Alpha Black Zero

Zardon · Sep 2, 2004, 06:28 PM

Anyone played this yet?

http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=889

I hear its out, serious sam 2 engine, looks pretty nice. any takers?

Dom · Sep 2, 2004, 06:53 PM

I played the demo a while ago when it first came out. I liked it.

**MIG-31** · Sep 2, 2004, 06:58 PM

never heard of this one.....but downloading this demo to give it a shot.take a little while being on 750k bb.

Zardon · Sep 2, 2004, 07:02 PM

the demo plays really well, i might have to look into this later. dont have time right now.

Dom · Sep 2, 2004, 07:03 PM

It's quite visually stunning. Gameplay takes some getting used to, though.

Elvin Presler · Sep 4, 2004, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Anyone played this yet?

http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=889

I hear its out, serious sam 2 engine, looks pretty nice. any takers?

I'm pretty sure that's just the Serious Sam 1 engine. Serious Sam 2 is still in the works.

Necrosis · Sep 5, 2004, 01:26 AM

It's okay for me but it keeps locking up?

Elvin Presler · Sep 5, 2004, 02:36 AM

Here's a mini-review stolen from the Serious Sam forums:

"After actually trying (yes, trying) to play the game, it's now obvious why the publisher did not want to release it. It is the worst, most buggy game I think I've ever seen. Right from the very start, it would not accept my controls binds. I use right mouse for forward movement and it did that OK, but then it bound EVERYTHING else I clicked on to the right mouse as well. I finally overcame that by binding ONE button at a time and shutting the game down and restarting it between EVERY bind. The mouse is just a Logitech MX310 with default Windows drivers. Nothing odd going on there.

OK, then we get into the game and my guy is firing non stop (left mouse) until he runs out of ammo and I have not touched a single button yet. My mouse is inverted when I never set it that way, so I go in the menu and click invert mouse....back in the game, the mouse is still messed up so I went back and unchecked invert mouse, and that fixed it.

I had next and previous weapon bound to my mouse wheel forward and back, but when I rolled the wheel, dude tossed a grenade. WTF? The nade made a dull thud sound and emitted a pathetic looking smoke effect.

The game was running at about 12 frames per second at 1024x768 on my XP2700, BFG Geforce 6800GT OC, with 1 gig dual channel PC2700 that gets about 180 FPS in Serious Sam with maxed graphics at 1280x960. The mouse movement was all laggy. There was nothing but an open field! Nothing! And it's running like poo! This rig runs Far Cry at 80 FPS for crying out loud!

It looked just horrible. The lighting was messed up, the colors all saturated. Just terrible. The pics you've seen do it justice, trust me.

Next I wandered around long enough to come up on a group of bad guys. They were standing completely still aiming their guns at nothing. I instructed my team to kill them all...and they stood there looking at the grass, completely ingnoring my. I walked in front of the nearest bad guy. Taunted him. Spat on his shoes shot him in the kneecaps and still they all stood perfectly still, oblivious. I killed them all one by one, and not one of them so much as looked toward me.

That was enough. I uninstalled it and will never try to play it again. It's no wonder none of the reviewers appear to have played beyond the first level. there is no need to, if the game is even actually playable betond that. I doubt it is.

Worst load of crap I EVER saw! Bar none!"

Sep 2, 2004, 06:28 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Alpha Black Zero Anyone played this yet? http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=889 I hear its out, serious sam 2 engine, looks pretty nice. any takers?

Sep 2, 2004, 06:58 PM	#3
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	never heard of this one.....but downloading this demo to give it a shot.take a little while being on 750k bb. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Sep 2, 2004, 06:53 PM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	I played the demo a while ago when it first came out. I liked it.

Sep 2, 2004, 07:02 PM	Thread Starter #4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	the demo plays really well, i might have to look into this later. dont have time right now.

Sep 2, 2004, 07:03 PM	#5
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	It's quite visually stunning. Gameplay takes some getting used to, though.

Sep 5, 2004, 01:26 AM	#7
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	It's okay for me but it keeps locking up?

Sep 5, 2004, 02:36 AM	#8
Elvin Presler DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: USA Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Here's a mini-review stolen from the Serious Sam forums: "After actually trying (yes, trying) to play the game, it's now obvious why the publisher did not want to release it. It is the worst, most buggy game I think I've ever seen. Right from the very start, it would not accept my controls binds. I use right mouse for forward movement and it did that OK, but then it bound EVERYTHING else I clicked on to the right mouse as well. I finally overcame that by binding ONE button at a time and shutting the game down and restarting it between EVERY bind. The mouse is just a Logitech MX310 with default Windows drivers. Nothing odd going on there. OK, then we get into the game and my guy is firing non stop (left mouse) until he runs out of ammo and I have not touched a single button yet. My mouse is inverted when I never set it that way, so I go in the menu and click invert mouse....back in the game, the mouse is still messed up so I went back and unchecked invert mouse, and that fixed it. I had next and previous weapon bound to my mouse wheel forward and back, but when I rolled the wheel, dude tossed a grenade. WTF? The nade made a dull thud sound and emitted a pathetic looking smoke effect. The game was running at about 12 frames per second at 1024x768 on my XP2700, BFG Geforce 6800GT OC, with 1 gig dual channel PC2700 that gets about 180 FPS in Serious Sam with maxed graphics at 1280x960. The mouse movement was all laggy. There was nothing but an open field! Nothing! And it's running like poo! This rig runs Far Cry at 80 FPS for crying out loud! It looked just horrible. The lighting was messed up, the colors all saturated. Just terrible. The pics you've seen do it justice, trust me. Next I wandered around long enough to come up on a group of bad guys. They were standing completely still aiming their guns at nothing. I instructed my team to kill them all...and they stood there looking at the grass, completely ingnoring my. I walked in front of the nearest bad guy. Taunted him. Spat on his shoes shot him in the kneecaps and still they all stood perfectly still, oblivious. I killed them all one by one, and not one of them so much as looked toward me. That was enough. I uninstalled it and will never try to play it again. It's no wonder none of the reviewers appear to have played beyond the first level. there is no need to, if the game is even actually playable betond that. I doubt it is. Worst load of crap I EVER saw! Bar none!"