Classic Review


Without a shadow of doubt Serious Sam refers to the genre’s roots. The game pays homage to classic 90’s shooters such as Doom, Quake or Unreal. Based mainly on the Duke Nukem, designers from Croteam proudly entered the 21st century, because it was one of the first titles offering the players quite an open world. Setting placed in the Ancient Egypt allows us small exploration of the locations.

The first association is the movie “Stargate” from 1994, where, just like in the movie, our hero moved in time through the notorious Time-Lock. The plot is strongly an excuse here, which was the standard in action games then. There is only one hero, but what a badass he is!

Today, some people will ask, why don’t we meet some NPCs in the game?

Serious Sam is a kind of pastiche on “Rambo” type productions . If one guy is able to save the world, then we don’t need to waste time for shallow side-plots. Let him just take the gun and tear these motherfu**ers stupid things in large numbers apart!

The only conversations we encounter in the game are the humorous comments of our protagonist and funny NETRICSA’s descriptions, a built-in female computer that serves as a guide. Anyway, who would like to watch the cut-scenes when hordes of enemy creatures are waiting for us?


The music in the game is great. Silenced, unobtrusive, but at the same time fitted into the climate. The soundtrack encourages us to fight.


Croteam based the graphics on their own Serious Engine. HD Version uses third form of engine. On the visual side game is quite beautiful, colorful and expressive. It is well refreshed remake. Of course younger folks can complain a little, but couple years from premiere it still stands its ground.

Locations in the game could be divided into 3 types:

1. Free areas, in which, more or less linearly, we break through the land of Egypt
   
2. “Corridors of death”, in which we fight our asses off through waves of enemies
   
3. Arenas, where in closed rooms we try to survive the hell-storm

Battles in the latter two are often somehow directed by design, as if the ammunition given us earlier slightly suggests specific game style and tell us what kind of opponent we would face. In the end the whole game could be defined as a casual dynamic rampage .


We get 6 levels of difficulty:

• The first two are a light, pleasant trip.
  
• The next two are classic Run ’n’ Gun for people wanting to relax after work, but also having a light challenge
  
• While the last two require from us optimal tactics for a given chapter and also a lot of experience – like knowledge of the game itself, because it is often necessary to know where secrets are located

More than useful here will be the abilities to manage resources (like ammo), set priorities, adjust techniques to the opponent's configuration, jumping, dodging, strafing etc.

In HD version we can customize difficulty level. Try to add extra enemies, give them extra strength, turn off hp, armor or ammo pick-ups etc. By changing these, game counts your final score multiplier, for example: going on normal level with everything set to default your points will be multiplied by x31. If you set your game on serious mode with disabled hp, armor and ammo pick-ups it will be around x66. In this case players are able to compete with each other and try to set the best possible place on newly added leaderboards.

Objectively the most difficult map is Metropolis, where we have to use kind of guerrilla-tactics when running among buildings. Also Demo Karnak offers a cross-section of all the challenges we encounter in the game.

A few levels earlier, we could encounter boss in the form of hundreds small jumping creatures – Marsh Hoppers.

What deserves praise is the multiplayer, especially when it comes to the co-op mode. For having fun online with friends, the game is just excellent. Achievements that have been given through Steam are expanding a little our experience, we can try to collect all secrets or play in team at 400% enemy strength.


In the era of today's shooters and their Hollywood-style atmosphere and tension, Serious Sam is a gem. The game may not be top-iconic, but certainly a classic, real old school!

It has so far a large group of supporters and sympathizers, although it is slightly underrated. In a hand-wrestling with Duke Nukem it is for sure not a loser, and in my humble opinion “He Is the Man!”

