Look Ma, I 'm a lumberjack !!!!
Croteam is back with a great sequel to Serious Sam. The Second Encounter adds a lot of features to the Serious Sam franchise. The trademark features of the Serious Sam series are still there such as huge maps, astounding number of enemies on screen at once and funny (for the moment) one liners. The added features include power-ups, more weapons (viz. the chainsaw, grenade launcher, etc.), more enemies including boss enemies as well. The Single Player/Co-op mode is better than the death-match mode. The maps in both modes are well built.
The death-match needs more attention the next time Serious Sam gets a sequel. As I said the maps in death-match mode are well built and they are wasted because of the bad death-match mode. If there are any map makers reading this review I suggest you redesign the death-match maps found in The Second Encounter for other game series like Quake, UT, etc.
There are different reasons the death-match mode is bad for instance you can easily be fragged by an inexperienced player. That can even turn into a plus point when you are playing with new gamers.
Well the game is worth it just for the Single Player/Co-op mode cause it is AWESOME. Play with increased difficulty with a number of gamers and you will see a completely different aspect of the game.
Get the game, play it, after you are done download some of the community submitted maps & mods and keep playing. (you will find them on www.seriouszone.com)