The game begs you to turn up the difficulty and try to survive the carnage that it has in store. Thankfully, the developers caught onto this as they turn up the action by sending hordes of enemy waves at you during any given moment. Previous adventures struggled with this enemy placement and level design. I doubt anyone would be playing for the story, though, and I’m glad to report that Serious Sam 4 is a fun time when it’s doing what it does right. However, these scenes end up being saved by the wonderful voice over, but without that, you have something that looks like a subpar 2016 action game. Furthermore, these character models and cutscenes just appear dated and almost lifeless. It’s even more strange when you pick back up in some random area of the level. This often happens, which threw me off several times. Some moments of the story can be jarring as the game takes control away from you at any given moment to play out a cutscene. If anything, they allowed new players to make sense of what the hell is going on, but they can also be skipped without missing too much. I ended up enjoying these scenes for their comedic one-liners and a sense of pacing. While the story hasn’t ever been the main focus of these adventures before, we get some long moments of dialogue here that attempt to give meaning to the mission at hand. This action story has everything, explosions, companionship, an antagonist, and our hero, Sam “Serious” Stone. Serious Sam 4 begins with a rescue mission, right before all hell breaks loose.
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