Man, this is bunk...

[KanYozakura]

I had heard good things about the Xbox version of Serious Sam, so I went on eBizzle and picked up a sealed copy.  Just received it today; I was practically salivating as I tore open the packaging.  I giddily popped the disc in, created my profile,  and load up the first level...


...which took a good 5 minutes.

After resetting my Xbox and deleting all of the SS data (in case it was corrupted or something), I try it again with the same results.

Figuring that this was just a part of the game no one mentioned, I started plowing through the fist level, only to discover that every thirty seconds or so, the game would freeze up and the music would skip for about 5-10 seconds.  In a twitch game like SS, this is a big nono.

So I hit the net to figure out what the deal is, and I happen upon this three year old thread about the issue.  It confirms that a number of the initial discs were defective; specifically, ones that had a serial number ending in 03.  Guess what mine ends with?

So it gives a number to call, figuring I could talk my way into a replacement since I bought it sealed.  Well, the number's out of service, and I doubt there's any other way to get Gotham Games/Take 2 to replace it.

Has anyone else had problems with their SS disc?  If so, what did you do about it?

[KanYozakura]

UPDATE

I got through to Take 2 support, and I'll be able to mail in my disc for a replacement.  Might cost me $7.50, might be free, but either way I'm feeling pretty good about it.

Still ticks me off that it happened in the first place though...

[JustLikeHeaven1]

Glad to hear you got the situation handled.  I hope you don't have to pay the extra $7.50. 

When you finally do get the game in be sure to post some intial impressions or something.  I was really interested in the first game because it sort of seemed like a Duke Nukem knockoff...sadly I purchased the second game in the series and its horrible.  I hope the first game fares better.

[KanYozakura]

Well, from what I was able to play glitch free, the game is awesome.  There can be almost a hundred enemies onscreen at once, all throwing projectile attacks, with no slowdown.  I also like the humor level of the game: absurd with a touch of sarcastic.  I do have to say that the auto aim option makes the game entirely too easy and should be turned off.

[Funkmaster V]

I have Serious Sam for the cube and it is a testosterone killing blast. But man, when I finished the Roman world (which took several LOOOONG hours) and I arrived in Asia or wherever and the enemies were the same, it just drained me.

I got bored, but it was good.

FUNK