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 Let's
get serious... Serious Sam that is. A game inspired by classic
3D shooters like Duke Nukem 3D (don't you dare say you never
blew up the girl stripper-dancers with your rocket launcher
in that game!) and Doom. Serious Sam has all the latest quirks
and gismos that current 3d shooters have in terms of technology,
but unlike the trend of RPG-shooters currently hitting the
market this year, this game is old school.
The story-line
is non existent, just a few paragraphs displayed on the screen
and then it's on to the meat of the game..the endless action.
There are more enemies per square inch in this game than in
any game I'd ever seen. In one level you get trapped in a
room filled with hundreds of froglike things that explode
if you touch them. The game does a excellent job at handling
huge outside worlds and the monsters in them and still keeping
a good framerate even on slower systems.
What's a FPS with
out weapons? Serious Sam has them by the truck loads. Most
weapons have been ripped from Quake II. You get your shotguns
and your grenade launchers and all the other weapons that
are in hundreds of other FPSs. They are traditional, well
balanced and have limitations. If it an't broke..
Though it adds
no innovations to the FPS world, it is a blast to play and
has some funny moments! When a headless bomber on level 2
kamikazes toward you screaming and you put the drop on him.
Sam will taunt "AHHHH! yourself... oh oh!",then
out of nowhere ten bombers attack you at once, trying to get
close enough to explode in your radius! It's no Half-life
but it has enough charm to please the most jaded gamer.
Music is of the
Egyptian verility and blends well to the game, as the music
changes to suit the mood. Sound effects are crisp and clear.
Serious Sam's voice acting is decent, sounding like Nukem
with a sore thought, having that "attitude" feel.
The only complaint
is that there is no story-line, and that it is kind of short,
but the price is only $20 dollars, and you get allot of value,
compared to all the other 'Dear Hunter' crap you can buy for
the same price.
-Chip
Scheppel
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To win
this game you must learn to strife like a Egyptian!
The Bigger
they are... you know what I mean!
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