Posted on: May 14, 2025
satanicslave
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 5
classic shooter
title says it all a classicshooter ..
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Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Description
In the near future, during their first interstellar travels, humans encounter a great evil that has been roaming the galaxy for the last few eons. This evil being is an incarnation of the last ancient immortals called Notorious Mental. Mental has set forth to wipe out the Human Race, just for fun, as it has with all the other civilizations in galactic history.
But the enemy has underestimated Earth’s defenses, a secret weapon left by the Sirians, an ancient race which fought against Mental on Earth in ancient times. This device, called the Timelock, will enable Special Forces veteran Sam 'Serious' Stone to return to the time of ancient Egypt and assassinate Mental, saving Mankind from extinction.
In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy and hi-tech devices are mixed with black magic and psychic powers, Sam travels from the beautiful world of ancient Egypt through many diverse planets, confronting hordes of Mental's hideous minions on his way to the final showdown at Notorious Mental's lair.
But the enemy has underestimated Earth’s defenses, a secret weapon left by the Sirians, an ancient race which fought against Mental on Earth in ancient times. This device, called the Timelock, will enable Special Forces veteran Sam 'Serious' Stone to return to the time of ancient Egypt and assassinate Mental, saving Mankind from extinction.
In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy and hi-tech devices are mixed with black magic and psychic powers, Sam travels from the beautiful world of ancient Egypt through many diverse planets, confronting hordes of Mental's hideous minions on his way to the final showdown at Notorious Mental's lair.
- Fight off wave after wave of countless cannon fodder and save mankind
- Addictive, fast-paced gameplay topped with cheesy, Duke Nukem-style one-liners
- Good level design with items, bottlenecks and cover in just the right places
Goodies
in-game soundtrack
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility.
Notice: Serious Sam: The First Encounter has an HTML manual available from the Start menu shortcut for the game.
Recommended system requirements:
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility.
Notice: Serious Sam: The First Encounter has an HTML manual available from the Start menu shortcut for the game.
Time to beat
6 hMain
8 h Main + Sides
12.5 h Completionist
7 h All Styles
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Posted on: May 24, 2013
Bearhug_at
Games: 1333 Reviews: 4
For the Soundtrack lovers...
I heard a lot of game soundtracks and the ones from the First and Second Encounter are one of my timeless classics which I never get tired of listening to. They are both mainly concussion-based and just don't get old. The 'War!!!' pieces in between from the major game fights stir nicely up the soundtrack.
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Posted on: November 5, 2016
rstaffjr
Verified ownerGames: 297 Reviews: 13
Best shooter
This is easily the best shooter I have ever played. I first saw this game as a $5 demo cd at walmart. I didn't have much money but wanted a new game to play, so I figured, why not? I was so impressed with it, I went out to get the full game, which was only 10 bucks at the time. During my multiple game plays, I have not encountered one bug. If there are any bugs, they are't noticable to where they affect the game play. Crotream did an amazing job with everything. I even think the soundtrack is one of the best and sometimes listen to it while I work. I was so totally hooked on this game that I get anything and everything that Croteam has made, including Talos Principle (2014 first person puzzle game). If it has been made from Croteam, it is worth 5 stars.
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Posted on: March 10, 2019
zerodin
Verified ownerGames: 500 Reviews: 86
Its Good Old Fashioned Shooting Goodness
Serious Sam is just what the doctor ordered, if your tired of narrative, cinematic driven shooters. No questions asked. Here's a gun, go kill something. The graphics have aged very well in this one, as has the aforementioned gameplay. This is a great game to turn your brain off, and just get lost in.
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Posted on: October 31, 2020
GumVonSchweetz
Verified ownerGames: 260 Reviews: 9
Both encounters are great!
The best game for chilling and killing some monsters
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