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Serious Sam: The First Encounter

Serious Sam: The First Encounter

2001 ~17h to beatShooterIndieActionScience fiction

4.2/5

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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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ActionScience fiction

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Developer

Croteam

Publisher

Gathering of Developers

Release date

21 Mar 2001

Metacritic

83

HowLongToBeat

~17h

Community rating

81.0 / 5(267)

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XboxPC (Microsoft Windows)

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