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Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter (with Serious Engine)

🗃️ Specifications

📰 Title: Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter (with Serious Engine) 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: Game
🗃️ Genre: Adventure & Action 🚦 Status: 05. Tested & Working (status)
🏷️ Category: Adventure & Action ➤ FPS ➤ Fantasy & Sci-fi ➤ Serious Sam 🌍️ Browser version:
🔖 Tags: FPS; Adventure; Aliens; Sci-fi; Gore; Comedy; Time travel; Egypt; Co-op; Local Multi; Local Co-op; Split Screen; Funny; Difficult 📦️ Package Name:
🐣️ Approx. start: 2002-02-05 📦️ Arch package:
🐓️ Latest: 2021-11-27 📦️ RPM package:
📍️ Version: Stable : (waiting) / Dev: 131f244 📦️ Deb package:
🏛️ License type: 💰🕊️ Commercial with libre engine 📦️ Flatpak package: ✓
🏛️ License: Code: GPL-2 / Artwork: Commercial 📦️ AppImage package: ✓
🏝️ Perspective: First person 📦️ Snap package: ✓
👁️ Visual: 3D ⚙️ Generic binary:
⏱️ Pacing: Real Time 📄️ Source: ✓
👫️ Played: Single & Multi 📱️ PDA support:
🎖️ This record: 5 stars 🕳️ Not used:
🎀️ Game design: 5 stars 👫️ Contrib.: goupildb & Louis
🎰️ ID: 12774 🐛️ Created: 2010-09-19
🐜️ Updated: 2024-03-03

📖️ Summary

[en]: The 2nd opus of a humorous FPS series, in which the player is Sam Stone (aka Serious Sam), a hero wielding with virtuosity humor and machine guns, intrepid traveler in time and space. The alien ship was slaughtered in Central America in the Mayan age. The only way to eradicate them definitively (because machine guns and bazookas are not enough): to help Sam find and collect the fragments of a mystical medallion scattered throughout the galaxy ... Serious Engine is a compatible, libre and multi-platform engine allowing to play this game under Linux via the data to recover from the original game. [fr]: Le 2nd opus d'une série de FPS au ton humoristique, dans laquelle le joueur est Sam Stone (aka Serious Sam), un héros maniant avec virtuosité humour et mitrailleuses, voyageur intrépide dans le temps et l'espace. Le vaisseau des extra-terrestre a été abattu en Amérique centrale à l'âge maya. Le seul moyen de les éradiquer définitivement (car les mitrailleuses et bazookas ne suffisent pas): aider Sam à retrouver et à rassembler les fragments d'un médaillon mystique éparpillés dans toute la galaxie ... Serious Engine est un moteur compatible, libre et multi-plateforme permettant de jouer à ce jeu sous Linux via les données à récupérer sur le jeu d'origine.

🎥️ Videos


🏝️ Trailer: (201106),


🕵️ Reviews: (201307),


🎲️ Gameplay: (201807), (201402), (201908),


🐧 Linux plays: LinuxNativeGaming (201011),

🕸️ Links

🏡️ Website & videos
[Homepage] [Dev site(original, croteam)] [Features/About] [Screenshots] [Videos t(201106) gd(202xxx) gu(202xxx) r(201307) r(201407) r(200612) lp(201011) g(201807) g(201402) g(201908) g(201503) g[fr](202xxx) g[de](202xxx) g[ru](202xxx) g[pl](202xxx) g[cz](202xxx) g[sp](202xxx) g[pt](202xxx) g[it](202xxx) g[tr](202xxx) g(202xxx)] [WIKI] [FAQ]

• Serious Sam Classic engine, by icculus: [Dev site] [RSS (waiting)] [Changelog 1 2 3] [Itch.io]

💰 Commercial : (Windows, for contents extraction)(Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter) [Steam] [GOG]
💰 Commercial: (Windows, for contents extraction)(Serious Sam Classics: Revolution = Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter + Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter) [IsThereAnyDeal] [Steam]

🍩️ Resources
• Linux Installer For Linux Gamers (LIFLG, require the commercial Windows game): [Binaries (Mirror, thanks to HOLaRSE)] [Dev site]

🛠️ Technical informations
[PCGamingWiki] [MobyGames] [Seriously!]

