Hello, beautiful people.
It’s about time we put a spotlight on another one of the incredible mods for Serious Sam 4. This one has been around for some time now, and it’s been keeping our Russian community happy ever since it got introduced. We’re talking about, of course, the Russian Voiceover mod.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2432396803
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2432422410
The author behind this bad boy, Samson, has been a long-time fan, and an integral part of the Russian Serious Sam community. Some time ago, Samson touched our hearts with his video titled How Serious Sam made me a man, and we still think about that today.
As always, Samson visited Yasen’s basement and they had a chat. Read all about it below.
Much love from Croteam!
BASEMENT CHATS WITH YASEN
⚪ Samson, great to have you. As is the tradition in our basement chats, I have to ask you – when did you first get to experience Serious Sam and how did you become part of this awesome community?
Heya, really glad to be here. Appreciate the opportunity. Since the release of the original First Encounter. I was 4 or 5 years old back then. My pops showed this game to me and it was love at first sight. For many years I was a silent fan. Just a few years ago, I started my YouTube channel and at some point, I started to make videos about my favorite universe and character. My fellow Serious Sam fans really liked it, so since then almost all of my content is Serious Sam related.
⚪ You have not only been making content for youtube but you’ve also created very valuable content for the Serious Sam 4's workshop – the Russian voice-over project that you have created. Please share with us how this idea started, and how hard it was to manage such a large project?
It was hell. I’m telling you!
Actually, I was just invited as Sam's voice in this project by some friends. So here I am, happy as a child, ready to do some magic with my microphone, and that’s when I get some bad news. The original team had to close this project for some Serious reasons. Wasn't pretty, losing all that fun I could have and leave so many Russian folk without a dub. So I figured that I have to do something that I’ve never done before. That was scary as hell, I made myself some promises and really was afraid to fail. Accidentally, when I was in search of voices, I bumped into some awesome folk from Mechanics VoiceOver. These guys already did tons of some good Russian Dubs, so I was really lucky to meet them. Giant shout out to them!
They helped me find all other voices that the project was missing. After that, we started a funding campaign and holy cow. We had received the amount of money we needed just in one night. Can you believe that? I felt kinda proud but also really scared again. After this, it was all about pushing the project forward, directing the actors, etc. Oh, and at the same time, I had to make sure I don’t forget to play my part and try my best to make it good. So yeah, it was Hell, but of the good kind.
It was worth it, and I’m happy with the outcome, cause Russian folk seem to like it.
⚪ I was not aware of the fact that you got the whole funding in just a day until recently and I have to admit my jaw dropped when I heard that. Our Russian fans kick some serious ass!
You managed to get some really talented and famous Russian voice actors on this project like Boris Repetur and Petr Glanc who voiced the Russian version of the new Apex Legends character Seer! But most importantly, you managed to get Damjan Mravunac to do a countdown in Russian for the survival game mode! Now tell me how that happened, and how would you rate Damjan's Russian?
I don't even remember how I got the idea, but I figured that if you'll have some professionals in the project, who may give it some Serious weight. Of course, we had no money to pay them for big roles, so I figured they might do some small roles just for the sake of love and appreciation for the people. That they did. It felt so awesome to have these guys in the project, but it was nothing compared to having a main Man from Croteam himself. Been a fan of this beast as long as I am Sam’s. So, when he gladly accepted to help I figured that the life I'm living is pretty much going in the right direction. How would I rate his Russian? 10 out of 10, my man! The little accent makes it even sexier!
⚪ Damjan makes everything sexier! But this interview is not about him, it’s about you, so what’s next for Samson within the Serious Sam community?
Well, I have some ideas for videos. Haven't done them in a while. One of them will be addressed to Croteam. That would be something like "Croteam, watch this video 2" if you have seen the first one. I’m just going to collect some thoughts from the community about what the next game may be (well just as the first one) and hope that our lords shall listen. I also have projects with a capital P ahead, though they are mostly for Russians. I just made a little mod for SS4 with my fellow Serious Sam Russian YouTuber Mr.Ogurchick. Cinematic Music. It adds Damjan’s tracks to cutscenes where there are none. I am not going anywhere. Serious Sam is truly a BIG part of my life, so whatever I do, it will be something Serious Sam related.
⚪ I wish you good luck with all those projects and I'm sure everyone at Croteam will watch the video with great interest! Big thank you for joining us in today's basement chat. Finally, the scene is all yours to share whatever you wish with the community or simply do a shout-out. See you in the next basement chat everyone.
A giant shout-out to you for having me here, to Mechanics VoiceOver for great voices and helping Russian Dub to live, to Croteam for making great games, Damjan for making great music and being a great man. Thank you John J Dick for being a great man, and giving me some advice in voice acting, Asdolg for technical support in Russian Dub, all voice actors in Rus Dub for their talent and passion, and thank you to all Serious Sam Fans for making this great community that I truly love. We all must stay together and do great things with this world. Just be sure to take some inspiration from Sam Stone. And remember: STAY SERIOUS!