It continues everything important to a serious sam game (aside from the lack of a more distinct and cartoony art style that benefited the gameplay as well as our eyes) all while trimming the (loads) of fat present in serious sam 3. Maintains its status as an extremely challenging game while being far less intentionally cruel than the first and second encounter. Don't trust big reviewers (ever) and unfortunately gmanlives also must have smoked some crack before his review.
If you enjoy hectic skill based shooters, you will be hard pressed not to enjoy this for its reasonable full price of 45$ or inevitable sale prices.
Thank you croteam for delivering a wonderful experience for us to enjoy during these hard times, and for clearly having heard our complaints with serious sam 3, and bringing us your A game.