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The series famous for relentless intensity has returned bigger,
better looking and more frantic than ever before. Sam Stone
is back to rescue the universe one bullet at a time against
overwhelming hordes of time travelling enemies in Serious
Sam II. Built from the ground up with a completely new
engine, Serious Sam II delivers a shot of adrenaline
to the hearts of first person shooter fans across the world...
Serious
Sam II is
not the slickest looking game on the Xbox. In fact, to be
brutally honest, it looks bloody awful - more like an early
PSone game than an Xbox offering. But then the charm of the
crudely animated blue people and zombie stockbrokers starts
to grow on you after a while.
Sadly
though, unless you are online enabled, this game is just not
challenging enough. You can finish the off-line story mode
over a particularly slack weekend.
The
market is swamped with first person shooters (FPS) and there
are numerous games that are better looking, more intense,
and generally a lot better than this. But there is something
about Serious Sam II that just kept me coming back
for more.
The
levels are big and colourful and the enemies are relentless
when they swarm on you in droves, but this mindless fighting
soon becomes a little tiring. Those that plan on using their
brains for any sort of tactical play will be disappointed.
There's only one way to play this: finger firmly held on the
fire button while running around like a loon.
Another
thing that's worth mentioning is that there is a rather embarrassing
typo (I assume) regarding the first 'vehicle' you can travel
on. When you approach the dinosaur type creature near the
start of the game you are given the option to "enter"
it!!??
At
heart, Serious Sam II is a good old fashioned FPS with
very few surprises. Nothing more, nothing less.
Nick
Smithson
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