Frame rate periodically buckles under the weight of BFE’s particular brand of chaos. Unfortunately, there’s quite a bit to say about the technical issues wrung out in the process, as well. A game doesn’t necessarily need to be compelling, as long as it’s entertaining – but Serious Sam 3 is occasionally neither.Įxperiencing technical difficulties – There’s a lot to be said about Croteam’s impressive Serious Engine 3.5 and how much they’re able to squeeze out of it. Its shoehorned plot does little more than loosely connect a dozen levels of wave-based combat primarily told through cutscenes that feature Sam Stone dropping the “MF-bomb” like a maladjusted sailor and walking, intently, toward camera.
Traditional to a fault – For all its bells and whistles, Serious Sam 3: BFE essentially boils down to a brisk jog from one arena to another, pumping round after round into absolutely everything. It’s a huge point in Sam’s favor as the injection of a teammate can liven up an inherently repetitious genre. Thoughtful considerations like instanced pick-ups (everyone gets the gun, the health pack, etc.) and cutscene vote-to-skip features really drive home the user-friendliness of the cooperative design. Both the lengthy campaign and the endless Survival mode are playable with a buddy via split screen or a gang of up to four friends over Xbox Live. It’s frenetic and frustrating, and regularly punctuated with jaw-clenching, hate-seething difficulty.Ī friend in need – Serious Sam 3 totes a cooperative experience that’s anything but tacked on. It recreates that headlong charge into chaos, insisting you weave between projectiles and dodge rampaging enemies from all directions. When a lone hero - clad in t-shirt and denim, maybe a leather vest - hoisted hundreds of pounds of weaponry and blasted a pulpy, wet path through the interdimensional/biomechanical/cybernetic demon armies of wherever. Traditional to a T – Serious Sam 3: BFE harks back to the olden days of shooters. Serious Sam 3: BFE (Before First Encounter) picks up that story before it began, following Sam as he battles through modern Egypt on a mission to activate the time travel device and begin that inevitable journey. Over a decade ago, he dove into the past to prevent a present-day alien invasion by confronting the extraterrestrial menace throughout ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica. It’s been a long road for “Serious” Sam Stone. It was released on October 17, 2012, for 1200 MSP. Serious Sam 3: BFE was developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital.
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