Still retains some of the BS spawns from the original, but this time its in high definition, across a broader variety of environments and with even better music.
The pit still sucks
The pit still sucks
No tengo mucho para añadir respecto a mi reseña a First Encounter (no en balde se supone que ambos iban a ser el mismo juego) pero he de decir que acá los jefes me gustaron muchisimo más y los escenarios son mucho más variados ahora, y la comedia "lúdica" está bastante mejor lograda, eso sin contar de que las nuevas armas mostradas son interesantes de usar y arreglaron un problema de first encounter y acá sí hay mejoras de velocidad e incluso power ups de fuerza e invulnerabilidad.
Ahora, el hecho de le ponga la misma nota que TFE se debe a que acá odié bastante que las oleadas no solo duren el triple, sino que sean muy abiertas, y que no existan shortcuts creativos como lo habían en el anterior juego, haciendo que te comas a huevo la mayoría de las oleadas aburridas. También que la IA se sentía muy estúpida, el juego lo sentí mas fácil por esto nomás, y es que hasta habían ocasiones en las que un grupo me tenían al frente y se iban a la dirección contraria o empezaban a correr hasta el infinito.
Ahora, ya terminado el primer juego, iré directamente a terminar Next Encounter.
Ahora, el hecho de le ponga la misma nota que TFE se debe a que acá odié bastante que las oleadas no solo duren el triple, sino que sean muy abiertas, y que no existan shortcuts creativos como lo habían en el anterior juego, haciendo que te comas a huevo la mayoría de las oleadas aburridas. También que la IA se sentía muy estúpida, el juego lo sentí mas fácil por esto nomás, y es que hasta habían ocasiones en las que un grupo me tenían al frente y se iban a la dirección contraria o empezaban a correr hasta el infinito.
Ahora, ya terminado el primer juego, iré directamente a terminar Next Encounter.
KILL THOSE MONSTERS NOW IN HD
El nivel y jefe final es de las cosas más increíbles que me han pasado.
Dios bendiga a Sam el serio.
Dios bendiga a Sam el serio.
More of the first game, levels aren't quite as good to me but it's still a total classic and super fun to play today.
Serious Sam TFE and TSE have joined the list of games that i truly believe are perfect masterpieces
this game specifically has some of the best level design i've ever seen in a shooter with the gimmick arenas being challenging yet fair
The Grand Cathedral is the best fucking final level of all time and is THE ultimate test of your skills
all the weapons are amazingly fun to use with the sniper being my personal favorite
if you like shooters at all you owe it to yourself to play Serious Sam The First Encounter and Serious Sam The Second Encounter
this game specifically has some of the best level design i've ever seen in a shooter with the gimmick arenas being challenging yet fair
The Grand Cathedral is the best fucking final level of all time and is THE ultimate test of your skills
all the weapons are amazingly fun to use with the sniper being my personal favorite
if you like shooters at all you owe it to yourself to play Serious Sam The First Encounter and Serious Sam The Second Encounter
serious difficulty.. .
Game that is 'larger' in scale to a fault. It's still more Serious Sam and a lot of the set pieces do wonders but when it falls on it's face it's all the more obvious. Things like the rotating arena are tiring to play for more than a few seconds...
Sorry repeating myself but just swap out the setting and you have exactly everything you had in the direct predecessor. If you want more of the same then the Second Encounter is for you. So here is the same review from First Encounter again. :D
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.
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.
My first serious sam game! I SERIOUSLY enjoyed it each and every second. This game is SERIOUSLY underrated and I SERIOUSLY don't know why. This game was so much SERIOUSLY fun and cool. IMO, the best FPS game I've SERIOUSLY ever played.
Shoot Gun
Move Backwards
Win
Move Backwards
Win
It's Serious Sam, except, well, more of it, and with all the levels from the First Encounter included to boot. Sure, the art design and graphics overall (even HDified) are reminiscent of a mid-2000s 3DMark demo, but the game's core flow, a murderous hybrid of Duke Nukem and Quake, remains approachable and often fun.
Plays exactly like The First Encounter but with new guns, power-ups and enemies.
I wanna spam some memes, but they can be understand only by the italian audience.
Btw gameplay was fine, but it's no Quake. Feels very akward with Sam jumping and it all looks a little ragdollish.
Btw gameplay was fine, but it's no Quake. Feels very akward with Sam jumping and it all looks a little ragdollish.