🦣️ Social
(Serious Sam) Devs (Croteam [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [Facebook] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Discord] [reddit] [Interview 1(Davor Hunski)(201810) 2(201710) 2(201601)]
(Serious Engine) Devs (Ryan C. Gordon [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Patreon] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(201504) 2(201603) 3(201408) 4(201205) 5(200506)]
(Serious Engine) Devs (Serious Engine Team [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
The Project: [Blog] [Forums] [mastodon] [Facebook] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [reddit] [Discord]

🐝️ Related
[Wikipedia (Serious Sam : Second Contact / The Second Encounter) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Serious Sam) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wiki ubuntu-fr [fr]] [HOLaRSE [de]] [ZeDen.net [fr]] [Mod DB] [Indie DB]

📦️ Misc. repositories
[Repology] [pkgs.org] [Generic binary] [Arch Linux / AUR] [openSUSE] [Debian/Ubuntu] [Flatpak] [AppImage] [Snap] [PortableLinuxGames]

🕵️ Reviews
[HowLongToBeat] [metacritic] [OpenCritic] [iGDB] [GOG]

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🦣️ Social Networking Update (on mastodon)

🕹️ Title: Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter (with Serious Engine)
🦊️ What's: The 2nd opus of a humorous FPS series & a libre compatible engine
🏡️ https://www.croteam.com/games/
🐣️ https://github.com/icculus/Serious-Engine
🔖 #LinuxGaming #ShareYourGames #Action #FPS #SciFi #Aliens
📦️ #LibreGameEngine #CommercialAssets #Flatpak #AppIm #Snap
📖 Our entry: https://www.lebottindesjeuxlinux.tuxfamily.org/en/online/lights-on/

🥁️ Update:
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📌️ Changes:
🦣️ From: 📶️

🏝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ccttKUk3g8
🦝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/5i62ZeX-V0w
🎲️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/qvubmHrD0nQ

📕 Description [en]

📕🐧"The 2nd opus of a humorous FPS series & a libre compatible engine"🐧📕

Engine:

An open source version of a game engine developed by Croteam for the classic Serious Sam games.

Running
This version of the engine comes with a set of resources (\SE1_10.GRO) that allow you to freely use the engine without any additional resources required. However if you want to open or modify levels from Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter or The Second Encounter (including most user-made levels), you will have to copy the game's resources (.GRO files) into the engine folder. You can buy the original games on Steam, as a part of a bundle with Serious Sam Revolution (https://store.steampowered.com/app/227780)

Serious Engine is licensed under the GNU GPL v2 (see LICENSE file).

Some of the code included with the engine sources is not licensed under the GNU GPL v2:

• zlib (located in Sources/Engine/zlib) by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
• LightWave SDK (located in Sources/LWSkaExporter/SDK) by NewTek Inc.
• libogg/libvorbis (located in Sources/libogg and Sources/libvorbis) by Xiph.Org Foundation


Game:

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, the highly anticipated arcade action FPS sequel to the Serious Sam: The First Encounter, is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through the three beautiful worlds, confronting countless minions on his way to the Mental's base.

FEATURES:

☑ Various Environments and Secrets – Unleash mayhem on 3 different spectacular worlds: South America, ancient Mesopotamia and medieval Europe. Discover over 100 secrets!
☑ Unique Enemies and Bosses – Fight with 27 nightmarish warriors in Mental’s army, including old favorites from The First Encounter like Beheaded Kamikaze, Syrian Werebull and Kleer Skeleton. Go head to head against 5 new enemies and 3 new Bosses!
☑ Special Weapons and Power-Ups – Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including 3 new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw. Use Power-Ups to additionally increase your fighting and agility skills!
☑ Co-Op Multiplayer – Embrace the mayhem with up to 16 players!
☑ Versus Multiplayer – Drop the gauntlet and let the heavy ordinance fly in incredible Deathmatch and Scorematch!
☑ Split Screen – Huddle up with up to 4-player local split screen co-op and versus modes!
☑ Level Editor – Create your own levels, MODs, textures and other content with the inclusion of the fully featured Serious Editor and Serious Modeller!


🌍️ Wikipedia:

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is a first-person shooter video game developed by Croteam and originally published by Gathering of Developers. First released on Microsoft Windows on 5 February 2002. It is the second episode following Serious Sam: The First Encounter released a year prior. Both episodes were combined into one game and ported to the Xbox. High-definition remakes of both episodes were released in 2009 and 2010 on Microsoft Windows, and were later ported to the Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One video game consoles.

The series follows the adventures of protagonist Sam "Serious" Stone and his fight against the forces of the notorious extraterrestrial overlord Mental who seeks to destroy humanity.

A fan-made level-pack, Dark Island, was included in Serious Sam: Gold. The games are on separate CDs (in the UK version) and are identical to their individual releases, except that the Sam character model for The First Encounter was modified to match the one used in The Second Encounter. After the release of the remakes, both titles had "Classic" added to the name to prevent confusion.

