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PostPosted: 22 Dec 2009, 15:58 
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Widescreen Grade: A
Ultra-Widescreen Grade: Incomplete
Multi-monitor Grade: A
4k Grade: Incomplete

Read Full Detailed Report - Serious Sam HD : The First Encounter

Serious Sam is an FPS from Croteam and Gathering of Developers. You play as Sam "Serious" Stone, and do battle with thousands of alien nasties throughout various historical set-pieces, using an array of diverse and enormous weapons.


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PostPosted: 23 Dec 2009, 15:44 
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Wow. Quite impressive support.


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PostPosted: 23 Dec 2009, 22:14 
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It might also be worth noting that you can optionally play in anamorphic 16:9 (or anamorphic 16:10 or pillarboxed 4:3, not that there's any reason for that).

Certified.

Also, there was a version of this game on XBox with slightly gimped gameplay but some very amusing cut-scenes. For instance, this intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvmGbrxWHNw

It's a shame that they didn't include them in this definitive version of the game.


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PostPosted: 24 Dec 2009, 11:55 
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Is it real-time ? The various trailers and 'testimonials' were also lots of fun: http://www.serioussamhd.com

Noteworthy bit on optional anamorphism added to the Method section.


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I really want to get this after seeing this report now. Truly deserving of the "HD" in the title.


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PostPosted: 24 Dec 2009, 18:01 
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I want to get it just based on the fact the original was so amazing and epic, especially in coop.

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PostPosted: 24 Dec 2009, 20:21 
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Well if you intend to get it, do so today, as it's 50% off now :roll:


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PostPosted: 24 Dec 2009, 21:02 
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Even though I don't really like Serious Sam/Painkiller style shooters I am tempted to get this just to support such excellent PC support.

Well done.


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Some problems reported by TH2G and Eyefinity users are fixed and will be available in the next patch.

SamHD starts in your desktop resolution, so it works for tripleheads, but the menu resolution selector had a filter for nonstandard aspect ratios. This filter has been removed so the graphics options should now display all available resolutions. The lockup problem with the screen width slider on tripleheads has also been fixed. It was caused by the "resolution limit" message at the screen's bottom that would shrink to zero size causing our text wrapper to end up in an infinite loop.

The Xbox version mentioned by The_cranky_hermit is an old one, the HD version is coming to Xbox Live Arcade in about 3 weeks. The only difference is in the coop mode that is limited to 4 players versus 16 in the PC version.


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Some problems reported by TH2G and Eyefinity users are fixed and will be available in the next patch.

SamHD starts in your desktop resolution, so it works for tripleheads, but the menu resolution selector had a filter for nonstandard aspect ratios. This filter has been removed so the graphics options should now display all available resolutions. The lockup problem with the screen width slider on tripleheads has also been fixed. It was caused by the "resolution limit" message at the screen's bottom that would shrink to zero size causing our text wrapper to end up in an infinite loop.

The Xbox version mentioned by The_cranky_hermit is an old one, the HD version is coming to Xbox Live Arcade in about 3 weeks. The only difference is in the coop mode that is limited to 4 players versus 16 in the PC version.

Awesome news. I just picked this up on the Steam sale and love it.

Do you work for Croteam? Awesome to see developers actively supporting multi-monitor gamers.

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