BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
I just want to confirm that the splitscreen is awesome after playing it a bit this past weekend.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE |OT| No weapon limit, no regenerating health, no cover, all man.
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Despite how tempting it is to try to Cannon the fuck out of them all, I think that the best defense against gigantic Kleer stampedes actually tends to be the more common explosives - the C4 is amazing as long as you don't run out of charges, and the Rocket Launcher can actually do a better job at keeping them back than the Minigun, as long as you can funnel them through a (relatively) tight space.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Can't believe how low-key this game release was, I couldn't eve find this thread without searching 
I love these impressions though, these guys know how to make pure action games still, apparently.
I love these impressions though, these guys know how to make pure action games still, apparently.mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Plus, did they keep the Hippie setting in this one? The flower explosion is my preferred mode of play.
Yep, all of the settings are retained from SSHD. The hippie and kids modes kinda kill the fun of using the sledgehammer, though. Looks odd when the bodies just gib instantly instead of buckling under the weight.
nextgeneration
Member
Anyone else using crossfire here? Does crossfire work for you? It seems like it works for some but it's not working for me.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Serious get. Loved First and Second Encounter, and the only reason I hadn't picked up BFE at launch was because I was poor.
So far so good. Only early but it makes shooting stuff feel good, like the old Sams did so well. Nice tongue in cheek humour too, which I remember fondly.
Gotta say though I really dislike the reloads. Seems totally counter intuitive to the kind of game they made. It sort of creates its own metagame and tensions, but on a personal level I don't really like it at all as it doesn't contribute to my play style, only detracts from it with an unnecessary annoyance. I'm also not too hot on the visuals. The engine itself is gorgeous and the game looks good, but the drab colour palette is far less appealing than the vibrant colours of First/Second Encounter. Though I did see a 'Vibrant' option in the colours menu so maybe I'll play with that turned on.
Also, the sledgehammer owns. The end.
So far so good. Only early but it makes shooting stuff feel good, like the old Sams did so well. Nice tongue in cheek humour too, which I remember fondly.
Gotta say though I really dislike the reloads. Seems totally counter intuitive to the kind of game they made. It sort of creates its own metagame and tensions, but on a personal level I don't really like it at all as it doesn't contribute to my play style, only detracts from it with an unnecessary annoyance. I'm also not too hot on the visuals. The engine itself is gorgeous and the game looks good, but the drab colour palette is far less appealing than the vibrant colours of First/Second Encounter. Though I did see a 'Vibrant' option in the colours menu so maybe I'll play with that turned on.
Also, the sledgehammer owns. The end.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Buying this as soon as it goes on sale. Split-screen alone is gonna be awesome.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Something something forever alone.
I know what you meant.
OH SHIT
...u mean i can play split screen by myself too!?
oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Yea, re-loading seems more annoying in BFE than the 2 HD games. I'm guessing longer re-loading animations.
It never really stops being weird, but after a while you have enough weapons to avoid using the reloading ones in close range engagements where the downtime matters. The pistol and single barreled shotgun become almost entirely irrelevant, as is usual.
Cranking the saturation all the way up is the only way to roll in any Serious Engine 3 game.
plagiarize
Banned
finally finished Zelda and starting dipping into this. Hard may be too hard for me, but i'm sticking with it for now. i think i've found a balance of settings that i'm happy with visuals vs performance.
but it being sam, you never really know until you start hitting the ridiculously epic battles.
but it being sam, you never really know until you start hitting the ridiculously epic battles.
Reloading starts to make a lot more sense when you get more weapons. Adds a new layer of balance between things like the assault rifle and the minigun.
The game is exhausting, yep. Also - we should play coop.
At first I didn't realize you could take it. When I took it it was like getting ice cream on a hot day. In coop does the game save your progress?
some cross-forum posting now that I've finished my initial playthrough (hard, no quicksaves):
This game has surprised me so much that I need to slow down and be very careful about what I'm saying. Without a doubt, this game dethrones my two favorite first person shooters this gen (Crysis and Episode 2). It kinda sucks that you occasionally need to roll back a save or two, but the game remembers the last 8 or so auto-saves. It kinda sucks that glorious no-quicksave mode has to be a player-imposed rule, but it's far more sensible to do that now that the checkpoints are overall pretty good. The beginning of the game kinda sucks in that the enemies you fight are super easy and it takes a little bit to get out of the usual corridor-shooting stuff, but all was forgiven after about half an hour. The variety in enemy behavior, the variety in weapon usage, the constantly-changing arenas, the constantly changing visibility, the perfectly rationed ammo and health pickups, and the tension added to the game when you can't quicksave all mash together and make the big fights in this game wonderful.
I mean, part of me just wants to go ahead and say that this is the best Western action game since Doom 2, but 1) those are enormous words, and 2) this might actually be better than Doom 2.
