Agents Of Mayhem: Volition's Finest (feat. Jason L. Blair) 

All of the art for my new intro, the video's thumbnail, its title card, the cut agent renditions and the end card were all done by artist Azuma Yasuo. Check them out here! twitter.com/AzumaYasuo96

This video is better marketing than the game ever received.

*RIP Volition and the Saints Row franchise* And wow!! Someone actually liked AoM

Great interview by my boy, Jason. One of the hardest development times in my career. Still proud of the work we did on it. The fun we had during character creation and animation was a great time. Thanks for not letting AOM die!

I like the 2d animated cutscenes. Fits with the saturday morning cartoon style they were going for.

AOM is a game I will endlessly defend. Playing it for the first time and seeing every single character have entirely different animations for every action on top of having dialogue ready to continue conversations while swapping was endlessly impressive. The buff/debuff based combat on top of the verticality is something I adored and would only be somewhat matched later on by Anthem. Hearing 27:03 - 29:24 put a lump in my throat as I can feel their disappointment like it were my own.

Just won't be the same without Volition kicking around.

Should've laid off every person on the marketing team

Damn, sounds like a good game that a lot missed out on, R.I.P Volition

IMO Agents of Mayhem is so misunderstood and under-appreciated. I really liked this game because it was just fun, didn't take itself too seriously and had some good character abilities

Volition is literally my favorite developer, ever since I played saints row 2. Then realized that they also made red faction (which I also loved) and now I can't wait to play the saints row reboot.

Volition attempt for redemption with Saints Row is potentially aging like milk. They must to do something ASAP. Very mixed early reviews on a unoptimized and poorly written game. Edit: Yikes!

I got this for £20 not long after it came out and have to admit I did find it pretty repetitive and ran into a couple of bugs here and there, but I still had a really fun time with it and definitely got my money's worth. And as someone who loves Deadly Premonition and the BloodRayne games I know what it's like to adore something so many people write off as mediocre and worthless, so I'm glad you found something to love in the game and made this video. Maybe someone else will give it a chance and love it as much as you do.

This was a game I have never heard about until you mentioned it several times as one of the games you were anticipating to play. I also remembered seeing artists on DeviantART commissioned to create artworks of the characters the same way Blizzard did with Overwatch. It was such a fun experience and was my introduction to Volition. While it’s sad it underperformed, I don’t regret the time and money I spent on it. I have really enjoyed this video.

I feel like saying AoM doesn't have character customisation is kinda misleading, since honestly it has the best character customisation where it really counts, gameplay. Each operator plays so uniquely to each others and they can be customised to suit any specific niche, it's amazing. I honestly thought this was a stepping stone for the next Saints Row, where we can customise how the Boss played.

The reboot will not age well lol

the problem with AOM wasn't the characters, gameplay mechanics or story, but the bugs that made me hate the game. It was unplayable at times, you'd get a goal that would be unreachable because it glitched into the wall, you couldn't dodge while attacking so you could die pretty quickly if you have a lot of enemies on you, and the worst, was that on the last mission in the game where you had to drive to a certain area, would always crash the game, every time, the game could not get past that bit. It does make me hope they'll give it another try though, I'm optimistic about the reboot of Saints Row, but I have some doubts for it.

I still remember talking to you about this game when it came out, and our own disappointment of the general public reaction to what was easily the most fun we had with a game in some time. It's so wild to see that all these years later, you'd be able to realize a dedication to such a bombastic, wild ride that was clearly made by talented people who loved what they were doing. Not to mention this is the finest work you've done yet. You raised the bar yet again!

Man, an open world, western style game set in a post apocalyptic Rio actually sounds amazing. Shame that idea was dead on arrival.

I have to wonder if the efficient new city crafting tools post-SR2 are the reason why Steelport, Hell and Seoul are such boring flat worlds. SR2 Stilwater was complete harmonious chaos with several different districts but it all just worked despite how hard it was to create

Played the game start to finish...it's not worth the praise and honor in this video.

Thanks DX u reminded me of this game i didn't play as a kid cause I didn't have any money backthen but I knew volition couldn't disappoint. I bought the game recently and am loving it. When I get far into it I'll comeback and watch the vid

I'm watching this after watching your Concord video. The character designs in this game are so fun and energetic. It makes you want to actually play them.

It kind of sucks that Agents of Mayhem was overlooked because it's marketing. I just bought it recently and I had fun with it.

