![]() My current setup isn't what I'd consider to be beefy, but I was able to run at a consistent 60 frames per second, and the game does a great job of auto-detecting the appropriate settings, but it comes equipped with the necessary sliders for customization. On the visual side, the game looks and performs extremely well, even on mid-level PC rigs. If you have the patience to stick with it, you'll definitely be happy that you did. They're run-of-the-mill weapons for any first-person shooter, but it feels lame to be stuck with them for a couple of hours in a series that generally blows the top off of arsenal selections.īFE improves on its opening hours in leaps in bounds, but it's an awful slow start. Again, it's pretty slow, and the confined spaces aren't indicative of what's to come.Īnother bit of troublesome handholding is that the game gives you some pretty bland weapon choices at the outset, the pistol and the shotgun. ![]() The opening stage is followed by a giant spider hunting section that funnels you through a series of tight corridors, and I assume the concept was to get players used to the idea of using melee for kills, which occurs a lot in this title. The issue with the first few stages is that they feel a little boring, and although the old-school design sensibilities work in its favor when the action is chaotic, they don't do the game any favors when you're plodding around the streets of Cairo and waiting for something to happen. Serious Sam 3 is a bit slower at the start, and I found that to be a little off-putting. Previous Serious Sam games have been pretty unforgiving in that they drop you into the firefight without much of a tutorial. Probably the biggest change in the series is a handful of opening levels that tend to ease you into the action. This is a game that's about shooting from the hip, and the design is more akin to old-school, '90s FPS titles like Doom 2, or even the original Duke Nukem, than more modern shooters like Modern Warfare or Battlefield 3. The game doesn't use a cover system, and while it incorporates down-the-sights aiming for the first time, it doesn't make much of a difference. ![]() Sam comes equipped with a number of heavy-hitting weapons, and it's all about survival because you'll quickly and frequently find yourself outnumbered and outgunned. The enemy design is pretty much lifted from the older games, but updated for the new, shiny graphics and engine. Like previous Serious Sam titles, you'll spend a lot of time in fairly open, arena-like areas fighting off swarms of enemies. I was able to gather a few like-minded souls on my adventure, though, and playing the game with friends is certainly an excellent way to go. I'm not sure if that speaks to how many copies of the game have been sold, or whether I wasn't logging in at the right times. It has 16 player co-op, as insane as that sounds, so it's a real shame that I could never get a full round going. Part of that difficulty stems from the fact that the title is somewhat designed with co-op in mind. It's also incredibly difficult! BFE is one of the toughest games I've played all year I needed to dial down the difficult to easy just to complete the game for review. The design can feel a little archaic at times because it doesn't feature many elements that we've grown accustomed to, but it still manages to be a lot of fun. It's passable, and there are some legitimately funny parts tossed in for good measure, but it's not the reason for playing the game - and yes, you should play this game. ![]() The plot really isn't the important part of the game anyway. The story line actually pre-dates the rest of the series this is a prequel that starts in the future (2060), before Sam time travels back to the point of Serious Sam 1 and 2. It's mostly because the developers realize that the love for the series is less about the character and his one-liners and more about the insane gunplay.īFE kicks off with a downed helicopter in Egypt as Sam battles various alien hordes that are invading Earth. ![]() Whereas a similar game, Duke Nukem Forever, failed to make a mark on the current first-person shooter market, Serious Sam 3 manages to avoid that pitfall. The Serious Sam series has always been anything but serious, and Serious Sam 3: BFE continues that fine tradition. ![]()
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