This may be the worst game that I enjoyed playing and would still recommend. But only to fans of boomer shooters. There's a lot of bullshit that many FPS gamers (rightfully) shun these days. The whole game is essentially this:
1. You enter a large, empty space.
2. Dozens of enemies spawn in front of you, and another dozen spawns behind you.
3. You kill them all.
4. You approach the key item or door.
5. Steps 2-4 repeat (maybe more than once).
If you play this, make sure to start on Easy since that's what the devs intended as the "Normal" difficulty (even though there is a difficulty called Normal; baffling decision there, I know).
1. You enter a large, empty space.
2. Dozens of enemies spawn in front of you, and another dozen spawns behind you.
3. You kill them all.
4. You approach the key item or door.
5. Steps 2-4 repeat (maybe more than once).
If you play this, make sure to start on Easy since that's what the devs intended as the "Normal" difficulty (even though there is a difficulty called Normal; baffling decision there, I know).
This has to be one of the dumbest FPS games I have ever played and I hold zero nostalgia for it, but I definitely like it for all the wrong reasons. Vast open zones that are undeniably far too big, guns that feel fine most of the time but don't help as much as you'd want when you're trapped in literally seconds by an unbelievably massive horde. This game is a staple of its time and teaches all the lessons that nobody should take, but I can't lie it is pretty fun to play.
I find serious sam games very boring
Fue volver a mi infancia otra vez solo que con mejores graficos. Es simplemente hermoso volver a jugar con Sam que claramente toma todo lo bueno que tenia Duke con un humor menos cringe en cierto punto y con muchisima mas variedad de enemigos y significativamente mas dificil y abrumador. Hermoso.
You have no Idea how disappointed I was when I realised this wasn't a HD remake of the original Serious Sam as a kid
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a fun action-packed fps with lots of guns to shoot and enemies to kill. I had a blast playing this game.
played this is one day with a couple friends during one of steams summer sales, it was alright, all I remember are those fuckers with no head screeching towards you with bombs on either hand
Despite several attempts I don't see the pull for this game despite that fact it's very, VERY difficult fps. I swear it's like someone put something like this to try and force competition with everyone. I really don't see any story or why people seem to love this game so much.
Update: going back and accepting I don't have the mad (or Serious) reflexes needed for this game I lowered the difficult from Serious and found I had a lot more fun with it and have advanced through many different temple stages, though difficulty still amps up quite high, especially with Kamikazes attacking you!
Honestly though, this game is pure gold. I love it's humour, I love how it's never static where creatures spawn. If you try being smart like I try to be, you get attacked by that damn Kamikazes so I suggest headphones or decent speakers as you will need to listen for the "AAAAAHHHHH" before it's too late and you get blown to pieces.
There are many things to love about this game with it's design and the design of some of the strange otherworldly creatures who see you as an immediate threat and attack you in their own ways, the monster logs making this more fun to learn about these creatures and where they come from.
I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to play an old-school FPS. No school like the old school with FPSs imo. Especially on the PC where we've had classics like Doom and Wolfenstein back in the day that invented the genre.
Update: going back and accepting I don't have the mad (or Serious) reflexes needed for this game I lowered the difficult from Serious and found I had a lot more fun with it and have advanced through many different temple stages, though difficulty still amps up quite high, especially with Kamikazes attacking you!
Honestly though, this game is pure gold. I love it's humour, I love how it's never static where creatures spawn. If you try being smart like I try to be, you get attacked by that damn Kamikazes so I suggest headphones or decent speakers as you will need to listen for the "AAAAAHHHHH" before it's too late and you get blown to pieces.
There are many things to love about this game with it's design and the design of some of the strange otherworldly creatures who see you as an immediate threat and attack you in their own ways, the monster logs making this more fun to learn about these creatures and where they come from.
