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Serious Sam 4 | Out Now on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X
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Classicrockfan
Banned
I’m enjoying it on gamepass.
Magic Carpet
Member
Downloading now. I have not played the run backwards and shoot game in years.
edit. These loading screens are not next gen. Im typing this and its still loading.
edit. These loading screens are not next gen. Im typing this and its still loading.
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Phunkydiabetic
Banned
Anyone here play this on pc? What's the general consensus?
mansoor1980
Gold Member
runs like shit on PC ,
Magic Carpet
Member
Switching weapons is finicky. I think you have to rotate to the gun then press the weapon wheel bumper again to switch. if you try to select the gun and press a face button it just exits the wheel. Really bad design.
Game keeps defaulting to shotgun when other guns ammo is out. Thousands of enemies and I have to BLAM…reload….BLAM…reload.
Im grousing but this game is just Fun. Point and shoot mow em down fun.
texture popin on Series X is out of control. Not a second goes by that a textur isn’t popping in.
Game keeps defaulting to shotgun when other guns ammo is out. Thousands of enemies and I have to BLAM…reload….BLAM…reload.
Im grousing but this game is just Fun. Point and shoot mow em down fun.
texture popin on Series X is out of control. Not a second goes by that a textur isn’t popping in.
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Darlingcognito
Member
It's good fun, the weapon switching is just bizarre though. Had to look up a guide to find out.
PontiusFeeb
Member
I'd hate to see the load times on a hard drive given what they are on an SSD.
Gameplaylover
Member
Tried it for 10 minutes and didn't like it. Didn't feel like Serious Sam. Gonna give it another try after Halo.
sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
is it crossplay?
Dr.Morris79
Member
Played on the XSX too, in performance mode. Seemed to run fine?
BigLee74
Member
How I played it too, and frame rate was all over the place. Better than graphics mode, but still very poor.
Putonahappyface
Member
I lost interest when this was made a timed exclusive for Stadia. Also it looks dated as fuck!
Giallo Corsa
Gold Member
Exactly Lee, same thing with me really.
Guys, i really tried to like it since i've always been into the Serious Sams but this has to be one of the worst performing games i've tried on the XSX - and i'm not blaming the console, i blame the (apparently) very poor optimization (like
mansoor1980
also mentions).Even in "performance mode" the game CONSTANTLY dips and it's nowhere near 60fps - it feels like it drops to low 30fps when there's lots of action on the screen.
Couple that with bad controls (stick sensitivity, acceleration, poor deadzones) and it seals the deal.
This - unfortunately - feels like a cheap 'n' dirty PC-to-console port and it's a shame, don't know whether it'll be fixed (on console) but at the moment it's no bueno.
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
This doesn't sound too good! I think I'll wait for a sale
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
The title should include its on gamepass.
Serious sam games have some nostalgia with me. I remember a friend of mine when I was a teen has an OG Xbox, he had lots of money and he brought 4 xbox games one day, one of them was serious sam. We went back to his house, smoked weed,drunk OJ and played some Serious sam co-op...
Those were the days
Serious sam games have some nostalgia with me. I remember a friend of mine when I was a teen has an OG Xbox, he had lots of money and he brought 4 xbox games one day, one of them was serious sam. We went back to his house, smoked weed,drunk OJ and played some Serious sam co-op...
Those were the days
JackMcGunns
Member
Perfect for GamePass, because I wouldn’t purchase this as is, too many glitches, but still dumb fun that I wouldn’t have had if GamePass didn’t exist.
The game was worse when it launched, but has received patches… and yes, this is after being patched lol.
The game was worse when it launched, but has received patches… and yes, this is after being patched lol.
thatJohann
Member
WOW, this port is TERRIBLE. Super long loading times, super messy frame rate. Def a rush job. Playing on Series X.
Kacho
Member
Yeah it ran like ass on PC at launch, not sure how much it has improved.
