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User Rating: 8.6 | Serious Sam: The Second Encounter PC
The good – Fast paced FPS action dozens of enemies on screen at once + over dozen different types of enemies & Weapons.

The Bad – Very little Story & Single Player Experience is short (around 6+ hours to complete Single Player)

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is an Expansion to the Serious Sam: The First Encounter. Serious Sam is a fast paced FPS that throw you with lots of ammo and Enemies. At first glance everyone would say it’s a duke nukem rip off he’s more then duke could have ever been at a budget price. The Story to SS:2nd counter is Serious Sam Stone Must Travel threw time to stop evil Mental Evil Minions. Serious Sam will Travel threw a Dozen of Levels to battle hundreds of enemies. Each level is basically kill swarm of enemies collect ammo more enemies spawns kill them press switch go to next area rinse and repeat. Some may think that will simply get old real fast well actually it doesn’t it’s fun there’s a variety of enemies and weapons to keep you interested. I love the voice work for Sam. The Levels Ranches from Desert’s to Jungles inside structures. There are some interesting Enemies in the game. Enemies ranch from Small to Big there are Skeleton like Horses in the game and guys with no heads running with bombs also lava creatures. Serious Sam really has interesting enemies the weapons are more interesting. There’s a dozen of weapons in ss:2nd encounter from combat knife to revolvers, shotgun, rocket launcher, flamethrower, grenade launcher & Serious Bomb (Which is SERIOUSLY AWESOME). In these levels there are several secrets finding them all is an challenge they range from weapons & power ups and some weird stuff I am not going to mention. These levels also feature power ups such as health, speed, shield and other various enhancements. There is also some great Multiplayer from co op to Deathmatches + more modes & characters.

The Game is four Years Old back then it would have great graphics but today the graphics are still pretty good. This game isn’t about the eye candy it’s about shooting and blowing things up. The Game Enemies and Environments looks ok for a budget title the environments don’t look too good but it’s about the FPS not scenery.

The Voice Work for Sam is Golden the lines he has just fits the game very well. He says some memorable remarks “AHHHH c’mon you headless freak”, didn’t I kill you two rooms back”, It’s Time to Get Serious”. The Enemies and Weapons sound pretty good the Weapons don’t sound to realistic but enough it doesn’t bother you. The Enemies Screams and grunts are Entertaining while your pumping them full of lead.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is a Great Budget FPS it’s almost perfect from the fact the single player is short the game is darn good for a budget FPS. + The Multiplayer should keep you Busy after you complete the single player in several hours. The Multiplayer will draw you in the game and won’t let go. Only Complaints I Have is the few times you have to Jump or Swim in the Game to complete a puzzle element. Other then that this is a Perfect edition to any FPS collection I HIGHLY Recommend it.