Yeah, its pretty sad that after all the *****ing about games like DNF when a game that comes out that is everything that DNF should have been that no one talks about it.

This game really does rock. I'm really impressed so far. Even the little tweaks having to reload the pump action shotgun adds a lot to the game. I'm also really loving the sledgehammer. There is nothing more satisfying than smacking a Kleer Skeleton over the head mid-jump with the sledgehammer. I'm loving this so far.

One of the other great things about this game is all of the graphics options. With everything set to ultra (which still isn't technically maxed out) the game ran a bit slowly for me. I just turned down a few things that weren't even that noticeable and I'm seeing some high framerates most of the time.

 

Its been great worth the money i spent already....you really have to try mp sooooo much fun

funny how some stooge at xs was calling it a fail in august the dicwad said "mark my words its going to be a fail like dn2"
mark "this" i say.
fps action games today suck for the most part...this is goty for me

there are some cons but this game is a great sequal unlike others this year..

more vga/cpu/ram settings you can shake a stick at...as us old timers would say.

 

Good stuff so far after a few hours of play. I think it's easier than the first 2 games. I wish you had a FoV slider in game though, I had to edit some file to get a reasonable FoV. I have some performance problems, I get lot's of stuttering. I hope they will patch it soon.

 

Funny, I don't get any stuttering in game. I do get however relatively low framerates, I'm always over the 30-40 but I rarely hit the 60s and it feels like I'm playing it on a console...
I'll probably tweak the stuff a bit tomorrow see if I can get some 60s everywhere. This game takes some nice hardware to work good.

Also Patlefort, how did you edit the fov? Does it affect performance? Is this probably why you get the stuttering?

By the way, anyone laughed like crazy on the Prince joke?

 

Type this in the console:
plr_fFOVOverride=120
(or whatever FOV you like)

 

The screaming guys are too annoying.

 

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Funny, I don't get any stuttering in game. I do get however relatively low framerates, I'm always over the 30-40 but I rarely hit the 60s and it feels like I'm playing it on a console...
I'll probably tweak the stuff a bit tomorrow see if I can get some 60s everywhere. This game takes some nice hardware to work good.
Also Patlefort, how did you edit the fov? Does it affect performance? Is this probably why you get the stuttering?
By the way, anyone laughed like crazy on the Prince joke?

I was getting stuttering even before editing the FoV. Reducing the level of details in the performance options helped but still isn't very fluid.

I edited the file "SeriousSam3.ini" which should be somewhere in the userdata folder in your steam folder. I added "plr_fFOV = 100;". I also added "inp_bMouseAcceleration = 0;" to remove mouse acceleration.

 

OH. MY. GOD.

THE SPACESHIP!!!!

 

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Funny, I don't get any stuttering in game. I do get however relatively low framerates, I'm always over the 30-40 but I rarely hit the 60s and it feels like I'm playing it on a console...
I'll probably tweak the stuff a bit tomorrow see if I can get some 60s everywhere. This game takes some nice hardware to work good.
Also Patlefort, how did you edit the fov? Does it affect performance? Is this probably why you get the stuttering?
By the way, anyone laughed like crazy on the Prince joke?

I just disabled FXAA and shadow anti-aliasing. I also turned down some of the ambient occlusion options and my framerate skyrocketed. The game looks just as good to be honest. I really love the options menu.

 

With mouse acceleration disabled does the mouse still feel "off" ?

I don't mind editing as long as it's still not plagued by feeling "off", otherwise I'll avoid the game.

 

The mouse feel is the best I've had in a PC game in a LONG time. The default mouse accel is very minor, and I even considered keeping it on due to the fact that the game changes wildly between pixel hunting distant enemies and close up firefights.

With mouse accel off it feels like 1:1 mouse movement, and there is also no input lag. Once you adjust the settings so that you get 60fps (turn down crumb density, ambient occlusion off, turn down shadow density), the engine gives you a very crisp and responsive feel.

The only annoying thing is that I have to reset the FOV and mouse accel every time I launch the game, but I'm sure there's an ini file that I can set if I took a minute to look for it.

 

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With mouse acceleration disabled does the mouse still feel "off" ?
I don't mind editing as long as it's still not plagued by feeling "off", otherwise I'll avoid the game.

With the mouse acceleration off if feels like it does in Serious Sam HD which is perfect to me.

 

So uh...I'm stuck at a part in "Broken Wings" with the broken walls. I go through about 3 and come to this area with a big stone wall cracked in the middle. I try and jump through it, but I can't get over. Any help?

 

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So uh...I'm stuck at a part in "Broken Wings" with the broken walls. I go through about 3 and come to this area with a big stone wall cracked in the middle. I try and jump through it, but I can't get over. Any help?

Can you do a screenshot? I think you're missing something

Oh and

S**T! SPACE MONKEYS!

 

This game really loves a strong graphics card. I just did a quick benchmark with fraps. The first result is with my GTX570 at stock speeds and the second is with my GTX570 at 880mhz.
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2011-11-23 20:42:37 - Sam3
Frames: 7904 - Time: 123740ms - Avg: 63.876 - Min: 46 - Max: 81

2011-11-23 20:45:15 - Sam3
Frames: 10312 - Time: 138825ms - Avg: 74.281 - Min: 57 - Max: 92

 

eh....how do you disable mouse accel? It's greyed out for me, and is on. Can't click it off.....

nvm, I'm a giant derp, info to disable is on 1st page.

 

Ok, I'm halfway the game.
After you get the minigun, it gets a LOT more serious.

 

definitely gotta scoop this up

 

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Oh, and for you pc elitists: this is a PC exclusive, and it takes some pretty serious hardware to run it

Also, graphics look much better than the trailer.

Oh wait, a PC exclusive in this day and age?
I hate you, now the gamer in me feels the need to support it.
/buy

ps. I hate you

 

Can anyone confirm if it has LAN play and for how many please? Our LAN group loved the previous SS but this day and age you can't count on LAN play being a feature anymore.

 

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Can anyone confirm if it has LAN play and for how many please? Our LAN group loved the previous SS but this day and age you can't count on LAN play being a feature anymore.

If I remember correctly, both LAN and online are 16 players max for co-op, deathmatch, ctf, last man standing, etc. There's even 4-way splitscreen support.

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Oh wait, a PC exclusive in this day and age?
I hate you, now the gamer in me feels the need to support it.
/buy
ps. I hate you

You won't hate me once you play it

I'm at 2/3rds and honestly, this is THE fps. It exceeded my expectations by far, and believe me it takes some SERIOUS game to impress me this much.
I still can't believe how AMAZING this game is.

 

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If I remember correctly, both LAN and online are 16 players max for co-op, deathmatch, ctf, last man standing, etc. There's even 4-way splitscreen support.

Great! Croteam can expect 20 sales from us!

Unlike other devs such as Dice who now decide to alienate LAN gamers.

 

Croteam and CDprojectRED are among the best PC devs out there in this moment, anyone who calls himself a hardcore gamer, a pc elitist/fanboy and/or a fps lover SHOULD NOT MISS this game.

 

Picked this up along with BF3, I'll save Zelda: Skyward Sword for Christmas.

 

In-case anyone cares about features such as this the game has a profile/supports the Logitech keyboards with LCD's, though I'll be monitoring MSI-Afterburner.