tooawesome2bereal That's not usual to see people, especially on the internet, where they are anonymous and don't have to admit mistakes to actually admit them. You earned my respect.
I just got this game in the Humble Jumbo Bundle and man, its worth every cent of the 10 Euros alone. You can get it for 5, tho. Id strongly suggest you get it. Its a oldschool shooter with (pretty) modern grafics thats A LOT of fun :)
When Totalbiscut said that he wanted to slap ign for calling modern shooters thinking games I was likeTHANK YOU that was the dumbest thing ign has said to my knowledge (and they said ff13 had good characters) and I REALLY wanted someone to call that out.
Look up the IGN review for God Hand. Its probably the most criticised review in the history of gaming critique, and it was pretty terribly. IGN in general is a terrible source of review content.
@@TriarchVisgroup Imagine schizo posting to my 9 year old comment an still being wrong, wtf dude? Duke Nukem Forever will forever be shit just like your opinion.
This is one of the best games I ever played, how the fuck this is hated by almost every UA-cam reviewer out there? Just shows a lack of integrity of those UA-camrs like Gmanlives and the likes.
I am a huge fan of Serious Sam, but i will say that if there's another thing i hate about Serious Sam 3 alongside nude harpies, reloading weapons, laser & sniper being secret weapons only (for the main campaign) & dark underground puzzles would be the LACK OF AMMO. Like seriously i think having lack of ammo would be the final nail in the coffin for the game considering how difficult some of the later level fights are, Gman did mention that in his video and i do 100% agree with that on him. I hate the lack of ammo this game gives. But aside from what all i mentioned, i would say it's a pretty descent game.
@@DustyEchozyAs someone who’s beaten the game on Serious and Mental several times, this is actually not true. It’s all about using the right weapon for the job and I never once had an issue with ammo scarcity. Especially when you have mechanics like the mutilator and melee attack
Well there's more thought put into player S.T.A.L.K.E.R. than CoD or BF. You can get one hit killed very easily, not to mention there's always the problem of getting shot, bleeding and then having no bandages.
Luka Arambasic Not to Mention it actually keeps suspense in scary area's of the environment. Have to infiltrate a factory full of Blood suckers? good luck! they kill you almost instantly!.
@Taha given the nature of devolver and croteam, it's likely that it's a deliberate joke something ominous-sounding for people that don't know the language, a silly joke for those that do
I have only 2 problems with this game. Enemies with hit-scan weapons. Considering how many enemies are in the screen at once with a game that does not uses health regen system (which isn't a bad thing :) ), it's not a good decision IMHO. All man, no cover is a good thing as long as you can avoid the projectiles! The other problem are the Kleers, those motherf(word) skeletons. IMO they are too fast, too resistance to damage and too powerful, not to mention when the game throws 500 of them at you. Half of the enemies you kill trough the game are Kleers. I really like the first two SS games but SS3 is my least favorite. One dimension level design, annoying enemies, why do I have to reload my weapon in a Serious Sam game? Maybe the problem is with me, but I struggled to finish the game on Normal difficulty, and it nearly made me to never play it again. F(word)ing Kleers. Hate them with a passion.
@@doomslayer9513 Interestingly enough previous games worked without fucking with the formula this much. Its no secret why SS3 is talked about the way it is.
I was quite happy that you enjoyed this game, cause this franchise was one of my favorite ones growing up, and I'm off to watch the multiplayer one. Salutations, TB.
This game is not for everyone, if that ever needs saying. Point to make being that nostalgia is not required to enjoy it. I never played the old Serious Sams; the closest to it I've played was Painkiller, years and years back. Last year, I played Serious Sam 3 and I rather enjoyed it. I'm not even that much of an old school gamer! Due to a gamer of an older brother who bought his first PC at 16, myself being 7 years of age at the time, I was introduced to gaming very early on. Star Control was the first PC game I ever laid eyes on and I've since experienced many, many games, including quite possibly most of the more famous classics such as Doom & Quake, Fallout, Heroes of Might & Magic and many others as popular or less so -- apart from Star Control itself, of course. Having said that, I've played through all three Modern Warfare campaigns and I enjoyed them, significantly. So much so, I was compelled to make a little video out of the second game, for my own reminiscing if nothing else. I've played and enjoyed many other games with a more _modern_ feel. I am equally not that particular about one genre or another, even if I do have my preferences. I like my games much as I like my music. If it's good, I may like it, regardless of genre (with exceptions, of course). Having said *all of that*... I re-iterate my opinion: nostalgia is not required to have fun in Serious Sam 3. I will voice some criticism, however... firstly, you might want prefer to take this game in bursts. I played through it as I usually do: playing daily until I reached _The End._ I tend to do this especially with FPS games, as they, in turn, tend to be relatively short. Yet, this game is not that short, even though it's gameplay is very much constant: kill everything! And survive. To live another day and kill everything elsewhere. Playing it nonstop, day after day... well, as enjoyable as it was, it got repetitive. There is the obvious solution: playing it... somewhat casual-like. Or not, if you never tire of it. I didn't take a break because I prefer to power through games, as the next one is always close in line. I think some of the levels were indeed poorly designed, though I liked the egyptian theme overall. And I found those alien monkeys you first encounter in the dark underground tunnels and catacombs to be a little... off from the Serious Sam template, as I understood it. They slowed down gameplay. But, there was some fun in it, particularly since it was exactly a change of pace from the usual horde rampaging. There's only one thing in the game that I thoroughly dislike: the skeletal demons. I absolutely abhorred that foe. The pouncing, the frigging double ball and chains... irritating as all Hell. That they're one of the most common foes made it a frustrating aspect of the game, for me. TL;DR: new players can enjoy SS3; fuck skeletal demon goats.
