Mindless mayhem returnsWhen it came to mindless wall-to-wall action, Serious Sam was having more fun than any of us and now it appears Croteam isn't about to let things like "lack of story/depth" keep them from releasing an official sequel in their signature FPS action game series.?Love it or hate it for what it is, the carnage?continues?in Serious Sam II for the PC and Xbox this Fall and Croteam is promising even bigger hordes of enemies to mow down:
"'Gamers have been anxiously anticipating a full sequel ever since Serious Sam: The Second Encounter was released back in 2002,' said Christoph Hartmann, Senior Vice President of Publishing for 2K Games. 'The frantic action and lighthearted humor of Serious Sam really struck a chord with gamers worldwide, and with a brand new engine and greatly expanded gameplay, we think fans will agree that the return of Sam has been well worth the wait.''Our second generation Serious Engine allows us to create characters with over 100 times more detail than the last game,' added Roman Ribaric, CEO of Croteam Ltd, developers of Serious Sam II. 'This has allowed us to create huge, lush environments and even crazier enemies than before, without having to scale back the gameplay in any way. Gamers can rest assured that with the capabilities of our new engine, we?re not only going to match the record we set with the first Serious Sam for the most enemies on screen at one time, we?re going to surpass it.'"
Gamers can catch a sneek peek of the game in the upcoming June issue of Computer Games Magazine.