Retro Replay Review

Gameplay

The first thing that works is the squad concept. Agents of Mayhem lets you take control of a variety of Super Agents, and their individual weapons and skills give you a practical reason to try more than one approach. Rather than treating the cast as interchangeable faces, the game’s core pitch is that each agent changes how combat feels. That is the strongest argument for sticking with it: find the personalities and loadouts that suit you, then lean into the chaos.

Seoul gives that action an open-world playground, with LEGION operatives and the Ministry of Pride standing in your way. The game is a behind-the-back shooter at heart, so the immediate loop is easy to understand: move through the city, find trouble, and use your chosen agent’s particular tools to clear it out. You can read the publisher’s Agents of Mayhem description for the basic setup, but the important part in practice is whether the roster keeps you curious enough to keep changing tactics.

That variety is also where the game can lose some focus. A big roster, an open city, and a pile of villainous targets make for a deliberately loose experience. If you prefer action games that build around one hero and one sharply defined combat style, the constant emphasis on different agents may feel more busy than deep. Go in ready to experiment, not expecting every piece of the operation to feel equally essential.

Graphics

The most noticeable visual idea is the cast itself. The agents are designed to look different from one another, matching the game’s promise of distinct personalities and combat specialties, while Seoul serves as the futuristic city backdrop for LEGION’s occupation. It is a fitting frame for a super-agent premise, even if the character lineup is the imagery that does the most to separate the game from a more conventional military shooter.

Story

Agents of Mayhem plays its premise big and unapologetically. After the global attacks of Devil’s Night, LEGION holds cities through ministries named for the Seven Deadly Sins, and Seoul belongs to the Ministry of Pride. Doctor Babylon and his supporting villains give the campaign a clear comic-book enemy to push against, while the mysterious Morningstar hangs over the wider conflict.

This is not a setup built for subtlety. You are running an agency that has permission to do whatever it takes, facing an organization called LEGION that is trying to take over the world. The exaggerated names and scale suit a game that wants its heroes to be unruly and its villains to be larger than life. That tone should work best if you enjoy superhero-style pulp with a sci-fi edge.

The story’s main advantage is how directly it supports the changing cast. Different personalities have room to matter when the heroes are presented as a group of agents rather than one solemn protagonist. Still, the central conflict is familiar on purpose: stop the shadowy villain organization before it completes its global plans. Come for the energy of the team and the villainous theme, not for a grounded thriller.

Overall Experience

Agents of Mayhem is easier to recommend for its attitude and its roster than for the bare fact that it is an open-world shooter. There are plenty of games where you shoot your way across a city. Fewer make the choice of hero, weapon, and personality such a central part of the invitation. When you enjoy testing different agents, the game has a lively reason to keep moving.

Its scattered, anything-goes approach will not land for everyone. The same excess that gives it personality can make it feel less disciplined than a focused action campaign. You need to meet it halfway and accept that the point is a brash agency of mismatched specialists taking a direct, noisy fight to a ridiculous evil empire.

At its best, it is a playful detour for anyone who wants a third-person shooter with a more eccentric squad than usual. Fans of loud sci-fi action and character-driven combat options should give it a chance. Gamers looking for precision, restraint, or a deeply serious story will probably find its charm wears thin before LEGION does.

Retro Replay Score

6.7/10