Hey everyone - higher resolutions will be available soon, youtube is still processing them. Just a heads up to give you an idea of what's coming: -Mafia Definitive Edition Comparison -History of Rainbow Six - should release in the next week or two. Lots of games releasing nonstop so it keeps getting pushed back, but all that remains are some final edits. -Avengers Review -Crash 4 Review/Comparison -300k Subscriber Special - First Studio Tour :) -Console Reviews/Comparisons
SS4 just needs better lighting, really. The older games have worse textures and models but they made excellent use of lighting, so they still look really good. The way they handled the lighting just feels rushed and unfinished.
@@wabachi It lacks quicksaves and nano suit keyboard shortcuts, unlike the original. And the graphics, at least from what I've seen, are improved as much as it needs to be called "remastered". Sorry mate, you won't see the Half-Life 1 to 2 graphics leap, or hell, even the SiN: Reloaded project that Nightdive is currently workin' on looks better than Crysis remastered.
the biggest graphical difference between the two games imo is how much easier ss4 is on the eyes, both due to much less muddy textures and the more vibrant color scheme.
I honestly prefer ss3's colors, it's easier for me and more interesting. I always turn the saturation down to 25% But I guess that's what happens when you split your fan base as much as croteam has lmao
The complaint that BFE is colourless was always ridiculous to me since it fits the apocalyptic setting and grim story of that game. And to me, it still has that Serious Sam charm to it
Never cared about graphics quality when it comes to Serious Sam. I can even play the first version today without remaster just for fun. It is the fun factor and never ending action of this series which is more important to me.
Nobody: Serious sam: 7 years have past, but i do not change. Time has lost is effect on me. Yet the suffering continues (. . .) Hope is lost. Gotta get back, back to the past to the proud days
Long ago in a distant land, i Mental, the shapeshifting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But, a Serious SAMurai warrior wielding a minigun stepped forth to opposed me.
Imagine a Serious Sam game with the level sizes the original games were known for, but with Bad Company-style destructibility. I would absolutely be up for SS5 if they could pull that off.
Have you seen some of the map sizes in this game? Lmao I mean most levels in the older games are just temples or some flat open desert areas that are a reasonable size. The levels in ss4 are about the same and sometimes much much bigger
Serious Sam 4 is way better, they improved on a lot of things people complained about in the 3rd game like: -less hit scan enemies -less weapons that need a reload -no more underground or interior areas -they tweaked the flying witch thing that used to restrict your movement when fighting her -vehicles, and much more
I don't thin interior areas were a complaint, First & Second Encounter and Serious Sam 2 had quite a few of those and they were good, the only interior area in Serious Sam 3 that wasn't underground was the second level
I'm retired army and can attest the serious sam 4 sounded better, but the one that REALLY won me over was the serious sam 3 coach gun! I own a model similar and it sounds as if they replicated it to an absolute T! The kick for a muscle man like sam seems accurate too!
knowing serious sam has never been a super high quality game with incredible voice acting animation but looking at the comparison the games looks like a massive improvement graphics and gun wise
Serious Sam is better than ever. People complain that it isn't as good as doom. When i played doom, it constantly felt grim and complex like a horror game, while playing Sam games you get simple super fun vibes where you murder bunch of aliens in satisfying way while hearing silly Sam comments. Both games great tho
Are you serious? Good vid. Looking forward to this one. Not every game has to have the best tech. Game play is everything and Serious Sam always had it. Watching the new footage of SS4 put a smile on my face.
People complain about the look on every review. In my opinion, it’s the serious Sam look that they hate. If the game was more realistic, then it would just feel like a stereotypical shooter; with this slight cartoony look, it feels like a game. But not cartoony enough to feel like it’s a cartoon. If people want a realistic shooter. Then play another game than complaining on one and still play it.
@@EG_John What so realistic in this new part? I mean, enemy design is rather silly, and this game takes it's place in modern time, so the environment should be a bit more realistic. Other than deagle and assault rifle, this game feels like encounters to me.
I like the way it look, not cartoon non photorealistic, from the look to the gameplay give me something of old fps that I missed, but it need some adjustment in terms of shadows and lights, that's undeniable. Cause look cartoonish was good and, for me, would be still Hood, and for sure This game don't have to bevome like others but sometimes it look strange... B.F.E. had dark sposts even where there weren't suppose to be... This is the opposite. Not complainining the image, but how some detailed look 'cause bad lighting.
4:41 not true, there's a pressure release on the SS3 rocket launcher. The two front pieces push back to the edge of that black bar. It's quite noticeable. Good video otherwise!
@@yujin4562 The problem is they never move forward with the story. It's always a prequel to a prequel to a story between first and second encounter and it never goes forward.