Ariandrioff you are preaching. This game is such a betrayal to the series that it comes second on behind ultima. I can't believe Croteam even consider doing this. I didn't love them for making parodies on modern shooters. I loved them from actually being original in being different.
Who needs maps when you have arrows pointing you in the right direction for 'into the spiders nest....'. Just look onto the walls and follow the green arrows when you are underground.
I like this game way more than it deserves. Uneven level design, too many heat scanned enemies, not enough ammo. The gameplay is solid enough that when it gets going, it is really fun. The problem is it doesn't get there often enough.
Its probably because croteam tried to make a call of duty style sort of game as well as a concept for doom 4 but then they decided to scrap those ideas and stick with what they were good at but decided to fuse with what they had with serious sam enemies and made serious sam 3 feel like a far cry from the other games in the franchise and im telling you right now NO i do not hate serious sam 3 its good on its own accord but to me its possibly the weakest serious sam game and to be honest i would possibly mod the weapon to make it feel like a true serious sam game
@@cascavalsparizar6472 noo not that kind of far cry a far cry is basically a long distance that meaning serious sam 3 is far more different then any other serious sam...
@@cascavalsparizar6472 also...i feel like i was possesed by a dead game journalist cause what i typed was very very harsh for my standards cuz i looove serious sam 3 its different sure but personally i still love it enough to call it a serious sam game its still the weakest game in the franchise but even then its like saying metroid prime 2 is the weakest in the metroid prime trilogy which metroid prime 2 is still good but im getting side tracked serious sam 3 is perfect for those who are not used to serious sam and want to get in on the action and personally i am excited for serious sam 4 due to it possibly getting the doom 2016 work
I just finished Serious Sam 3 and I had a BLAST of fun! Seriously I don't understand why almost all the UA-cam reviewers say it's a bad game, this just shows a lack of integrity for those lying UA-camrs.
Damn, i thought that this Serious Sam game would be only graphical and no oldschool feel but i was wrong except that they seem to have taken out the batshit funny cutscenes and the Serious Sam quotes that where the cherry on top of the icecream. I will still get this game though, i have turned my back on this game for too long and you, bloody brit just saved my childhood nostalgia!!!!! I salute you
TheOnlyDreadfather I like the smoke too! I feel it adds a bit of realism to the atmosphere and also adds a nice dynamic to the difficulty, thus making it a bit more challenging.
I wish :( I didn't have my PC when that Humble Bundle was around, so I just nabbed this game during the Steam Summer Sale. I do not regret that purchase whatsoever.
I think this is the best video TB has created in a long time. Informative, Direct and Correct! It seems like it should be common sense for a game like this to be on the PC. Lets hope that something does happen.
Man, I remember playing SS FE and SE with my brother. Even in splitscreen a few times (though soon learned that one mouse on a computer doesn't make a fair coop). Well, we figured the lan out eventually and fought one another. And I turned the game into a stealth game. I picked a kleer and stood into the shadows. Scared the crap out of my brother, who later began blasting every single shadow with rockets, just in case. Good times, good times.
You sir, are both epic and freaking hilarious! I myself have played the Serious Sam game series since it first started when I was like 10, and got epic good at it. If you could someday do a review of the new revamped versions of the original two games that would be awesome. [The Serious Sam HD versions, to be exact].
@LionelRaw The game TB mentioned is Arma: Armed Assault. It comes fairly close to depicting what modern armed combat actually is like. You apparently have something like 10km worth of draw distance, and shotguns act like real shotguns, not Quake shotguns. Or, if you've got a bit of a masochist streak, there's always Red Orchestra, set in World War II: Get shot by near-invisible enemy with a bullet drop, projectile-based, non-hitscan weapon; die.
ive just got to the bit where you name a handful of thinking shooters and id like to add another. Bulletstorm. while storywise you are dragged through the levels, navigating is easy etc, but tryna get the good skill points taes quite a good imagination :) just my opinion, i dunno if you end up saying this as i havent finished the video (you mention the game just in different context which you know)
I played this a few months back and didn't know what to expect as I had never played a Serious Sam game. I was very surprised by how much I enjoyed it and the amount of enemies you fight is insane. You will think you have cleared a stage out and run forward and then the next 1000 enemies run at you and you spend the next 15 minutes running backwards shooting. It's not a master class in gaming but it's a fun old school throwback The graphics look a lot nicer maxed out, this isn't maxed out here
If you're trying to run the game at really high settings and are getting nasty frame rate issues, make sure super sampling is turned completely off. It's not a necessary feature, but the developers included it for people with really high end systems who would want to try running the game at the highest possible settings. Also, You can always disable ambient occlusion, or turn it down at least. AO doesn't make a HUGE difference, and it can be costly on older systems. Also, great review.
What you said about modern shooters and not having secrets was spot on. I miss the old Duke Nukem and Doom mass levels of exploring and finding secrets and not getting your hand held through the whole game.
23:45 -- Texture quality is precisely as old school as the Serious engine gets. There was a brief and shining period when Sam had more detail than anything Quake (1, 2 or 3). The oddest bird, though, is still Unreal.
