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Focused game design

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

There's no pretense of a complex story, no neo-intellectual riddles or puzzles to solve. The developers quite simply knew what they wanted and executed it perfectly: a silly, stylish, fast, beautiful 3-D shooter. Serious Sam and the Second Encounter both ran flawlessly on my mediocre machine at 1024 resolution. I don't want to overstate this but I was astounded at the sheer number of individual characters moving (rapidly) on screen at once with no slowdown or clipping sounds. Possibly, to really appreciate this you need to have played some poorly coded resource-gobbling dogs that eat frames and chop sound effects with just slight onscreen detail. Even if you haven't, it will be apparent what a clean-coded masterpiece Serious Sam is. Bravo, CroTeam!

I can't quite give it 5 stars, as each of the two games becomes a bit repetitive after the 2/3 point. But, the Gold package is an undeniable steal considering the sheer quantity of alien-splatting fun of SS and SS:SE.

Frantic Shooter Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

"Serious Sam" makes no pretenses about what it's supposed to be: it's a run and gun shooter that really only pays lip-service to its "story." But, that's OK, because it's executed so well that it's a blast to play if you just want something quick and brainless with which to occupy your time.

The graphics are beautiful and no other shooter I've seen does wide open spaces as well. Monsters attack en masse, and I don't mean four or five at a time--you can literally be swarmed by scores of beasties. Fortunately, the weapons are up to the task. There's standard shooter fare, like a knife, a pistol, and a shotgun, but the heavy hitters, like the chain gun can really chew through ammo. It's a good thing too, you need heavy firepower to survive the firefights in Serious Sam.

Since the game is rated "Mature", it's obviously not for children, but if you're just getting into first-person shooters, or you're a veteran looking for some old-school (say "Doom") action, Serious Sam should be right up your alley.

one of the berrer shooters

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just got a new XP machine & my old DOS shooters, like Doom, don't work well on it (if anyone knows how to get such game working, please try to contact me)
I even had trouble with Sam crashing until I ran it on it's safe mode. It even has simple cheat codes.

Great Game, really.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: October 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you like a first person shooter with plenty of shooting, and plenty of wry humor, this is your game. Not quite perfect, but close. With visuals that are at times stunning, and fast paced varied action, this game is both fun and beautiful. And I can't forget the humor. Everything from the plot to the enemies to the sound bites of Sam to the personality of the computer contains well placed humor that works quite nicely. You can tell that the folks who made this gem had fun with it, and they have created a truly fun game. This is a game you just can't miss, and at twelve bucks (as of 10/6/03) you have got to pick it up.

Never fails to be an excellent first person shooter!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the shooter that really made a game good..LOTS of excellent 3D action and shooting. This is what the game is supposed to be about anyway. First person games are my favorite and I do not care much for a story but Serious Sam still has a general story and good graphics and sound! Although there are new shooters coming out that have newer graphics systems, this one made what those games are now, whether anyone wants to admit it or not! I never found one bug in these games and I have played them on several computers. I love the Godgames series and always have. I look forward to more from them!

Great buy for the buck

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Serious Sam Gold is some serious fun. With two complete games in the box, you are guaranteed hours of gameplay even for the serious FPS regular. Good graphics, and great fun.

If you already own Serious Sam...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

You are paying $15 for a sticker. Great game if you have never played it. It has great graphics, funny anecdotes, and lots of things that go boom! What's not to love?

If you have ever played Doom, Quake or Heretic, you'll like this game. There isnt much of a story, its mostly just shooting gobs and gobs of aliens. :)

I got it for 5 bucks at Gamestop.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Best 5 dollars I've ever spent. I continue to LAN this game and play it inbetween more serious games (no pun intended), and it's already been a few years. Serious Sam is kind of a kick back to Doom. The graphics are colorful, the game is full of humor, and the levels are huge, sprawling environments (mostly outdoors), filled to the brim with hundreds of enemies. The idea - shoot things. You'll have quite a hefty arsenal: shotguns, rocket launchers, a canon...this game becomes quite intense when you have a hundred enemies swarming you. This is easily one of the best First Person Shooters to come out ever. It works because it's simple, and on a rare occassion, simplicity actually makes the game as good as it is.

Fun FPS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is great fun! The graphics are out dated but still if you like FPS you might consider getting Serious Sam Gold. Fast action...fast saves...fast restores...mindless blasting.

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