Serious Sam 3: BFE Playthrough (12) The Guardian of Time - All secrets, Serious difficulty

During the course of Sam's drive to the Timelock located at Hatshepsut's temple, untimely circumstances cause the vehicle to break down before reaching his destination. With no other option, Sam must make the remainder of the journey on foot through the nearby canyon leading to Deir el-Bahari. It all comes down to this. All that stands between Sam and Timelock are hundreds upon hundreds of Mental's minions.
This level is absolute chaos. Around every corner is a new wave of enemies ready to pounce, and tear you limb from limb. I think of all Serious Sam games, Serious Sam 3 has the highest amount of enemies in the final level when compared to the other final levels. Correct me if I'm wrong. Nevertheless, the chaotic nature of this level is in good fun. I don't think I've ever had as much enjoyment in a first-person-shooter's final level than this one. It gets nerve racking when you get to the end after doing this level in a single segment, but the payoff at the end is always worth it. Thank you Croteam for this magnificent game, in all that chaff that plagues modern games, there are still some developers who know why we play video games.
Addendum: Now that I've finished the game, I'm not really sure what I'll do, or want to do next.. Suggestions perhaps?
Four secrets in the segment:
1: 5:20 - 5:30 After clearing away most of the rocketeers on the first part of the level, you'll come across two paths, instead of going left onto the next wave of enemies, go straight ahead and you'll eventually come upon a dead end with some assault rifle ammunition and health nearby. If you look above you at the wall, you'll see some ammo on top of a crate, which is resting on a part of the wall which is jutting out. Shoot a rocket nearby the crate to blow it up, and the secret devastator shells resting on top of it will fall to the ground.
2: 20:37 - 20:52 In the large open area with the ruins, on the left part of the clearing, there is a large rock which forms a natural arch. On the side of the rocky arch (the side which is closest to the nearby dunes), there are some secret electricity cells.
3 22:52 - 22:59 Still in the large open area, near the center of the clearing is a small "shrine" which has a rocket crate, armor, and health inside it. Go to the very back where the health is lying on the crate. Look above you at the ceiling, and you'll see a crate blocking the hole in the ceiling, shoot the crate and some secret sniper rifle ammunition will drop down. Make sure your sniper rifle ammunition isn't full when trying to get this secret, if you try to get this secret with your ammunition full, it won't count as a secret until it refills some of your ammo. Shoot a bullet or two if you had full ammunition like I did beforehand.
4: 42:30 - 42:36 After fighting the Sirian Werebulls, up near the top of the hill with the two rock arches, there is a rocket crate, armor, health, and some other stuff nearby. There is crate which has some shotgun shells on top of it. Destroy that crate, and you'll see a small hole in the ground the crate was previously hiding from view. Inside that hole you'll find some secret Devastator shells.

[@douglasquaid7550]

seriously the hardest level I have played in any shooter

[@Shabaruzaman]

Totally agree

[@davitsk1]

And wierdly enough, the game wasn't even hard until this point in the game..

[@Hellwolf36]

Yeah this level is the drizzling shits and I can clear the entire game on Serious with minimal issues.

[@skyvipers]

@@davitsk1 100% agree, it needed more "horde-bowling-alleys" like in Guardian of Time. TFE and TSE had many of them throughout the campaign.

[@theoldguy1957]

Yet it was easy for me.

[@xristaka8199]

Who awaits Serious sam 4

[@ashhabimran239]

I do!!

[@ДвеСтипендиантчета]

I am. :)

[@DropkickNation]

IT'S COMING!

[@tehfoxxy9630]

Still waiting :(

[@Zeldo363]

less than a month left for release

[@balazsalex593]

Waiting for Serious Sam 5. I hope they give longer playable game for old style serious sam like in first encounter, second encounter. I saw some side missions in siberian mayhem but it was very short and all of them was only 1 area. I want a new old style what is at least 1-2 hours long with side missions while the main story is new style in serious sam 5. Is anybody else thinks it is a good idea?

