7.0
Ultimately, despite not really doing anything new, Serious Sam: Tormental has that “one more go” draw to it that makes it worth adding to your Steam library, especially if you’re a fan of Sam “Serious” Stone, twin-stick shooters or roguelikes.
Serious Sam: Tormental
GunGrounds · Apr 8, 2022
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Tormental is a rogue-like shooter where you battle your way through rooms flooding with monsters conceived by no other than Mental, the demi-god of destruction. Blast your way through the most hideous corners of its mind, and prepare for a brain-melting showdown!
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- 5.0It’s not that Serious Sam: Tormental is a bad game, its just one that doesn’t do anything new. In an already increasingly crowded market for indie, rougelite games this one is bound to be missed simply because it doesn’t do anything new to push the genre forward. Of course, the opposite side of that is that it doesn’t really do anything negative either, it is a solidly made top-down shooter.
- 6.0At the end of the day, it’s hard to say whether Serious Sam: Tormental deserves your time and attention. As a twin-stick shooter, it’s designed well and works to provide enjoyable gameplay for anyone looking for something simple.
- Serious Sam: Tormental is not mind-blowing, but it’s way more fun than it looks like at first glance. In fact, its main issue is the fact that it’s yet another indie roguelite in an increasingly saturated market, not any technical or design flaw of its own.
- 5.0Certain upgrades within Tormental contain so many visual effects that it becomes incredibly difficult to determine what is and what is not an incoming enemy projectile that will bring an end to your existence faster than encountering an American police officer as a member of a racial minority. The boomerang effect is one of the worst offenders in this respect, as returning bullets quickly become indistinguishable from enemy projectiles. I found that I wound up choosing my build less on what I thought was most interesting or engaging and more on what would allow me to more accurately gauge incoming attacks.
- Dopo essere rimasto nel limbo dell’accesso anticipato per tre anni, Serious Sam: Tormental è uscito allo scoperto ed è pronto a far esplodere i vostri sensi con una quantità immane di nemici, proiettili e livelli da completare dimostrando di possedere riflessi da Jedi. Un top-down shooter rissoso, chiassoso, fumettoso e tanti altri “oso” che dovete provare… anche perché costa meno di un aperitivo ed è fottutamente divertente!
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