Anyway, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.
It absolutely lives up to its claim of bringing back the gameplay of the 1993 DOOM. Frenetic is how I'd describe my experience so far. After a paper-thin opening crawl over a starfield that pans over to Earth, the game throws you into the opening stage that's reminiscent of an Egypt-themed Unreal Tournament level and starts throwing enemies at you in waves that are fairly manageable for the first half. As the game progresses, very quickly the number and diversity of enemies are increased to where you have to bounce around trying to dodge all the pounce attacks and slow-moving bullets careening across the room.
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| Here is the first enemy you are up against. Yes, he is holding his head in his right hand and there is a circular saw blade embedded in his neck. |
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| This guy is a mini-boss you meet just outside the last area of the first level. |
The pace is very hectic, and I've found myself worn out after just under 40 minutes of play and dying a couple of times some way into the second level. If I had a lot more experience playing arena shooters I think I could handle the gameplay better.
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| There is a certain humor in the game, for example after this stone sphere comes to rest Sam whistles the first couple bars of the Indiana Jones theme. |
For my recommendation, if you like arena shooters and the pace of games like the 1993 DOOM and 1996's Quake this will definitely satisfy you. Since it appears the Serious Sam series is complete, the whole shebang is available on Steam and on sale fairly regularly. In the current Summer Sale 2017 the Serious Sam Complete Pack is 92% off at $11.89 which is about $2.50 less than what I paid for the at-the-time Complete Pack 5 years ago.
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