Posted on: December 31, 2013

NizBit

Games: 646 Reviews: 5

On my top 10 C00P list

One of my favorite coop FPS' Sam is one of those games that just begs to be taken with a tank of laughing gas. I find that many games now a days lack a good sense of humor. Either they take themselves too seriously, or the humor is just flat out annoying (at least to me). This game speaks my laugh language. On top of the humor the gameplay is great. It is incredibly fast paced and colorful. Every world there is something different to see. Even today I still enjoy the graphics. The engine itself is great. I remember I could play it on all of my computers, even the ones with crappy GPU's. This is a huge plus for me, since my favorite thing about this game is actually the coop mode. There is nothing like running through a ridiculously colorful world with your brothers blasting away aliens with lasers and cannons. After I beat the game the first time with my brothers (non stop) we had to start it over again at a harder level. There are so many ways to make the game continually harder, which means that you can always get better :) I highly recommend this game for anyone who wants to have some laughs with some friends and doesn't really care about the competitive side of gaming.

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Posted on: May 8, 2015

CMM1215

Verified owner

Games: 565 Reviews: 1

Very Impressed

I wasn't sure what to expect with Serious Sam since I haven't played a game in the series before. A friend recommended this to me and we played a little online together and I was hooked. Tons of action, great weapons, very little in the way of fluff. Absolutely LOVE this game. I've since grabbed some of the others. Thanks GOG!!

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Posted on: September 7, 2019

gianfranconerdi

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Games: 578 Reviews: 23

Fun during the first 3 hours

Quite fun during the first two or three hours, then becoming dull and samey to the point of desperation, with an awfully tedious final boss to boot. I do not find the enemies particularly appealing, and knowing that they kept a lot of them pretty much the same in the following chapters makes me less willing to engage with them. Also, I do not know why you'd buy it here when a remastered version exists elsewhere. Sure I found it more fun than Quake 4, but the game's idea of fun is to throw waves of bullet-spongy enemies at the player, and it doesn't help that the weapons lack any element of realism like reloading, and generally feel not particularly satisfying to use. Sure Doom I & II do the same, but they do it much better and have 100% better, more varied and interesting levels to explore. I'd recommend it, but only if found at a very steep discount.

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Posted on: September 30, 2020

Xlelight_Gaming

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Games: 17 Reviews: 1

A Classic Type Experience, New Graphics

Its a Classic Experience Fighting the Monsters, Moving Backwards,sidestepping, With A Impressive Graphics Of 2001 I cant Express How Much time i spend Playing this game and I took a Return to my Classic Experience. Love it <3

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Posted on: November 21, 2020

kenadrian

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Games: 368 Reviews: 78

Serious-ly Brutal

Serious Sam: The First Encounter is the first game of the Serious Sam series. In this one, Sam travels alone to Ancient Egypt to stop an alien invasion. I dub these kind of games as "one man army" games, because you play as one character with many weapons against hundreds, if not thousands of enemies, with several boss fights in between. More games like this are Duke Nukem, Shadow Warrior, Doom, Quake, and many others. If you like those kind of games, you'd most likely enjoy the Serious Sam franchise. As usual with one man army games, shooting and killing enemies play a major part in the gameplay. You'll have a great variety of weapons, and you are free to use them according to your play style or enemy type. However, these kind of games usually lack story content. You may have fun blowing up enemies, but don't expect a memorable story from these games.

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