There's something satisfying about mowing through dozens of creepy-crawlies with your friend at your side. Don't worry - skill and strategy make it possible. Fact is, Serious Sam is gonna overwhelm you with creatures and there will be times when all you have is your self-replenishing six-shooters. You would think that with all of the creatures you'll be facing, this game would be chock-full of power-ups, health potions and ammo, but think again. Run through a level and the whole screen will be awash in creatures, walk through and snipe the baddies as they appear and you may survive. You'll also find that the more advanced levels require that you pace yourself. Now toss in a few grenades from the launcher and suddenly your prospects brighten. From twin six-shooters to the awe inspiring cannon, Serious Sam's eight weapons pack a serious fire-power punch.ДЇor instance, using the mini-gun when faced with three dozen kleer skeletons will eat through your ammo and leave you open to a smack-down. Luckily for you the weapons are as bad as the creatures. I mean this game has not one, not two, but three headless baddies waiting to blow you away with guns, missiles or even by exploding in your general vicinity. From chain gun packing mutant scorpions to the large-mouthed horned toads, Serious Sam creatures take the cake for the strangest menagerie you'll ever find in a shooter. Did I say bizarre? Well, bizarre - or any single word, really - can't capture the truly disturbing creatures you'll find in seething packs in Serious Sam. And good thing too, because you're not going to have a lot of time to perfect your shot without getting overwhelmed by the seemingly endless hordes of bizarre creatures the game throws at you from the get-go. Excellent default controls make tinkering with the keyboard and mouse set-up unnecessary for all but the most anal of players. It looks good and still has that all important fun factor present to make playing it a blast.Д«ut for older players, veterans of the series, it might not be worth spending nearly $22, when there are so many other important games either out or on the horizon.Serious Sam plays like most First Person Shooters, just a lot faster. You'll really need a microphone to get the most out of it, because the text chat 'facility' leaves nearly everything to be desired.ДЄnyway, as far as introducing new players to the old school, constant blasting style of shooter that Serious Sam is perhaps the embodiment of, it's the best place to start out. Keep On Shootin'Д¬o-op is still great fun though and the game remains very challenging as you ramp up the difficulty. But shave $12 off the price and we'd be laughing. It's a little overpriced (at least on Steam, as other places do the game cheaper) for what it is - an old game given a new lick of paint - and even with the addition of Achievements and all the bonuses being on Steam brings with it, it still essentially boils down to being an expensive nostalgic novelty. Of course, it's not Crysis, but, just like with the original, sheer beauty has been sacrificed for playability.Д«ut, for $20 or so, is just this graphical boost worth it when you could just play the original and get the exact same gaming experience? Probably not, sadly. For some reason, it doesn't seem as radically beautiful as some were saying it was going to be, but it's pretty decent, considering the size and scope of the levels and the number of enemies zipping about the place. With as much imagination as went into the decision to just make the game identical to the original in virtually every way, the new engine has been dubbed the Serious Engine 3.0. And so it is in Serious Sam HD, where Croteam have spent a long time spitting on and vigorously polishing their old game, so much so that they created a new engine. Well, it was ambitious only in a geographical sense, because the actual gameplay was exactly the same. Has It Really been eight years since we first locked, loaded and lobbed bullets around an alternate version of ancient Egypt with that most stern-browed of game heroes, Serious Sam? Ah, there was Serious Sam 2 a few years ago, but that didn't have the impact as the original, despite being more ambitious.

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