Serious Sam: The First Encounter
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Serious Sam: The First Encounter

Croteam

2001•Shooter•ESRB M•About 17 hours

Taste attributes: actionscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, expansive shooter: pacy and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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About This Game

A first person shooter extravaganza where you take the role of Serious Sam, a badass killer whose goal is to defeat monsters commanded by Mental, an extraterrestrial entity that wants to destroy humanity. Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through the beautiful world of ancient Egypt and several diverse planets, confronting countless Mental's minions on his way to the Mental's base.Key Features Frantic Arcade-Style Action - Fight your way through 15+ nightmarish warriors in Mental's army, including the charging Sirian Werebull, screaming Headless Kamikaze and other crazy monsters, and finally challenge the multi-story Ugh-Zan boss!

Summary: IGDB

Screenshots

  • Serious Sam: The First Encounter screenshot
  • Serious Sam: The First Encounter screenshot
  • Serious Sam: The First Encounter screenshot
  • Serious Sam: The First Encounter screenshot

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Details

Developer
Croteam
Publisher
Gathering of Developers
Released
21 March 2001
Series
Serious Sam
Platforms
Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective
First person
Time to beat
14h rushed, 17h normally, 19h complete
Age rating
ESRB M
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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