[@VerticalHeist]

Interesting fact: The whole plot of Serious sam starts froms SS4, next is Serious sam Before first encounter (BFE), and here Serious sam the first encounter and second encounter are starting to be. SS2 is not canon

[@balazsalex593]

I not fully understand but he jumps in the portal at BFE and the Future Sam appears in SS4.

[@VerticalHeist]

@@balazsalex593 nope. Time lock leading to Hatshepsut. BFE=Before First Encounter If SS4 is future. How Kenny is alive? Or how anyone is alive? If in SS3 Mental killed all on earth

[@maxnunez4304]

27:42 that guitar is awesome

[@DyoKasparov]

dear god man this level

[@DinnerForkTongue]

It's infuriating, terrifying and rousing at the same time. True masterpiece.

[@jukaa1012]

@@DinnerForkTongue it's been done way better before... Tfe Tse and 2. This one is fine tho, somewhere at the half way point it starts beeing good after that horrible scorpion section

[@affansonicfan]

This level is unbelievably amazing. The difficulty starts very miniscule and SLOWLY becomes one of the HARDEST levels I've ever played in a fps. Seriously, fucking bravo.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

The humourous start really belies how epic this level is. It's prolly my favourite Serious Sam gauntlet.

[@alekies]

BFE was my first introduction to the Serious Sam series and this level... well, at some point my brain just assumed "okay... since these waves really -SEEM- infinite, I'll just focus on getting through and killing only what's in my way" but I was wrong... By sprinting through all of the waves, I was triggering even more enemies and making the game EVEN HARDER on myself XD

[@mattgerrish908]

42:52 I always got killed so many times on this part of the game...

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Khnums and Kleers?

[@PatchyE]

Same. I guess I didn't run backward far enough...

[@epicgamer2864_]

i had 4HP at the end of this section...

[@ssssssssssssssssss50]

This is the only time I've ever feel exhausted by a game(at least as an adult). Great experience!

[@payneqq]

Some serious thanks goes to you for uploading all these videos! Appreciate the write up in the descriptions as well. Cheers!

[@killuazoldyck503]

This is probably the hardest game I've ever played

[@zero7712]

I completed the story of serious sam 3 like 3 times and i still dont know how this guy have a scope in the devastator

[@jinjaninja2604]

I applaud you for taking on in my opinion the hardest level ever created in an FPS game and in serious difficulty as well! You made it look easy and it really isn’t! Lol I tip my hat sir... 👏

[@Filipz911]

Omg I was going back and forth for the for a hour and a half.

[@soulbrother5435]

Fun fact, only 8% owners (at least on steam) actually completed the game

[@beef9785]

i'm glad i am one of them

[@kove00]

that guy doesnt miss an hit. He is a monster ...

[@MrGeesikser]

I ran more miles backwards than forwards... Now i see i am not only :D

[@SoldierOfFate]

LONGEST FINAL MISSION EVER. An hour? XD

[@Adino1]

An hour if you're as good as this guy at the game. Pretty sure it took me well over an hour.

[@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003]

I mean it does makes sense your about to get to the time lock to F his plans in the past and mental is like NEH NOT GOING TO HAPPEN MOFO go my minion all of you go get him lol

[@voldy3565]

i barely completed this on easy.

[@Adino1]

I just beat this area, it felt like an eternity. All the falling back and counterattacking. I must have fired about 10,000 rockets Then once your done it hits you with a massive boss I was like yeah, no. I'm taking a break, maybe tomorrow.

[@vali9313]

The great pyramid The catherdral Guardian of time best serious sam levels Who serious sam planet baddas best level ?

[@dejanjocin4421]

U forgot Mental Institution

[@streetridersss8360]

From Earth with love!

[@marytuba7290]

How the last man on earth felt :

[@sindriedda731]

omg I have now discovered that the Devastator can aim O_O

[@mknotfound9595]

Press shift to fast runing

[@ZlutyPanter]

46:30 like Matrix :-D

[@xlarve]

1:02:29 guys, what music is this?

