Serious Sam: The next encounter

Well this game is a blast from the past. Well, not just a blast. It hit hit me with a fair amount of laser beams, Uzi shots, and an overwhelming amount of hit from double dessert eagles. This game is,like Overlord, one of those games that's really gonna make you laugh. From over sized ants to... well who knows what the heck I just shot?

Lemme tell you a bit more about this game. It's a standard fps. You get a gun and some ammo and shoot,laser blast, or chainsaw anything that moves. Then you get another gun( usually a shotgun) and repeat. While this formula always provides some fun, it will run thin after a while. So most fps's will implement something unusual. In the case of serious Sam it's over the top comedy. The gun's are ridiculous, just like the enemy's. Your characters lines are ridiculous. And if I go on like this, I wail l end up calling everything about the game ridiculous.

Which would be entirely true. And it's this " its just for fun" element that really gives serious Sam it's edge. And,while this edge may not make you overlook every one of this games flaws, it will definitely keep me playing for pretty long.

And while speaking of these flaws, Serious Sam has plenty. Repetitive level design washed down by the same shooting formula sop the list. But once you get past these flaws, you will really start to enjoy this game. I did.

Note: I wrote this reveiw for the gmecube version of the game. Im not sure if it's on any other consoles. But the games should be same.

7 out of 10.