All Planets Are Earth-Like: Every planet in the game is depicted in a setting which doesn't vary much from Earth landscapes: M'Digbo is an African-like jungle, Magnor has swamps, high-altitude villages and a junkyard, Chi-Fang is the game's stand-in for China, Planet Kleer is an even eviler version of Australia, and Ellenier is a medieval land with plenty of contemporary European influence.Alien Sky: A lot of instances, considering the entire game consists of traversing alien planets.Alien Blood: Monsters come with three blood colors aside of red: green, purple and yellow.African Chant: The Magnor forest levels (and some of the levels in M'Digbo) feature action music with these stock sounds.Advancing Boss of Doom: The first part of the fight against Hugo and The Mental Institution. Once you get to the end of the level, it simply skips to the ending cutscene. Adapted Out: The Xbox port does not contain the final boss fight against The Mental Institution.Action Bomb: In addition to the Kamikazes and Marcel the Clown enemies, Sam also gets to use one in the form of a "heat-seeking" kamikaze parrot called Klodovic.Abnormal Ammo: Klodovic, the Kamikaze Parrot, is a suicidal parrot carrying a bomb."I knew it! There ain't no games without sewer levels." Lampshaded by Sam at the beginning of the level: Aside of its smell (which even NETRICSA complains about) it features a small amount of enemies compared with other levels in spite of its size. Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: The Sewer level which connects Kingsburg with the Castle of Rock in the Ellenier levels.On March 23, 2021, the game received an unannounced, surprise update which allows Sam to sprint, Rocket Jump and dual-wield all of his weapons, added two new weapons called the "BeamGun" (the Ghost Buster from the original documents for TFE) and a Flamethrower, a Legion-esque system for single-player and coop sessions which allows Sam to face SS4- levels of enemies, 12 new, previously unreleased maps for multiplayer, and a radar, and plenty of bug fixes and improvements.įollowed chronologically by a prequel to TFE, Serious Sam 3: BFE. Unlike the other main entries, this game hasn't received either an HD or VR release, in part due to its Troubled Production and plenty of Executive Meddling from 2K which led to Croteam first disowning the game, and then excising it completely from the SS canon, though Croteam has been hinting either a proper remake (more in line with TFE and TSE) or remaster of the game for quite a long time. All in all, it's easy to say that II is the least "Serious" of Sam's games. Vehicles are also introduced in the series, with Sam being able to use flying hovertanks, turrets and a spiked hamster ball. The weaponry has been overhauled, with a few returning weapons (both varieties of the Shotgun, the Grenade Launcher, the Rocket Launcher, the Serious Minigun, the Cannon, the Sniper Rifle and the Serious Bomb) joined by newer ones (a chainsaw gauntlet, a self-recharging blaster, a pair of Uzis and a bomb-carrying parrot). It also features a cartoony, almost comical look, which contrasts heavily with the previous games's more. The game is a step back regarding the previous installments, scaling back the horde and secret count, the weaponry and even the enemy variety. It's then up to Sam to retrieve and unify these pieces in order to put a definitive end to Mental and his army. Said artifact was broken into five pieces which were scattered across civilizations on five planets: the Simbas of M'Digbo, the Zixies of Magnor, the ChiChi of Chi-Fang, the Kleer of Planet Kleer and the Elvians of Ellenier. It's the third installment in the Serious Sam series.Īfter the events of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Sam has been summoned by three individuals who introduce themselves as the "Sirian Great Council" (the calm and collected Jebediah, the snarky Rajiv, and their leader, Rolanda) who brief him about a medallion created to weaken Sam's long time Arch-Enemy Mental. Serious Sam II is a First-Person Shooter videogame created by Croteam in 2004 and published by 2K Games for PC and Xbox.
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