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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:23PM Jack Tretton said
"Considering there's really nothing serious about it -- some of the enemies have bombs for heads -- we're not sure how Serious Sam wound up with its name. It could be comic irony, or perhaps merely for its delightful sibilance."
Stop. Just stop.
Stop. Just stop.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:28PM Uphillbothways said
I had to look up "sibilance." It literally means "that which makes the sound of an S." I love it that Joystiq is actually familiar enough with such an obscure word to use it.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:36PM (Unverified) said
"Stop. Just stop."
I can't help but imagine that spoken with a lisp.
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I can't help but imagine that spoken with a lisp.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:23PM TheMainProtagonist said
The one I played on PC years back was pretty fun, will definitely give the trial game a play.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:25PM Uphillbothways said
I absolutely know I'm going to flamed for this, but I'm not sure how well this will translate to the 360. Don't get me wrong, I'm a console gamer, and I haven't played an FPS on the PC (regularly) in a long long time, but I first played Serious Sam on the PC, and it's so fast and so twitchy that I don't think the 360 controller is gonna cut it.
Please, before you downvote me, present me with a counter-argument. If you give me a reason to recant my words, I will.
Please, before you downvote me, present me with a counter-argument. If you give me a reason to recant my words, I will.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:27PM Killface was here said
My reason to downvote you? You asked me not to. As for the game well... I agree, its like Unreal Tournament 3 on the 360 you need the twitch of a keyboard and mouse to perform well in that game.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:29PM Uphillbothways said
No I didn't. I never said not to downvote me. So really you downvoted me despite the fact that you agreed.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:34PM Killface was here said
True you didn't say exactly "don't downvote me." but you basically said the same thing. You asked for people to not downvote automatically and present an argument. Just typing "downvote" will get you faded out in minutes. Because you said to not downvote automatically I went ahead and did. because i'm a 23 year old with the internet life of a 13 year old.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:38PM (Unverified) said
Are we still living in a pre-2001 gaming world? Halo has proven that FPS's can be done on consoles. Major PC FPS franchises such as COD and Battlefield have been successfully transferred over to the consoles. Serious Sam is not going to be an exception.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:39PM Uphillbothways said
It looks like you should have avoided saying it too, huh? ;-)
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:43PM Killface was here said
@faulty hardware
I believe the argument is that serious Sam is an oldschool fast paced pc fps. Halo, cod, battlefield are much slower pace compared to this. It probably won't translate as well like the ut series.
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I believe the argument is that serious Sam is an oldschool fast paced pc fps. Halo, cod, battlefield are much slower pace compared to this. It probably won't translate as well like the ut series.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:45PM Uphillbothways said
@Faulty Hardware
I agree that FPS can be done extraordinarily well on the console. I loved Halo 3 and played it regularly for years (on the 360). I played COD and Borderlands and Bioshock and damn near every other AAA FPS to come out on the 360 for the last couple of years. You'll notice by the lack of a Steam tag in my username that I'm primarily a console gamer. I simply expressed doubt that a twitch shooter would work as well on the console as it does on the PC. To my knowledge, there hasn't been a really good offering on the console to dissuade me. If something exists, please let me know and I'll probably buy it. For all I know, Serious Sam is it.
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I agree that FPS can be done extraordinarily well on the console. I loved Halo 3 and played it regularly for years (on the 360). I played COD and Borderlands and Bioshock and damn near every other AAA FPS to come out on the 360 for the last couple of years. You'll notice by the lack of a Steam tag in my username that I'm primarily a console gamer. I simply expressed doubt that a twitch shooter would work as well on the console as it does on the PC. To my knowledge, there hasn't been a really good offering on the console to dissuade me. If something exists, please let me know and I'll probably buy it. For all I know, Serious Sam is it.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 4:23PM Katana Master said
Wasn't Serious Sam on the original Xbox?
Can we cut the crap: "Console Controllers Suck, PC's accurate mouse and keyboard FTW"
We get it. No we got it.
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Can we cut the crap: "Console Controllers Suck, PC's accurate mouse and keyboard FTW"
We get it. No we got it.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 6:56PM einhanderkiller said
Yeah, Serious Sam was on the Xbox, but its Metacritic rating is significantly lower than the PC version...
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:35PM Uphillbothways said
I'm not saying that it doesn't belong on the 360 because it's an FPS. I love playing FPSs on the 360. I'm just saying that it's a twitch shooter and the mouse offers more precision and.....
I should just stop trying, shouldn't I?
I should just stop trying, shouldn't I?
