Style; Feels like Sonic

Frustratingly Old-School; Tags

1992 is alive and well. Christian Whitehead and team turn in a beautiful rewrite of the 16-bit Sonic games with all-new stages.