The next game should just be "Serious Sam" which starts from the beginning, with Mankind expanding across the stars into an interstellar-empire and finding Alien ruins, where they awaken the Insane Alien God Mental who then proceeds to conquer/convert Mankind and push them back to Earth, after which we get condensed versions of the previous games, done in chronological order. The events of Serious San 2 should be re-made and replaced with something new and then finally we should end the game at a new point in the Serious Sam time-line, finally progressing the story.
That "legion" system, looks pointless because, there are just 3 type of enemies and allies copied and pasted with the same animations over and over, not something really dynamic.
It't a trick, like croteam said, with alot of potential. If people try to support them and wait, Legion system can become something way better of just an illusion.
@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 easy to speak like you do. Thay said from the beginning it was just a trick, but that trick can become more then just a mere illusion with the time,if you let them work.
Really enjoyed SS4, but I missed the intense Alien look of the enemies, atmosphere and encounters from SS3, especially the Bio-mechanoids. They looked like horrible cyborg dinosaurs, which was a fun contrast with the tongue-in-cheek nature of the game and story. Intense silliness. Sure SS4 had that too, but I missed the moments of taking down the warship, having it run like a coward only to take it on again. Fighting with AI didn't make me feel like Sam was the one man army he often is. Sam needs no helping hand. Too long wandering through the streets of Italy to me. Needed some heavier insane encounters in the French countryside. Damn, it was awfully barren for a area so large. Shame we didn't see Charlie return at the end again. They just forgot about him. Still a fun game though, not sure if they'll ever do SS5, but I sure hope they do.
@@daniels7568 by default it's not those ugly big green chunks, but very detailed *red* blood effects. I don't understand why this green gore mode was enabled for the *review* and default gibs setting wasn't preserved :(
Please do a video ranking the mancubuses from Dooms 2, 3, 4 & 5 in terms of most likely to receive a low-interest 10 year mortgage from a respected bank with one being "highly unlikely" and ten being "well qualified for the loan"
Well in 4 Sam looks more like someone pasted Sam's clothes onto some UE4 asset character instead of making a character with any art direction in mind other than "realistic human". IMO Serious Sam 4 will probably age worse because the art style is so generic this time around.
@@Nick930 That's a bit of personal prefference there. In my opinion, old DOOM games are better than the 2016 version and DOOM Eternal and overall, SS is better than DOOM.
@Steven Hunt Bro. It's still impressive. Why does it matter they don't have collision? They do when you're close so it makes no difference. I don't think you want all those allies to have collision either
at 8:23, look at the shockwave which the explosion causes to move through the grass. The grass totally flattens for a moment before standing back up and continuing to sway. That's pretty cool.... which then he mentioned in the video immediately after I posted my comment. lol I'm glad to start finding some silly secrets, but I miss the fun of Serious Sam Second Encounter, or Serious Sam II. Those games took themselves ...less "seriously." And they were light and fun! Sam doing limbo and getting wasted with the blue village chicks, or having to rescue Santa Clause from a house chimney - it's not all this "The earth is doomed and all your friends are dead" junk. Anybody else agree with me that the latter games could be a bit more light-hearted?
So two things: 1. This game looks absolutely amazing!! 2. It irks me that both sides are using Starship Trooper tactics in those battle scenes (more so that the humans are using Starship Trooper tactics, Mental's forces get a pass since they have never been known to use tactics of any sort anyway). I don't necessarily expect them to form proper squad sized formations with proper spacing. But at least form a basic line of some sort. If you were tasked with designing the least effective formation possible you could not do better than the Starship Trooper mass blob formation, which leaves only a tiny portion of shooters in front to actually fire their weapons, with the rest unable to fire for fear of hitting their comrades in the back, but all of them still vulnerable to enemy return fire. There is a reason that the line has always been the preferred basic combat formation going from antiquity all the way up to the modern day. It is simply the most efficient way to put all of your combat power to the front. You don't need to study modern tactics in detail. Just put them in a line, with perhaps a few meters to the left and right of each soldier, and it will be miles better than this.
The Serious Sam series are some of the best fun old school shooters around, and gets better with each entry. Co-op is awesome. I am glad developers like Croteam still make these games. Edit: I believe there are options to make the colour scheme in SS3BFE either Vivid, grayscale, bright etc. I found Vivid gave the best SSFE type look.
i love this channel he reviews games i never heard of that look so cool and i been growing my shopping game list thanks direct comparison for this channel keep up the good work
Hey Nick!, love your content, btw the serious sam games have color options in the graphics menu so you can make look more vibrant. It's impressive how ss3bfe changes when you set it to vivid and ss4 even more so.
I think SS4 got overly harshly hammered in reviews. I know that review copies suffered from not having the huge day one patch. However the reviewers never said stuff like, "I expect this or that to get patched". They just slated SS4 into the ground. To be fair in a sense, some of the new enemies are annoying. I don't liek some of the enemy updates like the mechanoids or lime-green gnarr. There are some cringy cut-scenes. However the moment to moment combat is still as crisp as ever. Have to agree with Nick over ligthing though. I never thought about until I watched this vid. The lighting is proably what pulls SS4 backwards in terms of appearance.