Thank you for making this video. It helps to deepen my appreciation for this game, as I am forever last-gen. I JUST picked this up for the xbox one, for...$2 or $4? As a fan of the SR and RF series', all I knew, was that it was by volition and most people weren't feeling it. Its fun has been unveiling itself like an onion. A fun addition to their legacy. Be proud creators!

Really been loving these past few videos i'm loving the direction you're taking with your art.

Why do marketing underestimate the power of video game trailers? One bad trailer can completely turn-off lots of potential buyers to the point they no longer want to see anything else related to this same game. So i think its one of the reasons the game flop. The livestream were good (that's what sold me on the game) but most players won't go out of their way to watch an hour long livestream of a game they have no interest in to begin with.

Love the new graphics, and again, glad to know someone gave this game the credit it deserved so long ago.

I chalk up AOM’s failure to volition consistently NOT listening to their fans. Nobody asked for agents of mayhem. They keep making shit nobody asks for.

I'm starting to think DX is my spirit animal. Black Ops 3 and AoM are two brilliant masterpieces that I feel are always misunderstood by the general audience and even fans of their own franchises, and now just staring at the video title alone already fills me with joy. I preordered AoM back in 2017, put 30 hours in it and until today I'm still floored by the sheer style and energy it harnessed, and the combat is simply one of its own. In fact the combat is so good that the new Saints Row put me off big time because every footage I've seen looks like the game regressed to the old boring SR The Third's primitive point and shoot gameplay. Big thanks for the video m8. I really hope it sells the game to more people and how brilliant it is.

I've never played AoM but SR2 is legitimately one of the funnest games I've ever played

This is an amazing video, I really have nothing to say here because you said exactly everything I would have said for me. You're a real one.

I forgot about this game

The chances on Agents of Mayhem 2 are highly low, but i still believe there is little hope that Deep Silver let Volition make a perfect sequel, just like Saints Row 2.

Great deep dive into development and the game 👏Hope we see maybe something like Gat out of Hell for Agent's of Mayhem after the Saint's Row reboot and its DLC are shipped. Like a standalone expansion, maybe with coop ? that'd be freaking cool. Regardless I'm glad Volition still exist and are making the games they want to make. Thanks you for making this.

Haven't clicked on a video so fast in weeks.

I bought the game after seeing this video for 3 € on the Ps store. I've been having some fun with it but I feel the repetitiveness of the content holds it back quite a bit, using different characters with different combat styles is pretty fun but less so if you have to keep doing the same mission over and over again. I feel most of the effort was put into the characterization, as explained in the video, but you really can't expect a game like this to boom in the current market

This was a well put together video of a beautiful game. Love your videos bro

Yet another great video about a game's development. Lovin' it

I love these videos so much. As long as you keep making them, I will keep watching them

Fast forward to the new Saints Row and it’s the worst games they’ve ever made and quite possibly the last

That new intro is so AMAZING!!!

I don't know how you do it but your videos get better and better with each upload. I feel so bad that this game flopped and it may be too late now but I'm definitely buying this game.

I just re-purchased this game again for $1.49 on next gen. Just another of many games that prove older games were better before recent years. Even the “bad” games were better

Thanks for making this informative and entertaining video. I had overlooked this game but have now bought it after watching this.

one positive thing that born from the disaster of the new saint row is that make me search for something better to play and i give this game a chance and man i kicking me for not play it when it launch but is good and it shows the heart and soul that was put in his development

I'm probably going to buy Agent's of Mayhem now. It's underated and it's really sad that it performed so bad. I just didn't have time back then. Now I feel bad about the people in the studio. Damn, I wish a new Red Faction would be made.

I personally found Daisy to be one of the weakest characters of the game, she seemed too stereotypical to me. Fortune seemed to much like the "It" character that volition tried to make happen but everyone just switches out that character from the team as soon as possible. I tried out all the characters and ended up beating and finishing the majority of the game with Braddock, Kingpin (Pierce), and Joule. Those characters just resonated with me most and play good too. I think there's a character for almost any kind of person in Agents of Mayhem, except for Hollywood, Hollywood is THE absolute worst character volition has ever made. He's such a cookie cutter lame duche. I did enjoy the game for the most part and plan to play it again, the legion lairs suck ass though since they're way too damn copy and paste like the saints row 3 stronghold cribs, same garbage different location. I also like the fact that Gremlin has a crush on Hardtack. 😆😆😆

