Yesterday, we were given this new trailer for Serious Sam HD. I'll say this for the game, it sure looks a whole lot better than Serious Sam does now. Not exactly high praise, but there it is. I suspect the success of this game is going to be down to nostalgia factor. Of course, I could be wrong. Serious Sam is an excellent game for hardcore twitch shooter fans, what with the constant flood of enemies.
This is the first time I can think of where I heard a game was being remade with HD graphics where I wasn't really even the tiniest bit interested in playing it. Serious Sam is a good series, but I think I would have much rather seen a new installment than this remake.
The trailer lies beyond the fold. How about you lot? Are you going to rush to download it when it releases just to spite me, or do you have a valid reason for doing so?
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This game was great in coop, so I'll wait and see if any of my friends are going to pick it up. I'm not really sure how the hell I'm supposed to play Serious Sam with a controller though...
I'm totally getting this. Serious Sam was one of my favorite games, and I was recently thinking of getting an old version of it to play again, so I guess it was good timing that they're coming out with an HD version. I love the screaming bomb guys.
I'm on it. I thought the Croteam agenda was to do this remake to get the engine out, tested, and loved. Once that phase is complete, SS3 is to follow, in the same (or enhanced) engine.
My friends and I used to play the hell out of UT with the game speed in the 180% or so with meth bots, so the twitch-play of Serious Sam won us over, heavily.
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3:00 AM on 08.18.2009
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My friends and I used to play the hell out of UT with the game speed in the 180% or so with meth bots, so the twitch-play of Serious Sam won us over, heavily.
I agree 100%. This almost seems like a waste of a game.
will not buy.