Canadian Online Gamers - "Serious Sam is a series that doesn’t try to conform and be something it isn’t. You won’t find Sam ducking behind cover from enemy fire or stealthily backstabbing a monster from behind. You also won’t find him working with a squad, barking commands for suppression fire as he and his team attempt to capture a checkpoint. Sam is the kind of guy that you hand a rocket launcher, point in the general direction of the bad guy and watch the bloody fireworks. That’s because Serious Sam: BFE, the prequel to SS: The First Encounter, is intended as a throwback to the classic first person shooters that jump started the genre." 82/100