Posted on: September 26, 2020
Good4Games2019
Spiele: Rezensionen: 19
Gets old very fast, wait for sale
Even if I´m a fan of old school FPS (like Shadow Warrior, Blood, Doom etc.), I have never been a true fan of the Serious Sam series. Back then, these games were somewhat extraordinary because of their graphics and huge environments, but never because of their gameplay. For me, there were much better games back then. However, I played through the First and Second Encounter. I didn´t like the third part, because it tried to copy games like Call of Duty too much while forgetting most of its origin. Anyway, I gave this one a chance as well. This one now looks more like the old ones and has good gunplay. Still, it´s not really a good game. The level design is so boring and generic; You enter a setting and will just see variations of the same setting over and over again. I big problem for me is that checking the environment carefully mostly is not rewarded! In a good FPS game, you´ll find armour, ammunition and other stuff in almost every corner. Not here. Yes, there are some secrets, but they are not worth mentioning. Another problem is that skill is not enough for this game - you´ll also need a good portion of luck. If you are in the wrong spot and a huge bunch of enemies appears directly in front of you, you might have no chance, even if you are a skilled player. I played on the “difficult” setting and stopped playing at mission 7 because it got so repetitive and boring. I often went low on ammunition, even if I collected everything that was there. This doesn´t suit for this type of gameplay. On the technical side, this game looks like from 2010-2015 while having ridiculously high system requirements. Story wise, the game has nothing to offer, but okay, it´s Serious Sam… I didn´t expect that. There are so many great old school shooters out there, e.g. Ion Fury, Dusk or Amid Evil. For me, Serious Sam 4 is not part of these. If you want good old school gameplay with modern technics and some new ideas, buy Shadow Warrior 2 instead. Or just wait for Shadow Warrior 3.
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