The sounds of the game also add some great atmosphere to the game. Overall, the stages feel very organic and alive because of how they can be changed due to the destructive nature of Sam’s enemies, as well as Sam himself. Dust is kicked up from machine gun fire, obscuring your view. While walls often keep you penned in, the pillars and such are constantly exploding as rockets, C4 and other explosives disintegrate them.
Further, the stages are mostly destructive.
The levels all look great, especially the Egyptian Temple levels. While there is not a huge amount of environmental variety within Serious Sam 3, there is enough to be enjoyable, and just as it begins to get stale, the game changes the scenery. The gameplay, while it can get repetitive, is almost constantly refreshed by interesting arena settings where you must navigate through streets or temples and kill most, if not all, enemies around you to move on. Then some more enemies, just for good measure. There are just guns, enemies and more enemies. There is no huge story, no characters to really get attached to, save Sam himself, and no nonsense. To begin, Serious Sam is one of the most purely fun games I have played this year. Serious Sam 3 is an excellent example of why the old school shooter should not be considered dead, or rather, how it is very much alive.
But more than that, there are a ton of interesting, freaky and creative enemies to find and kill. There are no frivolous driving levels, few extended breaks from shooting things and a ton of awesome secrets to discover. Croteam has created a game that is totally unashamed to be what it is. It is incredibly fun and manages to accomplish what games such as Duke Nukem Forever or Hard Reset couldn’t: make the repetitive nature of these shooters immensely fun. Serious Sam 3: BFE is the epitome of the old school shooter.
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