When playing in third-person, the melee mechanic looks clunky and slow. It adds a reload mechanic that feels very unnecessary after the other games. It has an actual story with mission objectives and other characters, and Sam talks a lot more which I didn’t always like. Serious Sam: BFE is a big departure from the other two, and I’m a little conflicted about it. The difficulty settings range from game journalist (I’m only kidding) to Mental, so you can fine-tune your level of challenge. Enemies will teleport into a level in front and behind you, and the only way to stay alive is to keep moving and shooting constantly.Īfter all these years, it’s still really exciting to play through these levels, even if my skill isn’t what I remember it was. The first two games provide you some tight spaces inside, but the outdoor arenas stretch out to give you plenty of maneuvering room. Playing in either first or third-person, this is an arcade shooter that forces you to strafe and shoot a screenful of baddies at a time. The gameplay is where you’ll fall in love or run away screaming. I appreciated this, but the switching mechanic should be faster and easier when you have forty enemies coming at you. It also slows the game down while you switch weapons. Both games have minimal story and will have you running through temples and large arenas, but the second game has a lot more greenery with a few upgrades such as additional weapons. Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter takes its inspiration from Central America. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter sends Earth’s mightiest alien defender back to ancient Egypt to take out the forces of evil. He drops funny one-liners like an 80s action star and mostly delivers on that promise.
The main character, Sam “Serious” Stone, is the Doomguy’s redneck cousin who shows up in an old pickup truck full of whiskey and fireworks, promising a fun evening.
Like the Ron Jeremy of re-releases, it’s packing a lot. We have Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Serious Sam 3: BFE, and The Legend of the Beast and Jewel of the Nile expansions. The Serious Sam Collection is composed of three games and two pieces of DLC. After digging into the games, does this new release live up to the hype, or is it better for me to have never taken off the rose-tinted glasses?
I’ve been waiting for the Serious Sam Collection to be released on the PS4 for a few years.
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