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:36PM Uphillbothways said
Holy shit, that's my first reply fail. I didn't think it could happen to me.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:40PM Uphillbothways said
GTFO troll. The console is an excellent choice for many many games, FPS included.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:40PM (Unverified) said
Jerry, your debating skills are remarkable. Calling someone a fanboy because they disagree with you is a killer argument that only the best of the best debaters use. No need to come up with an actual arguement, reasoning, or evidence to back up your claims. Nope, just call everyone a fanboy and move on.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 5:53PM ChomskyKnows said
never understood people that want a mouse and keyboard over a joystiq...
i can access the buttons on my controller instantly, intuitively.
if i were using a keyboard/mouse (i remember doing it all the time in the C64 days) i'd often have to actually look at the keyboard for the right key. mouse? imprecise as hell to me.
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i can access the buttons on my controller instantly, intuitively.
if i were using a keyboard/mouse (i remember doing it all the time in the C64 days) i'd often have to actually look at the keyboard for the right key. mouse? imprecise as hell to me.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 5:22PM AirIntake said
Jerry, FPS have more accuracy and better response with a controller. WASD just cannot compare to the analogocity of the left thumb stick. Don't deny it. If you don't agree that the controller has better precision, you are a PC fanboy. Don't deny yourself increased movement response of a controller for the sake of increased aiming response of a mouse/keyboard.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:35PM Alex R said
This will be getting bought the minute I touch my Xbox on Wednesday.
Cannot wait.
Also, the Beheaded Kamikazes don't have bombs for head, they are beheaded, and have bombs tie to their hands. And they still manage to scream at you, despite not having a head.
Exhibit A:
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/17166/1198933-bekam_large.png
Cannot wait.
Also, the Beheaded Kamikazes don't have bombs for head, they are beheaded, and have bombs tie to their hands. And they still manage to scream at you, despite not having a head.
Exhibit A:
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/17166/1198933-bekam_large.png
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:44PM HighFiveJesus said
Seems generic. Just reminds me of pain killer and pain killer was probably the last game to get away with such a cookie cutter formula.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 3:54PM HighFiveJesus said
oh i liked it too, only played the original on pc. for how linear it was though, i managed to get stuck or lost way too much. and those giant bosses.. damn scary.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 10:51PM chispito said
I've never played Painkiller.
Serious Sam is fun when it's you and 5 buddies mowing down literally hundreds of enemies at a time. And then you all go through a door and suddenly you're doing the same thing but bouncing up and down on a giant trampoline.
If you can't see the fun in that, then it's just not the game for you.
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Serious Sam is fun when it's you and 5 buddies mowing down literally hundreds of enemies at a time. And then you all go through a door and suddenly you're doing the same thing but bouncing up and down on a giant trampoline.
If you can't see the fun in that, then it's just not the game for you.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 4:05PM jaydark123 said
Where's Perfect Dark?
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 4:41PM Porksta said
Great game made mediocre by its price.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 4:55PM joevill said
I can't hardly wait!!!!!!
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 4:55PM Chief Oddball said
Wow, I really want this. Old school Serious Sam fan from way back. But wow, I also really wanted it to be more like 800 points.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 5:11PM Softserve said
It's $20 on PC, 360 fans should be happy they get a price break at all.
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 6:28PM Ravnos said
Sucks for you guys. Doesn't change the fact that people are unhappy about the price. I'd personally prefer it to be $10/800 points on either platform. I'm going to hold off for now and hope it gets discounted either as a deal of the week or during the summer of arcade or whatever MS does this year.
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Posted: Jan 12th 2010 12:01AM Levi said
That's just stupid. It's not that old or aged, it's more of a full game than most XBLA games, it's a fully featured FPS and it's not like it's Marathon or Duke 3D on theBuild Engine, so how is it not worth $5 more than the average price? The way some of you place a value on games kinda confuses me.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 5:46PM syrik zero said
I plan on getting this. I really can't wait for Perfect Dark on XBLA... When does that come. Is 1st quarter all we know still?
Posted: Jan 11th 2010 6:21PM (Unverified) said
15? No deal. Lower it to 10 and I'm all over it. It doesn't even include The Second Encounter.
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 12:04AM Levi said
Is the Perfect Dark you guys are talking about a port of the original or one of the sucky sequels? If it's the N64 game in 720p with Live multiplayer.. Then I also can't wait. Well, I can, but, I, well, you know. Penis.
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 1:00AM Clash Gordon said
To all of the earlier posters on how SSHD won't do well with a controller as compared to a mouse and keyboard. That's the beauty of the Xbox Marketplace, they all have a trial version unlike the PSN. If you don't think a controller won't keep up with the frantic gameplay, then don't buy it.
Posted: Jan 13th 2010 5:59AM MusicBox said
Just played the demo and LOVED it! (Hmm... there goes $15.) It really is a lot of fun. Try it if you haven't yet.
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