Serious Sam 4: Nostalgia awaits!

PermaChanged · 22 Sep 2020 at 09:42

I can't believe it's been nearly 20 years since the first Serious Sam was released, it was one of my earliest gaming memories. As lacking as the story line is, it was a blast to play!

As it was one of my first FPS gaming experiences it probably explains why I was always such a gung ho CS player, the game was just pure aggression - jumping and strafing to avoid enemy fire rather than tactically covering and peaking around objects.

I played the second too, but by the third installment I was too entrenched in the competitive nature of online gaming.

I can't wait for this fourth game though, I hope it brings back all those fun memories and easy aggressive gameplay of the first two.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/257420/Serious_Sam_4/

Eddie · 22 Sep 2020 at 09:45

Looking forward to it.

Been a fan of the Serious Sam games since the start, too.

chroniclard · 22 Sep 2020 at 09:47

Is there a place for such a simplistic shooter these days? £10 maybe.....not £30!

Gimpymoo · 22 Sep 2020 at 10:08

chroniclard said:
Is there a place for such a simplistic shooter these days? £10 maybe.....not £30!

Would rather pay £30 for this than £50 for COD, Ghost Recon, Battlefield etc.

Sam will be fun, guaranteed.

My gripe is they dropped the "Planet Badass" tag line owing to releasing on Stadia

chroniclard · 22 Sep 2020 at 10:23

Gimpymoo said:
Would rather pay £30 for this than £50 for COD, Ghost Recon, Battlefield etc.

Sam will be fun, guaranteed.

My gripe is they dropped the "Planet Badass" tag line owing to releasing on Stadia

I wouldnt buy those full price either. This looks like a wait till its £10 job to me.

Gimpymoo · 22 Sep 2020 at 10:28

chroniclard said:
I wouldnt buy those full price either. This looks like a wait till its £10 job to me.

I have never felt "ripped off" with a Sam game. You get what you expect

Plenty of guns, plenty of aliens to kill.

Reminds me of a time when games had a LOT of gameplay. Sounds odd, but true.

Smokey26 · 22 Sep 2020 at 10:50

Haha awesome. Had no idea this was coming. Ive played them all. The second encounter is still the best. 3 was pretty good, 2 was a bit naff.

Looks pretty good on the videos. The trailer where all the aliens are running from Sam is hilarious, haha.

ThePainBarrier · 22 Sep 2020 at 12:08

Love the SS games - the only games I know of that encourages you to jump outside the map to find shortcuts.
That feeling when when you almost make it to the end but waves of enemies come at you forcing you to backup all the way to the start of the level.

£30.99 hmm, plenty of games to play so will see how much it drops by (or how much on CDKeys).

Poneros · 22 Sep 2020 at 13:35

I don't like the art direction but these games are good fun so count me in!

james.miller · 22 Sep 2020 at 13:38

Ooh, that snuck up on me. Niiice. Love the serious Sam series, been playing through fusion recently.

Duke · 22 Sep 2020 at 19:35

Bought the previous ones and love them but will wait until its £20 or less.

Daftbrown · 24 Sep 2020 at 15:20

Not too positive...

GManLives reviews pretty much every FPS going so knows his stuff...

AlexTrickle · 24 Sep 2020 at 17:07

Daftbrown said:
Not too positive...

GManLives reviews pretty much every FPS going so knows ...

But if hes comparing like for like with most modern FPS (heck even FPS from the last 10years) its not going to look favourable. Does it scratch that old gung-ho feeling that the original Serious Sams did? For me thats the only question; if yes I will get it and thoroughly enjoy it for the short time till I complete it.

Eddie · 25 Sep 2020 at 00:00

Worth A Buy review ...

I think I'll wait until the bugs are ironed out and it drops in price a bit.

Kelt · 25 Sep 2020 at 00:20

Daftbrown said:
Not too positive...

GManLives reviews pretty much every FPS going so knows his stuff...

Wow, janky as hell.

Should have never been released in this state.

Gengar · 25 Sep 2020 at 23:15

Well I bought it. Played first hour. Finding it really great. As always, read review with a pinch of salt. If you love the previous games, you will love this.

I think it runs really well and looks lovely and crisp @ 4K. Not the most visually pretty game out there but they do the job. Running all Ultra settings on Ryzen 3600X and 1080ti. A few areas of slowdown when lots of particle effects closeup but other than that, the 1080ti still proving what a great card it is.

Smokey26 · 25 Sep 2020 at 23:34

AlexTrickle said:
But if hes comparing like for like with most modern FPS (heck even FPS from the last 10years) its not going to look favourable. Does it scratch that old gung-ho feeling that the original Serious Sams did? For me thats the only question; if yes I will get it and thoroughly enjoy it for the short time till I complete it.

Exactly. its Serious Sam, not Half Life. Some of these reviewers are total noobs. They were probly still in daddy's ball sack when the first ones came out. I saw a review the other day complaining about the anoying headless kamikasi bombers. For real?

AlexTrickle · 26 Sep 2020 at 07:50

Smokey26 said:
Exactly. its Serious Sam, not Half Life. Some of these reviewers are total noobs. They were probly still in daddy's ball sack when the first ones came out. I saw a review the other day complaining about the anoying headless kamikasi bombers. For real?

The kamikaze bomber waves are iconic... that frantic moment trying to kite and gun them down. If he complains about that then he doesnt appreciate what Serious Sam is. Its a generational thing I feel.

Smokey26 · 26 Sep 2020 at 10:45

AlexTrickle said:
The kamikaze bomber waves are iconic... that frantic moment trying to kite and gun them down. If he complains about that then he doesnt appreciate what Serious Sam is. Its a generational thing I feel.

Exactly.

Poneros · 26 Sep 2020 at 12:22

99.9% of reviews and reviewers are worthless. Not even worth wasting your time on 'em. They're just unofficial marketers.