Im no expert, but MAN the sound of the double barrel shotgun from SS3 is absolutely amazing!! What stood out the most(in my opinion) is the echo after the the shot. I bet one of the DEV team has a coach gun or something, and thats why they've been able to replicate such an authentic sound. Too bad SS4 double barrel shotgun got such a poor sound effect, i would rather copy pasted it from SS3.
I don't think I'll do a review - at least not right now. The reviews take up so much time that I've scaled them back to only the biggest games that I want to share my opinions on. Crash 4 and Avengers are next in line for reviews at this point.
Great video! But 8:00 Excuse me, WHAT! If "Gore" setting is set to "Red" (which is by default) gibs and effects when enemies are destroyed are extremely detailed. What you've shown is not really showing the difference between games :(
croteam promised in 2019 that the new serious sam 4 engine was going to have tons of enemies in screen without FPS drop but was a lie or a false promise yet there is a big framedrop when tons of enemies are in screen
Perhaps in SS5, Sam can reminisce about his old team from a photo and say: “I could have sworn Jones died after the helicopter crash just before I activated the time lock. Or I must have got my memories mixed up in cryosleep.” Or they can make this their Gears of War Carmine joke and say it was Jones’s twin brother.
I was so confused about Croatia !! Those guy's there built the best Game ever! and graphics !! Considering how primitive tech wise they were back in the day!!! Today they are just Top Gun man Love their style and their Serious Sam line of games..Hope they keep going I will keep buying Love it Nice review awesome just awesome !!
One slightly unfortunate change is you can now see the word "INERT" is printed on the C4. A surprising number of games don't realise that real C4 generally doesn't have that. :P
Animated characters and graphics were a lot better in SS3 than in SS4. Even the gun shades have finished and SS3 appears a lot realistic, that's what appeals the most
the weapon sounds in all Serious Sam games have always been very lackluster and muted. the freakin' shotgun sounds like someone shutting a metal garage door ffs.
1:16 talks about better resolution and Button on his shirt. Doesn’t talk about the details and the veins popping out of his face. SS4 is like a cartoon.
I mean, I like the visuals, they hold up against quite a few "modern" games like to keep it compareable they did Beat FO76 so the engine is a good 7/10 if bug fixes are to be aplied.
I don’t want to annoy you, or be rude, everyone can have their own opinion but FO76 is certainly not comparable to a modern games, it looks way worse than any other AAA FPS. It’s not really a good thing to compare this game to FO76 lol. Battlefield 3 for exemple beats both of those games, and it was release 9 years ago. But I agree, I think the Serious Engine (for the visual) is better than the old crap Bethesda use since Morrowind. They (croteam) just don’t know how to use it to the full potential I guess.
I’ve never seen any footage of these games even though I’ve been aware of this franchise for years. This is actually my first time actually seeing what it even is. P.S. I thought Sam was as anthropomorphic animal…I thought that’s the type of games these were.
Surprised survival mode was striped completely. Was hoping to play that because id put countless hours into that mode alone just to see how long I survive.
There is a lot of 'tearing' in this version. This happens often if you move 'out of bounds'. This can be off-putting in the extreme. There are whole areas, too, that are literally EMPTY of enemies - this despite the updates.
brothers whatever it is when game is unique in itself graphics dont really matter. they were not having budget to create game still they did lets support them. they cared for their fans now we must support back so in future they create better.
At time-marker 1:25: Graphics 4 in screams "Look at well rendered I am! See the all the shaders? Aren't they great? High poly count!" Graphics in 3 "Well, it looks kinda analog semi-potato camera..." You know what? I have analog semi-potato eyes.... The thing about the uncanny valley is to not make it a tourist attraction!
When it comes to gaming, and more importantly Serious Sam games for me, the emphasis is on chaos, stressful situations and having fun killing stuff so it doesn’t get you. I don’t get too hung up on the graphics. One of the biggest crimes in the series so far was when serious sam 3 did not have enough ammo to go round!! This looks like a marginal improvement on that. But the first and second encounter HD Are probably my favourite Sam moments so far…
Hey everyone - higher resolutions will be available soon, youtube is still processing them.
Just a heads up to give you an idea of what's coming:
-Mafia Definitive Edition Comparison
-History of Rainbow Six - should release in the next week or two. Lots of games releasing nonstop so it keeps getting pushed back, but all that remains are some final edits.
-Avengers Review
-Crash 4 Review/Comparison
-300k Subscriber Special - First Studio Tour :)
-Console Reviews/Comparisons
How about Squadrons compared to like X-wing Alliance or X-wing vs Tie Fighter? (obviously after it releases this week :-D)
Great video nick keep it up dude
@@the_bearded_jay That will likely be sometime next week - keep an eye out for it. Definitely want to try it out
Why is your blood option green ??