Gameplay

Identical to Serious Sam: The First Encounter's gameplay, The Second Encounter consists almost entirely of the player attempting to defeat dozens of enemies at a time in wide-open arena-like areas and thus is relatively simple. Virtually no changes have been made to the gameplay since The First Encounter, but the sequel includes different environments unlike the Egyptian aesthetic that was featured in every level in The First Encounter. Some fights also feature gravity manipulated rooms including a closed-in room where a bridge collapses from underneath the player to reveal a rubberized floor where the player and several enemies chaotically bounce around.

The game features 7 new enemies and 4 new weapons, including a chainsaw, a sniper rifle, a flamethrower, and the Serious Bomb that is featured in Serious Sam's logo. The bomb was designed as a last-ditch effort to clear away a wave of enemies if combat becomes too overwhelming. All weapons and enemies from The First Encounter make a return to this game. Unlike the first game where it featured one boss in the final level, The Second Encounter features three bosses. The game also introduces 4 power-ups that quadruple the player's damage output, as well as giving them a brief burst of running speed, invulnerability, and invisibility.

Like its predecessor, The Second Encounter features cooperative gameplay through a split-screen mode and via the internet. This game has also seen the release of a level-pack titled Dark Island, featuring fan-made levels for single and multiplayer mode.

Plot
The Second Encounter begins where The First Encounter left off, with Sam traveling to Sirius on the SSS Centerprice. Unfortunately, the starship is accidentally hit by the "Croteam crate-bus" and plummets down to Earth's surface. As the starship falls, Sam reads the coordinates and frets about crash-landing into Egypt again, but instead crashes into Central America in the Mayan age, with the starship now heavily damaged upon impact. However, not all hope is lost, since the Sirians left a "back-up starship" on Earth, which was a fail-safe in case anything ever happened to the SSS Centerprice. However, since this back-up starship is located in a different time and age than where and when Sam currently is, he will have to uncover the locations of the Sirian portals that will help him reach his destination. With this new objective, Sam storms through Mesoamerica, then travels to Mesopotamia and finally to Medieval Europe where the back-up starship is located. During his journey, Sam battles two of Mental's portal guardians: a powerful Mayan spirit named Kukulkan the Wind God and a biomechanical creature called the Exotech Larva. Finally, in front of the Cathedral of Sacred Blood, Sam confronts the last obstacle to overcome on his path to the Holy Grail, Mordekai the Summoner. After a glorious battle with Mordekai and his spawning minions, The Summoner is finally silenced forever. In the Cathedral, Sam lifts the Holy Grail in the palms of his hands, followed by his sarcastic confessions of his sins in a booth to Mental, during which he tells Mental that "he's coming to get him." During the end credits, Sam activates the back-up starship, which turns out to be a rocket, and travels back into space toward Sirius, with the "Croteam Big-Heads" cheering him on. The story continues in Serious Sam 2.

Development

📕 Description [fr]

Le 2nd opus d'une série de FPS au ton humoristique, par le studio Croteam, portage Linux par Ryan C. Gordon.
Il utilise le moteur Serious-Engine.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (SS:TSE, Serious Sam : Second Contact) est le 2nd opus d'une série de FPS au ton humoristique, dans laquelle le joueur est Sam Stone (aka Serious Sam), un héros maniant avec virtuosité humour et mitrailleuses, voyageur intrépide dans le temps et l'espace. Le vaisseau des extra-terrestre a été abattu en Amérique centrale à l'âge maya. Le seul moyen de les éradiquer définitivement (car les mitrailleuses et bazookas ne suffisent pas): aider Sam à retrouver et à rassembler les fragments d'un médaillon mystique éparpillés dans toute la galaxie ... Serious Engine est un moteur compatible, libre et multi-plateforme permettant de jouer à ce jeu sous Linux via les données à récupérer sur le jeu d'origine.


Moteur:

Une version open source d'un moteur de jeu développé par Croteam pour les jeux classiques Serious Sam.

Utilisation
Cette version du moteur est fournie avec un ensemble de ressources (\SE1_10.GRO) qui vous permettent d'utiliser librement le moteur sans avoir besoin de ressources supplémentaires. Cependant, si vous voulez ouvrir ou modifier des niveaux de Serious Sam Classic : The First Encounter ou The Second Encounter (y compris la plupart des niveaux créés par l'utilisateur), vous devrez copier les ressources du jeu (fichiers .GRO) dans le dossier du moteur. Vous pouvez acheter les jeux originaux sur Steam, dans le cadre d'une offre groupée avec Serious Sam Revolution (https://store.steampowered.com/app/227780).

Serious Engine est sous licence GNU GPL v2 (voir le fichier LICENSE).

