Serious Sam 3 Will "Leave the Cartoony Look Behind"

Marc "DjinniMan" Allie July 21st, 2009 at 1:31 PM    



Why so Serious, Sam?

The original Serious Sam is a really good co-op title, and we are quite fond of it.  When the HD remake of the game was announced, there was much hooping and hollering here at Co-Optimus HQ.  Serious Sam 3 is currently in development, and considering the winning combination of humor, over the top carnage, and a unique art style in previous games, we've been keeping a close eye on it.

It appears that at least one aspect of the series will be tweaked for the third game: the cartoony look is getting the axe.  Croteam's Roman Ribaric explains.

"I believe Serious Sam fans would want to hear the following two things. First, Serious Sam 3 will play like the original Serious Sam. And second, we'll leave the cartoony look behind." 

I'm glad that SS3 will play like the first, that much is certain.  But why drop the cartoony art style?  The enemy designs in particular were very impressive and still memorable these many years later.  Do we really want headless kamikaze bombers in a realistic art style?  Serious Sam without these elements is like Transformers that don't transform, or NFL teams that don't play football.  *rimshot*

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6 Total Reader Comments

Shazoo at 08:52 AM on 7.21.2009
just thinking about it, I'd like a more realistic serious sam game, although if it came to that. I'd also like a unlockable mode that puts it back to the cartoony version.
 
smurphster at 09:06 AM on 7.21.2009
serious sam II (not second encounter) had a more cartoony look didn't it? are you sure they're not just going back to the original serious sam look? i've never played serious sam II so i'm not sure
 
Dodomaster at 11:28 AM on 7.21.2009
The didn't say it was going to look realistic.
 
Mrxknown_JG at 12:00 PM on 7.21.2009
I like the cartooney look of the Serious Sam series, it's iconic of the franchise.
 
HobocidalManiac at 12:01 PM on 7.21.2009
I agree. That would be like changing Max Payne. OH WAIT.
 
Dert at 02:37 PM on 8.10.2009
GREAT NEWS, SSII (not second encouter) had too many cartoons and toys, and without movies in coop was gay'ik
 


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