Serious Sam 3: BFE Xbox 360
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8.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: Croteam's Serious Sam 3: BFE is a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Canadian Online Gamers
    Oct 17, 2012
    82
    It won't win any beauty pageants or appraisal for artistic ingenuity, and it probably won't be marveled at for its in-depth story and character development; but if you crave that old fashioned, non-stop mayhem of an old school first-person shooter, no one does it better and with more attitude then Serious Sam.
  2. Official Xbox Magazine
    Nov 30, 2012
    70
    It's a limited, simplistic experience, but still an enjoyable one for old-school shooter fans. [Jan 2013, p.83]
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  3. Worth Playing
    Dec 27, 2012
    70
    As a stand-alone offering, the XBLA version of Serious Sam 3 is undeniably flawed but also undeniably enjoyable.
  4. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Dec 5, 2012
    40
    All things considered, Sam's been seriously shafted. [Christmas 2012, p.99]
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. UriahJob
    9
    Surprisingly a very good, even excellent port. I am praising Serious Sam 3: BFE for Xbox 360 because I played it since its release on the PC as well as 360. Let me tell you, the game is relatively demanding on the PC if you want it to look good, to be able to see the entire post apocalyptic landscape, and not have horrible slow down in frame rate. But on PC it is possible of course given good video card.
    I never expected this game to be fine tuned in such good way that preserves most of the eye candy you'd see in a PC version and have it run at average 40 frames per second on Xbox 360.

    Unlike the PC counterpart, the game comes with much better support for the Xbox 360 gamepad. Why it stands out is the options given to the user when adjusting the controller. They are mostly standard 5 schemes to choose from, but also sensitivity and acceleration as separate switches. In fact you are able to turn off camera view acceleration entirely which may be a good option for some gameplay styles.

    You can also turn on the framerate counter. Whether you are surrounded by enemies or running through desolated streets it constantly displays from 38 to 44 frames in the screens corner.

    The plot is pretty much non existent but the eye candy is very similar to the middle eastern cities you'd see in Battlefield 3 single player campaign. The difference is this runs much smoother. Interestingly enough this game also runs faster than Serious Sam First Encounter HD or Second Encounter HD (xbox version) Those are locked at about 30 frames per second and do not always deliver that.

    Another good aspect of Serious Sam 3 BFE design is that as you progress you get to play in quite diverse environments. You go through crumbling streets, through an abandoned well lit building, through catacombs, outside areas with lots of vegetation and more.    … Expand
  2. HuskHusky
    8
    Very fun game, love the split screen, very rare for computer games to allow that option.
    Music is superb and fits the levels, aliens are gros    s and annoying, as they should be.
    Survival mode is impossible, as it also should be.

    When playing this game, you gotta play with more than yourself    … Expand
  3. Joshsreviews
    8
    Don't think this is serious, because it's not. It's a crazy shooter where you literally just run around shooting in every direction. Want a break from realism games such as MW3? This is it, it's an old school arcade shooter. The sound is great, from kamikazes to gun shots this game is covered in sound. Graphically it is actually a rather big leap from TFE and TSE but it's works really well. Well worth 1200 MS points.
    Gameplay - 8
    Sound - 9
    Graphics - 8    … Expand

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