In several ways, this one is superior to the First Encounter. It has less troll-inspired design choices, and generally better combat encounter design. The one exception is the final boss. It's not as badly designed as the final boss of the First Encounter, but it's way too easy for some reason, and this makes it more forgettable.
The level and map design is noticeably worse. Every level is a series of a wide open area with a smaller area on either side. You have to clear those side areas, collect a key item from each, then return to the central area to progress. The game does this so many times that one of the log entries makes a self-aware reference to it with "You should know how this works by now!"
It's not life ruining but it's pretty frustrating when the core gameplay is still as satisfying as it is. I found myself continuing to fall into a flow state many times. Still, I can't really justify a higher rating than this.
The level and map design is noticeably worse. Every level is a series of a wide open area with a smaller area on either side. You have to clear those side areas, collect a key item from each, then return to the central area to progress. The game does this so many times that one of the log entries makes a self-aware reference to it with "You should know how this works by now!"
It's not life ruining but it's pretty frustrating when the core gameplay is still as satisfying as it is. I found myself continuing to fall into a flow state many times. Still, I can't really justify a higher rating than this.
same review from my First Encounter review, but i only genuinely enjoyed South America and the Cathedral battle.
The part where Sam seriously grows the beard. With greater level variety, more fun weapons to use, more enemies to kill, and more interesting level design, the game is more fun to play than its predecessor ever was.
I could never get into Serious Sam mainly because I didn’t have the (at that time) powerhouse of a computer to run this strange FPS. Serious Sam was in vain of other first generation FPS games like Doom, Duke Nukem, and Quake. Serious Sam infused strange humor and that’s what set it apart from the more serious shooters. The HD version is just a prettied up version of the second game, and it still stands that only fans will enjoy this.
There is no real story attached, but you pay as Sam who runs around shooting weird, yet interesting, foes with super powerful weapons. Weapons range from your standard array of FPS fair such as a flamethrower, rocket launcher, double revolvers, shotguns etc. The foes can be pretty funny with headless kamikazes that scream, skeleton horses, and just weird indescribable beings. On top of this, the levels are pretty open and the HD graphics look nice, but it’s not enough to save the ancient gameplay.
We’re so used to amazing cinematic gameplay that just runs and gun shooters seem boring. Not only this but the weapon selection is a pain because there’s no radial menu of any type or even categories. They aren’t even numbered! You can never remember which weapon is what number so you trying to find the right weapon while backing away from enemies and it leads to frustrating deaths. Also, the game is plagued with the irritating hidden secrets that are nearly impossible to find. The game is also very hard unless you play on the easiest setting and your guns never feel quite powerful enough.
While there is a nice variety of environments they seem static, stale, and lifeless. I would have liked to see more detail like animals running around, birds flying, and just extra stuff you see in modern games. I don’t want just an old game with better graphics. Why bother unless you modernize it a little more because that’s who’s going to play it. People who are used to modern shooters. I really wish Serious Sam would evolve into a modern shooter because I can guarantee it would be amazing.
There are a few neat things like being able to record your game, and unfortunately, no one’s playing online. I would have liked to see some making of videos, a history of Serious Sam or something like that. I understand fans of the original will dig this, but the people who evolved along with the genre just can’t get it.
There is no real story attached, but you pay as Sam who runs around shooting weird, yet interesting, foes with super powerful weapons. Weapons range from your standard array of FPS fair such as a flamethrower, rocket launcher, double revolvers, shotguns etc. The foes can be pretty funny with headless kamikazes that scream, skeleton horses, and just weird indescribable beings. On top of this, the levels are pretty open and the HD graphics look nice, but it’s not enough to save the ancient gameplay.
We’re so used to amazing cinematic gameplay that just runs and gun shooters seem boring. Not only this but the weapon selection is a pain because there’s no radial menu of any type or even categories. They aren’t even numbered! You can never remember which weapon is what number so you trying to find the right weapon while backing away from enemies and it leads to frustrating deaths. Also, the game is plagued with the irritating hidden secrets that are nearly impossible to find. The game is also very hard unless you play on the easiest setting and your guns never feel quite powerful enough.
While there is a nice variety of environments they seem static, stale, and lifeless. I would have liked to see more detail like animals running around, birds flying, and just extra stuff you see in modern games. I don’t want just an old game with better graphics. Why bother unless you modernize it a little more because that’s who’s going to play it. People who are used to modern shooters. I really wish Serious Sam would evolve into a modern shooter because I can guarantee it would be amazing.
