Serious Sam 4

But Why ThoArron Kluz

40/10

It is a shame that Serious Sam 4 is not able to live up to the series’ legacy. While the franchise has never been associated with particularly groundbreaking or polished titles it has previously been able to offer enjoyable experiences with its own identity and fun gameplay. Serious Sam 4 is too bogged down by questionable design and poor presentation to manage that, and instead feels like a title quickly thrown together with an overnight script than a cohesive product.

XboxEraGyőző "FairyEmpire" Baki

8/10

Like with the aforementioned Serious Sam 3: BFE, there’s again room for lengthy debates about whether this more serious modern military setting is the right call for the franchise, and if the opening hours could be paced differently. And while this console version is by no means perfect, with the keyboard+mouse combination generally working much better for Serious Sam games and an uneven performance even on Series X, I do think that this latest installment should still be played by any fan of old school shooters. It may not revolutionize the formula, but the new iteration of the engine allows ...

Impulse GamerChris O'Connor

Mental's hordes are spreading across the world ravaging and tearing to pieces what is left of a broken civilization. Earth's only hope is Sam "Serious" Stone

Playstation LifestylePaulmichael Contreras

7/10

It has been ten long years since Serious Sam 3: BFE first released on PCs. That game was a prequel to the now 20-year-old original Serious Sam, and developer Croteam is back with another prequel. Yup, Serious Sam 4 is a prequel to the prequel. But is it any good? Find out in our Serious Sam 4 PS5 review.

GameSpewRichard Seagrave

7/10

Stick Serious Sam 4 in performance mode, then, and while your experience won’t be perfect on PS5, you’ll still have a bloody good time. It’s perhaps the humour and simple premise of the game that will be more divisive; some will love it for its daft one-liners and balls-to-the-wall action, others may find it too repetitive and macho. If you like the idea of butchering an entire army of monsters ranging from vampires to reptilian demons that throw green balls of energy at you, however, then be sure to give it a go. And what other game lets you loose in a combine harvester to up your body count?

Press StartBrodie Gibbons

5.5/10

Serious Sam is a series that has long alluded me and I’m starting to think it might have been for the better. Although this fourth iteration might feature some staggering, titanic battles and silk-smooth gunplay, its existence feels like a clear reminder that it’s often best to let the past stay dead. Serious Sam 4 is an excavation from a long-outdated era that is more Duke Nukem Forever than it is Doom.

WayTooManyGamesLeo Faria

5/10

I won’t lie, I was cautiously optimistic before tackling the PlayStation 5 version of Serious Sam 4. Our colleague, Jordan, may have had a harsh time with original PC release, citing its many performance issues and glitches, but I thought that Croteam would have used its extra year of development time to fix these issues prior to releasing the game onto next-gen platforms. We’ve seen what the PS5 and the Xbox Series X are capable of with shooters such as Halo Infinite and Deathloop, so th...

Sirus GamingRhett Roxl

5/10

We want to emphasize that 5 will always be the “average” number, not 7. So by far, it’s 50% great and it’s also 50% bad.

VGChartzPaul Broussard

4/10

Seriously not fun.Two decades after the original game and after nearly a decade long hiatus, Serious Sam is back. For [...]

I’m not the world’s biggest fan of shooters, but I have a soft spot for Serious Sam. It’s partly because it exists to make fun of the rest of the genre, and do so in a colourful, easy-going way such that it’s the equivalent of a Sunday morning cartoon. It’s also all-action, but in the right way. I find more realistic shooters stressful when I’m being swamped from all sides, but Serious Sam does such a great job with the power fantasy that you’ll look at a screen filled with 100 ugly beasties… and wish they had brought friends. I enjoyed getting re-acquainted with Serious Sam ea…

MonsterVineMonsterVine Staff

Serious Sam 4 isn’t as linear as previous games in the series. There are secondary quests within levels to obtain exclusive weaponry and make the character strong as hell. Once a level has had every single enemy dispatched of you are able to freely explore the environment which turns out, is pretty detailed.

Lords of GamingJerko Cilas

Unscored

It has been a long time since I have had a shooter like Serious Sam in my hands, and I have been pumped for a while now to give it a go. It is always exciting to see a decades-old franchise make a comeback to the modern era. Serious Sam...