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| - In a world where companies try to make the most realistic games possible, one company goes out of the norm to be different: Croteam. Their game? Serious Sam for PC. Its huge enemies, loads of weaponry, and self-made "Serious Engine" really made it stand out among critics, and all that for the budget price of $29.99. And if Serious Sam II, with its improved graphics and 16-player co-op is any indication, Sam going to be fragging for a long time to come. Now go out and buy the game. Seriously. "We can do this the hard way, or my way… they're basically the same thing." - Sam "Serious" Stone
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| - In a world where companies try to make the most realistic games possible, one company goes out of the norm to be different: Croteam. Their game? Serious Sam for PC. Its huge enemies, loads of weaponry, and self-made "Serious Engine" really made it stand out among critics, and all that for the budget price of $29.99. But I'm not here to tell you about the games, but rather their star: Serious Sam. One look at him, and you think he's just your ordinary man. Wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans and red sneakers, he seems like your regular joe. With huge muscles and a square-jaw, he's cleverly generic-looking. The kind of guy you can go get drunk with a party, and then totally deny you know him the next day. Yet, when he starts shooting, he's a hero of another kind. Serious Sam fights through huge, colorful worlds ranging from Medieval towns to huge cities and Far Cry-like islands against the evil Mental, who nobody even knows what he looks like. Hundreds, heck thousands of enemies fall upon Sam to stop him. Clowns with exploding pies, giant alien football players, and robot cigar-chewing dinos unleash hell upon you in waves. Yet Sam is a master of weaponry. Uzis, shotguns, exploding parrots, you name it, he'll wield it with skill. Serious Sam himself is a redundant man. He's not very serious about anything. He's not fighting for the world...rather just to shoot and kill more people. Sam's fun is expressed through the funny cutscenes and corny one-liners that he spouts through his adventures. Many do believe he is an intelligent man, often questioning the tasks he must perform. When picking up a shotgun, he states, "Who leaves all these weapons scattered around?" When a switch needs to be pulled, he responds, "Hmm...I bet its in a corner somewhere...". He wont pull punches not to offend anyone either. On one of many escapades, he found a "Duke Body" hung on a tree; sunglasses, boots and all. "Looks like he's been there FOREVER!" quips Sam, an obvious rib to the much laughed at Duke Nukem Forever game. In conclusion, Serious Sam is a great man. The levels in his games basically consists of shooting hundreds and hundreds of enemies with over-sized weapons through huge colorful worlds for hours. Not to mention the huge, lifebar-toting bosses at the end of each level that dwarf Sam. Yet, he does it all with a big, sadistic grin. And if Serious Sam II, with its improved graphics and 16-player co-op is any indication, Sam going to be fragging for a long time to come. Now go out and buy the game. Seriously. "We can do this the hard way, or my way… they're basically the same thing." - Sam "Serious" Stone (Writeup courtesy of TheKoolAidShoto)
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