Reviewers Liked
- Killing thousands of enemies never gets old
- Frenzied, fastpaced gameplay
- Incredibly creative weapons and enemies
- HD graphics look great
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Coop matches are hit or miss
- Singleplayer campaign is a bit too short
Serious Sam HD
73
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Long before Gears of Wars Horde Mode and Left 4 Dead’s frantic army of the undead, there was Serious Sam and the unending hordes that he battled his way through. Serious Sam wasn’t the best FPS ever created, but it was an unabashed...
By Good Gear Guide onI’m not much of an Old School gamer but there are a few franchises that can bring a nostalgic tear to my eye. Serious Sam is most definitely one of them. This game was instrumental in bringing about a serious change (see what I did there?) to the...
By Tech2 onWhat's Serious Sam like in HD? Well, it's like Serious Sam. It plays exactly, and unapologetically, like the 2001 original. Croatian developers Croteam are confident that this, along with the engine's new jinglier bells and noisier whistles,...
By Play TM onIf you're tired of all the sophistication and nuance in modern first-person shooters, you may want to take a trip back to simpler times with Serious Sam HD. There is no cover system; no elaborate story; no characters to care about. What it does have...
By IGN Gear onLong before Gears of Wars Horde Mode and Left 4 Dead's frantic army of the undead, there was Serious Sam and the unending hordes that he battled his way through. Serious Sam wasn't the best FPS ever created, but it was an unabashed celebration...
By GamePro onSerious Sam caused something of a murmur when it burst upon the FPS scene back in the early 2000's. Even back then, the FPS genre had backed away, bit by bit, from the balls-to-the-wall insanity of early genre heavyweights like Doom and Duke Nukem...
By 1Up onScrew Duke Nukem. Sam "Serious" Stone is the real king of first-person-shooter meatheads and if anybody deserved to make a triumphant comeback, it was him. Sure, Sam may not be quite as high profile, and his games may not be quite as refined, but at...
By Destructoid onEnemy designs are barmy, Still great fun, Encounters are very scripted, Feels a little dated these...
By VideoGamer onHaving written an article some months back on games that deserve a remake, and how best to go about it, it seems strangely appropriate that this title should fall into my lap. When first came out, I was still a devoted fan of the series, and very...
By Armchair Empire onRene Auch heute steht Serious Sam für eine kompromisslose Baller – Orgie, die kaum Verstand, dafür aber schnelle Reaktionen fordert und euch zumindest einige Stunden unterhält.Für 20 € mag ein Remake ohne spielerische...
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