New Serious Sam II details

By Ellie Gibson Published 6 July, 2005

Plus seriously good screenshots.

Croteam has revealed more details of the enemies you can expect to encounter in Serious Sam II, the forthcoming PC and Xbox FPS. There are also some nice new screenshots to look at.

If you're one of the millions of people who hate and fear clowns, SSII's Marcel is likely to give you nightmares. He lobs cakes containing plastic explosives that detonate on contact - but the good news is you can shoot them from long range, and they'll kill anything around them when they explode.

Then there are the Harpies, which were created out of leftover chicken legs and Levitating entities, and will rip you to shreds with their razor sharp talons if you're not careful.

Next up are the Martial Arts Zombies, whose flying cycle kicks pack an even nastier punch since they've been equipped with hooves instead of feet - not to mention deadly shurikens which can take you out from far away.

Rhino Cybertoys began life as cuddly toy animals, but their fluffy stuffing has been removed and replaced with exploding plasma fuel. They've also got titanium horns and can chase you down at turbo speed.

Rollerballs are basically marbles with spiky titanium casings. They're hard to avoid once they're on a roll, and long range rockets are probably your best bet - get too close and you'll be impaled on their spiny shells.

Zombie stockbrokers are the ghosts of young city types who committed suicide following a stock market crash and come equipped with heavy duty shotguns, while Beheaded Kamikaze soldiers can move at super-fast speeds and take you out with the new Sirian bomb of death.

Onan the Librarians are humanoid monstrosities armed with sharp axes and chrome shields, and Spider Mechanoids are speedy little creatures who attack in groups. Their insides are filled with poisonous acid and they can also shoot lethal spiderwebs at enemies.

Plus there are super-sized Spider Mechanoids, known as Mommies, which can endlessly spawn the smaller ones. They're not easy to bring down, either, since they have a protective coating that disintegrates metal on contact.

And finally there's Torso Mech - the nervous chicken. He vowed for revenge after watching Sam slay his father, Biomechanoid Major, and you'll find him facing of with Serious in several levels.

Serious Sam II is due out in the Autumn. In the meantime, you can read more about the game.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • ssuellid #1 7 years ago

    Excellent. A proper 'balls out' FPS and hopefully as funny and suprising as the last couple.

  • Darkedge #2 7 years ago

    Interesting as more details slip out - but whats up with the screenshots? they are in a really odd order and start with horrible cam shots of the demo that was shown at the GDC..

  • smoothpete #3 7 years ago

    I absolutely loved Serious Sam on xbox. Bring on endless enemies and no reloading!

  • MikeD #4 7 years ago

    Serious Sam has been a one off for me so far. second encounter and that 'next encounter 'game not coming close to the brilliant simplicisty of the first one.

    And though the game was never 'serious' (heh) I think the wacky and extremely colourful way the sequel is looking might not be my preferred direction. For all it's puns and secrets the first game did actually have the potential to amaze and even scare.

  • smelliot #5 7 years ago

    Serious Sam is awesome.

  • jack_klugman #6 7 years ago

    Unfamiliar with the first installment as I am, just how serious is Sam?

  • Genji #7 7 years ago

    Quite.

  • Ciaran #8 7 years ago

    'onan the librarian'... :D

    I enjoyed the first one, beautiful arcade-style madness. I remember that one level where there were hundreds of those headless screaming kamikaze soldiers running at you, and you had to shoot 'em all before reaching you.

    "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..."

    Must've played that bit thirty times over...

    /wipes away tear

  • L42yB #9 7 years ago

    I LOVE this game!!! :)
    Serious Sam is on of THE best FPS games ever. Remember the rooms with the gravity shifting? Or when you walk through the door, a bunch of mosters come charging at you and then, BLAM, everything goes black and all you can see is flashes of light from the rockets your firing... aaahhhhh... getting misty eyed...

    Anyway, in short, I can't wait for this one. Gonna be great, seriously. :)
    Edited by 2 at 07/07/05 @ 10:55

  • L42yB #10 7 years ago

    "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH Yourself!"

    Hehe

    Loved that bit too...

  • onlyps3 #11 7 years ago

    SS the original PC version was ok, ok for the day. All other versions released afterwards amounted to nothing more than sub standard FPS action. In orther words, they were crap!

    SSII is look rather good though ^_^
    Edited by 2 at 10/07/05 @ 16:52