FPSs in the 90s was all about the shooting, the different weapons and power-ups that all looked and felt different, every one of them adding different strategies to how you approach enemy encounters( since enemies all looked and behaved differently ). Of course you had your general purpose weapons like shotguns and machineguns but for more powerfull enemies you needed something with a bit more kick. 90's shooters was also about the complex yet memmorable level design and character.
The .357 DE will take 9 rounds with a tenth in the chamber. The problem is that the Desert Eagle has bad problems with jams and .357 and .44 Mag exacerbate the issue since the gas pressures of those cartridges are so lower then .50AE so you get a lot off Failure to Feed or Failure to Eject.
@DuraheLL Old school shooters generally require more thinking than most people think - you've got encounters where you have to retreat to cover and then think about how to approach the issue (which targets to eliminate first? What cover can I use effectively? Where should I move to?), because if you just bust in guns blazing left right and center without forethought, you're gonna get wasted (or at least suffer an unacceptable amount of damage that won't regenerate by itself).
And TB, the Desert Eagle isn't supposed to have huge recoil when using smaller ammunition. Sniping those enemies is EASY with desert eagle, so you should consider that. Melee is really well as long as you can't get hit while you're executing it and when you're fighting 1 enemy or having more come at you 1 by 1. Really useful against Kleers.
This game is pure nostalgia. The game (once the real action kicks in) brings back the good old memories of Serious Sam. Though personally I think they could have skipped stuff like clips, and it feels they could have had more varied weapons since they let reality come before variation on SS3 sadly. But no biggie, the game is still awesome as hell! And i's the adrenaline I have been searching for for years
@Icansensefalure It would probably consist of Simon and Lewis standing around as cannon fodder, Sips running around TB going "SAY MY NAME COME ON SAY IT!", Jesse failing at staying alive, and TB murderizing everyone in a fit of rage.
My biggest complaint with this game is it will drag some sections with way more enemy waves than necessary, making sure you've exhausted and are completely bored with every nook and cranny before you're allowed to move on.
I actually just finished reading the older comments, I would've commented back sooner, however I was rather busy today, but I digress, I noticed you mentioned a certain game by the name of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which is rather interesting considering that in the world of FPS, I have only seen that name come up a handful of times.
I guess it's just a part of growing up during the transition from the 90s puzzle solving to the modern reflex games. During my childhood I've only been exposed to the games rangeing from Half-Life to the begining of the first MW (age from 2-10) so I've only seen the very end of the "Old School" era.
TB's WTF series is of first impressions. He seemed to love the game overall since he mentions it in some Painkiller videos. The only game he ever went to do somewhat of a full review was of BioShock Infinite. I particularly enjoyed SS3 out of the series since the early levels eased me into the gameplay progressing into the ridiculously serious final level.
@BeardedKirklander It is a well-known fact. With Vsync, the program waits until the next verical blank on the screen to flip the buffers, resulting in keyboard or mouse inputs being buffered during the wait and thus delaying them. It's also why performance is usually worse with vsync on. And yes, the whole point of vsync is to eliminate visual tearing. But it comes at a cost, that's why it's not enabled by default.
I loved the old games, especially on serious difficulty. I would host 16 player matches all the time. And the great thing about it is that EVERYONE would want to play my server. But I also remember how we used to have to use the serious deathmatch mod to play deathmatch.
reminds me of the old Unreal Tournament [which they'd make a remake] & the old quake 3 MP. Another great WTF guide. Have you done WTF is My Partner fore yet?
The only modern FPS that still feels like an old-school shooter because of that reliance on different types of weapons to bring down different enemies is the Halo Franchise, like using a weapon to rapidly bring down an enemies shield ( plasma rifle ) then using something like the shotgun or pistol to kill him. And of course open level design. The only game in the 90s that made puzzles a part of the gameplay was HL previous shooters only had very few of them.
Thanks for this WTF-video, I enjoyed it quite a lot. Very informative, very funny. Although I am currently playing the demo I downloaded from XboxLIVE your video nudged me towards actually buying it. Like yourself I am enjoying this old-schooliness to shooters quite a lot. I am sick and tired of all those pseudo-realistic military shooters a.k.a. Modern Battleduty of Fieldmetal Gloryfare warcall. SS3 looks just like the stuff I am missing recently. Well, apart from Bulletstorm, that is. :)
I've played the game, and I couldn't stop thinking that this game cosmeticly IS Righteous Slaughter 7 as seen in GTA V, I mean there's the desert city you are going through, there's the assault rifle with the holographic sight, the bad ass minigun, the huge axe you can chop down enemies with, thousands litres of blood being spread everywhere and the hundreds of enemies covering the screen and instead of xp you have a point system. The major differences is that there's no healthbar, no british dude shouting in your ear, no hippies and no Shitstick 3000... (of course Righteous Slaughter is a parody of COD with the british dude and the regenerating health, but when it comes to gameplay it looks a lot like this game. You wouldn't have to make too many changes to make a Righteous Slaughter mod for Serious Sam 3.) But there is no need to change this game because it is already a awesome game.
@wooterz I think he was saying that Doom has no "see-through" map, as in a transparent map that allows you to shoot stuff while viewing the map (like Duke3d has). Doom has a map all right as you said, but you can't see what's coming at you while looking at it (which I actually kinda like - makes it scarier). But I figure we're just splitting hairs - I know what TB meant in the video and I understood his point. Maps are very oldschool indeed (even if Wolfenstein 3-D had none).
To be fair to this game, the levels are usually either linear, or there are signposts or exit signs leading you through the more maze-like parts. And I really like the smoke effect, because it forces you to adopt new tactics. The sewer level is definitely annoying, though, because of those god damn celing insect things which you can barely see.