Une partie du code inclus dans les sources du moteur n'est pas sous licence GNU GPL v2 :

- zlib (situé dans Sources/Engine/zlib) par Jean-loup Gailly et Mark Adler
- LightWave SDK (situé dans Sources/LWSkaExporter/SDK) par NewTek Inc.
- libogg/libvorbis (situé dans Sources/libogg et Sources/libvorbis) par la Fondation Xiph.Org

Jeu:

Serious Sam : The Second Encounter, la suite très attendue du jeu d'action arcade FPS Serious Sam : The First Encounter, est un jeu de tir d'arcade à haute adrénaline fortement axé sur l'action frénétique de style arcade. Dans un monde où le cyberpunk rencontre la fantasy-fiction et où la technologie avancée est mélangée à la magie noire et aux pouvoirs psychologiques, Sam voyage à travers trois mondes magnifiques, affrontant d'innombrables serviteurs sur son chemin vers la base du Mental.

CARACTÉRISTIQUES :

☑ Environnements et secrets variés - Déclenchez le chaos dans 3 mondes spectaculaires différents : l'Amérique du Sud, la Mésopotamie antique et l'Europe médiévale. Découvrez plus de 100 secrets !
☑ Ennemis et boss uniques - Combattez les 27 guerriers cauchemardesques de l'armée de Mental, dont les vieux favoris de La première rencontre comme le Kamikaze décapité, le Werebull syrien et le squelette Kleer. Affrontez 5 nouveaux ennemis et 3 nouveaux boss !
☑ Armes spéciales et Power-Ups - Faites des ravages avec un énorme arsenal d'armes, dont 3 nouveaux jouets : le fusil de sniper, le lance-flammes et la tronçonneuse. Utilisez les Power-Ups pour augmenter en plus vos compétences de combat et d'agilité !
☑ Co-Op Multiplayer - Embrassez le chaos avec jusqu'à 16 joueurs !
☑ Versus Multiplayer - Lâchez le gantelet et laissez voler les munitions lourdes dans d'incroyables Deathmatch et Scorematch !
☑ Écran partagé - Serrez-vous les coudes avec les modes coopératifs et versus jusqu'à 4 joueurs en écran partagé local !
☑ Éditeur de niveaux - Créez vos propres niveaux, MODs, textures et autres contenus grâce à l'inclusion de l'éditeur et du modeleur sérieux, très complets !



🌍️ Wikipedia:

Serious Sam : Second Contact est un jeu vidéo de tir à la première personne développé par Croteam et sorti sous Microsoft Windows en 2002. Ce deuxième opus est considéré comme une extension à Serious Sam: The First Encounter, et est aussi souvent appelé Serious Sam 2, alors que Serious Sam 2 est sorti quelques années plus tard, en 2005.

Un remake est sorti en 2010, appelé Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, bénéficiant d'un nouveau moteur graphique.

En 2017, le jeu est adapté sous le titre Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter pour la réalité virtuelle et est rendu compatible avec l'Oculus Rift et le HTC Vive.

Synopsis

Alors que Sam se dirigeait vers Sirius, le vaisseau de Mental est abattu par le bus des programmeurs et Sam doit à nouveau combattre. Lorsque le vaisseau se fait abattre, il s'écrase en Amérique centrale, chez les Mayas. Sam part alors à la recherche d'un portail qui permettait de voyager dans le temps. Sam doit encore combattre les forces de Mental téléportées dans le temps pour le tuer. Sam voyage alors dans trois différentes époques. Sa dernière quête sera, en Pologne médiévale, de retrouver le Saint-Graal pour empêcher Mental de le voler.

Système de jeu

Le gameplay n'a pas évolué, il est le même que celui du premier épisode, à la différence près que l'interface est légèrement plus colorée, et que de nouvelles armes apparaissent (lance-flammes, tronçonneuse et fusil à lunette).

Le mode deathmatch est aussi plus développé que celui de son prédécesseur, qui ne possédait qu'une seule carte jouable dans ce mode tandis que ce volet en intègre une quinzaine aux styles très variés.

🚧️ Installation ➜ 🚀️ Launching [fr]

Un installateur Linux est disponible sur le site "Linux installers for Linux Gamers" (voir la fiche "Liflg" du Bottin et le lien ci-dessus), il installe le moteur compatible avec les données du jeu Windows, ainsi que les données elles-mêmes (récupérées sur le CD Windows commercial).
Une fois le CD de cette version Windows inséré dans votre lecteur, lancez l'installateur Linux et suivez le guide.
Voir aussi les instructions très détaillée sur le site UBUNTU (lien ci-dessus).

🕵️ Test [fr]

🕵️ Test :
Nous avions acheté le jeu (livré avec l'installateur) sur le site Novatux (malheureusement le site est à présent fermé). Son installation était simple, et le jeu très sympa.