You also get a slew of different weapons to use, like the Autoshotgun, Combat Knife, SBC Cannon, and more. With over 30 different enemies, like the iconic Beheaded Kamikaze and even some enemies from games like Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, including the massive Metal Snake.

It’s more of a fun, frantic shooter that captures the spirit of the old school shooters that originally inspired it. This isn’t the kind of game you expect to drop with mega-level graphics. Of course, when you’re busy murdering literal hordes of enemies – ranging anywhere from a couple of stragglers to a field of dozens of different types of enemies – you’re probably not going to pay that much attention to the environment, and that’s perfectly fine. The environments aren’t perfect, with some “boss” fights often having enemies blow through buildings just for the building to be standing there completely whole once the smoke clears. There’s no deep secret here waiting to be discovered. Serious Sam 4 isn’t a game that requires much thought and as such I’d recommend that anyone going into the game not look too hard for something beneath the surface.

Thankfully, that cheesy movie feel fits well with the overall style of the series. Sure, there’s a narrative, and it does go a bit deeper this time around than previous entries, but it's still b-movie at best. The writing does leave some to be desired, but I also wasn’t expecting (nor should anyone, really) the same kind of emotion and writing that you’d see from a story driven game like The Last of Us or any other game of that nature. There are definitely some missteps along the way – like how jarring the cutscenes can be when they take place every other encounter throughout the campaign – but those are easy enough to overlook once you’re back into the meat of the experience, murdering anything in your path. But, for the most part, Serious Sam 4’s undying attachment to the way the games have played in the past is its biggest strength. Now, for some, seeing a game so stuck in the past might seem like a bad thing. It’s a pure alien murder simulator and for the most part, there’s a lot to enjoy, especially if you like games that don’t require you to think too deeply about their stories or the puzzles within. Pure action and chaos combined with beautiful, wide open scenes full of tons of monsters and beasties to kill. One of the most notable things about Serious Sam 4 is the game’s undying loyalty to the original formula that made the Serious Sam series so enjoyable. But, does this follow up bring the same action and fun of the originals to a new generation, or is it time to let Sam fade into history and be forgotten? Stuck in the past Now, the studio is thrusting players headfirst into a new adventure with the no-cover needed action star in Serious Sam 4. It’s been 9 years since Croteam released the last title in the Serious Sam series, Serious Sam 3: BFE.

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