I'm not even mad about the new art style. Having a creatively uncreative look is the least of the game's concerns and perhaps what has helped its visuals age a little better over the years. What's more concerning is how much of the Serious Sam formula is lobotomized in favor of extremely derivative and condensed level design that fails to challenge or satisfy. Not to mention, the creatively over-the-top style of the original has been replaced with painfully unfunny, incessant jokes and attempts at humor that have aged like milk. If they didn't make you cringe then, they'll certainly make you cringe now. Whether Croteam wanted to escape its roots or simply make compromises to release simultaneously with console, I don't know, but I'm glad that the series moved past this mis-step.