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Serious Sam 1st/2nd Encounter HD + Legend of the Beast DLC (PC)

Siberian Mayhem made me reminisce the good ole days so I decided to fire this up and finish it. I never truly finished it back then I was a kid and I just used cheats. But now I can finish it on normal and call them beat. 1st Encounter was a real tech demo and didn't really earn the classic formula until the last leg of the game but 2nd Encounter *smacks lips * is still good despite its flaws like the infamous bouncy bouncy room. I also got all the secrets while I'm at it and I absolutely hate Kleers now.

The DLC I thought was gonna be another short classic romp but it turned out to be a well-designed set of three stages where the aim was to starve your resources and toss you into a difficult situation. Your strongest weapon in this was the rocket launcher which you wouldn't get until the final level (you could snag it early but won't have the ammo for it). You don't even get the shotgun until close to halfway into the DLC, forcing you to suffer through the twin pistols you almost never use and the knife. Enemy placement was more tactical here that is to say theyre more varied and spread out than just send multiple Xs in a wave and let you deal with it. And that final boss was uhhh well I preferred it honestly even though it was a puzzle boss and a throwback at that.

I actually now want to finish SS2 and 3 properly; I never really got to before and just cheated them as a kid. I know SS2 sucks balls but recently it was updated to be less-sucky. I wanna see how the devs made it possible hahah call me a masochist. At the very least it'll tide my retro shooter hunger until Shadow Warrior 3 on March.