Serious Sam: The First Encounter PC
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Metascore
87 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 89 Ratings

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  • Summary: Sam "Serious" Stone, Earth?s stud warrior, is sent back to Egypt, 3000 B.C., to fight hordes of alien monsters in this acclaimed "Doom"-sytle, back-to-basics, first-person shooter out of Croatia which is listed, amazingly, at the bargain basement price of 20 bucks!

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. Daily Radar
    100
    The best $20 computer game we've ever played.
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  2. Da Gameboyz
    86
    If you like mindlessly shooting things (like me), buy this game! Well worth the bang!
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  3. Spank!
    70
    Serious Sam was born into a world where "Doom" has placated the need for logical thought and lives in a world governed by the visceral.
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  4. Thunderbolt
    40
    I had pretty high hopes for the title, and ultimately, I was let down more than a kid who got socks and underwear for Christmas. If you're in the market for an FPS game, go pick up "Painkiller." Same type of gameplay, much less headaches. [June 2004]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Falling_Hammer
    10
    This is a great game made by Croatian Game industry: Croteam, It is fast, funny, totally crazy, I love it. I bloody love it..... hell it is one of the best games of 21st (so far)… Expand
  2. BoltzmannBaby
    8
    It never claims to be more than the straight-forward shooter, and it manages that admirably. It fares much better than Duke Nukem, but it ain't as memorable as Quake 1.… Expand
  3. WelcomeToSportsweek.I'mGilbertMulroneycakes.
    7
    Great engine looking for a game. It's a beautiful thing alright - horizons stretching for lightyears around, and streams of enemies turning from dots on the horizon to huge screaming beasties, and lens flare and everything - but it's very very shallow. It's not that amazing how cheap it is. There's a week of gameplay here, tops, for the season FPSer. Not to say it isn't fun - it really, really is - just so simple it's unworthy of the engine.… Expand
  4. JamesS.
    1
    this is a poor game gameplay gets boring quick and not much fun i payed £3.99 for it and i still feel like i was robbed stay away seriously.

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