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 | The demo for Serious Sam: The Second Encounter has arrived!
Posted: Dec 12, 2001, at 06:41 AM
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Posted By: Infymus |  | |
Sweet!!!
Serious Sam rocks, and it's back in the all new Second Episode of his battles with his arch-enemy Mental! After
finding the Sirian spacecraft in ancient Egypt, Sam "Serious" Stone hijacked it and headed
for Mental himself! But this, sadly, was not to be, as Sam lost control of the the alien craft and crash
landed in the South American mountains. Now, Surrounded by an even stronger army of Mental's
evil forces, Sam is forced to battle his way towards Mental's fortress and put a stop once
and for all to his plans of world domination.
The demo is 100 megs and contains one playable SP/Cooperative map, a technology level and one
Multiplayer deathmatch level.
Download Serious Sam 2 Test Here
CroTeam Main Site (for more download options)
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| | Serious Sam 2 - The Second Encounter Demo Review
Posted: Dec 13, 2001, at 06:45 AM
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Posted By: Infymus | | |
I downloaded the 100 meg Serious Sam : The Second Episode and installed it last nite. The download was smooth
and the installation went off without a hitch. I was able to select 1280x1024 resolution in wide-screen and not a single
slowdown.
Pros:
- New weapons, including a chain saw and a sniper rifle. The chainsaw is useful for creatures that do not shoot
at you, but useless against others. However, combined with new powerups like "Sam Speed" and "Super Sam
Damage" it rocks. The sniper rilfe is good for picking off flying Harpies as it kills them in one shot. One may also
find it useful for those out of the way creatures stuck up on high pillars. But for the rest of the monsters, it is totally
useless.
- New monsters, including some that look like they are straight out of Doom 2. There is a fat guy with huge tusks
sticking out of his mouth, he has plasma cannons. There is a chainsaw carrying redneck with a pumpkin for a head (as
explained by the docs that Mental went into earth's past and pulled the creature out of Earth's early movies).
- New graphics for explosions - such as the suicide bombers explode with flying sparks and what not.
- New level effects - like gravity sloping floors where the level twists back on it'self, or the floor rolls up the wall, and
then back down again. This was only seen once in Episode 1 in the secret room with a huge blob floating in the
middle of it.
- Cool Mayan theme this time rather than Egypt. (But I thought the whole story line was wrapped around the Egypt thing...)
- Menu system and engine appears to be exactly the same as Serious Sam 1. All configs are exactly the same
making it an easy transition and easy to set up (for those who have played Serious Sam 1 that is...)
Cons:
- The new level effects are cool, such as the swamp lands with lush foilage, bushes, trees and whatnot everywhere. But
I couldn't help feeling like I was in Serious Sam 1, with new levels and a few new monsters. It has a few new monsters
and a few new weapons, new graphics and lighting, and tweaked levels... But it feels like Serious Sam 1 with
all new levels.
Still, I played the hell out of Serious Sam 1 and the $20 dollar price tag was perfect. I will buy Serious Sam 2 when it
hits the stores and indeed, play the hell out of it.
Where to get it:
Gigex.com
CroTeam Main Site (for more download options)
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Eric and I picked up Serious Sam 2 and have been playing through it. What an awesome game. The first two were brilliant and this one does not dissapoint.
Excellent! It took us about a week playing about 2 hours a day to finish the whole game. Excellent. The levels were very cool, especially the garden levels, the tree tops and the swamps. I loved riding in the flying machines and that the coop mode was just so cool.
We both highly recommend it.
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| | Serious Sam 1 Is Still A Great Game
Posted: May 25, 2008, at 01:26 AM
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Posted By: Infymus | | |
Back in March of 2001, a Croatian company called Croteam released Serious Sam. For only $19 bucks it was a killer deal.
Zerk and I played it countless times in multiplayer mode. The family would waste away weekends playing LAN parties with six or more players.
A couple of days ago I dusted it off and installed it to play again.
What a great game this has always been.
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