I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to play an old-school FPS. No school like the old school with FPSs imo. Especially on the PC where we've had classics like Doom and Wolfenstein back in the day that invented the genre.
nostalji
👨👩👦 Hitap Ettiği Kesim 👨👩👦
❌ Çocuklar
✅ Gençler
✅ Yetişkinler
✅ Oyuncular
❌ Hardcore Oyuncular
🌆 Grafikler 🌆
✅ Patates
❌ İdeal
❌Güzel
❌ Müthiş
❌ Fevkaladenin fevkinde
📖 Hikaye 📖
❌ Hikaye ne demek
❌ Akasya Durağı ile kapışır
✅ Orta
❌ İyimiş
❌ Süper
❌ Etkileyici
💰 Fiyat - Performans 💰
❌ Beleş
❌ Ucuz
✅ Orta
✅ İndirimde Al
❌ Pahalı
❌ Çok Pahalı
💻 Sistem Gereksinimleri 💻
✅ Tost Makinesi
❌ EBA Canavarı
❌ İyi PC
❌ İyi bir Ekran kartı ve İşlemci
❌ Nasa PC'si
⌛️ Oynanış Süresi ⌛️
❌ Tek oturuşta biter (1-2 Saat)
❌ Kısa (2-8 Saat)
✅ Normal (8-30 Saat)
❌ Uzun (60+ Saat)
❌ Arka Sokaklar
⚙️ Zorluk ⚙️
❌ Babaannem bile oynar
❌ Kolay
✅ Orta
✅ Kolay - Zor seçimi var
❌ Dark Souls'la kapışır
🇹🇷 Türkçe Dil Desteği 🇹🇷
✅ Yok ama gerek de yok
❌ Olsa iyi olurdu
❌ Ameriga bizi kıskanıyor
❌ Var
🎧 Ses - Müzik 🎧
✅ Atmosferi hissettiriyor
✅ Aksiyon sahnelerinde kulaklığın sesini kısmak gerek
❌ Rahatsız edici miktarda müzik var
❌ Ses Müzik tamamen kapatılmalı
🔮 Oyun Modları 🔮
❌ Multiplayer
✅ Singleplayer
😡 Bug var mı 😡
✅ Hiç Yok
❌ Rahatsız Etmiyor
❌ Cyberpunk 2077
🎮 Sarıyor mu 🎮
✅ Evet
❌ Ehhh işte
❌ Hayır
Efsanevi Serious Sam Serisi'nin ilk oyunu. Şiddet bağımlısıysanız ya da rahatlamak için düşman parçalamak istiyorsanız bence mükemmel bir tercih. Tam bir hikayeye sahip olmasa da bence baya iyi ve denenebilir bir oyun. 🥇🅐🅛🅣🅘🅝🥇
❌ Çocuklar
✅ Gençler
✅ Yetişkinler
✅ Oyuncular
❌ Hardcore Oyuncular
🌆 Grafikler 🌆
✅ Patates
❌ İdeal
❌Güzel
❌ Müthiş
❌ Fevkaladenin fevkinde
📖 Hikaye 📖
❌ Hikaye ne demek
❌ Akasya Durağı ile kapışır
✅ Orta
❌ İyimiş
❌ Süper
❌ Etkileyici
💰 Fiyat - Performans 💰
❌ Beleş
❌ Ucuz
✅ Orta
✅ İndirimde Al
❌ Pahalı
❌ Çok Pahalı
💻 Sistem Gereksinimleri 💻
✅ Tost Makinesi
❌ EBA Canavarı
❌ İyi PC
❌ İyi bir Ekran kartı ve İşlemci
❌ Nasa PC'si
⌛️ Oynanış Süresi ⌛️
❌ Tek oturuşta biter (1-2 Saat)
❌ Kısa (2-8 Saat)
✅ Normal (8-30 Saat)
❌ Uzun (60+ Saat)
❌ Arka Sokaklar
⚙️ Zorluk ⚙️
❌ Babaannem bile oynar
❌ Kolay
✅ Orta
✅ Kolay - Zor seçimi var
❌ Dark Souls'la kapışır
🇹🇷 Türkçe Dil Desteği 🇹🇷
✅ Yok ama gerek de yok
❌ Olsa iyi olurdu
❌ Ameriga bizi kıskanıyor
❌ Var
🎧 Ses - Müzik 🎧
✅ Atmosferi hissettiriyor
✅ Aksiyon sahnelerinde kulaklığın sesini kısmak gerek
❌ Rahatsız edici miktarda müzik var
❌ Ses Müzik tamamen kapatılmalı
🔮 Oyun Modları 🔮
❌ Multiplayer
✅ Singleplayer
😡 Bug var mı 😡
✅ Hiç Yok
❌ Rahatsız Etmiyor
❌ Cyberpunk 2077
🎮 Sarıyor mu 🎮
✅ Evet
❌ Ehhh işte
❌ Hayır
Efsanevi Serious Sam Serisi'nin ilk oyunu. Şiddet bağımlısıysanız ya da rahatlamak için düşman parçalamak istiyorsanız bence mükemmel bir tercih. Tam bir hikayeye sahip olmasa da bence baya iyi ve denenebilir bir oyun. 🥇🅐🅛🅣🅘🅝🥇
Funny guy with guns 😂👌
Ahora en serio, me sorprende la mala leche que tiene este juego con el jugador, es un no parar de retos absurdos que en un principio parecen imposibles. Eso sí, técnicamente está muy bien para su época. Y es que de hecho es un producto de su época, para demostrar cuantos enemigos podían poner a la vez en una misma pantalla y que tan grandes podían ser los mapas. A día de hoy algunos aspectos importantes llegan a cansar, pero su jugabilidad arcade es lo suficientemente divertida.
