Grab Serious Sam: The First Encounter for Free on GOG

[Tsing]

Image: Croteam



GOG is giving away free copies of the original Serious Sam game, which was developed by Croteam and released way back in 2001. Obviously, this makes it a real yawner for modern graphics cards, but free is free. It’s also a cool introduction for what many consider to be a cult-classic FPS series.



“In the near future, during their first interstellar travels, humans encounter a great evil that has been roaming the galaxy for the last few eons,” the game description reads. “This evil being is an incarnation of the last ancient immortals called Notorious Mental. Mental has set forth to wipe out the Human Race, just for fun, as it has with all the other civilizations in galactic history.”



“But the enemy has underestimated Earth’s defenses, a secret weapon left by the Sirians, an...

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[Burticus]

I played the first one... it was ok in 2002

One assumes this is to drum up interest in the upcoming modern version

 

[ThreeDee]

I played the "F" out it the first one back "in the day" ..

 

[DrezKill]

First Encounter and Second Encounter were big LANParty games for my crew back in the day. I see a lot of general dislike for Serious Sam 2, but I've always had a blast with it, and I enjoyed the silly stupid humor. Been through it twice in 7-8p co-op at LANParties, and once by myself. Serious Sam 3 was kinda disappointing but I still had fun with it, especially the rebalanced version in Serious Sam Fusion. First Encounter HD and Second Encounter HD were also great, and run even better in Fusion. I'm looking forward to Serious Sam 4, although I'm getting tired of prequels and want to see them continue the story from where 2 left off. I already have multiple copies of the classic Serious Sam games, but hey I certainly won't pass up a free, DRM-free copy.