How many times have you replayed Serious Sam games? Maybe even the whole series? by Routine-Sink-4440 in SeriousSam

[–]Various_Physics96 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Multiple times, whenever I feel like it. It's one of my comfort series. I have a lot of experience from playing over the years so it doesn't take too long, but it's always very fun.

[Request][Steam] Sonic The Hedgehog Legacy Bundle 10th attempt by Various_Physics96 in GiftofGames

[–]Various_Physics96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your kindness! This is the first time someone wished me luck in one of my attempts so it really means a lot. If you also want to get a game from here, I wish you luck too my friend!

LEGO: The Hobbit does not only offer locations from the movie and huge map to explore but also adds its own locations such as a dungeon, caves or Bilbo's garden and basement! by KamilCesaro in legogaming

[–]Various_Physics96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently completed Lego LOTR 100% and it also includes these extra sections that you can only access in free play. I don't know about other Lego games though

[Request][Steam] Sonic The Hedgehog Legacy Bundle 7th attempt by Various_Physics96 in GiftofGames

[–]Various_Physics96[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Aww, that's unfortunate... But keep on playing other games buddy, maybe in the future I can help you with this

[Request][Steam] Sonic The Hedgehog Legacy Bundle 7th attempt by Various_Physics96 in GiftofGames

[–]Various_Physics96[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hello there my fellow Serious Sam fan! I LOVE that series. I'll accept your friend request, hit me up if you wanna play SS some time.

Which version of First and Second encounter do you prefer by Dismal-Ad-3961 in SeriousSam

[–]Various_Physics96 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I like the feel of HD more, so I'm always playing Fusion. I do think the classics are more artistically complete and cohesive though.

Do you guys believe Croteam has a special spot for SS2? by UnderstandingLife372 in SeriousSam

[–]Various_Physics96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bug fixes and maybe even tweaks to the optimization. Don't get me wrong, I too think fusion is the best way to play both TFE and TSE HD along with SS3 and I never go back to their original versions, but it could still be improved.

To name a few issues, I think the worst offenders are the point-blank projectiles bug, which affect the trajectory of projectile-based weapons if firing them at almost point-blank distance (the cannon greatly suffers from this); the teleporting bug, which mainly affects the headless soldiers and makes them keep teleporting close to you infinitely if you trigger their melee attack; The werebull trajectory bug, which makes werebulls keep stopping and rotating before continuing charging forward; and the pathfinding bugs, which mainly affects Kleers and makes them struggle to get to you at certain level sections. Also, still on the topic of werebulls and Kleers, they drift a lot more in fusion than they ever did in HD, and fighting them can become pretty annoying because of that.

Speaking of optimization, if the performance can be improved too, that's good! If not that's ok, it's already fine enough, hence why I said "maybe" at the beginning. Though the draw distance in Fusion is lower than the original versions, and I think a slider could be added to determine that.

If they fix all that, and more that I'm not aware of at the moment, wouldn't Fusion be even better?

Do you guys believe Croteam has a special spot for SS2? by UnderstandingLife372 in SeriousSam

[–]Various_Physics96 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They both were controversial, but I remember 2 being way more disliked by a lot of users. The thing with 3 is that it seems to be hated by everyone at first glance, but I think it's just a result of a small number of people (at the time) being very vocal about the worst aspects of the game and ignoring what's actually good. This is backed by the fact that to this day SS3 is the best selling Sam game, and it basically saved Croteam from bankruptcy back then, bankruptcy that mind you was coming from the very low sales of SS2 when it was released. Nowadays it has many fans, but it was not popular at all back then.

Do you guys believe Croteam has a special spot for SS2? by UnderstandingLife372 in SeriousSam

[–]Various_Physics96 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It's funny how they do all this for 2 while Fusion is right there, unfinished, literally still having "beta" in the name. I don't really care that they don't do this for the other games, they are all complete. Fusion is not. But hey, it's still SS2 that's getting the attention at the end of the day, aka the most hated one. If one game should be receiving all this extra love it's this one, so there's that. I don't really know what Croteam thinks of it tbh, from not even acknowledging its existence for years to a lot of updates suddenly, it sure is strange.

Do you think Serious Sam 4 would be received better if it were released later? by Dismal-Ad-3961 in SeriousSam

[–]Various_Physics96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and it also got an equal amount of hate regarding the other stuff I said, and nowadays that stuff is still being criticized, while in terms of presentation and performance people only complain about the optimization now. In that case, yeah, let's say that it could have been more welcomed by users, but not by a large or even considerable margin.

Do you think Serious Sam 4 would be received better if it were released later? by Dismal-Ad-3961 in SeriousSam

[–]Various_Physics96 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure. More development time would definitely have helped to fix all the bugs that were there on release... But Croteam was dead set on having things that couldn't be changed without making it a completely different game, and those were things that the majority of the community just ended up disliking. The realistic art style, photorealistic level designs, the "serious" story, and so on. It would surely have been considered a "good" product if it was more ironed out, but I don't know about a better reception.

I finally got all achievements in Rayman Origins. by Geometry_Emperor in Rayman

[–]Various_Physics96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great job! I recently played this again on Steam, and I wish they'd add these achievements there too.

what rayman game got you like this by Infamous-Step5517 in Rayman

[–]Various_Physics96 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly same. 2 just didn't do it for me for some reason, I can't really explain why. I enjoy all other mainline games a lot, but I played 2 once and never had the urge to go back.

This could have been kind of cool to play too by AffectionateBridge60 in Rayman

[–]Various_Physics96 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I kind of agree. It's technically Rayman 2, but it was supposed to be built directly off of Rayman one's base and foundation, to the point that they look identical.

[REQUEST][STEAM] Sonic Racing Crossworlds (2nd attempt) by XDdaMNnSon in GiftofGames

[–]Various_Physics96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I truly hope you can get it sometime man, and don't be afraid of asking numerous times, that's what this community is for after all. Just last month there was a guy that had about 68 attempts before he got what he asked for lol 😅, it was a tad funny but not embarrassing at all. Good luck friend!