[@VerticalHeist]

You still waiting for answer...? Because me too, my comrade. Me too.

[@andres20193]

And they said serius sam 3 is a bad game

[@akkros707]

Even if you don't like this game, you gotta admit that the soundtracks are fucking amazing and they fit the game so well.

[@andres20193]

@@akkros707 of course they are, every soundtrack of this game is serious

[@qazxsw13]

I've been procrastinating a lot, I'm hoping to get to it eventually.

[@artman40]

It is the single greatest level in the history of mankind. Stridin' around dispensin' righteous fury just about brought a tear to my eye."

[@Ashalmawia]

@Big Poppa just unbind the keys

[@landlordjohn1]

Awesome play through, Thanks for sharing.

[@stefankovacevic7936]

MEN YOU ARE SERIOUS

[@MeBomb1]

Most of the Technopolips, Biomechanoids and Khnums only spawn as part of the final boss battle. Most notable with the technopolips of which only 2 spawn in the level proper (If I remember correctly)

[@jinjaninja2604]

MeBomb1 I hate those technopolips... hitscan motherfuckers... 😡

[@SoldierOfFate]

@@jinjaninja2604 Fortunately for the final battle itself they don't shoot their MGs. Only rockets.

[@thejacobmeister]

My urge to sprint and my OCD with keeping all my weapons reloaded at all times would never let me go for the Old School achievement.

[@flopy2900]

You really are very good!! you are Serious!!

[@debonaire_nerd]

The thing is with this level is that it's not actually difficult. Seriously. It's quite easy BUT the death of your progress will be fatigue, complacency and boredom because of the running length of the mission.

[@qazxsw13]

I made these video so long ago that sometimes I'm tempted to do the entire thing all over again in Fusion but without the old school conditions deliberately holding me back. And also because these are locked at 30 FPS because that was the KZbin limit back then and it looks really gross these days. I wonder if I would be about the same, or improved. I see plenty of room for improvement looking at it all now, and I definitely could have been a lot more aggressive than I was here. Who knows though. It has been a long time since I've played Sam, and I wasn't exactly a great player either.

[@dkanareykin]

Hi! I was playing SS 3 BFE myself on serious difficulty (but with a lot of saves :) and used your video to find secrets which I cannot find using the text description. It must be said that you are really good here :) But I just wanted to ask - it seems that you don't use the reload weapon key at all, you prefer to fire remaining bullets instead, why?

[@kaciorx]

Dmitriy Kanareykin there is achievement where you have to pass campaign without manually reloading, sprint and aiming.

[@atulkumarpandey7870]

Man you r awesome

[@K0ragg]

Thanks for the vids and secrets dude,cheers!

[@qazxsw13]

Yes, I did a trial run for each of these videos to get the secret locations memorized, and I also for a bit of practice on the level itself too. I just cut my trial run early so that I got the two achievements on this video instead.

[@michaelk.3811]

*@qazxsw13* What's the song playing during the level?

[@zubareus]

I tried it about 20 times and still cant beat it without saves, it fucking impossible

[@niteshkumar-ot4ud]

Is it only me or Sam looks like Bear Grylls

[@just_decibelio4605]

Legendary Ending ❤❤❤

[@EricLeeStepp]

I beat 1 & 2 on Serious mode and this didn't look too bad.

[@StarmaGeddon]

awesome! didnt know the old school achievement was even possible to do. did you reassign the keys for reloading and aiming so you dont accidently hit them? could happen very fast if you dont do this^^ and an idea on what to do next: speedrun the game on MENTAL difficulty ^^

[@TheDurka]

this level is a pain in the ass

[@qazxsw13]

Serious difficulty/all secrets has already been done a few times on KZbin though.. But maybe. Depends on how many people think it's a good idea with Serious runs already on KZbin.

