#SERIOUS SAM 2 REVIEWS SERIES#

the grafx in ss4 are indeed better than ss3. any ruins? any pyramids? nope! maybe in dlc? who knows. part 3 also had the best sound track, it completely fit the game. part 3 went a bit more realistic in the grafx department and i liked it. SS1 and 2 were cartoony, fun, catchy music, really fun in co op. The experience is compromised by the enormous firefights it’s gleefully sold on. Last gen's The Serious Sam Collection managed what felt like a locked 60fps at all times and this sequel really isn't that big a visual leap that the PlayStation 5 shouldn't be able to handle it. Anytime you’ve got a surplus of baddies on screen kicking up particles - which is almost all the time - the frame rate tanks. You’ve got the customary Quality/Performance toggle, but while the latter does provide 60 frames-per-second at times, it drops, and it drops hard. It’s a better-looking game than Serious Sam 3, but honestly? The difference isn’t that striking.

It’s challenging, with plenty of secrets and - for the first time - “side quests”, though these just lead to items and weapon caches rather than anything essential.

It's another shooter much like the last one, with mostly the same enemies and similar environments.

#SERIOUS SAM 2 REVIEWS SERIES#

That’s not to say it’s bad - it's another generally playable slice of carnage in the long-running series - but it’s also yet another prequel, a fifth game in which the villain, the tastefully named “Mental”, does not make an appearance. Serious Sam 4 almost immediately disappoints.

Serious sam 2 reviews