You should have changed the blood effect to original (red) then u would be able to see how much goriness is increased.
SS4 just needs better lighting, really. The older games have worse textures and models but they made excellent use of lighting, so they still look really good. The way they handled the lighting just feels rushed and unfinished.
Lead programmer for the engine left mid-development, so I guess they had to re-use the base from Serious Sam 3/ Thalos Principle.
Serious Sam Fusion is still the best. It is FE+SE remastered and looks incredible. Way better than SS3/SS4
It looks like a unity game, just with really nice textures and models
@@kerenton5897 imo 4 was way better, improved enemy designs, better texture quality, better sounds, and bigger hoards.
Maybe they could add ray tracing global illumination in a later update. That would be pretty nice.
serious sam finally reached 2010 tech
@ILackDeath in what way is crysis remastered disappointing?
@@wabachi It lacks quicksaves and nano suit keyboard shortcuts, unlike the original. And the graphics, at least from what I've seen, are improved as much as it needs to be called "remastered". Sorry mate, you won't see the Half-Life 1 to 2 graphics leap, or hell, even the SiN: Reloaded project that Nightdive is currently workin' on looks better than Crysis remastered.
@K-Source half life 2 was the exception, not the norm, not to mention it was made by a big AAA dev
This game is not about graphics and can't even be on high level like other games... u can't compare it to anything.
@K-Source half life 2 wasn't budget
In Serious Sam4 , All Enemies look like PS5 , and all the characters looks like PS1
No more like characters ps3 amd enemies early ps4
@Dman Bellic that’s just an excuse to put no effort into the modelling
PS2 is 16 bit
Character is 64 bit
To be fair with the huge fight having only the front soldiers shooting makes sense, you wouldn't want the back guys killing the people infront of them
Hahahahah
2:51 this environment is impressive, very photorealistic
it honestly looks beautiful
if u lower video quality it literally looks like real life
If only lighting was different, it would greatly improve everything
@@klar7566 yeah, baked lighting looks good on one scene, and horrible on the other
Definitely doesn't look photo-realistic...
the biggest graphical difference between the two games imo is how much easier ss4 is on the eyes, both due to much less muddy textures and the more vibrant color scheme.
i wish more games had a color saturation option.
I honestly prefer ss3's colors, it's easier for me and more interesting. I always turn the saturation down to 25%
But I guess that's what happens when you split your fan base as much as croteam has lmao
The complaint that BFE is colourless was always ridiculous to me since it fits the apocalyptic setting and grim story of that game. And to me, it still has that Serious Sam charm to it
@@pandock6834 Sam community is a complete MESS. Has been that way since SS2
Never cared about graphics quality when it comes to Serious Sam. I can even play the first version today without remaster just for fun. It is the fun factor and never ending action of this series which is more important to me.
Ur a true man
The first two games actually look pretty good even today. Hell it could be much much worse and I would still love it.
Serious Sam games are remarkably good at making you not care about graphics. I'd replay the 1st game right now, no HD remaster needed. Just so fun.
Nobody:
Serious sam: 7 years have past, but i do not change. Time has lost is effect on me. Yet the suffering continues (. . .) Hope is lost. Gotta get back, back to the past to the proud days
"Gotta get back, back to the past, Serious Sam!
YEEEEEHA!"
Long ago in a distant land, i Mental, the shapeshifting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But, a Serious SAMurai warrior wielding a minigun stepped forth to opposed me.
Samurai jack speech
Love it
This is a prequel. And 9 years have past not 7.
@Rocky Montana Nobody asks for any RUclips comment, genius.
Imagine a Serious Sam game with the level sizes the original games were known for, but with Bad Company-style destructibility.
I would absolutely be up for SS5 if they could pull that off.
Have you seen some of the map sizes in this game? Lmao
I mean most levels in the older games are just temples or some flat open desert areas that are a reasonable size. The levels in ss4 are about the same and sometimes much much bigger
have you even played this game? idiot
Serious Sam 4 is way better, they improved on a lot of things people complained about in the 3rd game like:
-less hit scan enemies
-less weapons that need a reload
-no more underground or interior areas
-they tweaked the flying witch thing that used to restrict your movement when fighting her
-vehicles, and much more
I don't thin interior areas were a complaint, First & Second Encounter and Serious Sam 2 had quite a few of those and they were good, the only interior area in Serious Sam 3 that wasn't underground was the second level
@@agbrenv Yeah, some of the most memorable levels in old Sam games, like Tomb of Ramses III and The pit were mostly indoors.
@@Boltscrap You're right, I meant those cramped and dark tunnels from SS3. SS1 first and second encounter had great levels all around.
