The first Serious Sam, which was called "Serious Sam, The Second Encounter," was a hoot because it was a first person shooter carried to a ludicrous extreme.  You didn't have a dozen enemies, you had hundreds and in a few cases thousands.  The arenas were huge, and looked pretty darn good. It was fast and intense, even if it was mostly overkill.

The game play is much worse, every five seconds you stop with another conversation or  a cut scene.  It also seems like some marketing maven decided cute was better, You have to do things like protect the little blue people with big eyes.  There's a big difference between being funny and stupidly juvenile.  I kept feeling like I was playing a Fisher-Price game with guns.

The graphics didn't look good, and the game engine seems to have some stability problems, it crashed my computer auto-detecting the video card.  Setting up the controls was also one of the most confusing dialogs I've seen.

Pretty much this entire game is a miss.  Buy the first Serious Sam, it's much better.
The first Serious Sam, which was called "Serious Sam, The Second Encounter," was a hoot because it was a first person shooter carried to a ludicrous extreme. You didn't have a dozen enemies, you had hundreds and in a few cases thousands. The arenas were huge, and looked pretty darn good. It was fast and intense, even if it was mostly overkill. The game play is much worse, every five seconds you stop with another conversation or  a cut scene. It also seems like some marketing maven decided cute was better, You have to do things like protect the little blue people with big eyes. There's a big difference between being funny and stupidly juvenile. I kept feeling like I was playing a Fisher-Price game with guns. The graphics didn't look good, and the game engine seems to have some stability problems, it crashed my computer auto-detecting the video card. Setting up the controls was also one of the most confusing dialogs I've seen. Pretty much this entire game is a miss. Buy the first Serious Sam, it's much better.