Serious Sam games have taken place in Egypt and around the middle east since the late 90's, before COD and this infatuation with mid-east conflicts. The entirety of the First Encounter took place entirely in Egypt, albeit in an ancient setting.
So a couple of my friends recently got the Serious Sam Humble Indie Bundle, so I played through the HD versions with them...and it was a nice nostalgic experience...and then we got to the final level of the First Encounter...and how I ever managed to defeat ALL of those Syrian Werebulls...I will never know.
Oh this type of game brings me back... Goldeneye(N64), Perfect Dark, Original Ghost Recon/Rainbow Six... Oh spent hours making new plans and strategies for the last 2... Back when you had to think before you even pressed start then continue to think while playing the mission.
total, the 357. Desert eagle variant does in fact hold 9 in the clip and 1 in the chamber, so the game is kinda correct, except that the clip holds 10 with th 1 in the chamber stuff
28:00 THIS GUY IS A BLOODY GOD!! He adresses the stuff that others fear to think about, for the fear of getting bullied & grinded into the dust by 10 year old Cock of Duty fanboys, like it is just an average thing. You, sir, have LOTS of guts. GOOD JOB!!
Not only is it not necessary to aim down sights, there's an achievement for never aiming down sights, sprinting, or quick loading your weapon through the whole game.
Why did you remove the multiplayer video. Was watching it but wanted to skip back to see something over again and got the removed message. Really enjoyed it :/
I know that TB doesn't care for achievements, but he's right, the aim down sights is optional. From what I heard, there's apparently an achievement for beating the game in an old school fasion (i.e., no sprint, no aiming down sights, and no manual reload)
Thanks for the hint but I already did that, almost instantly as soon as I became aware of them. Love 'em. By the way, I bought SS3 now and I am really impressed. I've mostly done single player (currently playing "under the iron cloud") but my forays into multiplayer have all been good fun.
If the old school shooter is to be resurrected,I believe the devs should make something like serious sam/duke 3D,Quake,etc. and give it a good quality story like Bioshock/Deus Ex/Metro 2033.Also,offer the choice of which health system you want.If you choose health regen,have the player fight more enemies.If you choose healthpacks,do it the old fashioned way.The two weapon limit must go too.Lastly,it needs good marketing.There's a reason CoD sells well.
This game was made for TB. MADE FOR HIM. An FPS throwback with much much too much options? That way he can't complain about the options, and he can use that leftover time to make many different stabs at the modern FPS system. Genius.
this brings back memories of the old serious sam games.
They dont make shooters like these anymore.
"Kid blood is awesome" - TotalBiscuit, 2012.
2012 actually.
sebool112 Totally correct, my bad.
sebool112 Changed now.
tooawesome2bereal That's not usual to see people, especially on the internet, where they are anonymous and don't have to admit mistakes to actually admit them.
You earned my respect.
Can remember playing this as a kid and absolutely shitting myself upon hearing the 'Ahhhhhhh' of them suicide kamikazes.
meanwhile me havin vitnam flashbacks for huge packs of kleers
Aw man this randomly popped up on my feed. RIP my dude, loved your shows! 😢
I just got this game in the Humble Jumbo Bundle and man, its worth every cent of the 10 Euros alone. You can get it for 5, tho. Id strongly suggest you get it. Its a oldschool shooter with (pretty) modern grafics thats A LOT of fun :)
When Totalbiscut said that he wanted to slap ign for calling modern shooters thinking games I was likeTHANK YOU that was the dumbest thing ign has said to my knowledge (and they said ff13 had good characters) and I REALLY wanted someone to call that out.
Look up the IGN review for God Hand. Its probably the most criticised review in the history of gaming critique, and it was pretty terribly. IGN in general is a terrible source of review content.
One of my fav games ever, and having finally having come to terms with things... This is just glorious.
Seriously, I just played this and I had a BLAST of fun! Why almost every reviewer on UA-camr hates it?! It's just so infuriating!
Just came to hear a very respected voice that I really respect comment on a game that I really love. RIP TB :(
I think the smoke makes it more interesting because it means you need to be on your toes.
Serious Sam HD has a far superior versus mode than 3.
this is what Duke Nukem Forever should of been like :)
Amen.
Duke Nukem 3d has been remade in this engine
On what planet?
@@0Synergy Not really.
@@TriarchVisgroup Imagine schizo posting to my 9 year old comment an still being wrong, wtf dude? Duke Nukem Forever will forever be shit just like your opinion.
That level was a Bitch on on Serious! I swear I only had 19 or 26 health on this boss fight...
It's sad seeing him not being able to cover Serious Sam 4.
Nor Doom Eternal.
Miss this man..miss his voice.
This is one of the best games I ever played, how the fuck this is hated by almost every UA-cam reviewer out there? Just shows a lack of integrity of those UA-camrs like Gmanlives and the likes.
People like different things? Shows a difference of opinion, not a lack of integrity.
I am a huge fan of Serious Sam, but i will say that if there's another thing i hate about Serious Sam 3 alongside nude harpies, reloading weapons, laser & sniper being secret weapons only (for the main campaign) & dark underground puzzles would be the LACK OF AMMO.
Like seriously i think having lack of ammo would be the final nail in the coffin for the game considering how difficult some of the later level fights are, Gman did mention that in his video and i do 100% agree with that on him. I hate the lack of ammo this game gives. But aside from what all i mentioned, i would say it's a pretty descent game.
