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Fast, furious, frenetic fantasy fun. Play with a friend | | Kit from London, England says (6/Jul/2004): | Those who have played the previous Serious Sams will know the formula: Countless bad-guys waiting top be dealt with by our hero and defender of Earth, Sam 'Serious' Stone. In this episode you can choose to be other characters in Sam's army, ranging from a gaudy fisherman in a yellow anorak to a clown dressed for the circus. There's also non-network mutiplayer play for the first time, although restricted to two players. This adds enjoyment and length of play, as the entire story and single player campaigns can be played by two players simultaneously. There are death matches and assorted Quake-style game modes, but their two-player limit makes these pretty boring.
As far as gameplay is concerned, similar, if not identical, to previous Sam outings. The weaponry has been updated; Sam's arsenal contains gas-guns, chainsaws, uzis and sniper-rifles, the last a strange addition considering the style of play. Also included are various different types of ammunition, such as napalm and liquid nitrogen for the gas gun, enabling you to freeze or flame your opponents. The levels are fairly large, and very similar to each other and those of previous games. Most follow the same structure: Large courtyards that need to be rid of enemies before a door will open, allowing you into the net part of the levels, often cramped indoor spaces where enemies regularly respawn.
Advantages: A lot of mindless fun with a friend, or without. Loads of enemies, range of guns, Sam's sarcastic humour
Disadvantages: Levels are too similar, multiplayer death matches etc boring, one player mode not as exciting.
| Write you ACT before playing this game. | | Devine from Kansas,USA says (11/Nov/2004): | The previous serious sam titles kicked ass. They were awesome, with fast and furious arcade action. There was no real story line and all you did was shoot and shoot...and shoot some more.The monsters were stupid and they just charged at you in unfairly great numbers...and I mean GREAT(we're tallking 100+ at a time). Serious Sam - the next encounter is different. The story line is much more deeper and the enemies actually have some strategy...just kidding. It's the same thing! Next Encounter is basicaly like its predecesors...lots of monsters,funny one-liners(that never get old), and good graphics. Take out that last part. The graphics are colorful, but they suck. They look like Perfect Dark on super High res. The music is kinda good and the level designs...are not as good as before. This is probaly because this version was not made by CROTEAM.To compensate for this loss, CLIMAX -the new developers- have added vehicles. That's right guys: run over headless kamikazee bastards and watch them squirt out bloody mushrooms-fun stuff. The enemies are much more easier to kill this time but they come in greater numbers(have acouple of bandages by you when playing, you'll need them)and varieties than its predecesors.The old weapons are still there + some new ones, 12 in total. The fun part of this game is actually playing it. You will loose brain cells playing this game -trust me. You just straff around kicking but and listening to sam's one liners. traveling through 40 levels set in the past(quit the ancient thing already). Environments are huge and after playing this game, America will never be the same to you. There's co-op and multiplayer too: awesome.
This game will make you loose brain cells: I could not play splinter cell as well as I used to after playing this game.Plus, a new copy is 20 bucks! Yep, I got one for 10 bucks on e-bay(used of course). I you are tired of technique requiring games like Halo or just need to shed off a few brain cells, check this game out.
uhm..ps: don't try those one liners as jokes to your friends. There are chances you might loose them.
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