The Serious Sam series is anything but — that’s the joke. It’s ridiculous, slightly absurd, and just a touch to the left or right of being truly great. It’s a franchise that tries to throw as much as it can at a player and gives them just enough equipment to get out of the situation by the skin of their teeth. For those scratching their brains, trying to remember if they’ve ever played one of these before, you’ll remember it as soon as that first horde of guys with bombs for hands comes screaming toward you in Serious Sam 4. It’s even scarier when they harmonize.
No one is showing up here for the story. As someone who has played every main title in the series, I figured this had to be some sort of alternate reality or reboot, but it turns out we’re just in a prequel. Other than this giving the developers, Croteam, the chance to play with some different characters, there isn’t too much to note. The world has been overrun by an evil alien dictator and the player is going to take control of Sam Stone to make sure he and his team can make them pay. Fire guns. Kill the aliens. Have fun. It couldn’t be simpler.
Continue reading this article…