Ahora en serio, me sorprende la mala leche que tiene este juego con el jugador, es un no parar de retos absurdos que en un principio parecen imposibles. Eso sí, técnicamente está muy bien para su época. Y es que de hecho es un producto de su época, para demostrar cuantos enemigos podían poner a la vez en una misma pantalla y que tan grandes podían ser los mapas. A día de hoy algunos aspectos importantes llegan a cansar, pero su jugabilidad arcade es lo suficientemente divertida.
This game is bloody fun and serious !!! Killing a ton of monsters with different guns made me feel like a badass.
A great improvement to the all time classic.
Serious Sam, even today, radiates its charm, albeit likely through rose-tinted nostalgia glasses. In terms of gameplay, it mostly boils down to "keep your finger on the trigger," spend most of your time running backwards, and occasionally strafe. While the weapons are wonderfully diverse, there's little reason to switch between them other than "Weapon A deals more damage than Weapon B." The levels are beautifully designed, and the time-travel setting takes you to impressive locations that felt incredibly vast for their time.
Where the game truly shines is in its multiplayer co-op mode, especially when played with a group of silly friends. That's when beautiful chaos unfolds, and together you hack and slash your way through hordes of hundreds and hundreds of enemies. All of this is underscored by a banging soundtrack. Nowadays, Serious Sam may not appeal to everyone, but it certainly holds a special place in my heart.
Where the game truly shines is in its multiplayer co-op mode, especially when played with a group of silly friends. That's when beautiful chaos unfolds, and together you hack and slash your way through hordes of hundreds and hundreds of enemies. All of this is underscored by a banging soundtrack. Nowadays, Serious Sam may not appeal to everyone, but it certainly holds a special place in my heart.
Peak arena shooter. Badass arsenal and a pretty fitting campaign, completing Serious difficulty is a feat.
This game was pure garbage 🤷🏻♂️
gioco di merda
Never played the Serious Sam games before besides a very short five minute session in "The Next Encounter" when I was a kid on my PS2. How the fuck did I not know about Serious Sam? I'm a huge HUGE Doom fan, or fan of old school FPS in general, this is like Doom Eternal in 2001! I had so much fun with Serious Sam and if you are a fan of old school shooters and haven't played this, YOU'VE GOT TO.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is not only a good game, but an absolutely great game, and definitely the best game to ever come out of Croatia (sorry, Doodle Jump). It has all the bombastic action and weapon/encounter variety of 2016's DOOM (our modern watermark FPS) in a 2001 game. It created a "horde management" niche that has to this day been largely untapped in the arena of campaign FPS games. You even see its influence today in releases like MachineGames's "Call of the Machine" campaign for Quake II.
