History VideoGame / SeriousSamTheSecondEncounter

Like ''TFE'', ''TSE'' was also subjected to the ''HD'' treatment with the release of ''Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter'' in April 2010, distributed through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and published by Creator/DevolverDigital. This remake is mostly similar to the original, with a few noticeable exceptions such as Harpies not being able to carry Beheaded Kamikazes and the Gravity Room being replaced with a room full of moving platforms. It also features 16-player {{coop|erativeMultiplayer}} and the usual fanfare such as achievements and leaderboards. [[ButWaitTheresMore And if that wasn't enough]], it received two additional pieces of DownloadableContent, a story expansion called ''Legend of the Beast'' and a multiplayer addon called ''Serious 8'' which adds some skins from ''VideoGame/SeriousSam3BFE'' and a playable version of ''TFE''[='=]s FinalBoss.

* InvisibleWall: There are invisible teleporters or jump pads which would lead back to area or nothing at all.

* LeapOfFaith: The palace of Courtyards of Gilgamesh level had a Leap Of Faith room.

* SentryGun: There are stationary Cannon turrets.

* BlackoutBasement: A few rooms. One of them has the player fire at a switch to keep the room lit.

* CartoonBomb: The Serious Bomb.
* ChainsawGood: The Chainsaw, which becomes the de facto melee weapon for Sam. Useful against Gnaars and Marsh Hoppers and even Kleer Skeletons due to its significant range. If necessary, it can work as a shield against the Alundran Reptiloids' green fireballs while revved up.

* MarathonLevel: "Grand Cathedral", "The City of the Gods", "Ziggurat", "Courtyards of Gilgamesh" and "Tower of Babel".

* QuadDamage: The Serious Damage powerup.

After the events of ''VideoGame/SeriousSamTheFirstEncounter'', Sam finds himself en route to Sirius when he collides with a "[[CreatorCameo Croteam]] Crate-Bus" and crash-lands in Mayan-era South America. This time, Sam must battle across South America, Babylon and medieval Europe, where he will face bosses such as a wind deity, a cyborg giant larva and Mental's summoner before finding a second backup ship.

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: The game starts with a cutscene where the ship Sam found at the end of ''The First Encounter'' in space, barely making it out of Earth's atmosphere before a bus made out of crates carrying [[AuthorAvatar caricatures of Croteam]] crashes into it and forces it back down. In the ''HD'' remakes, this cutscene was removed, leaving almost no explanation for why the ship Sam was taking into space is now on fire and half-embedded into a cliff in ancient South America.

* AlienSky: The first few levels are supposed to take place in South or Central America, on our Earth, in the Mayan age. However, as you near the end of this set, the sky goes completely dark, and a bit later on the night-time sky is blue-purple and... is that a nebula? Cool and beautiful but quite bizarre.

* {{Mayincatec}}: The South American levels take place in a region looking like ancient Peru, even though the place they are stated to be is in Mexico.

* {{Mayincatec}}: The South American levels take place in a region looking like ancient Peru.

* UniqueEnemy: In one part of "The City of the Gods", there are a few Sirian Werebulls with cannons mounted on them, giving them a very dangerous ranged attack. These Werebulls are never seen again after this.

* RatedMForManly: Within the first five minutes of playing ''TSE'', you'll be doing ''bullfighting with a pump-action shotgun''. This only serves to [[UpToEleven set the bar]] for the rest of the game.

* ChargedAttack: The GrenadeLauncher and SBC Cannon.

Like ''TFE'', ''TSE'' was also subjected to the ''HD'' treatment with the release of ''Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter'' in April 2010, distributed through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and published by Devolver Digital. This remake is mostly similar to the original, with a few noticeable exceptions such as Harpies not being able to carry Beheaded Kamikazes and the Gravity Room being replaced with a room full of moving platforms. It also features 16-player {{coop|erativeMultiplayer}} and the usual fanfare such as achievements and leaderboards.

* BrickJoke: Two involving TimeTravel. One of the phone booth conversations takes place between yourself in two different levels, and another takes places between you in ''Second Encounter'' and you near the end of ''II''.

''Serious Sam: The Second Encounter'' is a FirstPersonShooter videogame developed by Croteam and published by Gathering of Developers in February 5, 2002 for PC. It's the second imstallment in the ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'' series.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The opening CutScene was omitted from the HD remake (reportedly because of how completely and utterly silly it was), leaving you beginning the game standing underneath a burning spaceship wreck with barely any explanation as to what happened. The cutscene was later added back in ''Fusion 2017''.

* UpdatedRerelease: So far the game was subjected to the ''HD'' (in order to [[TechDemoGame show the capabilities of the Serious Engine 3]]), ''VR'' (as a free-movement alternative to ''The Last Hope'') and ''Fusion'' treatment (which not only shows the capabilities of the Serious Engine 4, but also unifies it with
''VideoGame/SeriousSamTheFirstEncounter'' in a single game).

* UpdatedRerelease: So far the game was subjected to the ''HD'' (in order to [[TechDemoGame show the capabilities of the Serious Engine 3]]), ''VR'' (as a free-movement alternative to ''The Last Hope'') and ''Fusion'' treatment (which not only shows the capabilities of the Serious Engine 4, but also unifies it with ''VideoGame/SeriousSamTheFirstEncounter'' in a single game).

* ActionBomb:
** The Beheaded Kamikaze, which constantly screams "AAAAAAAA" as it runs towards the player, despite having no head. According to NETRICSA, they have voice synthesizers implanted in them to psyche out their targets.
** The Marsh Hopper is a OneHitpointWonder that jumps towards you and blows itself up on contact to coat you in toxic slime stored in its body. Unlike the Kamikazes, they don't deal SplashDamage, so keeping the chainsaw revved up while crouched works.

