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Serious Sam: The First Encounter

Description

When aliens ruled by the evil Mental attack Earth, it is up to Sam "Serious" Stone, one of the toughest guys on Earth, to time-travel back to Ancient Egypt in order to change history by defeating Mental back in the ancient times. The First Encounter tells about the first part of Sam's voyage through Egypt.

Serious Sam: The First Encounter is a high-adrenaline first-person shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. The game goes "back to roots" of the first-person shooter genre; it does not feature intricate story, character interaction or the need for careful tactics which were becoming common in the FPS's of its time, instead concentrating on epic battles where the player, armed with powerful weaponry, takes on tens or even hundreds of enemies at once.

Sam travels through deserts, Egyptian temples, palaces and cities, killing countless enemies and occasionally stopping to solve a more or less easy puzzle. There are many weapons to be found; they are all classic FPP armaments - shotguns, chainguns, rocket launchers etc., up to the most powerful weapon: a cannon which shoots devastating cannonballs. There are also many pick-ups, of course, containing ammo, health and armor.

The enemies come in many varieties - headless suicide bombers, giant bio-mechanical creatures that shoot missiles, scorpions with chainguns, bulls that charge at Sam, etc. There are also a couple of powerful bosses.

Sam has a mini-computer which contains basic info about the levels he's travelling through, weapons he collects and enemies he kills.

Alternate Titles

• "Крутой Сэм: Первая Кровь" -- Russian spelling
• "Serious Sam: המפגש הראשון" -- Hebrew spelling
• "Serious Sam: Premier contact" -- French title
• "Serious Sam: Pierwsze Starcie" -- Polish title
• "Serious Sam: O Primeiro Confronto" -- Brazilian title
• "Serious Sam: 1st Encounter" -- Informal title
• "Krutoj Sam: Pervaja Krov'" -- Russian title
• "シリアスサム ファーストエンカウンター" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Serious Engine
• Egyptian setting
• Serious Sam series

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User Reviews

My parents stopped me from playing this game, So I SHOT EM UP HARD-STYLE	Maw (827)
Serious Sam is here to stay!	Archagon (104)
The best FPS you'll play for a long time	El-ad Amir (111)
Contains ludicrous amounts of action that will liquify your brain.	Trixter (8860)
Solid, Fast-Paced FPS Action	NeoMoose (1113)
The Sun is God	Ashley Pomeroy (227)
You wouldn't hear me talking about this game after 5 years.	BigJKO (69)	unrated

The Press Says

Gamer's Pulse	Mar 28, 2001	97 out of 100	97
Imperium Gier	Oct 10, 2001	9.1 out of 10	91
Gameplanet	Apr 30, 2001		90
Game Vortex	2001	90 out of 100	90
ActionTrip	Mar 29, 2001	89 out of 100	89
GameSpot	Mar 26, 2001	8.9 out of 10	89
4Players.de	Apr 05, 2001	89 out of 100	89
Kingdom of Desire	Jun 24, 2006	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Over Online	Mar 31, 2001	84 out of 100	84
PC Action	Mar 21, 2001	77 out of 100	77

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Trivia

Serious Sam was THE first game to implement ATI's TrueForm graphics technology.