![]() ![]() ![]() The last remaining resistance to the invasion is the Earth Defense Force led by Sam “Serious” Stone and his heavily-armed squad of misfit commandos. Humanity is under siege as the full force of Mental’s hordes spread across the world, ravaging what remains of a broken and beaten civilization. The Serious Sam 4 Launch Bundle comes with the Serious Sam Collection, which includes all content from Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, and Serious Sam 3: BFE, including The Legend of the Beast and Jewel of the Nile expansions. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. Īlso, if you’d like to join the Phenixx Gaming team, check out our recruitment article for details on working with us.Description To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. For the time being, Serious Sam 4 is just too out-of-place to recommend.Ī PC review copy of Serious Sam 4 was provided by Devolver Digital for this review. Here’s hoping that this is just a hiccup for Devolver Digital, who has published some of the most fun games around over the years. Not only is the game a slack in the performance department, but it’s also missing what modern games necessitate to stand out from the crowd. If Serious Sam 4 had some more time on the back burner, I’m sure this review would be more favorable, but it seems that Croteam’s FPS efforts are stuck in the past. ![]() I experienced a lot of frame drops until I lowered my modest PC to medium settings, something I haven’t had to do in AAA games yet. Croteam suggests an eight-core processor, as well as 16GB of RAM and a GTX 1080. The issue is you’re going to need a high-end PC to play at higher resolutions with a consistent framerate. Guns pack a punch and the promise of an onslaught of enemies stays true. In the game’s defense, it’s certainly playable and functional on a baseline level. When games like Matt Hazard and Duke Nukem Forever were lambasting the tired old Call of Duty formula an entire console generation back, why is Serious Sam 4 adhering to this formula? Serious Sam 3 had this problem when it released nine years ago and 4 hasn’t done anything to separate it. Past the bugginess, there’s an underlying issue with Serious Sam 4: it just isn’t a game right for the end of the eighth console generation. Serious issues like these need to be ironed out before being released to the public, so hopefully, Croteam is paying attention and will have a Day One patch ready. Unfortunately, the game ended up completely compromising one of my monitors, requiring a hard restart. ![]() It was already delayed once, but only for a month, so I’m guessing there’s a strict release timeframe from Devolver that is holding this game back from being what it should be. From the selective subtitles to the menu requiring several clicks to load an autosave, there’s a serious lack of QA for the title. I immediately noticed that, even though I turned subtitles off, they were still appearing half the time. Talk about cranking it up to 11 from the get-go! The game then flashes back and you’re back to the standard military-shooter affair that was tired a console generation ago. You are thrust right into a battle for humanity with what seems like hundreds to thousands of enemies on screen. Honestly, the intro to Serious Sam 4 is some intense stuff. In the case of Serious Sam, I had a blast in his first two expeditions but heard 3 was a hit-or-miss modern entry. Whether it’s the looting frenzy that is Borderlands, the rhythm spin of BPM: Bullets Per Minute, or the rambunctious reboot of DOOM, I feel comfortable with a weapon in the bottom-right portion of my screen. As a connoisseur of the FPS genre, I welcome all variations of the genre, but still enjoy ones that are basic to the core. ![]()
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