I didn’t need that from Duke Nukem, or the Doom Slayer, or Caleb, or Dusk Dude, or anyone who’s game was there to let you blast aliens or demons or whatever. I don’t need to meet a charming NPC and then watch them die and Sam be sad and angry a few missions later. I do not need pathos in my Serious Sam game. Sam is written better here than ever before, with witty one-liners, some self-aware humor, and also moments of drama and almost character growth.
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Also, he will shoot approximately ten thousand aliens, sometimes with rocket-propelled chainsaws.ĭoes that sound like a Serious Sam game? I know that last line does, but the rest? Serious Sam 4 is absolutely thick with cutscenes and dialog, way more than 2 or 3 ever aspired for, and it made something about this series abundantly clear to me. Along the way, Sam will make new allies, lose some close friends, uncover some secrets of history, and suffer a shocking (maybe) betrayal. Starting in Italy, he winds a bloody path through Rome before heading out to the French countryside, and eventually finding himself in a climactic battle in Tunguska. Teamed up with a rag-tag band of quippy soldiers, Sam is on the hunt for the Holy Grail, said to hold the key to turning back Mental’s forces which have all but conquered the planet. Before Sirius, before ancient Egypt, before Timelocks, we get Sam in his peak Earth Defense Force days. Not content with only having one prequel in the series, Serious Sam 4 is a prequel to the prequel. Nevertheless, if you want more of that Second Encounter goodness (and you’ve already played Siberian Mayhem), this is the sequel you’re looking for. In some ways it even tops them, though the myriad of technical issues and other design choices keep it from being a new high for the franchise. I’m happy to say that, of the main Serious Sam games, this one comes the closest to capturing the magic of the originals. From there, the franchise stumbled through the awkward cartoonishness of Serious Sam 2, fell into the brown military shooter trap of Serious Sam 3, and finally emerged here. What a long and winding road it’s been to get here! The Serious Sam series started with The First and Second Encounters, two games that knew what they wanted to be: goofy, over-the-top FPSes helmed by a parody of the badass action heroes of the time.
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