Serious Sam is the first video game (released in two episodes) in the Serious Sam
series. It is a first-person shooter (with third-person shooter
options) created by the Croatian development house Croteam. Originally
released for the PC market only, Serious Sam's rising popularity resulted in the porting of the series to a number of different platforms, including the Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox Live Arcade, among others.
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.
Serious Sam games are created in the style of more traditional First Person Shooters like Doom and Quake.
Enemies spawn frequently and attack in large wave from across the map,
and the player is intended to dodge their projectiles and charges by
jumping and strafing rather than by taking cover. Health and armour are
non-regenerative, and instead are topped up with the health and armour
packs which are littered throughout the game. Available health is
represented by a percentage number on the screen. The combat is
high-paced and frenetic: The levels typically consist of a series of
elaborate arenas, in which the player will defeat a set number of
re-spawning enemies before proceeding to the next. The player can carry
an unlimited amount of guns, and ammunition is plentiful.
The visual style of the game is fantastical and humorous. Enemies range
from soldiers with rocket launchers to gigantic charging robots to
shrieking suicide bombers without heads and bombs for hands. The
environments include alien planets, ancient Egyptian pyramids and tropical rainforests.
Serious Sam features cooperative gameplay through a split-screen mode and via the internet.
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