Not Saints Row: See Volition's Agents Of Mayhem

The next game from Saints Row developers Volition is not another open crimeworld, but it is... what is it? The announcement of Agents of Mayhem [official site] last week explained it was some sort of third-person, class-based shooter but now you can see quite what that means in the first gameplay footage out of E3. The answer is: yeah, it is some sort of third-person, class-based shooter, and it looks a bit bum? See for yourself.

Those fellas at the Ian Games Network got the scoop earlier this week:

So! Agents of Mayhem is a singleplayer third-person shooter in an open world with good-ish heroes (M.A.Y.H.E.M. - the Multinational Agency for Hunting Evil Masterminds) tackling supervillains (L.E.G.I.O.N. - the League of Evil Gentlemen Intent on Obliterating Nations) across future-Seoul. With a selection of a dozen characters (classes, in that MOBA-y way), you pick three to hit the streets then control any one at a time and can switch between them at will. They all have different abilities and weapons and can be upgraded and customised but... it doesn't look fun or interesting as a shooter?

The game's not due out until 2017 so it's relatively early footage, and this is out of context, but right now it looks like any bland third-person shooter from the early '00s - down to the fixed camera.

Hrmph. Maybe the footage is too early or maybe I'm grumpin'. What do you make of it?

Do check out the rest of our E3 2016 posts, previews, odds, ends, and gubbins.