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Serious Sam

Serious Sam (XSX) game cover art
Platform: Xbox
Tags: Shooter, First-Person, Sci-Fi
Developer: Croteam
More Platforms: Game Boy Advance

Publisher
Region
Released
NA
11/10/2002
EU
12/06/2002

Reader Reviews

Serious Sam review

Reviewed June 22, 2005

careless_whisper says: "How serious is Serious Sam, the straightforward first-person-shooter that drew in surprisingly big sales and comparisons to no less a game than Doom when it was released at bargain bin prices several years ago? Well, the action quotient is pretty fucking serious, but ultimately this is a undiluted mindless fun. An adventure self-consciously in the vein of the early 90s first-person-shooter giants, Serious Sam tops even Duke Nukem 3D with arrogant brio. It is the logical endgame of all the shoote..."
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Serious Sam review

Reviewed December 26, 2002

goatx3 says: "Serious Sam was released on PC a few years ago to (mostly) great reviews. I recall one major PC magazine review saying something like “Doom is back!” and generally saying that Serious Sam hearkened back to the old days of first person shooters, and felt a lot like Doom. I disagree. There is obvious Doom influence on the game, and it DID seem like the gameplay had just walked out of a time machine- but not from the Doom era. From even farther back than that. It feels closer to games like Ro..."
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Serious Sam Reviews Around the Internet

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8

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4/5

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