[url=http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/id/lux_vq/recommended/41050/]Classic Review[/url] [h1]Stargate or: Mass Mummification [/h1] Without a shadow of doubt Serious Sam refers to the genre’s roots. The game [b]pays homage to classic 90’s shooters[/b] such as Doom, Quake or Unreal. Based mainly on the Duke Nukem, designers from Croteam proudly entered the 21st century, because it was one of the first titles offering the players quite an open world. Setting placed in the Ancient Egypt allows us small exploration of the locations. The first association is the movie “[i]Stargate[/i]” from 1994, where, just like in the movie, our hero moved in time through the notorious Time-Lock. The plot is strongly an excuse here, which was the standard in action games then. There is only one hero, but [b]what a badass he is![/b] Today, some people will ask, why don’t we meet some NPCs in the game? Serious Sam is a kind of pastiche on [b] “Rambo” type productions [/b]. If one guy is able to save the world, then we don’t need to waste time for shallow side-plots. Let him just take the gun and tear these [strike] motherfu**ers [/strike] stupid things in large numbers apart! The only conversations we encounter in the game are the humorous comments of our protagonist and funny NETRICSA’s descriptions, a built-in female computer that serves as a guide. Anyway, who would like to watch the cut-scenes when hordes of enemy creatures are waiting for us? [h1]Lamentations of the Kamikaze [/h1] The music in the game is great. Silenced, unobtrusive, but at the same time fitted into the climate. The soundtrack encourages us to fight. [h1]Oases and Dunes [/h1] Croteam based the graphics on their own Serious Engine. HD Version uses third form of engine. On the visual side game is quite beautiful, colorful and expressive. It is well refreshed remake. Of course younger folks can complain a little, but couple years from premiere it still stands its ground. Locations in the game could be divided into 3 types: [olist][*]Free areas, in which, more or less linearly, we break through the land of Egypt [*] “Corridors of death”, in which we fight our asses off through waves of enemies [*]Arenas, where in closed rooms we [b]try to survive the hell-storm [/b] [/olist] Battles in the latter two are often somehow directed by design, as if the ammunition given us earlier slightly suggests specific game style and tell us what kind of opponent we would face. In the end the whole game could be defined as [b]a casual dynamic rampage [/b]. [h1] Pleasant Sightseeing or Suicide Mission? [/h1] We get 6 levels of difficulty: [list][*]The first two are a light, pleasant trip. [*]The next two are [b]classic Run ’n’ Gun[/b] for people wanting to relax after work, but also having a light challenge [*]While the last two require from us optimal tactics for a given chapter and also a lot of experience – like knowledge of the game itself, because it is often necessary to know where secrets are located[/list] More than useful here will be the abilities to manage resources (like ammo), set priorities, adjust techniques to the opponent's configuration, jumping, dodging, strafing etc. In HD version we can customize difficulty level. Try to add extra enemies, give them extra strength, turn off hp, armor or ammo pick-ups etc. By changing these, game counts your final score multiplier, for example: going on normal level with everything set to default your points will be multiplied by x31. If you set your game on serious mode with disabled hp, armor and ammo pick-ups it will be around x66. In this case players are able to compete with each other and [b]try to set the best possible place on newly added leaderboards[/b]. Objectively the most difficult map is Metropolis, where we have to use kind of guerrilla-tactics when running among buildings. Also Demo Karnak offers a cross-section of all the challenges we encounter in the game. A few levels earlier, we could encounter boss in the form of hundreds small jumping creatures – Marsh Hoppers. [b]What deserves praise is the multiplayer[/b], especially when it comes to the co-op mode. For having fun online with friends, the game is just excellent. Achievements that have been given through Steam are expanding a little our experience, we can try to collect all secrets or play in team at 400% enemy strength. [h1]“He who wields a mini-gun, fears not.”[/h1] In the era of today's shooters and their Hollywood-style atmosphere and tension, Serious Sam is a gem. The game may not be top-iconic, but certainly a classic, [b]real old school[/b]! It has so far a large group of supporters and sympathizers, although it is slightly underrated. In a hand-wrestling with Duke Nukem it is for sure not a loser, and in my humble opinion [i]“He Is the Man!”[/i] [table] [tr] [td]Story & World[/td] [td]9[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Video[/td] [td]8[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Audio[/td] [td]9[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Gameplay[/td] [td]10[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Overall[/th] [th]9[/th] [/tr] [/table]