Masquerader
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YES
This is good, this is very good!
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Serious Sam 4 Announced
- Thread starter sn00zer
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CurlySaysX
Banned
Will SS4 have steamOS support?
SS3BFE works splendidly on Linux, and that talon experiment seems to have linux support also.
SS3BFE works splendidly on Linux, and that talon experiment seems to have linux support also.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Day 1.
Only shooter I can play for days on end.
Only shooter I can play for days on end.
LOL
Psyrgery ES
Member
More Serious Sam is always welcome.
Im my veins. NOW.
Im my veins. NOW.
shaowebb
Member
My immediate thoughts as well. Definitely has that TopCow look about it.
Plus the way he does browlines and mouths is very distinguished like this.
Tye The Czar
Member
- Better pacing and difficulty balance.
- Better enemy AI, especially when you're above them.
- Better placement for healthpacks.
- Make it easier to navigate through a level. Do it through level design and not part of the HUD.
- Don't suddenly end a level after beating a boss. I hate missing stuff when the game suddenly decides the level's over.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
I think my two biggest hopes for Serious Sam 4 are:
1. Get rid of (or tweak) annoying pace-killing, gimmicky enemies like the hitscan helicopters and the witches. SS3 is the best game in the series by a wide margin despite lacking some of the enemy variety from TSE, but those enemies in particular drag things down most of the time.
Helicopters might be better if their attack wasn't hitscan (the ones in the final battle use rocket launchers; I think all the helicopters in the game after the first one you fight should have been like that). Witches are kind of okay combined with other enemies, but fighting them by themselves once you've cleared out the rest of the group isn't fun at all.
2. Increase enemy variety in encounters. I feel like a lot of fights boil down to just taking on two different enemy types at a time, and with the sheer amount of enemies that can make things feel a little repetitive. The more intense parts of survival mode show how intense the game gets when it doesn't hold back on the amount of enemy types it throws at you at once, so I'd like to see that worked into the main game.
Aside from that, like everyone else, I want to see them move away from the Egyptian theme and for the next game to get you into the action sooner (I think I like the first few levels of SS3 more than a lot of people, but there's definitely room for improvement). I'd be cool with the free save option being marginalized more too.
1. Get rid of (or tweak) annoying pace-killing, gimmicky enemies like the hitscan helicopters and the witches. SS3 is the best game in the series by a wide margin despite lacking some of the enemy variety from TSE, but those enemies in particular drag things down most of the time.
Helicopters might be better if their attack wasn't hitscan (the ones in the final battle use rocket launchers; I think all the helicopters in the game after the first one you fight should have been like that). Witches are kind of okay combined with other enemies, but fighting them by themselves once you've cleared out the rest of the group isn't fun at all.
2. Increase enemy variety in encounters. I feel like a lot of fights boil down to just taking on two different enemy types at a time, and with the sheer amount of enemies that can make things feel a little repetitive. The more intense parts of survival mode show how intense the game gets when it doesn't hold back on the amount of enemy types it throws at you at once, so I'd like to see that worked into the main game.
Aside from that, like everyone else, I want to see them move away from the Egyptian theme and for the next game to get you into the action sooner (I think I like the first few levels of SS3 more than a lot of people, but there's definitely room for improvement). I'd be cool with the free save option being marginalized more too.
Elektro Demon
Banned
It's gonna be released in 2020.