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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

by Croteam

Released Mar 21, 2001
$5.99
14 h to beat
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox

96%positive reviews

3,382 positive153 negative

What players say

Pros

Pure old-school FPS action with big, secret-filled levels
Fast, fun gunplay with huge enemy counts

Cons

Only a couple of enemy types
Level design can feel weak

Mixed

Some call it a nostalgic classic, others say it gets dull quickly

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

Gameplay Video (YouTube)

DLC, expansions and more

Remasters (1)

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

System requirements

Minimum

OS *: Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system

Processor: AMD K6-3 400MHz, Pentium II or Celeron-A 300MHz

Memory: 64MB

Graphics: full OpenGL compliant 3D accelerator

Hard Drive: 600MB free hard disk space

Sound: 100% Windows compatible sound card

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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…