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, a...
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.
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
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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.
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Chilling game and killing kinds of monsters
Don't stop moving and shooting from the beginning to the end of the game
The game where there the only the Enjoying
First things first:
this game is awesome.
Pretty much the same kind of
mindless shooter as Painkiller is,
and almost as much fun.
As you wander from area to
area, an insane amount of monsters
will spawn from every corner,
wont let you progress, until you
blast all of them back where
they belong.
Just as in Painkiller,
you have to walk through HUGE maps,
and your state saves at checkpoints,
so you don't have to start over
the whole level, if you mess
things up.
However, in this case, each level
takes place at the same, egypt-like
setting, instead of Painkiller's
varied level designs.
They make up for this with
even faster and more furious action,
a cartoony, arcade-ish feel,
a tounge-in cheek attitude,
and our hero:
The kid-friendly lovechild of
Duke Nukem, and Ash from Evil Dead.
Sam is an mindless thug, but a
likeable one. And he doesn't swear,
so even your 9 year old nephew
can play this game.
(another similarity between this game
and duke is the optional 3rd person
view, which looks hillarious
especially when larger
weapons are equipped)
The weapons in this game are large and loud,
as they should be, and this is also
true to the enemies (my favorites are the
screaming, headless bombermen).
The music is cool, and the graphics were
brilliant at their time.
All-in-all, a totally mindless shooter, but
there's nothing wrong with that, if it's done well.
And Serious Sam is a rare gem: endless fun from
start, to finish.
One thing I don't understand though.
Why only The "First encounter"?
Where is the second?
(not to be confused with Serious Sam 2, which wasn't near this good)
I guess, both games would be a bit too much
content for ten bucks, but seriously...
... I sense a weekend promo approaching...;)
Positives:
+ State of the art graphics
+ Nice looking large levels
+ Good sound
+ Nice humour
+ Some puzzles
+ Some cool weapons and enemies
Negatives:
- Horrible difficulty spikes
- Hordes of enemies coming at you again and again for the entire game
- On higher difficulty levels its ridiculusly hard
- Frustrating and annoying
- Never ending enemies
- All levels are just large arenas that are made almost the same
- Absolutely no variation in gameplay
- The music gets very repetitive
Sorry Sam, this is was a serious disappointment.
Its more like a tech demo to show of the fantastic graphics engine than a full-fledged game.
The gameplay is so simple and ridiculus, it makes Doom a tactical shooter in comparison.
Total Score: 3.5/10
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