stan423321 wrote:foultzboyz wrote:Serious Sam II...meh. If I were new to the series, it'd be amazing to me as well, though as a veteran, I find it didn't act as a serious shooter. The first two played like real shooters with the hilarious humor not disrupting the excellent gameplay, though the first two had a very delicate formula for success and "II" messed with it way too much. The Serious Engine 2 is incredible though, though since the battles are much smaller in the game you can't see it's full potential. "II" wasn't bad, mostly disappointing, though "3"'s coming out and I'm excited to see what they do and for the engine.
Hoping they wouldn't make it too similar to typical shooter in case of humour...
Oh no--that's the way the first two were. They were hilarious ("2" wasn't that funny in comparison) and the humor element still didn't affect the formula that determined how they played, like what happened in Serious Sam 2. I still think Croteam knows what they're doing, and I think they'll correct the formula for the third one, since the second one was criticized for that by reviewers who were veterans to the series as well. I do highly recommend the First Encounter and the Second Encounter though. If you liked Serious Sam 2, you'll flip over the chaotic action in the first two. (It pushes it to the limit, though it's never too much for the player to handle. Within 45 minutes or so, I've seen levels where I'll get over like 650 kills--far more than the tame "2")
http://files.filefront.com/serioussamse ... einfo.html
^: Give the demo for Second Encounter a spin. The level itself is actually a mish-mash of the first two levels, where there's about half of the first level morphed with about half of the second level, though it's a good representation of what it's like...
That is all I can say ...