[@mkusanagi1935]

excellent play. ^^

[@ИванГанев-к4н]

KABLAMO! MOONED ... literal . I could try ... magic my way with my dreams and BULLET HEAVEN FIELD . ACID RAIN OF THE UNCRIED TEARS IS MORE THAE ENOUGHT , LAST SHOT ... NAH ... WITH ENOUGHT SHOTS A CANON IS A PLAYTHING . KAMEHA MEHA ... BLAST A ENERGY LIKE ... BIG CHUNK ON THE EARTH CATAPULT ROCK ... NAH . Weaker p

[@Edski10]

1:02:04 Serious Sam is born.

[@kazan747]

best game fucking ever

[@qazxsw13]

1378 BC, actually. They got the date wrong in this game, maybe it was a developer oversight, maybe it was a retcon.

[@sethsloter4659]

wow such skill m8

[@shirohimayumikira234]

Heyooooo! I was thinking you can go through the entirety of this stage with just explosives (Rocket Launcher, C4, Devastator, SBC Cannon) and explosives only. Laser the only exception as it's pretty rare and there's none outside secrets.

[@qazxsw13]

You probably can, especially in Fusion where the Devastator is a lot better and can pierce kleers. The devastator exploded on them around the time I recorded. Anyway, I also wouldn't be surprised if you can get through it using the mutilator only except to kill Khnums or Witch-Brides. It might take a while though with any sort of limitation though, especially with an explosives-only limit, since rockets are slow-fired, and you only hold 50. Would have to make a lot of return trips.

[@shirohimayumikira234]

@@qazxsw13 But other than the excessive backtracking, it's possible. In theory anyway.

[@qazxsw13]

@@shirohimayumikira234 Of course, anything is possible in Sam. There are people who have done the extra enemy health runs of Serious Sam in pretty much every main game, so I'm sure it's possible to do even with a weapon limitation.

[@shirohimayumikira234]

@@qazxsw13 I'm still surprised we're also speaking in a video released 8 years ago.

[@qazxsw13]

@@shirohimayumikira234 I always try to answer or respond to stuff on my videos. People care to comment on them years later, and it's not like I abandoned my KZbin account.

[@K0ragg]

its easy just run take all the gear you need then come back at the crate and dont let them push you back whilst spamming rockets,can use Dev vs mechs if ya want,edventaully come werebulls and khnums thats when you spamm cannonballs,after your out of cannonballs just use rockets or devastator and if your still alive minigun cuz why not.

[@АлексейМунтян-д6ц]

Ничего себе профи!!

[@АлексейЕрементьевич]

Во-во. Я сам удивляюсь. Я как раз на этом уровне остановился, но у меня почему-то плазменной пушки нет и снайперки, во вторых я не знал что браслетом можно сразу нескольких врагов убивать. Интересно на каком уровне сложности он проходит.

[@sanjarniyazov6162]

@@АлексейЕрементьевич вроде на крутом

[@Dafuqinator7]

how do you use the sirian mutilator?

[@qazxsw13]

No, I didn't change the keys at all. Actually you just get used to it after a while, in fact, even if I was to play again, I'd probably still be walking instead of sprinting. It started feeling natural. Eh, I'm not the speed running type, let alone good enough to know the best routes. And Mental difficulty is actually sort of easier than Serious, it's the same amount of enemies on hard, with the same damage multiplier, but enemies are invisible. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

[@foxyin_1168]

what is the least amount of kills required to beat this level?

[@moronichybrid]

An absurd amount, that is.

[@ReticularTunic7]

how do you get more cannon balls at the beginning of the level ?

[@qazxsw13]

There's nowhere even close to that amountTechnopolips, Major/minor Biomechanoids, or Khnums. Unless of course these are actually the amounts that continue to spawn during the final battle with Ugh-Zan, because if you try defeating enemies there, they seem infinite and seemingly won't stop spawning after you kill some. That might make sense..

[@EricLeeStepp]

Learn where the secrets are and more or less memorize the waves and spawns and it isn't hard, just time consuming.

[@qazxsw13]

@linkinparkkiro I actually can't do more than about four minutes myself. I'm sure there are much better people at survival, and probably the game as a whole.

[@linkinparkkiro]

@qazxsw13 Well ok then .. Thanks 4 all the secrets and the playtrough !!