In Serious Sam, each enemy is visually distinct and has a specific way you need to deal with it. Certain weapons make short work of certain enemies, and mixed hordes are common. You will use all of your arsenal pretty consistently throughout the game, which sets it apart from a lot of shooters. Some enemies lunge at you when they get a certain distance. Some shoot slow moving projectiles. Some will charge mindlessly, locking you into a matador duel regardless of whatever else you're currently contending with. The sole hitscan enemy is all but stationary, making him incredibly avoidable with proper footwork. Shooting is key in this game in that you need to always be doing it, and movement is key in that you need to always be thinking about it. Levels are universally wide-open arenas, some of them literally featureless, and all with an ancient Egyptian theme. There are health/ammo pickups littered about in seemingly random spots, and you are going to need most of them to make it through. The series is famously characterized by the sheer number of enemies thrown at you at once. Even Painkiller pales in comparison--you slay entire armies in this game. There were multiple times I just lost it, cracking up at how ridiculous the on-screen action was. In terms of game mechanics, it feels like a game designed by geniuses. In terms of tone, style, and level design, it feels like a game designed by five year olds. The juxtaposition is so sincere in its presentation that I can't help but love Serious Sam.
If the entire game was designed like the first half, this would unquestionably be my favorite FPS game. Unfortunately, in the back half the cracks really start to show in the formula. The sheer number of enemies the game throws at you combined with the openness of the arenas leads to mindless save scumming as you frequently find yourself in unwinnable scenarios. These levels need to be designed with a healthy respect for the mechanics that were crafted with such care. The final level in particular is so poor and thoughtless that I'll admit I would have rated the game five stars if it ended one level earlier. The final boss left a sour taste in my mouth--in a game with fantastic boss encounters, he was the worst part of the experience. I am fairly certain a scripted event bugged during my playthrough as well, and I had to cheat to proceed.
That aside, I'm certain that the 2016 DOOM developers played and studied this game, and now I have as well. Serious Sam: The First Encounter demonstrates that you can design a first-person shooter so well and make it so fun to play that you barely need to have levels. It makes me think back to the early id Software games that are actually held back by their level design, and how differently I might have felt about a Sam-style Wolfenstein 3-D.
In Serious Sam, each enemy is visually distinct and has a specific way you need to deal with it. Certain weapons make short work of certain enemies, and mixed hordes are common. You will use all of your arsenal pretty consistently throughout the game, which sets it apart from a lot of shooters. Some enemies lunge at you when they get a certain distance. Some shoot slow moving projectiles. Some will charge mindlessly, locking you into a matador duel regardless of whatever else you're currently contending with. The sole hitscan enemy is all but stationary, making him incredibly avoidable with proper footwork. Shooting is key in this game in that you need to always be doing it, and movement is key in that you need to always be thinking about it. Levels are universally wide-open arenas, some of them literally featureless, and all with an ancient Egyptian theme. There are health/ammo pickups littered about in seemingly random spots, and you are going to need most of them to make it through. The series is famously characterized by the sheer number of enemies thrown at you at once. Even Painkiller pales in comparison--you slay entire armies in this game. There were multiple times I just lost it, cracking up at how ridiculous the on-screen action was. In terms of game mechanics, it feels like a game designed by geniuses. In terms of tone, style, and level design, it feels like a game designed by five year olds. The juxtaposition is so sincere in its presentation that I can't help but love Serious Sam.
If the entire game was designed like the first half, this would unquestionably be my favorite FPS game. Unfortunately, in the back half the cracks really start to show in the formula. The sheer number of enemies the game throws at you combined with the openness of the arenas leads to mindless save scumming as you frequently find yourself in unwinnable scenarios. These levels need to be designed with a healthy respect for the mechanics that were crafted with such care. The final level in particular is so poor and thoughtless that I'll admit I would have rated the game five stars if it ended one level earlier. The final boss left a sour taste in my mouth--in a game with fantastic boss encounters, he was the worst part of the experience. I am fairly certain a scripted event bugged during my playthrough as well, and I had to cheat to proceed.
That aside, I'm certain that the 2016 DOOM developers played and studied this game, and now I have as well. Serious Sam: The First Encounter demonstrates that you can design a first-person shooter so well and make it so fun to play that you barely need to have levels. It makes me think back to the early id Software games that are actually held back by their level design, and how differently I might have felt about a Sam-style Wolfenstein 3-D.
