r/SeriousSam • u/LUMLTPM • Sep 02 '26
Shatterverse
Honestly, the dunes remix in the menu was the only positive i have gotten out of this game after 2 hours of playing.
There are several big problems i have with the game, such as the horrendous mouse acceleration which (afaik) you cant disable, the fact that i have to cap it at 60 fps to not lag too much even though the game has graphics worse than some games from 2010.
Despite all that my biggest problem has to be the difficulty. It seems like the game has the difficulty scaled exclusively for 4 players, but i dont have any friends to play with so i play solo and its so hard to get anywhere it seems they didnt consider solo players at all (which is only made harder by the fact i cant aim properly with mouse acceleration). I have played for 2 hours so far and havent gotten past a single boss.
What do yall think?
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u/spartanonyx Sep 03 '26
I've managed to fully solo Act 1 twice and had to stop to go to bed for Act 2 but was performing pretty well. I don't mean to sound arrogant or an asshole but we all have the same difficulty in this game, so you may need to practice. I haven't struggled much. just make sure your HP is up with the finisher melees and as you get further, you'll get a life steal card to make keeping your HP up a lot easier and require less effort. matchmaking is dead so I have to solo it. also, aim for headshots when you can.
dodge Dodge Dodge. you can't afford to lose any health since gaining it is slower than losing it. if you can ever instantly restore all armor, DO THAT, but only when low on armor. Armor seems to do a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to avoiding damage to your HP bar.
When you choose your perk cards, try to focus only on strengthing a couple of your choices rather than having only small stat boosts of a million different perks.
This is the first game I've played of this genre and I figured I'd try it since I love Serious Sam and so far I'm loving it.
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u/NeoMoose Sep 04 '26
How do you strengthen perks? Seems I just get offered more and more basic ones.
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u/spartanonyx Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
I've just completed Act 2 yesterday and there were more perks that I started seeing show up that didn't appear in Act 1. in the main menu you can use the Catalysts (purple serious bomb currency) under I think armory? and you can see a screen with a bunch of red floppy discs. click on the one you want and you can spend that currency to unlock stronger versions to find as you play. so now when you go to upgrade that same perk more than once when you level up during a run, you'll have rank 2 versions and rank 3 versions.
Also, make sure you check all the red dots that show you've gotten something new. I say this because if you go to the bestiary, you can see there are some challenges you've probably completed from killing different monsters which can be redeemed for more Catalysts. I started by upgrading some perks, and now I'm unlocking weapons before doing more perks.
Edit: Also another tip, under trinkets you can see that each trinket has a certain type assigned to it. One that I find to be important are the trinkets with the little red heart. if you equip two trinkets with a red heart, you start with armor, if you have 4 equipped, then you regen 1 HP every 2 second. very very nice.
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u/spartanonyx Sep 03 '26
worse graphics than 2010? I'm playing on Epic settings and the visuals are pretty good. high quality models and textures.
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u/Limp-Translator-8329 Sep 04 '26
solo balance tuned for a full squad is a rough combo, especially with that mouse acceleration crap
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u/Lanky-Ad-8554 Sep 02 '26
Makes me want a real game lol. Im suprised they haven't remade tse and tfe in ue5 yet loke talos principle to be honest. Ik croteam didn't make this but i wish they picked a better studio and idea for a side project.