Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
The legendary Serious Sam reloads and rearms in an explosive, turn-based RPG developed by indie developer Vlambeer (Super Crate Box, Ridiculous Fishing). Serious Sam: The Random Encounter follows Sam and his…
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is an indie developed by Croteam, released 24 October 2011 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is an indie game developed by Croteam and released in 2011. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Game Maker Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The legendary Serious Sam reloads and rearms in an explosive, turn-based RPG developed by indie developer Vlambeer (Super Crate Box, Ridiculous Fishing). Serious Sam: The Random Encounter follows Sam and his band of oddball mercenaries as they battle across a pixilated world teeming chaotic battles, hordes of bizarre creatures, and mysterious secrets. Choose your weapons and take aim at the most random Serious Sam adventure yet!
How it plays
Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 43% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0Ghz or faster processor, 1GB RAM and 256MB Video Memory or higher, DirectX 8 or later. 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: The Random Encounter launched on 24 October 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Battlefield 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3.
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