The only reason I kept playing was to face the next boss, or at the off chance of one of the cool metal songs coming on, instead of the bland middle-east-rockish music they had playing that sounds the same in every level.Īt the end of the game I had to ask myself "What make's this game better than other modern shooters like Call of Duty or Halo?" You run through the most bland of levels, never a change in scenery, there's never anything to change up the gameplay aside from "Find the keycard" moments from time to time, and then the constantly respawning waves of predictable enemies as means of artificially lengthening the game, enemies you'll seldom be able to escape because they'll follow you to the ends of the earth (The only reason I was able to run past enemies and succeed as I mentioned earlier was because I was basically at the end of the level). There were levels where I would repeat this process several times, just stuck in an area for over 10 minutes because enemies just kept spawning, strafing back and forth shooting enemies running at me like a first person Gradius, I even got so fed up with it at times that by the last few levels of the game I'd run past enemies instead of taking them on. The problem I had was that I'd move into an area, wave spawns in, I'll mow them down, then I'll start to head to the next area, but wait, there's another wave, okay, I better fall back, I mow them down, now I finally get to move on- oh wait, another wave, really? Lets just fall back again.
Don't get me wrong, mowing down hundreds of enemies at a time with a minigun is very fun.
The waves, oh my god the waves of enemies were one of the biggest issues I had with the game. Later on I started asking myself "When is this game going to end?" The levels were the most cookie-cutter bullshit I've ever had to endure, it was either urban egyptian environment, underground temple, desert, or running around outside egyptian pyramids and such. But man, that music was getting repetitive, where's that cool metal music from earlier? The first couple levels were a blast, running through egypt, mowing down guys. I recently completed Serious Sam 3 BFE on 360, I read the shining reviews about how fun and action packed it is, about how it's a fantastic classic shooter not bogged down by tropes common in today's video games (Pseudo realistic, modern military, scripted events, et cetera), and while I do love me some Halo or Battlefield, I have fond memories of Quake and Doom (I still frequently play Doom as well), and decided I should pick it up.
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