Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
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Serious Sam: The Second Encounter continues where The First Encounter left off. While on his way to Mental in the Sirian spacecraft he discovered in ancient Egypt the ship collides with something and crashes in Mesoamerica. With the ship damaged beyond repair Sam is once again trapped in hostile territory. But it seems the Sirians left a second backup spacecraft somewhere on earth.
To reach the spacecraft you have to fight your way through Mentals hordes that attack in great number and several waves across the ancient temples of Mesoamerica and Babylon to finally reach Medieval Europe where the final boss Mordekai the Summoner awaits. The game offers several new weapons like a chainsaw, flamethrower, sniper rifle, and a device called the Serious Bomb that will kill all enemies in a certain radius. New enemies include Cucurbito the Pumpkin a creature wielding a chainsaw, Zorg mercenary and commanders armed with rifles, large creatures called Zumb'uls wielding a twin rocked launcher and Fiendian Reptiloid Demons that attacks with fire balls from a great distance.
In 2010 the game received a HD remake.
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- Serious Sam: המפגש השני - Hebrew spelling
- Крутой Сэм: Второе Пришествие - Russian spelling
- シリアスサム セカンドエンカウンター - Japanese spelling
- 英雄萨姆:第二次遭遇 - Simplified Chinese spelling
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Average score: 83% (based on 36 ratings)
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Average score: 4.1 out of 5 (based on 73 ratings with 7 reviews)
Just when you thought Serious Sam couldn't get more serious!
The Good
The gameplay in Serious Sam is unlike any other FPS to date. Unlike normal FPS games, you are thrust into battle with wave after wave of enemies. The battles are intense, satisfying and almost make you forget to breathe at some moments. The graphics engine handles everything perfectly, even with hundreds of enemies on the screen charging right at you. Even better, this second incarnation of Serious Sam has even more of the sadistic humor of the first. One-liners such as "Hey, didn't I kick your ass two rooms back" result in great laughs.
Even the multiplayer package is top-notch, with cooperative play, deathmatch, capture the flag and several other modes of play. The engine even supports split-screen play. You can get on the internet with three of your friends all plugged in to the same computer and play online. No other games out there can do this except for the first Serious Sam.
Still not sold? How about the fact that the game only costs $20!!! It's a game you can't afford to ignore.
The Bad
The only thing not to love about Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is that the single player game is somewhat short. Thankfully if you decide to dig up all the secrets you will find the game becomes much longer.
The Bottom Line
Simply put, Serious Sam is the fastest and the purest FPS ever released. In my opinion it is currently one of the best games of all time.
Windows · by NeoMoose (1231) · 2002
HE'S BACK, BIGGER AND MORE STEROIDIER THAN EVER
The Good
This game blew my freakin' mind. It was actually the first ever fps that I played and it's the one that got me started into fps games. The gameplay looks more solid than Sam's biceps, and that's pretty solid! I love the outlandish weapons, freaky monsters, and the colourful enviroments.
My only problem with this game are the graphics and the multiplayer, but I'll touch on that later. The music is also an accomplishment to me. And the blood and gore make me sht my pants everytime I play.
The Bad
Here are the not-so-great parts. Well, the story isn't all that interesting. I forced myself to play through the story mode (although the gore was fun). And there really was no point to it in the end. The multiplayer isn't exactly solid. And don't start about the graphics.... otherwise everything's great!!
The Bottom Line*
BUY IT
Windows · by markthe5th (1) · 2008
Onslaught of action in great environments.
The Good
First, read the review for the part one.
Now, after reading... This is the sequel. It has the same advantages as the original; it does not cost very much and there is still no plot, but there are MORE monsters, MORE gore and MORE action. Additionally, the Second Encounter solves one of the biggest flaws of the original game- the constant Egyptian environment. You'll face many new scenarios, from lush jungles to fearsome medieval castles.
The Bad
The game has many battle scenes; while each one is original, some of them are very annoying, especially those that involve monsters zooming chaotically around the screen. Luckily, there are only two such short scenes in the entire game.
The Bottom Line
Still no plot and still no thinking required; just tap the mouse button as fast as possible, frag as many meanies as you can, and play till your head falls off.
Windows · by El-ad Amir (116) · 2002
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The additional developer, "A Few Screws Loose", helped develop the multiplayer code.
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Game added by NeoMoose.
Additional contributors: Trixter, Unicorn Lynx, phlux, tarmo888, tbuteler, Foxhack, Blod, lights out party, Crawly, Stratege, vicrabb.
Game added January 26, 2002. Last modified April 9, 2024.