I don't even know what this was. I gave up quick
This review contains spoilers
Nice upgrade from the original game with some extra content.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter was the first ever remake that I bought and was excited for, before it became a standard for a quick cash grab. At the time, I was hyped and amazed by how good the old gem of a game looked all of a sudden.
In the core, it is still the exact same game. The earth is under attack by Mental and his alien horde and earth is overrun, lost completely in disarray. In a desperate attempt to turn the tide, you are teleported back in time to ancient Egypt to, hopefully, change the course of history in favor of humanity. You travel to different parts of Egypt, including Karnak, Luxor, the suburbs of ancient Cairo and the Valley of the Kings.
On your journey, hordes and hordes of Mentals monsters attack you from all directions and you blast your way to the Great Pyramid, where you defeat Ugh-Zan IV, Mentals most powerful general. After that, you leave a phone message for Mental, telling him that you are coming for his ass and then fly away in your spaceship, which is put down by stupid Serious Sam fans flying in a rocket crate cart and crash into you, starting the Second Encounter.
The graphics are nice and polished. Enemy models, the weapons and the environments are more detailed and look very good. You can new gib every enemy, including the Bio Mechanoids. The gore is the biggest improvement here. More body parts, more blood, more carnage. I almost sound like a maniac praising this kind of stuff. I really liked the new look of the Biomechanoids, they look a lot more aggressive and dangerous.
I have to say that I did not necessarily liked the new models for Ugh-Zan IV and the Alduran Reptiloids. They looked a little cartoony and goofy in comparison to their original counterparts. Also, the mechanic in which the Scythian Witch Harpies caried Kamikazes to the field, is no more due to issues with the improved Serious Engine. A little disappointing but not the end of the world.
The sound and music are unchanged, besides some weapon firing sounds are enemy grunts.
Games like Diablo II: Resurrected and many more this day, offer only an upgrade on the graphics and nothing more. Serious Sam HD: The first encounter however offers a little more, something that I can respect. You now got a survival mode, in which you can earn medals, the longer you survive, you got different multiplayer modes like Beast Hunt and My Burden. Although this modes never gained much popularity, it is a nice variation for those who liked it. They did include new multiplayer Deathmatch maps however, which is always nice.
A special note must be made for the split-screen functionality that the game still has. Back in the day, it was nothing special, but today, split screen is dying so more copies of a game can be sold (right EA?) so every game that still has it, earns my respect.
In conclusion, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a nice upgrade in terms of visuals, offers some new multiplayer features and made the game feel fresh. However, looking back, it was not entirely necessary and with the knowledge of today, with remakes being a business model, I am glad that I experienced this remake in a fun and positive way. I believe this is mainly because I have mad respect for Croteam and its developers and so far, they did not disappoint in their sequels and games.
For this personal reason, I would surely recommend it.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter was the first ever remake that I bought and was excited for, before it became a standard for a quick cash grab. At the time, I was hyped and amazed by how good the old gem of a game looked all of a sudden.
In the core, it is still the exact same game. The earth is under attack by Mental and his alien horde and earth is overrun, lost completely in disarray. In a desperate attempt to turn the tide, you are teleported back in time to ancient Egypt to, hopefully, change the course of history in favor of humanity. You travel to different parts of Egypt, including Karnak, Luxor, the suburbs of ancient Cairo and the Valley of the Kings.
On your journey, hordes and hordes of Mentals monsters attack you from all directions and you blast your way to the Great Pyramid, where you defeat Ugh-Zan IV, Mentals most powerful general. After that, you leave a phone message for Mental, telling him that you are coming for his ass and then fly away in your spaceship, which is put down by stupid Serious Sam fans flying in a rocket crate cart and crash into you, starting the Second Encounter.
The graphics are nice and polished. Enemy models, the weapons and the environments are more detailed and look very good. You can new gib every enemy, including the Bio Mechanoids. The gore is the biggest improvement here. More body parts, more blood, more carnage. I almost sound like a maniac praising this kind of stuff. I really liked the new look of the Biomechanoids, they look a lot more aggressive and dangerous.