@@DustyEchozyAs someone who’s beaten the game on Serious and Mental several times, this is actually not true. It’s all about using the right weapon for the job and I never once had an issue with ammo scarcity. Especially when you have mechanics like the mutilator and melee attack
The thing is no one really uses the mutalator or the melee mechanics that often. Especially watching other people's videos of Serious Sam 3 on UA-cam.
This game is perfect, first time I played it I was 6 and I played trough half of first encounter in one day... I still love this game :)
28:45 What you said about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Deus Ex and ArmA I totally agree with you. I kept nodding my head lol
I really like STALKER, it's even one of my favorite games, but where in STALKER do you have to think?
Well there's more thought put into player S.T.A.L.K.E.R. than CoD or BF.
You can get one hit killed very easily, not to mention there's always the problem of getting shot, bleeding and then having no bandages.
Luka Arambasic Not to Mention it actually keeps suspense in scary area's of the environment. Have to infiltrate a factory full of Blood suckers? good luck! they kill you almost instantly!.
Get exosuit, shotgun, breach with grenades and then clear the rest of the room.
7:40 is an Arabic proverb which means "he who cooks the poison, tastes it", as far as I can tell at any rate. The translation is BS.
this game is not serious.
@Taha given the nature of devolver and croteam, it's likely that it's a deliberate joke
something ominous-sounding for people that don't know the language, a silly joke for those that do
I have only 2 problems with this game. Enemies with hit-scan weapons. Considering how many enemies are in the screen at once with a game that does not uses health regen system (which isn't a bad thing :) ), it's not a good decision IMHO. All man, no cover is a good thing as long as you can avoid the projectiles!
The other problem are the Kleers, those motherf(word) skeletons. IMO they are too fast, too resistance to damage and too powerful, not to mention when the game throws 500 of them at you. Half of the enemies you kill trough the game are Kleers.
I really like the first two SS games but SS3 is my least favorite. One dimension level design, annoying enemies, why do I have to reload my weapon in a Serious Sam game? Maybe the problem is with me, but I struggled to finish the game on Normal difficulty, and it nearly made me to never play it again. F(word)ing Kleers. Hate them with a passion.
If you could sprint and never reload, that may break the game and make it too easy, git gud I hope you're not still a crybaby after all these years.
@@doomslayer9513 Interestingly enough previous games worked without fucking with the formula this much. Its no secret why SS3 is talked about the way it is.
I was quite happy that you enjoyed this game, cause this franchise was one of my favorite ones growing up, and I'm off to watch the multiplayer one. Salutations, TB.
Doom didn't really have a map per se, what Doom did was just turn the renderer off. Bit more complicated in 3D, which is why Quake didn't have one.
This game is not for everyone, if that ever needs saying. Point to make being that nostalgia is not required to enjoy it. I never played the old Serious Sams; the closest to it I've played was Painkiller, years and years back. Last year, I played Serious Sam 3 and I rather enjoyed it.
I'm not even that much of an old school gamer! Due to a gamer of an older brother who bought his first PC at 16, myself being 7 years of age at the time, I was introduced to gaming very early on. Star Control was the first PC game I ever laid eyes on and I've since experienced many, many games, including quite possibly most of the more famous classics such as Doom & Quake, Fallout, Heroes of Might & Magic and many others as popular or less so -- apart from Star Control itself, of course.
Having said that, I've played through all three Modern Warfare campaigns and I enjoyed them, significantly. So much so, I was compelled to make a little video out of the second game, for my own reminiscing if nothing else.
I've played and enjoyed many other games with a more _modern_ feel. I am equally not that particular about one genre or another, even if I do have my preferences. I like my games much as I like my music. If it's good, I may like it, regardless of genre (with exceptions, of course).
Having said *all of that*... I re-iterate my opinion: nostalgia is not required to have fun in Serious Sam 3. I will voice some criticism, however... firstly, you might want prefer to take this game in bursts. I played through it as I usually do: playing daily until I reached _The End._ I tend to do this especially with FPS games, as they, in turn, tend to be relatively short. Yet, this game is not that short, even though it's gameplay is very much constant: kill everything! And survive. To live another day and kill everything elsewhere. Playing it nonstop, day after day... well, as enjoyable as it was, it got repetitive.
There is the obvious solution: playing it... somewhat casual-like. Or not, if you never tire of it. I didn't take a break because I prefer to power through games, as the next one is always close in line.
I think some of the levels were indeed poorly designed, though I liked the egyptian theme overall. And I found those alien monkeys you first encounter in the dark underground tunnels and catacombs to be a little... off from the Serious Sam template, as I understood it. They slowed down gameplay. But, there was some fun in it, particularly since it was exactly a change of pace from the usual horde rampaging.
There's only one thing in the game that I thoroughly dislike: the skeletal demons. I absolutely abhorred that foe. The pouncing, the frigging double ball and chains... irritating as all Hell. That they're one of the most common foes made it a frustrating aspect of the game, for me.
TL;DR: new players can enjoy SS3; fuck skeletal demon goats.
>This game is not for everyone...
Thanks for the update. Don't forget to post the PSA for people to not headbutt coat hooks.
Its sad that so little people play online
I'm listening what you think about 'thinking man shooters' and those are my thoughts too, so I guess I subscribe.
Ariandrioff you are preaching.
This game is such a betrayal to the series that it comes second on behind ultima.
I can't believe Croteam even consider doing this. I didn't love them for making parodies on modern shooters. I loved them from actually being original in being different.