Saints Row’s legacy, fandom and marketing killed Agents of Mayhem. It is unfortunate that the first reveals make everyone’s thoughts that this is a new Saints Row game and discontinue what made Saints great. Gat out of hell, made the things worse. If they just straight dropped the entire SR references and cameos they could have a chance. Now the Saints reboot is being already criticized the same way Agents had, due to their apparently change of tone, the new characters, and the early assumption that customization was not here when they first revealed.

fantastic video and fantastic developers

I’m not the biggest fan of this game, but I definitely see the effort that shined in the game and I can tell a lot of effort went into it. I wish the game did better and it’s sad that the recent Saints Row reboot is, in my opinion, the worst Saints Row games ever made.

Is it possible they made the game more for the devs than their players?

Loving the new intro/Channel art, feels really sleak!

new intro dope as hell

This video made me realize how much personality this game had that I hadn't realized playing it on release because of it not being what I wanted. Redownloading it on steam right now

"Finest"

This will be on play list for whenever I get a gaming pc. Really would like to see this at 60fps which is something the consoles won’t ever get an update for. Liked the story and much of the game

Funny how everyone has a bit more of a delayed appreciation for the game after the Saints Row reboot

See? This is why I love your channel man, first there was your video on Wolfenstein Youngblood and now THIS? Oh yeah! I'll always defend Agents of Mayhem, it was a whole lotta fun.

Damn Zeus looked like an incredible concept.

Great video I love this game I still play it to this day

You made me really interested in playing this game. I honestly forgot it existed. When it came out I think I also just assumed it was some hero shooter or online game and ignored it. As someone that doesn't give a shit about online gaming, that was an instant turn off. It definitely goes to show how poorly marketed this game was.

Majority of people love to bash this game but never play it

It's a fun game. I still play it. I was just disappointed how buggy it was on release

If AOM simply had real multiplayer, no one would hate it as much.

I simp for daisy! I loved this game so damn much and I wish it got more support.

love this game also forgot about the agent breakdown type streams they did. Those were dope. Especially cause they had the voice actors on.

I grabbed this game for £4 a few months back, been sitting in my backlog ever since. Worth booting up guys? Family member of mine just passed away, so currently into just mindless fun.

I wish I agreed about AOM being so much fun, but after about 5 hours with it myself, I was bored out of my mind. I think that Saints Row 4 but better was what I was looking for and AOM was too different. Different isn’t bad mind you, I just couldn’t get behind it.

I appreciate this video, my guy. It was good to hear every detail of the ideas throughout AoM's development. Since I did my research, I knew it wasn't a Saints Row game, but a spin-off. My only nitpick is that I wish AoM had as much side content as a typical Saints Row game. NOT the same activities, but ya'know. AoM's the only post-SR2 game I approve of in the series.

I preordered it. I really wish there was a sequel.

Man thou shout out to the new intro and general rebranding, looks slick as fuck. (also lol i failed the challenge of 100% that game before your video came out but oh well)

I went and bought this game when it first came out on PC and despite what bugs I encountered... I liked it. it was fun. The characters were well done and I enjoyed the unique, tag-team aspect of gameplay. Hell, I found the game was so enjoyable/likable that a few years later, I tracked down and bought a steelcase edition for PS4. I do wish AoM had done better, especially after hearing in the video about the potential expansion and modding that never bore fruit.

The game was alright, but it was nothing to write home about

No joke, I remember watching the Streams they did prior to launch. I had only saw snippets prior to this mind you, when I saw Daisy, I had to find more info. So during one of the streams they brought on Daisy's Voice Actress (Misty Lee), from that point onward I was all in. She's my most played character and I still go back to the game cause' there truly isn't anything else like it. With so many characters to choose from, I've drifted all over the place, have tried many different builds and line-ups, like every time I go back now, I'll try an entirely different team with an entirely different build, I'll drop a few hours between a couple difficulties depending on how much of a challenge I want, toy around with some Gremlin Tech for a bit too. Honestly, I think I'm right about that though, there really isn't anything like Agents of Mayhem. The tone, the style, the inner 90s kid who wishes he was an 80s kid cause' he grew up with 80s shows (Transformers, GI Joe, Captain Planet, He-Man, good grief this list goes on). I'll never not smile when I hear the AoM jingle "more you know" reference, the little guitar riff gets me every time. No joke, I don't even think I've seen all of them (100hrs+ playtime, in-game counter, might be longer though) during the load screens, such an ingenious idea to have those placed there, who ever pitched that idea deserves a medal. Honestly, I could keep gushing but yeah, it's a game I still hold dear. (EDIT: Side-note, my man team is literally the Thumbnail, haha, Daisy, Fortune, and Lazarus.)