I have to say that I did not necessarily liked the new models for Ugh-Zan IV and the Alduran Reptiloids. They looked a little cartoony and goofy in comparison to their original counterparts. Also, the mechanic in which the Scythian Witch Harpies caried Kamikazes to the field, is no more due to issues with the improved Serious Engine. A little disappointing but not the end of the world.
The sound and music are unchanged, besides some weapon firing sounds are enemy grunts.
Games like Diablo II: Resurrected and many more this day, offer only an upgrade on the graphics and nothing more. Serious Sam HD: The first encounter however offers a little more, something that I can respect. You now got a survival mode, in which you can earn medals, the longer you survive, you got different multiplayer modes like Beast Hunt and My Burden. Although this modes never gained much popularity, it is a nice variation for those who liked it. They did include new multiplayer Deathmatch maps however, which is always nice.
A special note must be made for the split-screen functionality that the game still has. Back in the day, it was nothing special, but today, split screen is dying so more copies of a game can be sold (right EA?) so every game that still has it, earns my respect.
In conclusion, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a nice upgrade in terms of visuals, offers some new multiplayer features and made the game feel fresh. However, looking back, it was not entirely necessary and with the knowledge of today, with remakes being a business model, I am glad that I experienced this remake in a fun and positive way. I believe this is mainly because I have mad respect for Croteam and its developers and so far, they did not disappoint in their sequels and games.
For this personal reason, I would surely recommend it.
There's a very easygoing quality to the gameplay here; I'm not just talking about the Quake-ish shooting, but also the sprawling environments and bright visuals. That said, as the game goes on, there's a feeling of samey-ness that begins to pervade every improvised combat arena, every scripted rush of enemies. Though the game attempts to ratchet up the scale and methods of destruction, the staleness eventually had me pulling up podcasts to listen to as I closed in on the end of the game.
I get what the Serious Sam games are going for, but you need more than just a massive fuckload of enemies on the screen to be a fun FPS. I've tried getting through this, but it gets boring after a few levels when you realize it's literally nothing but killing waves of enemies. It's about the same thing as opening up gm_flatgrass in Garry's Mod and spawning a bunch of fast zombies. At least in Garry's Mod the weapons actually feel good to use.
A game that knows mot to take itself too seriously, pun intended. With a pretty stellar art style and weapon roster to keep the gameplay fresh.
É uma merda do caralho, mas se jogar com mais 9 orangotango fica muito engraçado
kill
it's pretty cool, plus the remastered side of things is very good
This game is not for the faint of heart. It is seriously challenging even on normal difficulty. Granted I'm not exceptionally gifted at this genre, but I consider myself decent and I was really only able to beat it by completing it in co-op. Which having co-op is a big plus. Trying to run through levels shooting dinosaurs, demons, and aliens with a friend as fast as possible is always a good time.
Idk, game aged poorly. After Doom Eternal and tons of modern retro shooters this game is like a joke, tecno demo of an engine they say, and it is. I was enjoying it in childhood, but know, after all this years, when i try to replay it with my friend we was so annoyed of it. I like exploring and finding secrets, i'm playing games very pationedly for details and literally walk everywhere i can reach for and checking every pixel that i can, and secrets are fine, even if 90% of them is death traps on highest difficulty or just very annoying situations. But gameplay... gunplay is OKAY, and you forced to switch your weapons very often, BUT GAME IS DO NOT LIKE IT and animation is veeeeeeeeeeery long, also level design very unstable: sometimes level is interesting and fun, but sometimes... Anyway, it has too much different versions and i replayed it in coop so idk, maybe not all versions that bad. Anyway most of level and game design is very... niche? And gunplay and gameplay overall for modern standarts is just weak. Play Siberian Mayhem))) It's much better)
First time playing a horde shooter, and it was really fun. Decent weapon variety and banger soundtrack, enemies are fun to encounter too. But the bosses, and the kleer suck, so I would say this rounds out to a decent experience rather than an incredible one. I enjoyed it nonetheless