This game has surprised me so much that I need to slow down and be very careful about what I'm saying. Without a doubt, this game dethrones my two favorite first person shooters this gen (Crysis and Episode 2). It kinda sucks that you occasionally need to roll back a save or two, but the game remembers the last 8 or so auto-saves. It kinda sucks that glorious no-quicksave mode has to be a player-imposed rule, but it's far more sensible to do that now that the checkpoints are overall pretty good. The beginning of the game kinda sucks in that the enemies you fight are super easy and it takes a little bit to get out of the usual corridor-shooting stuff, but all was forgiven after about half an hour. The variety in enemy behavior, the variety in weapon usage, the constantly-changing arenas, the constantly changing visibility, the perfectly rationed ammo and health pickups, and the tension added to the game when you can't quicksave all mash together and make the big fights in this game wonderful.
I mean, part of me just wants to go ahead and say that this is the best Western action game since Doom 2, but 1) those are enormous words, and 2) this might actually be better than Doom 2.
There's a quote for the OP if I've ever seen one.
In other news, RPS put up another piece about the game.
In other news, RPS put up another piece about the game.
RPS said:
Spectacular Dr Dawg
Member
Finished my replay of the HD versions of First and Second Encounter and just started this.
I'm currently on
Performance isn't as good as I expected. I'm getting over 60 fps with dips to around 50 in corridor levels at ultra settings (but not maxed) using a i5 2500k @ 4,5GHz and 580 OC'd to 945 MHz.
I'm currently on
the helicopter boss fight.
eXistor
Member
Loving the game so far, but I am disappointed that is Egypt all over again and it doesn't help that so far all I'm seeing is modern day Cairo, which look like any random generic shooter available. Also the Melee function is broken. Is so stupid that you teleport instantly to an enemy 5 meters away to do an insta-kill melee attack. The sledgehammer however is awesome and the rest of the game is good 'ol SS like I'm used to.
plagiarize
Banned
so does anyone else spend half the time trying to climb on top of buildings you aren't supposed to and get outside of levels or is that just me?
No, it's not just you. I believe I did that on level 3 and it worked though it turned out to be a secret area. Further, a few of the secrets I've found on rooftops so it pays to be exploration minded.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Posted these in the screenshot thread, but Sam is damn pretty when he wants to be.
I also love the floors.
I also love the floors.
Actually came in here to talk about that, heh.
The game is selling well, and Fork Parker's wife is getting that tit job.
Also, the next update features at least one little bit of new content:
Also, the next update features at least one little bit of new content:
Well I finished it. About 30 hours for me including looking for secrets. Liked it overall but didn't care for the end boss. Looking back though even though the HD games were more repetitive I think I liked them a bit more, probably due to the diverse levels than anything else. Additionally I felt there were too many instances in 3BFE where you could back track to avoid enemies. The HD games as I remember locked you into rooms and vast courtyards making the game I believe far more difficult.
The game also didn't award me an achievement for completing the single player portion.
The game also didn't award me an achievement for completing the single player portion.
guidestone
Banned
Can you elaborate on that? I guess you mean "pure" action game, without adventure or roleplaying elements in their design. Since that would include games like, say, HL, System Shock 2 and NOLF.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Some people have a funny ass recollection of the 90s
While it doesnt look like it's from the 90's, it does look like it's from a very amateur mod.
Half-Life, System Shock 2, and NOLF are all more action games than they are anything else, and while it's very close in the case of Half-Life and Shock 2 (I like NOLF, but not quite as much), I think I put the original Doom games and Serious Sam 3 above them.
It's been a couple years since I've played HL1. It's a tough call.
Riposte
Member
Damn, son. My hype is at an all time high now.
lol. I was obviously exaggerating.
And 90's go up until 99 (Shenmue)
It goes up to 2000.
Nineties is 91-00.
Eighties is 81-90.
(I don't care what wikipedia says btw.)
Yeah, yeah. Sometimes you guys are way too picky.
(says the the guy that thinks that model could be from the 90's)
Riposte
Member
You shouldn't take me seriously. That is just someone I always comment on, a personal war.
iconoclast
Member
I hope this game is part of an upcoming holiday sale or something, because it looks and sounds absolutely awesome. If not, I'll gladly buy it anyway.
This is a legitimate complaint, I think. You can often run back a bit to grab items and buy yourself some more space. That said, I don't think it's a big one, as the game generally fills you up at the checkpoints (despite the countless deaths, I think I only ever ran back from a checkpoint for health one time in the playthrough), and there are a ton of enemies fast and dangerous enough to keep the battles exciting/tough even when you are kiting them.
Riposte said:
I went back to the originals to make sure the differences are as big as I thought. They definitely are.