I never knew it was so in-depth!

Amazing video bro now that's how you sale a person a game

I feel that AoM would have benefitted a lot by agents having super-powered ways to traverse the city. Like flying or superspeed. Whatever’s easiest to implement. I remember thinking at the time that this was the only thing the game sorta lacked.

Coop would have been a game changer here. I think AoM should have been developped around that idea completely.

I just love your videos. Wish you could post them more frequently

Going back to the old style.

NGL, this video is the reason I just bought this game. Im about 2 hours in, and im having a blast.

This got me wondering about the new saints row and what differences there will be from the older games

That new intro is sick

i bought the game around two years ago and it didnt click for me because i kept thinking of it with saints row on my mind and now recently i just got back on it and started from the beginning....its such a good game and its so under appreciated plus all the dlc and characters add so much more fun

Awesome video, filled with interesting info. Unfortunately, the game is nowhere near what it should have been. None of the individual parts are very good, and the sum is somehow lesser. Regardless of the game's quality, I will always support these small "docu-like" retrospective, and I appreciate all the work that you put into this one.

I fucking love this game. Now it makes me want to play through the game again.

Alright now I'm gonna buy this game even though servers are shutdown and you can't access online elements. Animations and it's artstyle looks great and gameplay looks engaging instead of on rail linear sp games that I've been playing recently

Okay people if you wanna try the game cause of this video, at least on PlayStation the game is currently 2.99 USD and is part of PSPlus extra, vice versa if you want to get a physical copy they are really cheap

I think I wanna try this game out

Such an underrated and sorta forgotten gem!

Hey DX, just discovered your channel earlier tonight. Actually a 5 year old video of you going through some really shitty games. You provided me with exactly the content I was looking for. I love older games and games that aren't exactly what everyone thinks of as good games. I especially love janky games. Then I saw you posted this and it was your most recent video. Your style is great and held my attention fantastically. I also loved this game. For whatever reason, I'd always run into problems playing it (my computer would struggle to run it, and sometimes controller support just wouldn't work for me) but I never ended up playing this thing for less than 90 minutes whenever it would run. It was so fun, I loved the cohesion and there was so much attitude and confidence I loved it. Even hearing the music they were putting up on Soundcloud for the game's factions. There is just something so joyous about beating the shit out of the enemies in the game. And something so wonderful about the movement systems. Thanks for this video. I'm glad to know that the team looks back fondly for the most part about the development. It's well deserved.

Liked that Video, subbed you, i hope the rest of the Videos got the same quality, would be good. Also nice, that you got an interview partner, 35 minutes are different if you got an dialog insted of an circlejerk monolog, like alot of creators do.

Loved this game. Of course it wasn't perfect but all the characters and their abilities were just super fun.

Great video and Interesting piece on yet another Volitions missteps IMO If Saints Row 4 was your first Volition title then I can see jumping into AOM that you had a blast but the fact is, fans of SR didn't know how to look at AOM other then a weird enigma of clashing ideas. Just like BF: hardline was to Visceral games what AOM was to Volition. A identity crisis that completely destroyed the game. I liked AOM and Hardline but the majority of the core audience it was marketed for felt unheard and disconnected. My main concern for Volition going forward is repeating the same mistake but in a different way in this new Saints Row Reboot. It now has the gameplay of a SR title.....but its lacking the core heart of what older fans wanted out of a new title. We will just have to wait and see if this new SR try will hit or miss but for me I will have to sit back and watch yet again since I waited for AOM in that bargin bin for a reason. The developers have heart but the ears to the ground on what people want are tone deaf.

Woah nice new intro

That's some sick intro.

Ngl I should buy that game again on Steam sometime. I bought it during a sale on my PS4 and thought it was pretty fun.

I'm not going to lie I absolutely love Agents Of Mayhem it is corny but it's meant to be I did find it a bit too short though and I just wish that it would have got such a better following so we could get story DLCs or at least Agents Of Mayhem 2

Damn I remember playing as Johnny Gat having a blast in the game for the first couple hours but I stopped playing cuz I heard the bad press about it making me think it’d just go downhill from there on