Just finished the game with a lot of headaches. They basically took Serious Sam, turned it into a topdown shooter but removed the things that were fun about the franchise. Even on the easiest difficulty, enemies are bullet sponges. In the 3D Serious Sams you'd just plow through hordes while feeling like a god. In the Bogus Detour you just feel weak, from beginning to end with a collection of weapons of which 90% feels useless which in turn makes you use 1 to 2 weapons all the time. Maps are big, you really have to explore them to find secrets (I think I found a grand total of 0). There is no map or whatever so in the end its just a lot moving back and forward to wherever. You know you're on the right path once another horde runs towards you. The worst part is weapon selection. In chaotic moments you just randomly press numbers until the right weapon pops up. This becomes apparent in bossfights. Oh and this is not a spoiler, just a tip: At the last stage of the endboss, if you fail, do NOT press restart. Quit the game and reload your save file or you will have to do a whoooole long annoying section all over again. I did it 3 times :)
Just finished the whole career mode and it certainly is the most fun one can have in a racing game that offers so much more. You smash your way through the environment AND your rivals trying to come first in races that are diverse (street and offroad races, not to mention the special events). The best part is that the difficulty is very balanced, do you race well? You win. Do you make a mistake? Good chance you'll get overtaken. Your rivals are always breathing in your neck but don't feel overpowered. Better yet, you'll often witness them spinning out, crashing and eventually wrecking their cars without you ever touching them (but spinning them out yourself is also a very fun tactic). But what is more satisfying than being able to earn money (to upgrade and buy cars) by literally smashing into them with a nitro boost? And that's exactly where this game excels other racing games. But sadly after a while the dopamine kinda stopped flowing for me. Cups sometimes consist of (too) many races and when you invest in the wrong car, you're going to have a bad time for a while. So it's good practice to test drive all your cars before buying them and making the right investments into car upgrades. (and if all else fails, there are cheats to make your life better)
