
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Croteam
Taste attributes: actionscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survival
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
IGDB rating
81 / 100
273 ratings
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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!
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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
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- Source
- IGDB
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