By John Walker on July 8th, 2011 at 12:01 pm.
Here’s something you’re seeing here first. A new trailer for Serious Sam 3 BFE, following the life of one of the game’s many headless kamikazes. Because that’s the correct way to trail an old-school shooter – a documentary about a headless man with bombs for hands. We’re all agreed on that. So head below to take a world exclusive peek at the new video.
A leaked document explains the purpose of the video:
“In preparation for the launch of Serious Sam 3: BFE, Mental’s Horde (NYSE: MNTL) has announced a plan to fill over five billion henchmen positions that have opened up since the release of Serious Sam HD. While admitting company morale is low after a decade of defeat at the hands of Serious Sam representatives, the Horde have confirmed that the organization will be redoubling their efforts to take down their longtime nemesis.”
The company’s HR director apparently said,
“We’re seeking recruits for every division from Headless Kamikazes and Scrapjacks, to accounting and risk management. But honestly we’ll accept anyone with a high school education and the willingness to have their head surgically removed.”
08/07/2011 at 12:07 Teddy Leach says:
Fork hinted at this last night on Twitter. All must follow him.
08/07/2011 at 12:07 Rinox says:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
08/07/2011 at 12:08 Wilson says:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa, yourself!
08/07/2011 at 12:11 Teddy Leach says:
Uh-oh…
08/07/2011 at 12:57 Malibu Stacey says:
It’s all fun & games until someone loses an eye.
09/07/2011 at 09:01 Tom De Roeck says:
..then it’s fun and games you can’t see.
08/07/2011 at 12:10 KauhuK says:
Seriously, kind of a big deal.
08/07/2011 at 12:13 Rinox says:
Yeah, Brett looks like he has many leather-bound books in his library.
09/07/2011 at 01:44 psycho7005 says:
I bet his apartment smells of rich mahogany…
08/07/2011 at 12:13 crainey92 says:
+1
08/07/2011 at 12:16 Corrupt_Tiki says:
Brett was a good man. Knew him personally, used to have a really big nose that we made fun of in the office before he joined up.
08/07/2011 at 12:21 DeathHamsterDude says:
Is anyone else getting a major Modern Family feel to that trailer? I don’t really know much about that show, but from seeing it on in the background it looks pretty similar.
Also yay Sam!
08/07/2011 at 12:22 ZIGS says:
I hope they do more House of Sam trailers for Serious Sam 3
08/07/2011 at 12:22 Serious J says:
You know… I’ve never actually considered how the kami’s yell AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA without a head until now o_0
08/07/2011 at 12:47 diebroken says:
“Surely you can’t be serious?”
08/07/2011 at 13:29 arienette says:
I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley
08/07/2011 at 14:22 drlemon says:
Also talk, and how they do normal stuff w/o hands.
09/07/2011 at 13:55 LionsPhil says:
If I remember correctly, the AI in your head database thing in the first game said something along the lines of “don’t ask”.
08/07/2011 at 12:47 Darkelp says:
This is the kind of marketing I can get behind, I just hope the game can live up to it.
They can’t really fail can they. Can they?
08/07/2011 at 14:04 Stephen Roberts says:
2 gun limit, QTE’s and a four hour campaign. And no quicksave. Blood on eyes injury, rooms of waist high walls, regening health. NPC companions that invariably get in the way and do nothing or do everything. Either one is bad.
Not saying they’ll do any of this though, just… I’m fucking jaded. But I have faith in Serious Sam.
08/07/2011 at 14:08 Darkelp says:
But how can it survive this modern shooter led market without those game enhancing features?
Well strike this one off my to buy list.
08/07/2011 at 14:24 Bhazor says:
Well given the games tag line is “No cover. All man” I’d say chest high walls will be banished.
08/07/2011 at 14:56 drplote says:
They’ll make up for it all with 6005 polygons per krundle.
08/07/2011 at 19:55 mwoody says:
Darkelp: because you seem to have missed the joke, I’ll go ahead and ruin it lest you mistakenly avoid this game: he’s talking about Duke Nukem, not Serious Sam 3.
08/07/2011 at 22:06 Darkelp says:
Thank you Mwoody, however I must admit my response was in a sarcastic tone and I will be buying this game.
08/07/2011 at 22:37 mwoody says:
*sigh* Sorry ’bout that, I’ll get my sarcasm detector adjusted.
09/07/2011 at 06:58 Darkelp says:
No need to apologise my friend, I didn’t take offence. It’s all good.
11/07/2011 at 11:05 fiasco says:
Always bet on Sam.
08/07/2011 at 13:08 Echo Black says:
That was actually pretty funny. Really like Serious Sam’s retarded brand of humor
08/07/2011 at 14:26 Oneironaut says:
Serious Sam has the best promotional material. Magicka is good, but still only manages second place.
08/07/2011 at 14:41 Strangeblades says:
Serious Sam will save us all. From what I have no idea but Serious Sam will save us. Yeah. That sounds good. This is the kind of idea I can get behind. But not behind Serious Sam. Like not standing behind Serious Sam. ‘Cause that’s kinda weird and it would probably make him nervous.
….
I should get back to work.
08/07/2011 at 16:39 JuJuCam says:
If only we could talk to… oh… ok…
08/07/2011 at 16:48 Alphabet says:
But how do they smell?
08/07/2011 at 20:14 Nighthood says:
Terribl(y sulphuric)!
08/07/2011 at 17:11 geldonyetich says:
Do you know?
85% of headless kamikazes used to work in telemarketing.
It’s true!
08/07/2011 at 18:21 frenchy2k1 says:
And them moving to headless kamikaze was both a promotion AND made them less annoying.
FACT!
08/07/2011 at 22:06 Prince says:
More of this kind of thing, please1
08/07/2011 at 23:19 WJonathan says:
“So head below…” I get it. Haha! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
09/07/2011 at 03:29 LionsPhil says:
Croteam, I love you.
09/07/2011 at 07:54 stahlwerk says:
This is silly PR done right, not by introducing every video with farts and pissing noises.
12/07/2011 at 12:38 Tom OBedlam says:
Excellently, excellently done. Well done Croteam