There are a few neat things like being able to record your game, and unfortunately, no one’s playing online. I would have liked to see some making of videos, a history of Serious Sam or something like that. I understand fans of the original will dig this, but the people who evolved along with the genre just can’t get it.
oh wow!
The grand cathedral is the best part of this game hard level but really long and testing of your strafing and weapon usage
Recommended
11 hrs at review time
Serious difficulty
Gameplay 5/10
Music and sound 7/10
Screenplay 4/10
Technical 5/10
11 hrs at review time
Serious difficulty
Gameplay 5/10
Music and sound 7/10
Screenplay 4/10
Technical 5/10
Shoot while running backwards in an arena. If you want mindless shooting fun, this is peak. Beautiful levels. Campy. Cool weapons.
Крутяк
More of the same.
So similar to the first one I had to search online if I was playing the new one
Gunumuzde soyle bi oyun cikarmazlar ve ek olarak eski oyunlar zor
This review contains spoilers
Nice upgrade from the original game with some extra content.
After playing Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter I was really curious how they would remaster all the new weapons and enemies in The Second Encounter so I could not wait to try it out.
In the core, it is yet again, still the exact same game. You start in Sierra Chiapas, in ancient Mayan territory after your spaceship was hit by a crate train and plummeted to the ground. Your ship is wrecked and not usable anymore. Luckily, you learn about a back-up ship, located in another world. You need to hop between two portals to reach this ancient world and fight your way through the Mayan lands and towns, Ancient Persia and eventually, ancient Poland. On your journey you are again hindered by even more hordes of Mentals soldiers and three big fat bosses that guard the portals. In the end, you fight the sorcerer Mordekai, who guards the Holy Grail itself. After you whoop his ass, you sarcastically confess your sins in the Grand Cathedral about what you are going to do to Mental when you find him and then fly away in the back-up ship.
The graphics are nice and polished and the same as the first remake. Enemy models, the weapons and the environments are more detailed and look very good. You can new gib every enemy, including the Bio Mechanoids and Sirian Werebulls. The gore is, again, the biggest improvement here. More body parts, more blood, more carnage.
I have to say that I did not necessarily like the new models for the Alduran Reptiloids, like mentioned in my review on Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter. 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. In the Second Encounter, this feature was not implemented that frequently anyway.
The sound and music are unchanged, besides some weapon firing sounds are enemy grunts. Just like the first HD remake.
Games like Grand Theft Auto 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 these modes never gained much popularity, it is a nice variation for those who liked it. They did include new multiplayer Deathmatch modes 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 Second 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.
After playing Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter I was really curious how they would remaster all the new weapons and enemies in The Second Encounter so I could not wait to try it out.
In the core, it is yet again, still the exact same game. You start in Sierra Chiapas, in ancient Mayan territory after your spaceship was hit by a crate train and plummeted to the ground. Your ship is wrecked and not usable anymore. Luckily, you learn about a back-up ship, located in another world. You need to hop between two portals to reach this ancient world and fight your way through the Mayan lands and towns, Ancient Persia and eventually, ancient Poland. On your journey you are again hindered by even more hordes of Mentals soldiers and three big fat bosses that guard the portals. In the end, you fight the sorcerer Mordekai, who guards the Holy Grail itself. After you whoop his ass, you sarcastically confess your sins in the Grand Cathedral about what you are going to do to Mental when you find him and then fly away in the back-up ship.
The graphics are nice and polished and the same as the first remake. Enemy models, the weapons and the environments are more detailed and look very good. You can new gib every enemy, including the Bio Mechanoids and Sirian Werebulls. The gore is, again, the biggest improvement here. More body parts, more blood, more carnage.
I have to say that I did not necessarily like the new models for the Alduran Reptiloids, like mentioned in my review on Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter. 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. In the Second Encounter, this feature was not implemented that frequently anyway.
The sound and music are unchanged, besides some weapon firing sounds are enemy grunts. Just like the first HD remake.
Games like Grand Theft Auto 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 these modes never gained much popularity, it is a nice variation for those who liked it. They did include new multiplayer Deathmatch modes 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 Second 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.
I clearly remember when I was a kid thinking this was a HD remake of Serious sam 2 looking forward to replaying the boss fights and then realising "Oh this doesn't have any of them... great"
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