Serious Sam 4

"Serious Sam 4 repackages, rather than reimagines the iconic shooter&s;s core mechanics in a way that will amuse fans of the original games. Sadly, a lack of innovation and outdated sense of hmour will undoubtedly put off newcomers."

"The new chapter of Serious Sam presents itself to the appointment with the public as the long-awaited return of a legendary saga, which for years has given admirers moments of pure war exaltation punctuated by action hero jokes. In this …"

"Serious Sam 4 is seriously an outstanding first-person shooter. The gameplay is a ton of fun, and while it mostly involves shooting – there is a level of strategy required in using the right weapons at the right time. The …"

"Serious Sam 4 doesn&s;t want to change your life or make a revolution in the genre. Fun and mad co-op with a very repetitive formula."

"Despite its difficulties, Croteam has created a worthy modern interpretation of its franchise in Serious Sam 4. The shooting borrows from modern classics like DOOM while retaining the unique battles that give the series its cult classic status, and the …"

"‎Serious Sam 4 returns to the classic FPS genre in this new prequel full of massacre, high-caliber weapons and short jokes. The classic arrives with the same bases as always and a fun multiplayer mode that will delight fans of …"

"Serious Sam 4 has everything fans of the series could want and more. The fights are chaotic and extremely violent and the gunplay is the best its ever been. It can get a bit redundant and it overpromised on certain …"

"Technical issues and tired tropes aside, Serious Sam 4 is a largely successful synthesis of the series&s; disparate identities."

"When combat is firing on all cylinders, and the Legion System isn&s;t crashing your PC, Serious Sam 4 is a decent slice of old-school shooter goodness. Yet, in sticking to its guns, Serious Sam 4 ends up being an aggressively …"

"It&s;s a simple review for a simple game, folks. Serious Sam 4 doesn&s;t wildly reinvent the formula; and really, it doesn&s;t need to. There&s;s plenty of room for old school style FPS games in an ocean of looter shooters and …"

"Serious Sam 4 still has the spectacle of hundreds of enemies bearing down on you, but its long stretches of run-and-gun shooting quickly become monotonous."

"It may not top Serious Sam 3, but even then, this latest entry in Croteam&s;s beloved series is still a winner. Serious Sam 4 is fast, loud, insane, and just straight-up cool."

"When everything is trying to reinvent itself in the forms of a remakes and reboots, Serious Sam 4 stays true to franchise&s;s identity, which still feels great, even by today standards."

"Serious Sam 4 on consoles is a beautifully fun mess. It&s;s more Serious Sam, which isn&s;t a bad thing, but there are performance problems that cannot be overlooked."

"Serious Sam 4 keeps its promises and turns out to be a more than average old-fashioned shooter, but don&s;t expect a great deal of innovation, variety or excellent graphics."

"Serious Sam 4 succeeds where it needs to, and fails where it&s;s not really all that important. An unchanging series that is a must for fans."

"Delightfully chaotic and ruggedly lovable, this is a decidedly old-fashioned shooter that succeeds on the principle of &s;if it ain&s;t broke, don&s;t fix it.&s;"

"Serious Sam 4 is easily the richest game in the series, expanding on the character and his world while not holding back on the action that&s;s been the major draw from the earliest days."

"Serious Sam 4 is fun to play – and an even bigger joy if you bring co-op into the mix. If you’re a fan of the series, then you’re going to feel right at home. If you’ve never played a …"

"Serious Sam 4 takes us back to a simpler time in first-person shooters, where massive guns and well-timed one liners make up the bulk of the action. There&s;s a bit of jank that&s;s impossible to miss and Croteam isn&s;t breaking …"

"Playing Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass can be fun. It’s also clear that the franchise is at a crossroads. It wants to steal from other AAA shooters, to have believable characters, NPCs, and a story. At the same time, it …"

"Serious Sam 4 does what Serious Sam has always done: deliver short-lived cathartic thrills that manage to be fun despite its creaky engine and dated mechanics – but you have to wonder how long they can keep flogging the same …"

"Joy, cheerfulness and the gleeful sounds of carnage accompany us in the carefree fragfest that is every battle, but still Serious Sam 4 feels old: it&s;s like going back to the nineties without anything having changed. In its simplicity, Serious …"

"Serious Sam 4 is good, mindless fun, that is unfortunately mired by performance issues. This is recommended for big fans of the series, or for those looking for a nostalgia fix, for back when games were simpler, linear affairs which …"

"‎I declare myself a fan of Serious Sam. I always have been, and not secretly. Croteam has always had in its hands a product that is based on the purest fun that an FPS can offer, shoot your enemies and …"

"Rushed is basically the best way to sum up Serious Sam 4. In development for around eight years, I imagine the current global pandemic played a big role in how scattershot everything is. At its core, the weapon feel and …"

"There is some joy in the cheesy story, almost like watching a B-movie that&s;s so bad it&s;s still entertaining. The experience could have worked as a parody to other shooters, but the poor level design and inconsistent quality smack of …"

"Serious Sam 4 feels like a decade old game, and some of its elements are plainly outdated. Sometimes it&s;s best to just leave things behind, and maybe it&s;s time for the Serious Sam franchise to take a much needed break."

"Serious Sam 4 feels like a game that suffered through development hell. The core gameplay is still tight and satisfying. There are some innovative new ideas that expand on the series&s; longstanding formula. But there are a lot of elements …"

"At the end of the day, SS4 is what it sets out to be — a racous, over the top, arcade FPS that is best played with up to three friends. If that’s the kind of game you’re looking for, …"

"While fitfully fun and well designed, Sam 4 disappoints as both a sequel and a next-gen product. While it wasn’t particularly optimised on PC it still represents a low for PS5 performance. A compromised port of a game that’s only …"

"Serious Sam 4 is just fun, and in a time where real life is so very serious its nice to have a game just be fun again."

"Serious Sam 4 doesn&s;t deviate from the other entries in the mainline series, and that&s;s perfectly okay. The fourth installment looks and handles perfectly, though some players may succumb to the repetition before the campaign concludes. That said, it&s;s still …"

"Mowing down thousands of aliens in Vatican City is worth doing at least once."

"Serious Sam 4&s;s PS5 port is disappointing. For a one-year-old game, it would have been nice for some PS5-specific features to be added to this port and give us a reason to try it out on the PS5, but...there seem …"

"Serious Sam 4 marks the return of Sam "Serious" Stone and his alien killing antics and promises the same chaotic arcade-style shooter fans are used to, but does it deliver? Unfortunately, Sam is unable to circle strafe his way around …"

"Serious Sam 4 is a no-brainer for fans of the series and is a game that fans of singleplayer/co-op shooters will likely enjoy too."