Duh its gonna be better, not the best return, but a welcome one
there is only one weapon that doesnt need to reload compared to ss3. the shotgun.
and there are interior arenas, like in oil rig
play the game firstly
I'm retired army and can attest the serious sam 4 sounded better, but the one that REALLY won me over was the serious sam 3 coach gun! I own a model similar and it sounds as if they replicated it to an absolute T! The kick for a muscle man like sam seems accurate too!
Finally a Serious Sam vídeo!!!! 🤙🔥
This is exactly what I want when looking for a comparison video. Keep up the amazing work! Subbed 😊
Woa Nick! Thank you for doing comparison of my fav game ❤️.
Mafia Definitive Edition Vs The Original
Mafia Definitive Edition vs Mafia III would be more interesting
@@JuJuLa__ I kinda want to see both.
knowing serious sam has never been a super high quality game with incredible voice acting animation but looking at the comparison the games looks like a massive improvement graphics and gun wise
It feels really nostalgic...
And I love that
Serious Sam is better than ever. People complain that it isn't as good as doom. When i played doom, it constantly felt grim and complex like a horror game, while playing Sam games you get simple super fun vibes where you murder bunch of aliens in satisfying way while hearing silly Sam comments. Both games great tho
@@spaceman0808 I fully agree with you
@Feelly yeah man, its really weird that they protect their game so much like a momma would protect her child lol
All the sunglasses were replaced with ones that look like a 4 year old drew them
9:23 That scenery and the background weather are incredible... *but nothing compares to THE GRAND CATHEDRAL*
Are you serious?
Good vid. Looking forward to this one. Not every game has to have the best tech. Game play is everything and Serious Sam always had it.
Watching the new footage of SS4 put a smile on my face.
People complain about the look on every review. In my opinion, it’s the serious Sam look that they hate. If the game was more realistic, then it would just feel like a stereotypical shooter; with this slight cartoony look, it feels like a game. But not cartoony enough to feel like it’s a cartoon. If people want a realistic shooter. Then play another game than complaining on one and still play it.
I don't care that the game has a goofy premise. But pretending to ignore the obvious technical flaws would be nonsense.
I believe that the majority complains to the visual is just the opposite. People do not like that the realism is too high compared to the first parts.
@@EG_John What so realistic in this new part? I mean, enemy design is rather silly, and this game takes it's place in modern time, so the environment should be a bit more realistic. Other than deagle and assault rifle, this game feels like encounters to me.
I like the way it look, not cartoon non photorealistic, from the look to the gameplay give me something of old fps that I missed, but it need some adjustment in terms of shadows and lights, that's undeniable. Cause look cartoonish was good and, for me, would be still Hood, and for sure This game don't have to bevome like others but sometimes it look strange... B.F.E. had dark sposts even where there weren't suppose to be... This is the opposite. Not complainining the image, but how some detailed look 'cause bad lighting.
4:41 not true, there's a pressure release on the SS3 rocket launcher. The two front pieces push back to the edge of that black bar. It's quite noticeable. Good video otherwise!
Nice, i feel a bit better about getting this game on a sale
Get it cracked xe
@@daguywithdacheese5436 have some respect for the developers..
Buying this is worth guy. They did include more chapters than the previous ones.. youll enjoy it for sure.
Yujin fasho, ill get it in 6-12 months when its half off 👍
@@yujin4562 The problem is they never move forward with the story.
It's always a prequel to a prequel to a story between first and second encounter and it never goes forward.
3:41 look at that landscape... it's so realistic looking holy damn.
Just in time for lunch break thanks nick!!
The first video that makes justice to Serious Sam 4 instead of a complaint about everything on the game
You had me at GOG!
That GOG logo almost made my tear up.
Damn, that's the highest honour to be sponsored by them.
I love watching His Direct comparison videos of different games.
The next game should just be "Serious Sam" which starts from the beginning, with Mankind expanding across the stars into an interstellar-empire and finding Alien ruins, where they awaken the Insane Alien God Mental who then proceeds to conquer/convert Mankind and push them back to Earth, after which we get condensed versions of the previous games, done in chronological order. The events of Serious San 2 should be re-made and replaced with something new and then finally we should end the game at a new point in the Serious Sam time-line, finally progressing the story.
That "legion" system, looks pointless because, there are just 3 type of
enemies and allies copied and pasted with the same animations over and
over, not something really dynamic.
It't a trick, like croteam said, with alot of potential. If people try to support them and wait, Legion system can become something way better of just an illusion.
Arch-wiz Then they shouldn't advertise it like the most unique thing.
@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 easy to speak like you do. Thay said from the beginning it was just a trick, but that trick can become more then just a mere illusion with the time,if you let them work.
Really enjoyed SS4, but I missed the intense Alien look of the enemies, atmosphere and encounters from SS3, especially the Bio-mechanoids. They looked like horrible cyborg dinosaurs, which was a fun contrast with the tongue-in-cheek nature of the game and story. Intense silliness.