Who needs maps when you have arrows pointing you in the right direction for 'into the spiders nest....'. Just look onto the walls and follow the green arrows when you are underground.
I remember the suicidal tree or whatever in the remastered 2nd one lol
i can still remeber that lol
it was in the second encounter
I like this game way more than it deserves. Uneven level design, too many heat scanned enemies, not enough ammo. The gameplay is solid enough that when it gets going, it is really fun. The problem is it doesn't get there often enough.
I had none of the problems you mentioned, I just finished the game solo and loved every second of it.
Play it with mods
@@JSRFModCentral vanilla experience is always the best one for me ı hate mods before finishing game it destroys original product
@@bloodborne410 not in Sam’s case
Why is everyone saying this game is bad? THIS IS MY FAVOURITE GAME! (One of the first ones I have ever played! :O)
Its probably because croteam tried to make a call of duty style sort of game as well as a concept for doom 4 but then they decided to scrap those ideas and stick with what they were good at but decided to fuse with what they had with serious sam enemies and made serious sam 3 feel like a far cry from the other games in the franchise and im telling you right now NO i do not hate serious sam 3 its good on its own accord but to me its possibly the weakest serious sam game and to be honest i would possibly mod the weapon to make it feel like a true serious sam game
@@gojizard704 how the hell does it fells like far cry?
@@cascavalsparizar6472 noo not that kind of far cry a far cry is basically a long distance that meaning serious sam 3 is far more different then any other serious sam...
@@cascavalsparizar6472 also...i feel like i was possesed by a dead game journalist cause what i typed was very very harsh for my standards cuz i looove serious sam 3 its different sure but personally i still love it enough to call it a serious sam game its still the weakest game in the franchise but even then its like saying metroid prime 2 is the weakest in the metroid prime trilogy which metroid prime 2 is still good but im getting side tracked serious sam 3 is perfect for those who are not used to serious sam and want to get in on the action and personally i am excited for serious sam 4 due to it possibly getting the doom 2016 work
I just finished Serious Sam 3 and I had a BLAST of fun! Seriously I don't understand why almost all the UA-cam reviewers say it's a bad game, this just shows a lack of integrity for those lying UA-camrs.
RIP. Its 2022 and your still missed'
It's really depressing that there aren't more games like this. We need more that are like this.
It looks like what Duke Nukem Forever shoulda been.
*"GODBLESS SERIOUS SAM AND GODBLESS TOTALBISCUIT!!!"*
this games on the humble bundle right now. it comes with 8 other games. its like $5. get it.
Спасибо, ютуб. Спустя столько лет я должен был увидеть этот шедевр.
Upd: Я... увидел, что произошло с автором канала.
Damn, i thought that this Serious Sam game would be only graphical and no oldschool feel but i was wrong except that they seem to have taken out the batshit funny cutscenes and the Serious Sam quotes that where the cherry on top of the icecream. I will still get this game though, i have turned my back on this game for too long and you, bloody brit just saved my childhood nostalgia!!!!! I salute you
The cutscenes and lines are there. But TBisc tends to put the game volume rather low compared to his mic volume and often skips cutscenes.
Humble bundle ftw
It helps to have a map.
I mean he is really bad at playing this game, but who cares? He has fun
gotta tell ya totalbiscuit that you are the reason i play most of the games i play i like your voice over and listen to it sometimes as i play
TheOnlyDreadfather
I like the smoke too! I feel it adds a bit of realism to the atmosphere and also adds a nice dynamic to the difficulty, thus making it a bit more challenging.
humble bundle anyone?
I wish :( I didn't have my PC when that Humble Bundle was around, so I just nabbed this game during the Steam Summer Sale.
I do not regret that purchase whatsoever.
this game is insane
Seeing 872 kills in level stats is the best feeling ever!
Best game ever.
Rest in peace :(
I think this is the best video TB has created in a long time. Informative, Direct and Correct! It seems like it should be common sense for a game like this to be on the PC. Lets hope that something does happen.
This looks like so much fun , this is what I wanted to do with Duke Nukem Forever, but more intricate level design but run and gun at heart.
well if you like this you will have much more fun with serious sam 2 believe me.
@@LethalAxis Nah Serious 3 is so much better 2, git gud mate.
Nothing can beat SS 2 !
Serious Sam 3 is so much better.
Where’s the serious Sam 4 review lazy reviewer for sure
It might be a bit hard to reach keyboard and mouse from the grave.
Bruh he’s dead…..
Man, I remember playing SS FE and SE with my brother. Even in splitscreen a few times (though soon learned that one mouse on a computer doesn't make a fair coop). Well, we figured the lan out eventually and fought one another. And I turned the game into a stealth game. I picked a kleer and stood into the shadows. Scared the crap out of my brother, who later began blasting every single shadow with rockets, just in case.
Good times, good times.
This game is worth it guys, really funny too way better made then Duke and better jokes.
Great vid. Painkiller, Doom, Quake and Duke Nukem are absolutely timeless. OG Fps= True thinking man's games
You sir, are both epic and freaking hilarious!
I myself have played the Serious Sam game series since it first started when I was like 10, and got epic good at it.
If you could someday do a review of the new revamped versions of the original two games that would be awesome. [The Serious Sam HD versions, to be exact].
@LionelRaw The game TB mentioned is Arma: Armed Assault. It comes fairly close to depicting what modern armed combat actually is like. You apparently have something like 10km worth of draw distance, and shotguns act like real shotguns, not Quake shotguns.
