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Seriously Hard

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm not going to say that this game is a "Quake" or "Doom" clone, although I am sure that there are many people who will say that this title is very similar. The guys are Croteam developed this amazing graphics engine that is capable of displaying massive numbers of high-poly count enemies on the screen at once. While the graphics are very good, I took a star off for the high system requirements required in order to make the game look like the screenshots found on the web. Not everyone is going to have the hardware needed in order to make this game playable at a constant 60fps. I know lots of people who have Pentium 3 500MHz systems with 8MB of VRAM - they'll be stuck playing Rollercoaster Tycoon til they upgrade. You will need to have a Geforce 2 level board at the bare minimum, simply for compatibility sake. While I enjoy the gameplay, there were points in the game where there was just WAY TOO MUCH going on at one time. I beat the game in about a week playing on Easy mode, anything higher didn't really interest me because A.) I've seen it all before and now it was much harder and B.) Did I mention it got really hard? If I had to do it over again, I would play the game starting on Medium diffculty right from the start, it would have taken me longer to complete and I probably would have honed my FPS skills even more.

It surreally good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Serious Sam. A main rack game at a bargain bin price, in an age where so many games are twice the price and offer little of value. If you want a different cheap game that's fun, you've got non-Sam options; however, they consist of games that are five years old (StarCraft, for example). Sam's not two yet, and he's at a great price.

But, price is not why you buy a game: I'd rather pay a normal price for a good game then a quarter of the price for a bad one. So, what's the game like? Think of Doom's plot for starters. Now, add a jump button, lights, better graphics, lots of units... you've got a start. Serious Sam is all about action, pure and simple. See a guy, shoot a guy, get points. Points! I don't know how long it's been since I saw a game with points. Other games say they're all action, but look at some of them. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault has lots of shooting, sure, but it's using the Quake engine: if you're lucky, you can see ten enemies at once. Compare that to when you're being swarmed by fifty suicidal toads, which are being replaced constantly. There are more enemies on the screen at once then in entire levels of some games. Heck (or more colorful language), you can probably kill more foes at once in Serious Sam then in all of Return to Castle Wolfenstein. So... yeah, there are a lot of enemies. And weird enemies, too. How many other games have you kill fifty guys with no heads and bombs for hands in a minute? Have you ever been beset on by the stampede of thirty mutant bulls, all barreling in your direction at full tilt? And don't get me started on the final boss; if I were to design games (not likely), one of my goals would be to make a boss that somehow bests that guy. It's the sort of crazy thing that games are supposed to make possible.

So, if you want a game with a deep plot, branching gameplay options, and some sort of stealth tactics, you've got plenty of choices. If you want to shoot at robot skeletons or giant fish, and give your brain the day off, Sam is the only way to go.

Arcade Action!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a first-person shooter that plays like the old tile-based shoot-em-ups. Especially in cooperative mode, there are monsters coming at you from every angle, all the time, and it's just an action-packed blast.

It's beautiful, too! The engine and levels are just amazing to behold.

Some of the "arenas" can get a bit repetitious, but frankly, you need the practice for later in the game, so I excuse them. Serious Sam is just a great game.

Disgustipatingly Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I grabbed this for about [] from a local game store and played it daily from the day i bought it until i beat it. It's incredibly fun, though very simple. The story isn't incredible, but that's usually not why i buy an FPS (Halo was an exception). The graphics are great, and i've run the game on my moderate system at highest detail.

Getting past certain areas can be a chore sometime - just make sure you have the quicksave key in a handy spot. The final boss was kind of boring and a lot easier than some of the earlier bosses/situation, yet it wouldn't suprise me if the expansion offered more of a challenge or maybe at least a little closure.

If you liked Duke Nukem 3D, then you will definitely like this game - snide remarks, violence, and often goofy enemies.

One of the Best Games I've played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I recommend you to buy it! You are going to find out what is this after you played it.

Hog Heaven

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

A great game! Very fun! Jam packed full of hilarious characters which get bigger and bigger by the moment. Luckily your weapons grow with these beasts. You will definitely enjoy progressing in this game...just to see what's coming up next.

Great fun both with cooperative and death match modes.

The one problem? Resource hog! Bad graphics compression and high requirements make the game lag at times and experience the "see-through wall" phenomenon. Enough to make the game bad? Hardly! Worth every penny.

Sam is the man!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just got done beating this game. It was short..it took me a total of 6 1/2 hours to do so, but what an action-packed game it is!!! Hordes upon hordes of other worldly beasts come streaming at you constantly..but it never becomes monotonous. There are secret places to be found, each containing ammo, health, or neat-o weapons.
The graphics on this game are stunning. I have an ATI Radeon 32 meg card and this game makes full use of it!!! The landscapes are very picturesque and you can almost feel the heat and sand beneath your feet. I actually jumped a few times when a beastie jumped out of nowhere and sucker-punched me.
The sound is also very cool. When the Werebulls come charging I could feel it resonating right off my subwoofer! The cannon weapon you pick up really booms off the speakers, too, when fired. The music too is very catchy...gets you in the mood to play this game!!
Highly recommended FPS game. This game is a ton of fun for very few bucks. Thanks to all the folks at G.O.D games for one kicker of a game!!

Serious Sam

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Serious Sam is an fps with a great action gameplay. You play Sam "Serious" Stone a charecter like Duke Nukem or Caleb of Blood who is sent back in time to save the world, The whole game takes place in Ancient Egypt with about 14 levels. I played it on the default OpenGL video mode, the graphics are fantastic as good as quake3. The textures look real. The levels are very big and the areas are very large with many wide-open spaces. I like the choice of weapons too. The saving and loading times are also good. It is not a game like half-life, The gameplay is just get from point A to Point B by shooting everything that moves, no puzzles solving and not many jumping too. There are not many different monstors but there will be loads of them comming on all sides, They respawn a lot but they dont cause much damage and it is not very hard getting them. Picking up ammo and health respawns the monstors, Infact if you find a locked door pick up the ammo and health packs lying arround, the monstors will come on all sides, and when you killed them all the door will open.The game is quite short but it has a great replay value and this game is not about completing it is about enjoying the action gameplay. The multiplayer, co-operative, and split screen modes and the very cheap price make serious sam really worth it. Serious Sam is one of the best action games i have ever played and it is a must have if you like action games.

You could do a lot worse with $20

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If they were trying to charge big bucks for this game I'd say forget it, but I'm adding my thumbs-up to all the other reviewers because it's a quality title for the price. Think of Serious Same as a graphic update to Doom. The game adds all the cool transparencies, lens flares, and other lighting effects, but it's pretty much a lot of running around in giant arenas and shooting everything that comes at you.

My only complaint is the shotgun is too slow to reload in my opinion compared to the other FPS's out there. You may find yourself using the rocket launcher more often. Don't expect much AI - they all just run at you and either blow up or start swinging. But it's a nice looking game and there's plenty of baddies to shoot down if you want to "kill" some time.

The best game since Doom.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Andrenaline, action, and a theme that is fun to play. If you were hooked on Doom, this is the shooter for you. No complicated plots or other hyper-realism killjoys.

Also, supports co-op play, unlike most games nowadays!

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