Serious Sam 3: BFE

Saving the world and getting out of the fight alive - such a plot has been promoted more than once in various games and films. Gamers also welcomed Tough Sam from the game "Serious Sam 3: BFE" - a prequel to the original series. The novelty in the 3D shooter genre has presented many interesting twists and turns.

Plot and hero

For a start, it's worth briefly recalling the events of the first episodes. In the 21st century, during excavations in Ancient Egypt, the remains of a civilization from the planet Sirius were found. Humanity began to advance at a tremendous pace on the path of civilization, which attracted the attention of the ancient alien Tah-Uma, nicknamed Mental and his soldiers. They attacked the Earth, and the only salvation could be an Egyptian artifact "Key to Eternity" or a time machine. Sam Stone's new adventures begin 3 years after the Mental attack. A cool special forces soldier goes to Egypt to help colleagues, who must help Professor Stein. The Egyptologist is trying to figure out how to launch this Key to Eternity. As a result, the brave guy loses all his friends, cannot save the professor and tries to enter the secret room under the pyramids himself. Of course, in the course of solving problems, Sam has to confront Mental and his entire army at once.

Serious Sam 3: BFE Gameplay

Cool, dashing and twisted - such a course of the game is celebrated by all gamers. It contains 12 levels, for passing each one you get points. In some levels you have to shoot at everything that moves, in others you have to look for keys, not forgetting about your own health. Since there is no regeneration, only a first-aid kit and armor will help. In the final, the hero will have to clash with the main villain. Simply put, Sam's task:

• collect first aid kits and ammo;
• competently use the found weapons;
• hide, retreat and attack by all means.

He has to run through the dungeons, then fight off enemies on the surface. The hero can carry a lot of weapons at once, but his choice has been significantly adjusted. The saw and knife were replaced with a sledgehammer; instead of a revolver, they offered the Desert Eagle pistol. Sam can also use a rocket launcher, a machine gun, a ship's cannon, a shotgun and a double-barreled gun. If this is not enough, then, after thoroughly exploring the levels, you can really get hold of a secret weapon: a laser gun or a sniper.

Combat system

To the brave guy, the developers have provided the opportunity to kill enemies by any means, and even without weapons. But it is important to bear in mind that monsters have different weaknesses. For example, a headless rocketman needs to rip out the heart, from Gnaar - an eye, the skeleton from Clear is enough to demolish the skull. Added changes such as sprint, aiming and reloading, now you will not be able to attack while running. The exception is a pistol and a machine gun, but then the movement speed is greatly reduced. But you can reload the weapon, but only a pistol, shotgun, machine gun and a devastator, in other cases you will have to slow down.

By the way, if at the initial levels the monsters get insolent moderately, then, as soon as Sam stores up a machine gun and a double-barreled gun, they begin to pile on the guy in hordes. Locations also change. The narrow streets stretch out to squares and stadiums, deserts and prairies. So there is something to turn around, where, the main thing is to have something to turn around with.

In the final levels, the battle resembles Armageddon: fields with billions of enemies that are pouring fire from flares and laser weapons around everything. And in the center proudly flaunts the main villain, who can be defeated with a flying pack.

It is easier here to start a single company with partners, then a complete mess will begin on the maps, and chasing adversaries will be doubly fun. The developers have provided for joint passage, the game supports up to 4 participants, and 16 players can play on the network at all. Although the players note that this is already a bit too much, Sam clearly lacks victims, however, this is a matter of personal experience and practice.

Enemy Force in Serious Sam 3: BFE

Developers also thoughtfully selected opponents for the savior of humanity. Gnaar also returned the headless soldiers from the previous games, but their appearance was slightly changed. But they threw in more new adversaries:

• Khnumy;
• cloned soldiers;
• cave demons.

The most powerful mini-bosses are Arachnoid and Biomechanoid, in the middle of the game they fight alongside other monsters.

Game Features

Now, in order to speed up Sam's movement, you need to press the keys, whereas in previous games he was rushed non-stop. The graphics are not bad, but the pictures are less vivid, players note that the monsters could be more expressive. Other disadvantages include problems with music, crooked splash screens and drawn-out underground levels. I would like more humor, because in battle, successful remarks raise morale quite well, but this is just not the case here.

The pluses are good graphics, a dynamic start, a pronounced hardcord. So, if you need to relieve stress, crumble monsters into cabbage and feel like the savior of humanity, this "toy" will be just right. But we should not forget that the hero's possibilities are also not limitless, so you always need to weigh and calculate with whom, how and with what weapon to deal with until complete victory.