Serious Sam is serious fun! It's one of the hottest game demos currently downloaded off of the Internet and we can't wait to get our hands on the full version. Developed by a small company called Croteam, this game is proof that the programmers overseas really know their stuff. This is true FPS action to the core. With huge environments, a state of the art engine, bizzare characters with loads of enemies allowed on screen at once (over 50), and fast paced action, Serious Sam should be a great game for any fan of this genre. And the graphics aren't half bad either! Coming March 2001. DA STORY In the near future, during the first interstellar travels, humans encounter great evil roaming the galaxy for last few eons. The evil being is an incarnation of the last of the ancient immortals named Tah-Um (or in English - Notorious Mental). Mental has set forth to wipe the earthlings out for sheer fun, just like it did with all the other civilizations in the galactic history. This time, humans have a secret weapon left to them by an extinct civilization from Sirius - Timelock. Timelock will enable special forces veteran Sam 'Serious' Stone to return to the time of ancient Egypt and assassin Mental while it is offhand. DA FEATURES ·Powerful 3d technology and advanced tools ·Fighting with loads of enemies at the same time (high-adrenaline arcade-feel action) ·Both huge outdoor and indoor environments ·Both complex indoor and outdoor scenes in one engine ·Multiple direction gravity ·Advanced LOD for loads of enemies at the same time ·Directional light for daylight scenes ·Portals and mirrors ·True dynamic volumetric fog and haze ·Both skinned and multi-part models combined ·Hyper-texturing and hyper-mapping for life-like richly detailed environments ·High polygon count multi-resolution meshes ·Photo-realistic lens flares with real-time lens reflections ·Advanced particle system ·Procedural textures (water, fire, smoke, plasma, electricity) ·Photo-realistic reflections, specularity and bumps ·Up to 4 split screen support,