Serious Sam – A Retrospective | Console XP

Matija Mandic wote: "Today, we look at video games as just an another form of an entertainment medium – along with television and books – as they are made to entertain the consumer for a time set by him/her, for an efficient price. The presentation varies in the terms of storytelling, imagery, and characters, but ultimately, it’s entertainment that matters the most. And that’s what video games once did best, above all other media: give the player a feeling of being in shoes of a fictional hero, control his actions and, if we are really to push it, live in the game’s created universe. Now that’s what most of modern games can’t seem to understand – with all the scripted nonsense, forced linearity, taking the control out of the player’s hands, having them feel like he’s watching a movie, a game is breaking its main point: being played."