Friday, February 1, 2013

Serious Sam Double D XXL Preview

David Brown 


We previously covered Serious Sam 3, now from Devolver Digital, Mommy's Best Games and Mastertronic comes Serious Sam Double D XXL. It is releasing on Xbox Live Arcade on February 20, 2013.  As far as the company is saying: 



"Serious Sam Double D XXL has been rebuilt and reloaded with all-new features, missions, and weapons with a wild campaign cooperative mode featuring titular Serious Sam and his brother-in-arms, Dan “Huff” Huffington. The revolutionary Gunstacker goes even deeper with over 30 new guns to mix and match for some of the most ridiculously awesome action ever to grace Xbox LIVE Arcade!"

Our friends over at Digital Devolver have been kind enough to give us a preview build and I want to share my impressions with you of the first 6 levels.

Image from Serious Sam Double D XXL 

Action in the game is fast paced. You play from a 2D perspective and just have to get from the beginning of the stage to the end in true Serious Sam fashion it won't be an easy task, you have to compete with hundreds of randomly spawning enemies throughout each stage.  This makes for a very fast paced game.  One thing that helps this is the ability to adjust the level speed within each level from 50% to 150%. 

Along with the challenge of survival there are also many hidden collectibles throughout. There is much to explore and find, but we will cover that in our full review. I look forward to sharing more with you about the game, but lets just say that you will not be disappointed. Look for our review closer to release date and look for Serious Sam Double D XXL on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 MSP on February 20, 2013.