Remember when FPS games were all about shooting the shit out of things? Remember when covering behind walls was not an option? Remember when your health didn’t actually regenerate after you had been shot? I do, and it was these classic points of the old-style first person shooters that made them so frenetic and pant-wettingly tense at times.
One of the developers that stood up with the likes of iD was Croteam, who released a little-known game at the time called Serious Sam: The First Encounter. Years have gone by, but some still herald it as one of the best FPS games ever made. Now Sam is back in a prequel to explain how it all started, but is it a great return to nostalgia, or does it feel tired and worn?
Despite launching back in 2011, Serious Sam 3: BFE is playable on all modern formats. But is it still worth your time?
CG writes: Here is a 40 minute look at the Blade Runner Cells Interlinked 2021 gameplay on PC. It’s a mod for Serious Sam 3 BFE (Serious Sam Fusion). The game offers a single-player Blade Runner experience, and has you escaping from your captors.
Neil writes "The latest Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale is now running and both Gold and Silver members can grab a number of bargains this coming week."
Awesome! I bought an XBOX One last week and bought a few games and one I was considering was Forza Horizon 2 as I love the Forza series, can't fault it at that price.