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Serious Sam

A port of Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter for Xbox that compiles them into one cohesive game. Features a visual makeover with a redesigned menu and main character model…

12 November 2002

Serious Sam is an adventure developed by Croteam, released 12 November 2002 on Xbox.

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What Serious Sam is

Serious Sam is an adventure game developed by Croteam and released in 2002. It was published by Gotham Games. It is available on Xbox only. It runs on Serious Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A port of Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter for Xbox that compiles them into one cohesive game. Features a visual makeover with a redesigned menu and main character model which are far more cartoonish, alongside expanded story cutscenes.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Serious Sam series

Serious Sam is the second of 11 entries we hold in the Serious Sam series. It arrived 11 months after Serious Sam. The next entry was Serious Sam Advance in 2004.

See all 11 Serious Sam games in release order →

What it launched against

Serious Sam launched on 12 November 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Metroid Fusion.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion.

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When did Serious Sam come out?
Serious Sam was released on 12 November 2002 for Xbox.

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