Serious Sam 3: BFE

As much as it pains me to say, as a Serious Sam fan, the third game... is just ain't it. For those who don't know - Serious Sam 3 is a combination of a cancelled vanilla military shooter set in the Middle East (as seen by the level design and most weapons) and a DOOM 4 prototype (a design for the Scrapjack enemy can be a proof of that) and of course, Serious Sam. Some mechanics from the scrapped military shooter made their way to the gameplay loop, for instance: - ADS with weapons - Sprinting - Reloading - Hit-scan enemies All of which just do not translate well into Serious Sam. Yes, we have reloading in previous games.... but only for the revolvers that are barely used once we acquire the tommy gun. Hit-scan enemies are also present. Ok sure, but only like 2 or 3 enemies not half of the entire roster. To makes matters worse, the infected helicopter enemy is hitscan and just flies above the player while also dodging rockets which are just too slow. Most levels from SSTFE, SSTSE and SS2 are large, open spaces with tons of place to maneuver around enemy attacks and their projectiles. That's not the case in SS3 as, again, those are just destroyed cities in the Middle East with burned…

Serious Sam 3 BFE had a good chance for other characters to shine. But the game has SAM in its title. So, it just wreck that chance. And, it complets the serious sam trilogy of Madness. A lots of AAAAAAA moments. I must say this is a necessary rite of passage that you have to traverse, if you want to be serious man in this life. Finally, I would like to dedicate this to my Mouse Buttons and F6 Key for the last level.

It lives up to the Serious Sam franchise

So, it looks like Croteam wanted to take the franchise in a more "serious" direction, no pun intended. This game is way less goofy than SS2, which I hear wasn't even canon. This reminds me of TFE and TSE in terms of gameplay. I feel like it was too much of a tactical shooter during the first few levels. Eventually, however, it turned into its usual arena shooter. There are a few new weapons, but most of the game's weapons are ones that have been seen in previous titles, but function a little more like realistic weapons; like the assault rifle and single-barrel shotgun having magazines that need reloading as well as being able to aim down the sight. This is a prequel to TFE. So, the story is pretty much that everything sucks for Sam and there's no winning, except for when he enters the timelock. Kind of reminded me of Halo Reach, but you don't die at the end. There are a couple enemies that are blatant Doom clones. They could have been done better, but at least id/Bethesda couldn't send their lawyers. One thing I liked about this game was melee kills. They function like the glory kills from the newer Doom games, which came out after this game. So, you know SS3 w…

i cant drag myself to play this ♥♥♥♥ game anymore, ive played ss first and second encounter ss4 sssm and even ss2 i can say 100% all those are better games, this feels like cod with aliens. also who's dumbass thought it was a good idea to make the helicopters not take damage from some of your guns, makes me feel like just sam they took my serious. i truly will never understand how this game is seen as a "proper return" i know no one liked ss2 but at least it had more personality then this dog ass

A blast from the past, childhood recovered. Set difficulty on tourist and enjoy. 11/10