Serious Sam HD, the high definition reincarnation of the classic alien shooter, Serious Sam, hits PCs on Tuesday, November 24th via Steam.

Hit jump to find out what awaits you in this serious remake!

For those of you unfamiliar with the Serious Sam franchise, it belongs to the multitude of fast paced shooting games of the 90’s namely Unreal and Quake. As you progress through the story, you continue to fend of hordes of alien enemies that range from the comically cute to dangerously bizarre. Not only did the game captivate gamers and win multiple awards back when it was released in 2001, such as Game of the Year (Gamespot) and Editors Choice (IGN) it also laid the foundation for an expansion, and a full fledged sequel that was released on 2005.

Fast forward to today, the developers have taken their 2001 masterpiece and updated it to the Serious Engine 3, which implements improved high resolution textures and character models, along with redesigned maps. But the game is more than just a candy coated remake, featuring more robust gameplay. Larger redesigned maps offer players the ability to view the storyline in a manner that the original wasn’t able to provide.

Yet, much like its predecessor, it retains the same frantic gameplay, a plethora of aliens enemies along with a giant arsenal of weapons consisting of elemental revolvers, lead spewing miniguns and overpowered cannons that induce more gore in a minute than the average shooter does over its entire game. If anything, the promise of some mindless alien blasting will be enough to intrigue anyone’s mind. The multiplayer component offers 2-16 player co-op, a gameplay mode mirroring Valve’s Left 4 Dead.

As a download only title, it releases at a much lower price point, although this is also partially due to the fact that it is a remake. Nevertheless, at a pre-order price of $18 and a post launch price of $20, this is undoubtedly a bargain. The game also comes with steam cloud support as the game has been integrated into the Steam platform. Steam cloud brings extra features such as achievements, global leaderboards and player metadata which allows seamless transfer of settings and saves from one computer to another.

Simply put, as a title that represents twitch gaming at its finest, it should not be missed!

Check out the trailer while you’re at it!