Oh boy, I really feel sorry for all those pirates out there. The first DRM protection routine that Serious Sam 3 introduced was the immortal scorpion. You thought that it was the only one, right? Well guess again as Croteam has included and a second DRM feature that forces the player to look up in the sky while spinning uncontrollably. Oh yeah, those who decide to pirate Serious Sam 3 will be forced to look up in the sky at one point and won’t be able to progress. This is really hilarious – well, not as much as the adorable immortal scorpion but still – and you can view a video of it, in action, after the jump. Start taking notes developers cause this is how DRM should actually be. Enjoy! Continue reading Serious Sam 3 Protection V2 – Look up in the sky, is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s DRM pwnage→
Devolver and Croteam have just released a new update for their highly acclaimed old-school FPS, Serious Sam 3: BFE. This new update adds Santa Sam and Santa Sammy models to the game, optimizes collection of depth prepass, fast-lights and shadows commands, adds safety to fix cases when achievements are sometimes not registered by Steam and forces the FOV override to work in versus games. This patch will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can read its entire changelog after the jump. Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE – New Update Released→
Okay everyone, I have a confesion to make; I simply love Croteam. It’s not the extra and juicy details that the Croatian developer has added to the game. No no no, it’s the introduction of an immortal speedy arachnoid enemy – due to its anti-piracy protection system – that is the icing on the cake. So, if you are one of those greedy gamers that wanted to play illegaly this polished FPS game, beware; an immortal speedy red scorpion/arachnoid will come after you until you drop dead. Now that’s awesome. Of course this will get cracked, eventually, but it’s hilarious witnessing pirates complaining about that immortal enemy. Kudos to Croteam for doing something similar to Bohemia’s take on Take On Helicopters DRM with its blurry graphics. Great work guys! Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE – DRM Introduces Immortal Scorpion→
As we told you in our Performance Analysis, Croteam had included some color options in Serious Sam 3: BFE that can be tweaked on the fly. We bet that most gamers didn’t bother with them, so we went ahead and tried to capture some screenshots with some custom, artistic settings. It’s really amazing what some color/contrast/gamma calibration can do and in order to give you an idea of those promising – almost endless – choices, we’ve also included a before and after shot of a scene from the game. Now these screenshots are not with one custom setting, so there is no point in asking us about the options we used. Each and every screenshot was tweaked with different color/contrast/gamma values. So, what do you think? Does it look better than Battlefield 3? Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE is the best looking PC game to date; New screenshots with artistic touch→
Croteam and Devolver released two new trailer for their amazing old-school shooter, Serious Sam 3: BFE. Serious Sam 3 takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading legions of beasts and mercenaries and is basically a prequel to Serious Sam: The First Encounter. Set against the collapsing temples of an ancient civilization and the crumbling cities of 22nd century Egypt, Serious Sam 3 is an exhilarating fusion of classic twitch shooters and modern gameplay features. Be sure to also take a look at our Performance Analysis for it. Enjoy the trailers after the jump! Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE – Color Scheme Options & Blood Options Trailers→
At last, Croteam’s old-school FPS is finally here with us and it’s time to see how this bad boy performs with a modern-day PC. As usual, we used an overclocked Q9650 at 4.2Ghz, 4GB RAM and a GTX295 with Windows 7 64-Bit and Nvidia’s latest ForceWare drivers. First things first though; we have to congratulate Croteam for all those graphical options that are available. PC gamers can tweak pretty much everything, from the parallax occlusion mapping quality to the textures’ quality and the LOD amount. These are by far the best in-game options we’ve ever seen and every developer should take a good look at them. Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE PC Performance Analysis→
Croteam and Devolver rolled out a new update for their old-school FPS, Serious Sam 3: BFE. Among other things, this update adds Game Time Display and FOV Override option to Advanced Options menu, meaning that you won’t have to type in the console the FOV command to change it. As always, this patch will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client. You can view the entire changelog after the jump. Stay also tuned for our Performance Analysis on Serious Sam 3 this weekend! Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE – New Update Released→
While Ubisoft is still complaining about all those greedy PC gamers that are pirating their games, Devolver’s CFO seems happy with Serious Sam 3’s sales so far and believes that PC gamers will definitely “pay for awesome”. Now we’ll be honest; it’s good to hear that Serious Sam 3 is selling well, even though it was released in a month that was bombarded by lots of PC releases. Still though, we believe that Devolver and Croteam chose the wrong month to release their little beauty. Continue reading Devolver’s CFO, Fork Parker, believes that PC gamers will pay for awesome, no matter what→
Devolved and Croteam have already released two patches for their old-school first person shooter, Serious Sam 3: BFE. This second patch features various fixes and will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client. In other news, our Performance Analysis for Serious Sam 3: BFE might get delayed as Devolver hasn’t provided as of yet with a review copy. You can view the entire changelog of this latest update after the jump. Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE – Patch 2 Released→
Devolver and Croteam released the launch trailer of Serious Sam 3: BFE and oh boy, does it look sexy. Serious Sam 3: BFE is a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom. Serving as a prequel to the original indie sensation, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3 takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s forces. The game will be unlocked on Steam in a few hours, so get ready everyone! Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE – Launch Trailer→
