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Serious Sam: The First Encounter

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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, a...
Genre:
Shooter - Action - Sci-fi
Tags:
Action, Atmospheric, Sci-fi, Classic, Science, show 10 more... First-Person, Great Soundtrack, Funny, Multiplayer, Difficult, Gore, FPS, Shooter, Local Co-Op, Split Screen
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4.4/5

( 199 Reviews )

4.4

199 Reviews

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Product details
2001, Croteam, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows XP or Vista, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with...
Time to beat
6 hMain
8 h Main + Sides
12.5 h Completionist
7 h All Styles

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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.
  • 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:
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.

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.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
6 hMain
8 h Main + Sides
12.5 h Completionist
7 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Shooter - Action - Sci-fi
Tags:
Action, Atmospheric, Sci-fi, Classic, Science, show 10 more... First-Person, Great Soundtrack, Funny, Multiplayer, Difficult, Gore, FPS, Shooter, Local Co-Op, Split Screen
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2001-03-21T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Croteam / Devolver Digital
Size:
310 MB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Violence)
Game features
Multi-player
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
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User reviews

Posted on: November 15, 2021

Isolated

Verified owner

Games: 981 Reviews: 47

Kill all the things!

Very good shooter. There's even HD mod for it - so it doesn't look very old. Serious Sam: TFE Plus @ moddb.com

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Posted on: November 29, 2021

ethanvaZ

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Games: 52 Reviews: 2

Killer Fun

Classic FPS, its a simple shooter, nothing more. The arcade style gameplay is very enjoyable and satisfying, blasting monsters with the shotgun is so much fun. There are many hidden secrets you can find by exploring the map One minor annoyance is NETRISCA. It gives you info on mobs but if you ignore it, it flashes its icon. A thing to note - The game by default is not in widescreen mode. You can follow this article to resolve this : https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Serious_Sam:_The_First_Encounter#Widescreen_resolution

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Posted on: January 6, 2023

INF_11

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Games: 11 Reviews: 14

Funny Duke nukem style shooter !

Cool quotes, antic locations, and a lot of stupid enemies ! = a lot of fun ! HD version of game (its not this one) has modern graphic

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Posted on: January 19, 2024

wardenunit

Verified owner

Games: 123 Reviews: 43

are you serious?

Really, do i need to say it? It's a must have. Fun and entertaining music, fast gameplay, a lot of secrets to explore, funny story, funny voice acting, frustrating and funny looking enemies. I hear laughing is the best medicine and in this game you will have a lot of moments to laugh. This game should not be taken to seriously.

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Posted on: October 27, 2020

wilkan

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Games: 509 Reviews: 157

Quake3-Skinned Engine Demo & Horde Mode

NOT RECOMMENDED. The game starts repeating itself after the first kill. It's extremely brainless and there won't be any pay-off for anything you do in it. Any progression is usually rewarded by spawning yet another Horde-Mode-styled wave of enemies to kill for no gain. Good: + The tech is okay for an FPS. Bad: -Super-repetitive. -Relies on player stepping on a specific spot to trigger a necessary enemy wave spawn. -Has numerous "collect X items to continue" segments, which do not belong to an FPS. -Only 4 to 6 hours long. -THe last fight is a stupid puzzle with ring-jumping instead of a straight one. -Most of the time you will be trying to find the spawned enemies. -Enemies will be spawning in places that you already cleared. -Looking for those artifacts to solve classic FPS door puzzles sucks and is boring af. -It has a sewer level.

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