Or, if you've got a bit of a masochist streak, there's always Red Orchestra, set in World War II: Get shot by near-invisible enemy with a bullet drop, projectile-based, non-hitscan weapon; die.
ive just got to the bit where you name a handful of thinking shooters and id like to add another. Bulletstorm. while storywise you are dragged through the levels, navigating is easy etc, but tryna get the good skill points taes quite a good imagination :) just my opinion, i dunno if you end up saying this as i havent finished the video (you mention the game just in different context which you know)
I played this a few months back and didn't know what to expect as I had never played a Serious Sam game. I was very surprised by how much I enjoyed it and the amount of enemies you fight is insane. You will think you have cleared a stage out and run forward and then the next 1000 enemies run at you and you spend the next 15 minutes running backwards shooting.
It's not a master class in gaming but it's a fun old school throwback
The graphics look a lot nicer maxed out, this isn't maxed out here
If you're trying to run the game at really high settings and are getting nasty frame rate issues, make sure super sampling is turned completely off. It's not a necessary feature, but the developers included it for people with really high end systems who would want to try running the game at the highest possible settings.
Also, You can always disable ambient occlusion, or turn it down at least. AO doesn't make a HUGE difference, and it can be costly on older systems.
Also, great review.
What you said about modern shooters and not having secrets was spot on. I miss the old Duke Nukem and Doom mass levels of exploring and finding secrets and not getting your hand held through the whole game.
@BeardedKirklander Happy gaming to you too, it's nice to have such a good conversation on youtube for a change. :)
23:45 -- Texture quality is precisely as old school as the Serious engine gets. There was a brief and shining period when Sam had more detail than anything Quake (1, 2 or 3). The oddest bird, though, is still Unreal.
FPSs in the 90s was all about the shooting, the different weapons and power-ups that all looked and felt different, every one of them adding different strategies to how you approach enemy encounters( since enemies all looked and behaved differently ).
Of course you had your general purpose weapons like shotguns and machineguns but for more powerfull enemies you needed something with a bit more kick. 90's shooters was also about the complex yet memmorable level design and character.
The .357 DE will take 9 rounds with a tenth in the chamber. The problem is that the Desert Eagle has bad problems with jams and .357 and .44 Mag exacerbate the issue since the gas pressures of those cartridges are so lower then .50AE so you get a lot off Failure to Feed or Failure to Eject.
@DuraheLL
Old school shooters generally require more thinking than most people think - you've got encounters where you have to retreat to cover and then think about how to approach the issue (which targets to eliminate first? What cover can I use effectively? Where should I move to?), because if you just bust in guns blazing left right and center without forethought, you're gonna get wasted (or at least suffer an unacceptable amount of damage that won't regenerate by itself).
And TB, the Desert Eagle isn't supposed to have huge recoil when using smaller ammunition. Sniping those enemies is EASY with desert eagle, so you should consider that. Melee is really well as long as you can't get hit while you're executing it and when you're fighting 1 enemy or having more come at you 1 by 1. Really useful against Kleers.
TSE will always be the best, had the most variety
Man, this got suggested to me and hoo boy, do i miss TB
I meant to mention it was a secret, but yeah. That is another thing about classic shooters I liked, it rewarded you for exploration.
Croatian develpoers made the game it's an awesome old school shooter! :D
This game is pure nostalgia. The game (once the real action kicks in) brings back the good old memories of Serious Sam. Though personally I think they could have skipped stuff like clips, and it feels they could have had more varied weapons since they let reality come before variation on SS3 sadly. But no biggie, the game is still awesome as hell! And i's the adrenaline I have been searching for for years
"this is why kid blood is awsome and i think hippie blood is cool too" wow how fun it sounds out of context
Yup! Played the first game as an 8 year old, couldnt resist to get this game now. Feels just as I remembered it
@Icansensefalure It would probably consist of Simon and Lewis standing around as cannon fodder, Sips running around TB going "SAY MY NAME COME ON SAY IT!", Jesse failing at staying alive, and TB murderizing everyone in a fit of rage.
@TotalHalibut You're totally right that "old school" shooters like these are more of a thinking man's shooter than any current shooters.
My biggest complaint with this game is it will drag some sections with way more enemy waves than necessary, making sure you've exhausted and are completely bored with every nook and cranny before you're allowed to move on.
The only modern (mainstream) FPS game I know of that includes adventures and exploration is FarCry 3.
I actually just finished reading the older comments, I would've commented back sooner, however I was rather busy today, but I digress, I noticed you mentioned a certain game by the name of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which is rather interesting considering that in the world of FPS, I have only seen that name come up a handful of times.
I guess it's just a part of growing up during the transition from the 90s puzzle solving to the modern reflex games.
During my childhood I've only been exposed to the games rangeing from Half-Life to the begining of the first MW (age from 2-10)
so I've only seen the very end of the "Old School" era.
TB's WTF series is of first impressions. He seemed to love the game overall since he mentions it in some Painkiller videos. The only game he ever went to do somewhat of a full review was of BioShock Infinite. I particularly enjoyed SS3 out of the series since the early levels eased me into the gameplay progressing into the ridiculously serious final level.
@BeardedKirklander It is a well-known fact. With Vsync, the program waits until the next verical blank on the screen to flip the buffers, resulting in keyboard or mouse inputs being buffered during the wait and thus delaying them. It's also why performance is usually worse with vsync on.
And yes, the whole point of vsync is to eliminate visual tearing. But it comes at a cost, that's why it's not enabled by default.
