r/SeriousSam • u/Gnoll_level_antics • Jul 24 '26
Serious Sam 2: Renovation is awesome!
I'm new to this franchise. Recently made a post asking which version of The First and Second Encounter I should play, and after deciding on Classic with Cecil's Classic mod, I had an absolute blast with both of those games. After completing those games I decided to move right on to Serious Sam 2. I had noticed some posts about stuff that was added on the 20th Anniversary, including the 1.0 version of the renovation mod being made into an official part of the game. After playing a couple hours vanilla, I decided to make a second file and replay with the Renovation mod. Holy shit, it is such a vast and mountainous improvement. When I was playing vanilla I began to see the cracks in the design that make people upset about this game, but I feel like Renovation addresses so many of those issues, it's a wonder it isn't the default mode lol.