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SERIOUS SAM GAME PC
Serious Sam 4 is available today on PC and Stadia with console versions coming in 2021 If you like retro style shooters, Serious Sam 4 is definitely something you should check out. Nothing is like it in terms of the sheer amount of enemies you have to fight. It has an an insane amount of enemies, and action that can’t be matched in any other series. Serious Sam 4 isn’t a perfect follow-up, and it doesn’t quite bring Sam into the AAA arena, but it’s a seriously fun game. Luckily, the gunplay is fun, and there is a challenge that kept me going. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it does get old grinding through hordes of Mental’s forces just to do it all again in the next area. Most fights are done by circle strafing and back peddling. And while enemies can fly or be perched on ledges, there is little verticality in Sam’s encounters-most arenas are flat, with pillars, if there is any sort of cover at all. Beyond the vehicle sections, and the boss battles, there is little variety in what you do. Sometimes you can fight in larger open fields, sometimes you’re stuck fighting in more enclosed spaces-but that’s it. Exploding enemies in gore is great, but most of the gameplay loop consists of entering into an arena, and facing down hordes of enemies.
Perhaps the biggest flaw with Serious Sam 4 is one it shares with the rest of the series: monotony. Different skills even allow Sam to ride Werebulls, or melee insanely large enemies to death. Skills allow you to eventually dual wield even the most massive weapons Sam can carry. I never found enough skill points to get everything I wanted, so I ended up specializing in a few traits-notably, dual wielding. Serious Sam 4, while not a role-playing game, does have a few skill you can put points into. There are plenty of beasts you have to fight that tower over Sam-but that’s nothing he can’t handle. And those are just the enemies under a story tall. You should also expect lizards that wield magic, vampire analogues, and more.
The rest are old favorites you’ll probably recognize-especially the iconic Gnaar and beheaded minions-especially the kamikaze ones. There are a pretty large variety of enemies in Serious Sam 4-but only a few that are new to the series. Serious Sam 4 is all about huge hordes of enemies, sometimes screaming, all trying to kill you. It wouldn’t be a first person shooter without an array of enemies, and Serious Sam 4 has them in droves-literally. There’s even mechs, including a mech version of the pope mobile that is armed to the teeth. You can drive an ATV, motorcycle, and even a combine harvester-the latter of which is truly a cathartic moment. This isn’t the first Serious Sam game that gave Sam access to vehicles, but it probably features them more prominently than previous titles. And if guns weren’t enough, Sam even has giant mechs at his disposal. Weapons like the Devastator and other explosives make enemies gib into a bloody gore, while the auto shotgun can easily mow down hordes of, well, anything. Each of these weapons feels good to use, and feels substantial to fire.
SERIOUS SAM GAME FULL
The usual array of weapons you would expect feature prominently: multiple types of shotguns, from pump to full auto, miniguns, assault rifles, rocket launchers, grenade launchers-oh my. Sam’s arsenal is one of the only things standing between Mental’s alien invasion and Earth. And it seems to be the only way to get them, because using the level select past where you find these power-ups loads you in without them-meaning you’ll have to do a full playthrough to have access to the best toys. But it’s almost always worthwhile, as some of the best weapon power-ups and secondary attachments can be found doing these missions. Sometimes these missions are super short detours, or you’ll have an event where you have to shut down a massive invasion portal, and fight off the defenders as you do so. There are optional secondary missions you can partake in. While Serious Sam 4 is a mostly linear affair, going off of the beaten path can yield some of the best goodies.