Serious Sam Collection: PS4 Review

Published by Devolver Digital

Platform: PS4

There's not much to say about Serious Sam that doesn't go further than simply saying it's a run and gun game that doesn't take itself too seriously.

If you're being cruel, you could say it's a pastiche of Doom and the Mummy movie franchise with its tombs and endless hordes of creatures piling towards you. Graphically, the game's no great shake on the PS4, a mix of blocky schlocky pixels that is functional and looks fine. 

And yet, despite the game's obvious shortcomings, this collection is stupidly fun, a reminder that first player shooter games don't all have to be Call of Duty or Destiny. 

Blessed with sarcastic dialogue, Serious Sam isn't anything but its namesake, and from some laugh out loud lines to iconic baddies, the game works on many levels, but also doesn't take itself much more seriously than the B-movie genre it's come from.

While some of the collection's games feel a little repetitive, and there's less of an emphasis on maps and finding you way about, the Serious Sam Collection is a disposable enough title to ensure people dipping into it have fun, and nothing less.