[@Ritcherscream724]

You must be VERY VERY new here. And 10 years late.

[@linkinparkkiro]

I have a question ?? Why didn't u get the top secret achievment ?? -_- Did u get it before this playthrough ?? And i relly liked ur run and the queen hatchepsut achievment is relly hard so congrads and pls tell me ur steam account i want to add u ..

[@LadyArwenFC]

first part is ok till the big once come that a pain for me XD maybe only cause i am a girl ;:P and this is not a girly game

[@greatgaminggod1077]

What do u mean

[@moronichybrid]

What makes a game a "Girly Game"?

[@leoyang7043]

Great gameplay, can u do a mental difficulty after the serious one?

[@qazxsw13]

I'm not too big on Mental difficulty because it's not really that much harder than Serious difficulty. If anything, now more than ever I'm considering doing all the HD games and BFE again with Serious Sam fusion, but nothing is set in stone yet, so I can't give any guarantees if any new Sam videos are coming.

[@leoyang7043]

qazxsw13 I’m close to beating it on Serious, I wonder what Mental difficulty is like?

[@qazxsw13]

Mental difficulty is like playing on hard difficulty. But the enemies all can turn temporarily invisible. It makes it harder to keep track of everything.

[@leoyang7043]

qazxsw13 Thanks, once you put it like that than there is no point of playing it on Mental difficulty because it feels like the same as hard, only difference is that enemies turn invisible :/ oh and what do you mean by harder to keep track or everything?

[@jinjaninja2604]

So is there much difference between hard and serious?

[@ИгорекСечин-э3п]

Нудноватый уровень, слишком уж долгий, играл на герое - Ф9 сломал). Почти все ядра потратил на красных биомехов и потом было оч трудно с ракетницей. Последнюю волну вообще со злости напролом пробежал.

[@jamesschultz2039]

Ну а Великая Пирамида - слишком короткий. И великий собор тоже.

[@jamesschultz2039]

Хотя знаешь, уровень реально бесячий. Особенно в конце, где туева хуча клиров и столько же хнумов прет. Я почти все патроны истратил на эту поеботу.

[@linkinparkkiro]

@qazxsw13 Can u please make a video of your survivle time on the map canyon i did only 4 min whitch is really really weak i can say that u could do like 10 or more xD

[@MrLanceinPants]

I bet you wish he could run, right?

[@darrellnelson1196]

They need to make an SS for mobile ❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@artman40]

So much clopping that you might confuse it as being in a porn cinema in Grim Fandango universe.

[@erenjeager6942]

saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam

[@pikulinogames3533]

u got sm used

[@qazxsw13]

What's that?

[@mirrorsystemx3851]

@@qazxsw13 xdd idk either what does he mean, but gg for these vids back in time, man. Your videos of secrets are better than the ones in Steam. I wish I could see some more videos from you, e.g. SS4 's secrets.

[@qazxsw13]

@@mirrorsystemx3851 Yeah, I kinda dwindled off making long game videos. These days I mostly upload unlisted stuff for personal use, but the main purpose of this channel is just miscellaneous clips from games that I think are funny, or amusing. Things might change though, maybe I'll do another long one depending on the game, I haven't gotten a chance to play SS4 yet, so who knows. To be honest, sometimes I want to redo SS3 on Fusion, since I don't like how these videos look today since they were made before 60FPS on youtube. Hardware is a big limiter, can't really play anything right now unfortunately.

[@urmomrox117]

I think that you should do all the secrets for second encounter or first, maybe both, it's hard to find one for second encounter. Just saying.

[@musicotaku666]

this level shows how stupid ss3 got and boring enemy waves without any good game design, ss1 and even 2 were so much better.

[@salt_97]

This was my least favourite level by far.

[@bruh4051]

Best music though

[@jaroroytapel]

The first Serious Sam I didnät finish thanks to this shit level. not enough ammo at all.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

This vid proves you dead wrong. Git gud, scrub.

[@douglasquaid7550]

seriously ? you have unlimited rockets