Sure SS4 had that too, but I missed the moments of taking down the warship, having it run like a coward only to take it on again. Fighting with AI didn't make me feel like Sam was the one man army he often is. Sam needs no helping hand.
Too long wandering through the streets of Italy to me. Needed some heavier insane encounters in the French countryside. Damn, it was awfully barren for a area so large.
Shame we didn't see Charlie return at the end again. They just forgot about him.
Still a fun game though, not sure if they'll ever do SS5, but I sure hope they do.
Serious Sam 4 looks much better than SS3. The only thing I like about Serious Sam 3 more is the double barrel shotgun sound.
MANOFBLADE ss3 shotgun sounds like hitting a meat even if you are aiming at sky.
I miss his dual revolver from SS2, btw both game really amazing :D
SS2 was the best
The hamster ball from SS2 was the best and overall one of the best Serious Sam games
There was a revolver mod just added to the workshop a couple days ago 🙂
@@AlexAlex-mx4jo SS2 was the worst.
@@AlexAlex-mx4jo no
Ss3
I've never played a serious sam game before but DAMN. That huge battlefield scene looks amazing. I might buy a copy
great comparison Nick :) (are there any more documentary's coming?)
Absolutely. Check pinned comment. History of Rainbow Six is on the way - along with a History of Metal Gear Solid and History of Mafia this year
Nick930 oooo I’m looking forward to the MGS History video, can’t wait
Why didn't you compare gore effects? They are great in SS4.
idk those huge green chunks look pretty bad
@@daniels7568 this is just a mode that you can enable in the settings to make the game look less violent.
@@daniels7568 by default it's not those ugly big green chunks, but very detailed *red* blood effects.
I don't understand why this green gore mode was enabled for the *review* and default gibs setting wasn't preserved :(
Sultim demonitization
@@gubbins4944 That's not why lol.
Congrats for your sponsored by GOG🍻😁🍻 Nick
it just feels so weird to me that the games terrain and setting looks so real and makes the aliens look like bad cgi in comparison
The real advantage of SS3 over SS4 is its absolutely magnificent soundtracks
will u also be doing a direct comparison of mafia 1 remake and mafia 3? :)
Uuh, probably mafia 1 remake + original mafia 1
Casanova Creed there’s no point in that comparison, mafia 3 would be far more interesting
I love when people put Ellie or any TLOU charachter on the thumbnail 😄
read Nick's pinned comment. Its coming up!
Nero Pasta yeah that’s cool but what about CRAIG
A really great video. Thanks to you I started walkthrough of this game.
I prefer Serious Sam 2. And the classics.
The Secound Encounter is still the best imo
Serious sam the second encounter 10/10 best childhood game
ss2 is the best
personally my fav is ss2 because that was actually my first ss i played, but the second encounter was one of the best no cap.
@@Vlaax_ ss2 is the first ss i play too back in 2010 a decade ago
1:10 umm do we tell him? My brain: “do it...”
the guy on the left looks better, the guy on the right looks like an old video game.
Probably shitty character model, and bad shadows
It's the lighting
Yeah, everything of Sam face is better in B.F.E. and isn't just lights.
is it me, or are the ruins in 4 ripped straight from Talos Principle?
They developed The Talos Principle using what were supposed to end up being game's assets, they said this some years ago in an interview.
Also Serious Sam is playable in Talos Principle
Please do a video ranking the mancubuses from Dooms 2, 3, 4 & 5 in terms of most likely to receive a low-interest 10 year mortgage from a respected bank with one being "highly unlikely" and ten being "well qualified for the loan"
I swear, the character look so much worse in the new one!
@Chayan Das he is a comedian
Well in 4 Sam looks more like someone pasted Sam's clothes onto some UE4 asset character instead of making a character with any art direction in mind other than "realistic human". IMO Serious Sam 4 will probably age worse because the art style is so generic this time around.
For me SS4 Sam looks waaaay better. At least his body mesh isn't as shit as it was before. He actually looks like a human now.
The enemies look phenomenal at least
Yeah,ss3 was best of them
Wow I’ve never heard of this game. Looks fun.
yeah Serious Sam First Encounter 1 & 2 (HD) are really fun. Worth looking into. They're not as good as DOOM or Quake, but still fun shooters
@@Nick930
Awesome I should give them a go.
@@Nick930 That's a bit of personal prefference there. In my opinion, old DOOM games are better than the 2016 version and DOOM Eternal and overall, SS is better than DOOM.
Conejo :V' I disagree but I really love serious Sam but doom was the game that got me into video games and left 4 dead and gears of war
Apparently Serious Sam 4 can have 100,000 enemies on the screen. Impressive.
