Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter

Once upon a time, early in the 22nd century, Earth was under a severe attack from Mental's minions and humankind was about to evanish. Sam `Serious` Stone, worlds bravest hero, was sent back in time to change the past and save humankind from total annihilation.

Using the ancient artifact, called the "Time-lock", left on Earth by a long-forgotten race, Sam was teleported back in time into the land of Egypt. There he discovered traces of Sirian civilization and found out about their spaceship, hidden somewhere inside the Solar system.

Notorious Mental, the immortal evil, gathered some of the nastiest creatures in universe to stop Sam. Thousands of beasts stood on Sam's way, together with giant Ugh-Zan III, vicious warlock and one of the toughest Mental's servants.

But standing in Sam's way is not a smart thing to do. After many serious battles Sam defeted Mentals army. Finally, in front of The Great Pyramid, he encountered mighty Ugh-Zan III, and won this glorious battle. From the pyramid, Sam teleported himself onto the Sirian spaceship.

And now, Serious Sam goes to Sirius. Or, maybe not?

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, the highly anticipated arcade action FPS sequel to the Serious Sam: The First Encounter, is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through the three beautiful worlds, confronting countless Mental's minions on his way to the Mental's base.

Features:

Various Environments and Secrets - Unleash mayhem on 3 different spectacular worlds: South America, ancient Mesopotamia and medieval Europe. Discover over 100 secrets.

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. Go head to head against 5 new enemies and 3 new Bosses.

Special Weapons and Power-Ups - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including 3 new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw. Use Power-Ups to additionally increase your fighting and agility skills.

Powerful 3D Technology running on majority of PC systems - Allowing play on most current PC video cards and processors, 'Serious Engine' features state of the art technology including multiple direction gravity, portals and mirrors, truly dynamic volumetric fog and haze, hyper-texturing and hyper-mapping for life-like richly detailed environments, photo-realistic lens flares with real-time lens reflections, advanced particle system, procedural textures (water, fire, smoke, plasma, electricity),photo-realistic reflections, specularity and bumps, up to 4 split screen support, easy-to-use real-time development tools, ...

Fighting With Loads of Enemies at The Same Time (high-adrenaline arcade-feel action) - Serious Sam is filled with loads of enemies. This is possible with the latest engine technology. It is possible to have 50+ enemies in one scene, with everyone firing, running, jumping and screaming at the same time. This feature is not extensively used in any 3D action so far, because technology didn't allow it. But, with our Serious engine this is now possible. It is used primarily in open spaces, where it is possible to put hundreds of enemies in one playground.

Both Huge Outdoor and Indoor Environments - All levels in the game are vast. The engine was designed to support both indoor and outdoor areas in a creative mixture, with each level spreading on up to 1000 cubic miles. There is a smooth transition between indoor and outdoor environments. The indoor levels are done with rendering techniques more powerful than other present engines. Outdoor sections are new and never before seen in any other FPS. They are big, long and provide hours of just walking and days of playing.

Bright and Beautiful Surroundings - In Serious Sam there are very bright and easy-to-see levels. This is possible because of newest 3d technology which allows complex architecture, multi-texturing, sunlight, ... You don't have to adjust brightness/contrast to properly see the scenes, and the scenery/architecture provides visual pleasure while playing the game.

Multiple Gravity - Our newest technology allows having multiple gravity in one room. This means you can fight with enemies who are jumping from one wall to the other, or ambushing you from the ceiling. At the same time, you can jump to ceiling or throw a grenade up. This grenade will bounce UP to the ceiling (normal grenade would bounce down to the floor). This situation is only one example of the numerous that can be done with this feature. Multiple gravity has got great, unexplored potential for single-play and for the multi-play as well. This feature is never before seen in any other game.

Cooperative and Deathmatch Online Play for up to 16 players - Play Cooperative, Fragmatch/Deathmatch or Scorematch in up to 16-player matches.

Both LAN and Internet Multiplay with Dedicated Server Support - Play Multiplayer on both LAN and over the Internet. Dedicated server support uncluded!

2-4 Split Screen Support - Split screen option which allows for up to 4 players playing on a single computer. If you have Dual-head technology, it is possible for two players to play each on his/hers own monitor.

Serious Tools Included - Serious Sam also includes tools used to create the game: Serious editor and Serious Modeler, so gamers can create their own levels.

System Requirements :

• OS: Windows 95/98SE/ME NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5)/2000/XP/Vista/Seven
• CPU: AMD Athlon 650MHz or Pentium III 650MHz range processor
• RAM: 128MB
• HDD: 550MB free hard disk space
• Video: nVidia GeForce256 or TNT2 ultra, PowerVR Kyro, S3 Savage2000, 3Dfx Voodoo3, ATI Rage128 pro
• Sound: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live