Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom. Serving as a prequel to the original game, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3 takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading legions of beasts and mercenaries.
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The level and encounter design got some SERIOUS upgrades this time! The visual enhancements are also a welcome change, along with fewer outdated game design tropes (though a few are still present).
BFE maintains the series' sense of identity and core gameplay with its fast-paced encounters, but it does a far better job and pacing these encounters between each other. For example, the game sometimes presents subterranean sections where you're forced to move slower and fight jumpy enemies in the dark, relying only on your flashlight to see them. It seems unusual in theory but I think it fits right in.
Much like the First and Second Encounters, it culminates in a gauntlet level leading into its final boss. And I'm happy to say that both the gauntlet and the boss are significantly better than those in the previous games. The boss isn't anything too special, but it has easily the best sense of scale and unique mechanics which are required to beat it.
It's safe to say that, despite numerous flaws, I am now a serious fan of Serious Sam.
BFE maintains the series' sense of identity and core gameplay with its fast-paced encounters, but it does a far better job and pacing these encounters between each other. For example, the game sometimes presents subterranean sections where you're forced to move slower and fight jumpy enemies in the dark, relying only on your flashlight to see them. It seems unusual in theory but I think it fits right in.
Much like the First and Second Encounters, it culminates in a gauntlet level leading into its final boss. And I'm happy to say that both the gauntlet and the boss are significantly better than those in the previous games. The boss isn't anything too special, but it has easily the best sense of scale and unique mechanics which are required to beat it.
It's safe to say that, despite numerous flaws, I am now a serious fan of Serious Sam.
I am probably too old for this genre now...
A great prequel to an equally great game.
Realism added to the game some seriousness of what was happening. The game as a whole is not bad, it’s still the same Sam, but it still went overboard.
Реалистичность добавило игре какую то серьезность происходящего. Игра в целом не плоха, это все тот же Сэм, но перебор все же произошел.
Реалистичность добавило игре какую то серьезность происходящего. Игра в целом не плоха, это все тот же Сэм, но перебор все же произошел.
Good gameplay, nice story, but not as good as expected.
I remember wanting to play this game when i was young, this was like my number 1 most wanted game, but then almost 10 years later i bought it for myself with my own money to be so incredibly dissapointed. the jokes dont land for me and the combat is just kinda over the top for the sake of it.