I loved the old games, especially on serious difficulty. I would host 16 player matches all the time. And the great thing about it is that EVERYONE would want to play my server. But I also remember how we used to have to use the serious deathmatch mod to play deathmatch.
That comment combined with your thumbnail is just brilliant.
reminds me of the old Unreal Tournament [which they'd make a remake] & the old quake 3 MP.
Another great WTF guide. Have you done WTF is My Partner fore yet?
The only modern FPS that still feels like an old-school shooter because of that reliance on different types of weapons to bring down different enemies is the Halo Franchise, like using a weapon to rapidly bring down an enemies shield ( plasma rifle ) then using something like the shotgun or pistol to kill him. And of course open level design. The only game in the 90s that made puzzles a part of the gameplay was HL previous shooters only had very few of them.
Thanks for this WTF-video, I enjoyed it quite a lot. Very informative, very funny. Although I am currently playing the demo I downloaded from XboxLIVE your video nudged me towards actually buying it. Like yourself I am enjoying this old-schooliness to shooters quite a lot. I am sick and tired of all those pseudo-realistic military shooters a.k.a. Modern Battleduty of Fieldmetal Gloryfare warcall. SS3 looks just like the stuff I am missing recently. Well, apart from Bulletstorm, that is. :)
I've played the game, and I couldn't stop thinking that this game cosmeticly IS Righteous Slaughter 7 as seen in GTA V, I mean there's the desert city you are going through, there's the assault rifle with the holographic sight, the bad ass minigun, the huge axe you can chop down enemies with, thousands litres of blood being spread everywhere and the hundreds of enemies covering the screen and instead of xp you have a point system. The major differences is that there's no healthbar, no british dude shouting in your ear, no hippies and no Shitstick 3000...
(of course Righteous Slaughter is a parody of COD with the british dude and the regenerating health, but when it comes to gameplay it looks a lot like this game.
You wouldn't have to make too many changes to make a Righteous Slaughter mod for Serious Sam 3.)
But there is no need to change this game because it is already a awesome game.
@wooterz
I think he was saying that Doom has no "see-through" map, as in a transparent map that allows you to shoot stuff while viewing the map (like Duke3d has).
Doom has a map all right as you said, but you can't see what's coming at you while looking at it (which I actually kinda like - makes it scarier).
But I figure we're just splitting hairs - I know what TB meant in the video and I understood his point. Maps are very oldschool indeed (even if Wolfenstein 3-D had none).
Was loving the music during the boss fight!
Also, would Uncharted 3 be a 'thinking shooter'?
To be fair to this game, the levels are usually either linear, or there are signposts or exit signs leading you through the more maze-like parts. And I really like the smoke effect, because it forces you to adopt new tactics. The sewer level is definitely annoying, though, because of those god damn celing insect things which you can barely see.
Serious Sam games have taken place in Egypt and around the middle east since the late 90's, before COD and this infatuation with mid-east conflicts. The entirety of the First Encounter took place entirely in Egypt, albeit in an ancient setting.
So a couple of my friends recently got the Serious Sam Humble Indie Bundle, so I played through the HD versions with them...and it was a nice nostalgic experience...and then we got to the final level of the First Encounter...and how I ever managed to defeat ALL of those Syrian Werebulls...I will never know.
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - thinking game shooter" awesome statement
Oh this type of game brings me back... Goldeneye(N64), Perfect Dark, Original Ghost Recon/Rainbow Six... Oh spent hours making new plans and strategies for the last 2... Back when you had to think before you even pressed start then continue to think while playing the mission.
This guy's voice reminds me of Doctor Who... subscribed :-)
total, the 357. Desert eagle variant does in fact hold 9 in the clip and 1 in the chamber, so the game is kinda correct, except that the clip holds 10 with th 1 in the chamber stuff
But in game it's named differently, it's just a look alike Desert Eagle.
28:00 THIS GUY IS A BLOODY GOD!! He adresses the stuff that others fear to think about, for the fear of getting bullied & grinded into the dust by 10 year old Cock of Duty fanboys, like it is just an average thing. You, sir, have LOTS of guts. GOOD JOB!!
Not only is it not necessary to aim down sights, there's an achievement for never aiming down sights, sprinting, or quick loading your weapon through the whole game.
"FPSs have changed so much over the past decade..."
Probably less so than any other genre.
Why did you remove the multiplayer video. Was watching it but wanted to skip back to see something over again and got the removed message. Really enjoyed it :/
I know that TB doesn't care for achievements, but he's right, the aim down sights is optional. From what I heard, there's apparently an achievement for beating the game in an old school fasion (i.e., no sprint, no aiming down sights, and no manual reload)
Thanks for the hint but I already did that, almost instantly as soon as I became aware of them. Love 'em. By the way, I bought SS3 now and I am really impressed. I've mostly done single player (currently playing "under the iron cloud") but my forays into multiplayer have all been good fun.
If the old school shooter is to be resurrected,I believe the devs should make something like serious sam/duke 3D,Quake,etc. and give it a good quality story like Bioshock/Deus Ex/Metro 2033.Also,offer the choice of which health system you want.If you choose health regen,have the player fight more enemies.If you choose healthpacks,do it the old fashioned way.The two weapon limit must go too.Lastly,it needs good marketing.There's a reason CoD sells well.
This game was made for TB. MADE FOR HIM. An FPS throwback with much much too much options? That way he can't complain about the options, and he can use that leftover time to make many different stabs at the modern FPS system. Genius.