Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

this game is seriously good

must play

Unbelievably good. Proves that with the right encounter design, and some small (but far-reaching) tweaks to weaponry, the Sam formula still rocks. Also: NG+ is really good and has had actual thought put into it. Just a joy to play this after a couple of slightly underwhelming mainline entries. Optimization is slick on my aging PC too; runs like a charm. (Crank the difficulty to max for the true 'Serious' experience :)

First, the most crucial point, which must be obligatory underlined is that Serious Sam is a seriously serious game. Okay, there it is - minor part of the review.... 1. Graphics of the game are not magnificent or stunning, they are rather good and decent. It is worth keeping in mind the fact this game is from 2022. 2. Mechanics of the game are simple. The player does not need to use a lot of keys at once. It is definitely an advantage if you are looking around for clear and straight character movement. 3. The campaign is not complex as well. It is built up from several (If I remember correctly - 5) missions. Despite the small number of levels, they are tremendous. 4. The plot is linear as it should be in that type of game. The storyline is full of sarcasm and hilarious sense of humor, which can quickly enchant the player. Fights are full of guts and blood. The simple gameplay, blood and violcence everywhere is the hallmark of this game, which has been polished perfectly. Moreover special weapons and common sarcasm spice up the game splendidly. While the story is ongoing, the player is dismembering every soldier of foes army. To consider everything, the review is positive. …

I played this game on 4k, maxed out with 9070xt, avg fps 120, I played it again with RTX3070 on 1080p everything set to lowest and got avg of 95fps, so this game does not work almost at all on nvidia GPUs and I no longer have AMD gpu to play it on, also with nvidia even with 95fps the game still feels like 30fps, I also have 1080ti but to lazy to test it out it would probably have +/- 5% same performance as 3070.

feels like a raw game, not bad but not for full price