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EXCELLENT GAME-BUT-GLITCHY

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What can I say about this game, only that it is one of the greatest first-person shooters ever. But for all of you wanting to play as Sam Stone, you would be best off sticking to the PC games. When you first play the game you get sucked in to the game's mass weponry and graphics, though you will begin to see that the disk does not work. Once this happens on your disk, every other Serious Sam XBOX game will not work. Like I said before, the original is the way to go.

Not Too Serious

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Now heres one that has lots of shooting and not too much else but hey, isnt that why we like shooters? The graphics while "cartoony" are what we have come to expect from xbox and the gameplay is fast. With some humor thrown in we have an all around fun game experience. It will have a familiar feel to the fans of the Doom games although it is less serious and has lots more color.

Luke Murphy, Devoted Serious Sam & Doom fan: Great Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Dude this is one heck of a great-game, what I like so much especially is that all it is, is Serious Sam: First & Second Encounter but with just updated graphics, which makes it one big, fat improvement over both games on the PC. I even think this is a much cooler game than Serious Sam: Next Encounter for PS2 & Gamecube, and I mean quite a lot better than Next-Encounter, I mean the graphics are quite alot better, which makes it quite alot more colorful{At least in my personal-opinion} So Buddy-Boy, Serious Sam to me I think is waaaaaaaaay millions of times more cool than Halo, I just think it's about we had some warm/colorful FPS games out there, usually most FPS games always go for the more drab & colorless look. Most especially, alot of today's current-decade 2000's games out there. So if you're a Serious Fan, and still have a regular xbox in combination, get this game Dude!!! I'm telling ya, you will be doing yourself a treat.

Good action game for renting!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: December 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Good action game! but I don't think it's worth playing over.I say rent it!!
p.s. Turok:Evolution is much better.

Good game, but a rip off for the Xbox version.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game originally came out for computer and the Xbox version has no new features and the same graphics and plus it costs 50 bucks, why get the Xbox version if you can get the PC version for 10 bucks, yes you heard me its only 10 bucks. The only reason I would buy this game for Xbox is if my PC couldnt run it but thankfully it can.

Great game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Oh my! This game is a SUPERB value! It is a fun and rather light-hearted first person shooter that has gorgeous graphics in an Egyptian-type setting and a great use of music and sound effects.

While the game doesn't have a particularly deep plot, there is enough variety to keep your interest. Some of the many enemies you will encounter during the game are the Marsh-Hopper from Rigil Kentaurus, Beheaded Rocketeer, Beheaded Firecracker, Beheaded Bomber (do you see a trend here?), Male Gnaar, Female Gnaar (with no obviously different features), Zorg Mercenary from Beelmez IV, Zoer Commander from Beelmez IV, Reeban Electro-Fish, Beheaded Kamikaze (my personal favorite bad-guy), Scythian Witch-Harpy, Kleer Skeleton, Bio-Mechanoid, Cucurbito the Pumpkin, Zumb'ul from Planet Raw-ad-nyk, Juvenile Anachnoid, Sirian Werebull, Adult Anachnoid, Aludran Reptiloid, Fiendian Reptiloid Demon, Lava Golem, and Aludran Reptiloid Highlander. As you can see, there is quite an arrangement of monsters to blast.

And you get to choose between any of many weapons, such as a military knife, Chainsaw, Schofield .45, 12-Guage Shotgun, Double-Barrel Shotgun, XM214-A Minigun, M1-A2 Thompson Submachine Gun, XPML21 Rocket Launcher, MKIII Grenade Launcher, RAPTOR 16mm Sniper, XOP Flamethrower, XL2 Lasergun, SBC Cannon, and the Serious Bomb.

Along the way, there are the obligatory health, armor, life, treasure, and other pick-ups.

I only have a few complaints about the game. First, the enemy AI is pretty weak, so you often have two or more of same monsters coming at you in the exact same manner. Second, the cut scenes are rather short and superficial. Lastly, because monsters come from "another dimension," you often find yourself attacked from behind without warning. This can be frustrating at times, especially since there is no direction-of-attack indicator.

But these are minor issues. Although I rated Serious Sam a 4, it is only because it is not as deep as Halo (against which all first person shooters on Xbox should be judged). But the game is fun, and a definite title to get.

don,t expect much

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: December 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

BEWARE: Poor graphics, Very LONG load times, The game pauses in the middle of action for two seconds, I fell for all the good reviews this game got.

Mindless fun.....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for a deep plot, complicated gameplay and overall realism, go elseware...No, RUN because Serious Sam is NONE OF THE ABOVE, which, is not necissarily a bad thing. Remember the days when first person shooters involving a few stairs, maybe a door or two and wave upon wave of enemies flowed like wine? I sure do, and Mr.Sam breathes new life into a lost, but not forgotton genre. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Halo and other games with more than a doller's worth of plot, but when you arn't in the mood for the jibber jabber of mission breifings and actual reasons for going to a new place in the game, serious sam answers your call. The sheer numbers of enemies makes even a vertern Gamer cry out....That is, until you turn all of them into Monster-Kabobs with your handy little Chain gun, or rocket launcher, or heck, why not even a flame thrower.
Overall Serious sam: Gold can step up and deliver mindless fun and even more mindless plot twists.

Would be fun IF

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: October 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game that is if you can get it to work I played 3 difrent copeis of this game I thought there was something wrong with my xbox so I tryed my brothers xbox it did not work so I took it back and got a better game. If your feeling lucking buy it if not your money could be better spent on something better.

ROCK 'EM SOCK 'EM SAM

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

While I was first playing this game, I thought, action too fast, cartoonish, and more of the same. After about an hour I had changed my mind. This is quite a refreshing game. The boards (maps), along with the overall graphics are very sharp and crisp. I really liked the weapons they came up with. Some are the run of the mill firearms, but then they threw in some cannons and futuristic blasters and tally-ho, your a madman with a smile. The charaters in first person are very cool and have very interesting ways of getting your attention before your a splatered memory. In 4 person split-screen play, it was totally every man for himself. Great multi-player value. They also have a great sense of humor- throwing santa clause in the mix and awesome power-ups. After playing so many of these types of games lately, It was good to get back to basics with a twist.

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