Unlocking a few of these will make your life a little easier, but doesn’t dull the challenge on offer. These allow you to choose one ability, such as dual wielding or item drops from enemies, which then open up a skill tree. Sam does have a few other tricks up his sleeve however, which can be accessed by inhaling somewhat unnerving purple alien gas pods. This, along with the “mini-nuke”, are very satisfying to use indeed.
This is essentially a grenade, which when thrown, opens up a black hole and sucks pretty much all on-screen enemies into it. There are plenty to find, such as grenades which make enemies fight amongst themselves, shots of extra health and my personal favourite, the black hole. These little gizmos are crucial to you surviving some truly epic battles. Although, I am disappointed the Serious Bomb didn’t make its return, despite pretty much being replaced by certain gadgets you can unlock. Using these ludicrous weapons against seemingly endless enemy hordes is what Serious Sam is all about. Wielding assault rifles and shotguns is all well and good, but things get a lot more entertaining when you unlock the rocket launcher, devastator rifle and cannon. The curve is fairly gradual too, but by the end you’ll be facing off against literally hundreds of varying enemies all charging directly towards you.Īs well as stocking up, your choice of weapon is key depending on the type of enemies you are staring down over the battlefield. Even on the normal difficulty setting, experienced FPS players will find a good challenge here. If you aren’t enjoying yourself an hour in, the chances are that this game isn’t for you. The gameplay is very straightforward, unapologetically so in fact. In essence, this is the pattern which needs mastering to beat a Serious Sam game.
It’s often crucial to scavenge the battlefield for ammo, armor, health and special items to prepare for the next wave of enemies, and handily each type of item has a colour coded border which can be spotted from a fair distance away. Serious Sam 4 is all about shooting aliens (as you would expect) but as always there are secrets to be found by exploring in between skirmishes. There’s a lengthy campaign of 15 levels on offer, which given the lack of variety can prove to be somewhat of a grind.
There are a couple which are much more interesting to explore (such as scaling the medieval architecture of Carcassonne) but unfortunately these are few and far between.
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While Sam's lines might not be as famous as, say Duke Nukems, he does have is own brand of humor.It’s safe to say that there are plenty of rough edges in terms of performance, but putting that aside most of the levels feel like generic PC FPS locations (many are reminiscent of multiplayer maps from Counter-Strike). In addition to having the winning line appear in Serious Sam HD, the winner's name will be immortalized in the credits of the game and forever become a part of Serious Sam lore. Croteam will choose the winning line and Devolver Digital will announce it to all followers of and in early August. So how does a budding video game writer enter a finely crafted line for a chance to hear it in Serious Sam HD? Gamers can log on to Twitter and send a brilliant tweet quip to July 15 and July 30. All you need to do is come up with a one liner for Sam to say. To get the ball rolling Majesco has launched an interesting contest for the game. Serious Sam HD is right around the corner for the PC and Xbox 360.