Serious Sam: Next Encounter

Serious Sam: Next Encounter is a first-person shooter. The player, controlling Sam "Serious" Stone, traverses enclosed levels frequently composed of narrow corridors and open areas.There are forty-two levels, distributed among three thematic worlds. In each level, the player encounters various enemies, of which some use melee and others fire projectiles at Sam. Foes are teleported into a room and can approach from any side. The player often needs to clear a room of one or more waves of enemies before proceeding to the next room. In other instances, multiple objects need to be collected and inserted into pre-determined slots to unlock the way forward. The game also features some platforming elements and secrets hidden within levels.

Next Encounter contains various weapons, among them ten ranged weapons and a chainsaw for melee. By default, Sam brandishes two handguns that have unlimited ammunition. Some guns have several types of ammunition that can be switched between. Holding down the down the button to fire a weapon causes guns to discharge continuously. With an optional setting, enemies are automatically targeted. Every few levels, the player can use a vehicle—a jeep, submarine, or combine harvester—and kill enemies by running them over or using the vehicle's attached weaponry.

Killing enemies and collecting hidden tresure increases the score. Based on the final score in a level, the player is awarded a medal, where collecting certain amounts of gold medals unlocks additional "lost levels". Killing twenty enemies in quick succession activates a "Super Combo", which increases Sam's movement speed and his weapons' rate of fire and damage against villains, and doubles the score obtained for every further enemy. This state lasts approximately ten seconds. When Sam's health is depleted, gameplay pauses, the character is reset to most recently passed checkpoint, and the player receives a score penalty. A four-step difficulty setting adjusts how easily either Sam or the enemies are defeated.

Two players can complete the campaign cooperatively in a local split-screen mode.There are three versus modes: "Deathmatch", "Pass the Bomb", and "Hold the Flag". On the PlayStation 2, these can be played one-on-one in split-screen or with up to eight players online, while up to four local players can compete via split-screen on the GameCube.

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