Serious Sam for XBLA

Mr E

Insta-buy for me... loved the original game. No pretense - just an old fashioned you-vs-1millon FPS. Shoot or die....

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/croteam-making-serious-sam-for-xbla

Majesco has told Eurogamer that Serious Sam will return this summer on Xbox Live Arcade.

Late summer, specifically, for 1200 Microsoft Points (GBP 10.20 / EUR 14.40).

Dubbed Serious Sam HD, the game will re-imagine The First Encounter, and be created by original developer Croteam.

The chaotic first-person shooter, where enemies spawn and overwhelm from every angle, will return with online co-op for four friends. The surreal Egyptian setting will be spread across 12 levels, and we're promised dazzling, revamped visuals.

The charm of Serious Sam, which first appeared on PC in 2001, forms around controlling the swarms of baddies that are triggered when collecting ammo or reaching a new areas. There are bulls that charge, headless baddies that blow-up, ranged attackers, skeletal horse monsters and enormous bosses.

Sam's arsenal is as over-the-top as the situation, but deciding what to use and what to kill while dodging and scrapping is another matter. It's brilliant.

Soby

AWSOME..Cant believe id forgotten about this game..

Retr0gamer

It was good fun in co-op but the single player got boring. The sequel was much better. Still think it wasn't a patch on Doom 2 which people seem to think it was better than. The respawning enemies and poor level design mad it only fun in short blasts.

On another note wasn't the PC Serious Sam already in better than HD resolutions?

Flaccus

I enjoyed it alot on the PC. Will be buying this also. Nice one

Mr. K

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Still think it wasn't a patch on Doom 2 which people seem to think it was better than.

Isn't Doom 2 meant to be coming to XBLA too?