@Steven Hunt at least game can truly handle few hundred enemies at once as last Tunguska levels show.
@Steven Hunt Bro. It's still impressive. Why does it matter they don't have collision? They do when you're close so it makes no difference. I don't think you want all those allies to have collision either
at 8:23, look at the shockwave which the explosion causes to move through the grass. The grass totally flattens for a moment before standing back up and continuing to sway. That's pretty cool.... which then he mentioned in the video immediately after I posted my comment. lol I'm glad to start finding some silly secrets, but I miss the fun of Serious Sam Second Encounter, or Serious Sam II. Those games took themselves ...less "seriously." And they were light and fun! Sam doing limbo and getting wasted with the blue village chicks, or having to rescue Santa Clause from a house chimney - it's not all this "The earth is doomed and all your friends are dead" junk. Anybody else agree with me that the latter games could be a bit more light-hearted?
So two things:
1. This game looks absolutely amazing!!
2. It irks me that both sides are using Starship Trooper tactics in those battle scenes (more so that the humans are using Starship Trooper tactics, Mental's forces get a pass since they have never been known to use tactics of any sort anyway). I don't necessarily expect them to form proper squad sized formations with proper spacing. But at least form a basic line of some sort. If you were tasked with designing the least effective formation possible you could not do better than the Starship Trooper mass blob formation, which leaves only a tiny portion of shooters in front to actually fire their weapons, with the rest unable to fire for fear of hitting their comrades in the back, but all of them still vulnerable to enemy return fire. There is a reason that the line has always been the preferred basic combat formation going from antiquity all the way up to the modern day. It is simply the most efficient way to put all of your combat power to the front. You don't need to study modern tactics in detail. Just put them in a line, with perhaps a few meters to the left and right of each soldier, and it will be miles better than this.
The Serious Sam series are some of the best fun old school shooters around, and gets better with each entry.
Co-op is awesome.
I am glad developers like Croteam still make these games.
Edit: I believe there are options to make the colour scheme in SS3BFE either Vivid, grayscale, bright etc.
I found Vivid gave the best SSFE type look.
i love this channel he reviews games i never heard of that look so cool and i been growing my shopping game list thanks direct comparison for this channel keep up the good work
I need more movies and video games to be like 7:15. Just too epic
Fable: The Lost Chapters vs Fable Anniversary
Hey Nick!, love your content, btw the serious sam games have color options in the graphics menu so you can make look more vibrant. It's impressive how ss3bfe changes when you set it to vivid and ss4 even more so.
Nice comp video ^^
Love it ^^
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I think SS4 got overly harshly hammered in reviews. I know that review copies suffered from not having the huge day one patch. However the reviewers never said stuff like, "I expect this or that to get patched". They just slated SS4 into the ground.
To be fair in a sense, some of the new enemies are annoying. I don't liek some of the enemy updates like the mechanoids or lime-green gnarr. There are some cringy cut-scenes. However the moment to moment combat is still as crisp as ever.
Have to agree with Nick over ligthing though. I never thought about until I watched this vid. The lighting is proably what pulls SS4 backwards in terms of appearance.
very impressive video! I can't wait to bui SS4!
A friendly suggestion; think chapters would help your view durations with these more broader comparisons.
Im no expert, but MAN the sound of the double barrel shotgun from SS3 is absolutely amazing!! What stood out the most(in my opinion) is the echo after the the shot.
I bet one of the DEV team has a coach gun or something, and thats why they've been able to replicate such an authentic sound.
Too bad SS4 double barrel shotgun got such a poor sound effect, i would rather copy pasted it from SS3.
Are you planning to make a review video for Serious Sam 4? Btw great comparison as always
I don't think I'll do a review - at least not right now. The reviews take up so much time that I've scaled them back to only the biggest games that I want to share my opinions on.
Crash 4 and Avengers are next in line for reviews at this point.
@@Nick930 yeah you're right too much time. But anyways keep it up! I always wait for your comparisons even if I'm not interested in a game
Great video! But
8:00 Excuse me, WHAT!
If "Gore" setting is set to "Red" (which is by default) gibs and effects when enemies are destroyed are extremely detailed. What you've shown is not really showing the difference between games :(
croteam promised in 2019 that the new serious sam 4 engine was going to have tons of enemies in screen without FPS drop but was a lie or a false promise yet there is a big framedrop when tons of enemies are in screen
I like how Jones dies both in SS4 and in SS3BFE
Perhaps in SS5, Sam can reminisce about his old team from a photo and say: “I could have sworn Jones died after the helicopter crash just before I activated the time lock. Or I must have got my memories mixed up in cryosleep.”
Or they can make this their Gears of War Carmine joke and say it was Jones’s twin brother.
RUclips finally recommended serious sam for me lol
serious sam 3 was pretty impressive for its time while serious sam 4 looked dated at the time of its release.
great video!
I was so confused about Croatia !!
