A total of 15 different munitions will be placed at your disposal, everything from classic stand-bys like the shotgun and the mini-gun all the way through to oddly exotic destruction-delivery systems like the homing parrot. There are more weapons by far in Serious Sam 2 than the first game and its expansion combined. Of course, you won't be just punching your way through the galaxy. Congratulations to Croteam for including this basic fact of life in their FPS! As it is in real life, behind every tough guy is the brains of a powerful woman. All this time, who knew? "Nettie" will give you hints as to where to go and what to do. It's been given an upgrade, can speak to you now, and happens to be a blue-skinned female. See new and interesting places, kill new and interesting enemies! What more could a macho guy in blue jeans and a t-shirt ask for? How about an upgrade to his neural interface? If you played the first game, you'll recall Netrisca, the artificial intelligence implant chip that helped Sam along his travels. The stage is set: go and wade through an astonishing number of mobs intent on stopping you from collecting these medallion shards. Each piece is on a different planet, either on the hands of the natives or in the hands of powerful acolytes of Mental (read as: end bosses). The council lisps their way through a plan for Sam to follow: collect five pieces of a medallion that can disrupt the invulnerability of Mental. Wouldn't you know it, but that just happens to be Mental, the same antagonist Sam was pursuing the first time around. They think Sam is "the One," prophesized to defeat the supreme naughtiness in the universe. They teleport Sam into their little slice of empty space and introduce themselves as the Sirian Council. The beginning of Serious Sam 2 sees three diminutive aliens dressed in Star Trek ensign uniforms (Trekkies, please don't kill me if I have that designation wrong) in a nebulous void standing on front of a massive viewscreen, observing our hero kicking gluteus maximus. With that in mind, my expectations have been extremely high for the sequel to 2001's sleeper hit. The over-the-top absurdity was just too funny not to enjoy, and those hours of ridiculous cartoon violence stand as my personal high-water mark for multiplayer fun. When I think of the good times I've had at LAN parties, the most intense experience I can recall was playing an eight-man (eight person - there was a woman amongst the combatants) run-through of Serious Sam and its expansion, The Second Encounter. "We can do this the hard way, or my way… They're basically the same thing." -Sam "Serious" Stone
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