The series follows the adventures of protagonist Sam "Serious" Stone and his fight against the forces of the notorious extraterrestrial overlord Mental who seeks to destroy humanity.Ī fan-made level-pack, Dark Island, was included in Serious Sam: Gold. High-definition remakes of both episodes were released in 20 on Microsoft Windows, and were later ported to the Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One video game consoles. Both episodes were combined into one game and ported to the Xbox. It is the second episode following Serious Sam: The First Encounter released a year prior.
First released on Microsoft Windows on 5 February 2002.
STEAM FEATURES - NEW! (not seen in Classic game) NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Team Modes - Compete against other teams in team matches including Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Last Team Standing!.NEW! (not seen in Classic game) More Versus Modes - Fight against your friends in more versus modes including My Burden, Last Man Standing and Instant Kill!.
Versus Mode - Watch all hell break loose in over 8 classic and brand NEW! deathmatch maps with up to 16 players!.NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Beast Hunt Modes - Fight against other players or teams while also playing campaign levels in Beast Hunt and Team Beast Hunt!.NEW! (not seen in Classic game) More Co-Op Modes - Play even more along your friends in newly developed Coin-Op and Survival cooperative modes with up to 16 players in campaign game!.Classic Co-Op Mode - Plunge into chaos with up to 16 players in campaign cooperative mode!.NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Survival Mode - Try to stay alive as long as you can against continued enemies’ attacks in specially designed survival maps!.Serious Editor 3 - Create your levels and share them on SteamWorks!.Use Power-Ups to additionally increase your fighting and agility skills. Special Weapons and Power-Ups - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including 3 new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw.Go head to head against 5 new enemies and 3 new Bosses. Unique Enemies and Bosses - Fight with 27 nightmarish warriors in Mental's army, including old favorites from The First Encounter like Beheaded Kamikaze, Syrian Werebull and Kleer Skeleton.Discover over 130 secrets including over 15 brand new ones hidden in the fray.Various Environments and Secrets - Unleash mayhem on 3 different spectacular worlds: South America, ancient Mesopotamia and medieval Europe.Combine those with intense Versus and Team modes for up to 16 players and in over 18 multiplayer maps, Demo Recording option, Spectators and Dedicated Server support, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a worthy successor to the original masterpiece. Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter includes spectacularly enhanced visuals and more special effects like Hippy and Kid’s mode, with trademark frantic Single-play, newly developed Survival and Beast Hunt modes, along with all time favorite Cooperative play. The glorious high-definition (HD) chaos from The First Encounter continues now in Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, a remake of the classic arcade FPS Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, which originally scored an overall of 85% on Metacritic and was awarded Game of The Month on Gamespot!