Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is an indie developed by Croteam, released 24 November 2009 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 4 cheat codes for it.
What Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is an indie game developed by Croteam and released in 2009. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Serious Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In ancient times, Earth was involved in a massive conflict between Mental, an evil extraterrestrial being who wants to rule the universe, and the Sirians, a technologically advanced sentient alien race that left many of its artifacts to be discovered by humanity. In the 22nd century, Mental and his army of grotesquely twisted monsters return to Earth intending to destroy humanity. The humans are quickly overwhelmed and driven back to Earth. As a last resort, humanity uses the "Time-Lock". This mysterious Sirian artifact contains the power to transport a single person back to a chosen point in time. Because of his bravery in fighting these monsters, Sam "Serious" Stone is chosen to use the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 94 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15.7 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 3+ Ghz or AMD Athlon64 3500+, 1 GB of RAM and nVidia GeForce 7600, ATI Radeon X1600 (Shader Model 3.0 Highly Recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter launched on 24 November 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 4 cheat entries for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter — 4 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Every code labelled
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter cheat codes
Open the console
Opens the command console. Cheats must be enabled in the options menu first.
Press the tilde key during play.
God mode
You take no damage.
Open the console and type the command.
All weapons
Gives every weapon and full ammunition.
Open the console and type the command.
Fly
Move freely in any direction.
Open the console and type the command.
Parents
Quick answers
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