Those guy's there built the best Game ever! and graphics !!
Considering how primitive tech wise they were back in the day!!!
Today they are just Top Gun man Love their style and their Serious Sam line of games..Hope they keep going I will keep buying
Love it Nice review awesome just awesome !!
One slightly unfortunate change is you can now see the word "INERT" is printed on the C4. A surprising number of games don't realise that real C4 generally doesn't have that. :P
Too early, only 360p available :(
goddamint its still 360p
It really do b like dat sometimes
@@LSK2K where did that come from lol
what's the point of that comment?
In the thumbnail, the thing alien thing on the left looks like the final boss from doom 2016
I think that serious sam 4 is better, but i didn't thought it needed improvements, thank you for sharing this with everyone
Animated characters and graphics were a lot better in SS3 than in SS4. Even the gun shades have finished and SS3 appears a lot realistic, that's what appeals the most
the weapon sounds in all Serious Sam games have always been very lackluster and muted. the freakin' shotgun sounds like someone shutting a metal garage door ffs.
1:16 talks about better resolution and Button on his shirt.
Doesn’t talk about the details and the veins popping out of his face. SS4 is like a cartoon.
I specifically mentioned ss3 has other details like scars that are missing in ss4
Cool video! Thank you
Knowing that 9 years are between this Games Serious Sam 3 Looks better. Cant beliebte it.
I mean, I like the visuals, they hold up against quite a few "modern" games like to keep it compareable they did Beat FO76 so the engine is a good 7/10 if bug fixes are to be aplied.
Lo what how xD best gameplay and enemies and weapons in the franchise = 7/10
I don’t want to annoy you, or be rude, everyone can have their own opinion but FO76 is certainly not comparable to a modern games, it looks way worse than any other AAA FPS. It’s not really a good thing to compare this game to FO76 lol.
Battlefield 3 for exemple beats both of those games, and it was release 9 years ago.
But I agree, I think the Serious Engine (for the visual) is better than the old crap Bethesda use since Morrowind.
They (croteam) just don’t know how to use it to the full potential I guess.
Why is you rblood option green in Sam4??
Probably monetization on RUclips
I’ve never seen any footage of these games even though I’ve been aware of this franchise for years. This is actually my first time actually seeing what it even is.
P.S. I thought Sam was as anthropomorphic animal…I thought that’s the type of games these were.
@wmsteoopaaffwc Nah, I’m good.
Ummm are the blood effects really like that or can they be turned off or something? Just so the video doesn't get age restricted?
Blood effects have to be switched to green due to RUclips's ad policies.
@@Nick930 okay, thanks for the information! it just looked confusing.
Make a video on serious sam 3 vs serious sam HD: The first encounter,direct comparision
They should make a massive game out of 1st encounter, 2nd encounter, SS3 and SS4 combined....that would be awesome.
I love Serious Sam 4 because it is an only version that make me feel like I'm against the whole army of alien
Idk why but the woods looks like it was captured from Google maps or whatever
I love your videos
Bullets leave the barrel before you see the muzzle flash. That's how all guns work IRL.
Surprised survival mode was striped completely. Was hoping to play that because id put countless hours into that mode alone just to see how long I survive.
There is a lot of 'tearing' in this version. This happens often if you move 'out of bounds'. This can be off-putting in the extreme. There are whole areas, too, that are literally EMPTY of enemies - this despite the updates.
10:18 - It's not red.
At all :-)
It's magenta.
Yeah there are red ones too. I wrote the script then recorded more footage and found a purple one. Was going to add a note about that but oh well
@@Nick930 That's fine :-)
brothers whatever it is when game is unique in itself graphics dont really matter. they were not having budget to create game still they did lets support them. they cared for their fans now we must support back so in future they create better.
At time-marker 1:25:
Graphics 4 in screams "Look at well rendered I am! See the all the shaders? Aren't they great? High poly count!"
Graphics in 3 "Well, it looks kinda analog semi-potato camera..."
You know what? I have analog semi-potato eyes....
The thing about the uncanny valley is to not make it a tourist attraction!
Serious Sam 3 bgm: uuueehhuuuueeeeehhhuuuuuuueeeehhhhhhhhhh
Serious Sam 4 bgm: *forest noises*
3 looks way better.
When it comes to gaming, and more importantly Serious Sam games for me, the emphasis is on chaos, stressful situations and having fun killing stuff so it doesn’t get you. I don’t get too hung up on the graphics. One of the biggest crimes in the series so far was when serious sam 3 did not have enough ammo to go round!! This looks like a marginal improvement on that. But the first and second encounter HD Are probably my favourite Sam moments so far…
They added the bullet case on the deagle animation on the last update
Roses are red
I saw a hare
I respect your opinion
But i really dont care
Roses are red
Kenny has a hat
Serious Sam is amazing
And not bad