This was at 1440p btw. If I hooked up my 1080p monitor it ran better but still had framerate issues.
Reinstalling now to see if it improved.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Nah worse
Kuranghi
Member
Would much appreciate that feedback. I don't want to start a 17th new game at this point tbh.
What are your specs? I've got old 3770K but its 4 cores, 8 threads and its @4.4Ghz + a slightly over-clocked GTX 1080 FTW.
Kuranghi
Member
What a pile of penis after how amazing tech showcases the old games were. Boo-urns!
darkangel-212559
Banned
This game has no hope with its tech issues. Especially being released same day for console as Halo Infinites campaign. Ouch.
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Yeah made no sense i just ignore this game ever came out
Kuranghi
Member
Don't know if you're into it but I will forgive them if The Talos Principle 2 (rumoured to be at TGA) is as good or better than the first and the DLC. If SS had to die for TTP I'm okay with it even if its kinda depressing to not have both.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
the talos principle was well optimized so it makes no sense why SS4 runs like bloody diaorrhea since both games share the same engine
Kacho
Member
At the time a 4790k and 2070 w/ 16gb RAM. I just upgraded to a 12700k and 32gb RAM. Still rocking the 2070.
Kuranghi
Member
Well your CPU has like 9000 more K's than mine now plus dublay the RAM but I think 2070 isn't too far off a 1080.
Kacho
Member
Yeah not the best comparison but this thread inspired me to check it out again.
My assumption is that it will run better but the game is still a poorly optimized POS.
Not sure how CPU intensive SS is. I’m guessing a bit with all the carnage.
Kuranghi
Member
Exactamundo my 80s friend.
I'm replaying it now and you can do native 4K60 at higher than the maximum preset settings (custom) with 2xMSAA instead of FXAA on a GTX 1080 and it looks beautiful. The frames drop below 60 on the crazy foliage levels but its only a couple of them out of dozens. If I had a 1080 ti it would be locked I'm sure.
Thats awesome considering the game is from a time when native 4K was much less well optimised than it is now and was basically an afterthought, plus my GPU is only from 18 months after TTP launch. I know its a different beast design-wise and has issues generally but Arkham Knight for example is from 2015 and you can't even do locked 1440p60 on a 1080. Lots more happening ofc but the gulf is also massive.
Kuranghi
Member
Yeah maybe my CPU will let me down. I could lock to 24fps... in Serious Sam:
Please don't send death threats I promise I won't try to play Serious Sam at less than 60fps. Sorry for the scare, TemporalGAF.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
i hope TTP2 is well optimized if it is going to be revealed soon as you say
Kuranghi
Member
I'm sure it will be but at least you could lock TTP to 30fps in a pinch and not feel like a total blasphemer. Unless they expanded the scope of the game and it has much more timing-based stuff now...
I shouldn't have to assume the worst, talking about locking to 30fps :smh: but thats where we are now.
Magic Carpet
Member
My wife was Laughing hard watching me play. She said I had the most bewildered look on my face when I was running around a maze with a rocket launcher killing everything and suddenly I got 5 achievments in a row and the Series X just kind of didn't know what to do with the sound. All I saw was explosions and Achievmets banners. It was weird.
MOTM
Banned
Looks interesting, it’s on GP so will definitely give it a shot but can’t start this now with Halo Infinite dropping in less than 2 hours.
Kacho
Member
Yeah it still runs horribly. Stutters constantly as new enemies spawn in. Basically unplayable.Yeah maybe my CPU will let me down. I could lock to 24fps... in Serious Sam:
Please don't send death threats I promise I won't try to play Serious Sam at less than 60fps. Sorry for the scare, TemporalGAF.
A shame too because the game itself is soooo much fun.
Kuranghi
Member
Bummer. Thanks for checking anyway.
Would you mind checking with in-game v-sync/fps limit disabled but external v-sync + fps cap from nvidia control panel? No worries if you dont have time/cant be bothered though.