* ArmCannon: Biomechanoids come in two varieties: smaller blue ones with laser cannons, and bigger red ones with rocket launchers.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Lava Golems spawn two lesser ones just before they die, with the exception of the smaller ones.

* BigNo: After Sam discovers that [[spoiler:Mental has already taken the Holy Grail]].
* BigRedDevil: Fiendian Reptiloid Demons certainly ''look'' the part, although they are actually just another race of aliens.

* BilingualBonus: The name of the enemy Zumb'ul of the planet Ras-ad-Nyk translates to "Hyacinth of the planet Plant Nursery".

* BrickJoke: Two involve TimeTravel. One of the phone booth conversations takes place between yourself in two different levels, and another takes places between you in ''Second Encounter'' and you near the end of ''II''.

* ChainsawGood:
** The Chainsaw, which becomes the de facto melee weapon for Sam. Useful against Gnaars and Marsh Hoppers and even Kleer Skeletons due to its significant range. If necessary, it can work as a shield against the Alundran Reptiloids' green fireballs while revved up.
** The "Cucurbito the Pumpkin" enemies carry one.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''[[VideoGame/SeriousSamTheFirstEncounter The First Encounter]]'' (and ''BFE''), NETRICSA is pretty much all business for most of the game, although she occasionally shows some signs of her own personality. Come ''TSE'', she's suddenly cracking a ''lot'' more jokes and acting more casual and excitable.

* ChickenWalker: Both varieties of the Biomechanoids walk in this way.

* CuteMonsterGirl: The harpies are flying female humanoids with bird features.

* EnemySummoner: In order to compensate for the lack of offensive capabilities, [[MeaningfulName Mordekai The Summoner]] can do two things: teleport and summon every enemy class into the battlefield.
* {{Fireballs}}:
** Fiendian Reptiloid Demons fire fast, red ones.
** Alundran Reptiloid - Highlander's Brides fire a series of these, homing onto Sam.
** Lava Golems fire them in an arc.
* FlunkyBoss:
** [[spoiler:Kukulkan the Wind God]] fights alongside Mental's mooks in spite of [[spoiler:him not being associated with them]].
** By way of being an EnemySummoner, [[spoiler:Mordekai the Summoner]], who requires them because [[spoiler:he doesn't have any proper offensive capability]].
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Picking up a lone pill at one point spawns a "secret watcher", a pair of giant eyeballs staring at you. Shooting them reveals that they're connected to [[spoiler:a Giant Kamikaze]].
* GratuitousLatin: Parodied with [[spoiler:Mordekai the Summoner]], who speaks random nonsense in Latin due to brain damage.
* HailfirePeaks: The Land of the Damned stage. The level starts off in a snowy village with the player eventually heading into a magma filled cavern, and ending things off with a battle on a frozen lake.

* HealingFactor: The Exotech Larva can heal itself, though only after it loses its plasma-launching arms, and only when it's at a specific area in the room.
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Kukulkán, The Wind God]], who's actually a good [[spoiler:god]] who nonetheless fights Sam because [[spoiler:he has to guard the Sirian portal]].
* HomingProjectile: The Alundran Reptiloids and Fiendian Reptiloids have fireballs who home on Sam whenever they lock on him.
* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler:Kukulkan the Wind God]] can only be killed with explosive ammunition or lasers. Or the Chainsaw, though the prerequisites for a chainsaw kill include having titanium testicles.

* LastDitchMove: Beheaded Bombers and Biomechanoids. Major Biomechanoids have quite a high chance of hitting the player with that one.

* MagmaMan: Lava Golems.
* MarathonLevel:"Grand Cathedral", "The City of the Gods", "Ziggurat", "Courtyards of Gilgamesh" and "Tower of Babel".

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale:
** Female Gnaars are bigger and have more hitpoints than their male counterparts. They're still cannon fodder, though.
** The Aludran Highlander's Bride. She's taller, angrier, and, if you get within slapping distance, can score a OneHitKill on you even with full health and armor.

* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:Mordekai]] apparently died after an incident involving "[[Franchise/EvilDead the Necronomicon, 20,000 pounds of ectoplasm and a mispronounced Latin proverb]]".

* PintSizedPowerhouse:
** There's a stampede of rat-sized Werebulls as a secret in one level. They still retain the devastating properties of their regular-sized counterparts.
** One of the secrets in one of the later south american levels involve Sam dealing with countless of atom-sized ''marsh hoppers''. The only way to truly get rid of them is to use a Serious Bomb.
* PuzzleBoss: [[spoiler:The Exotech Larva]] needs some computers to restore its own health. Destroying them is the key to defeat it.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Well, more like "Huge guy, really huge girl" but the female Alundran Reptiloid highlanders in the Second Encounter are much bigger than the males (110 feet tall to the male's 45 feet), as well as being powerful enough (they have about 6000 hp) to count as a BossInMookClothing. Luckily you only encounter one on normal difficulty and the fight is optional.
* TurnsRed: Highlander (And Highlander's Bride) Aludran Reptiloids fire twice as fast when heavily damaged.

* BigShadowLittleCreature: One of the secrets in The Pit level.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The opening CutScene was omitted from the HD remake (reportedly because of how completely and utterly silly it was), leaving you beginning the game standing underneath a burning spaceship wreck with barely any explanation as to what happened. The cutscene was later added back in ''Fusion 2017''.

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After the events of ''VideoGame/SeriousSamTheFirstEncounter'', Sam find himself en route to Sirius when he collides with a "[[CreatorCameo Croteam]] Crate-Bus" and crash-lands in Mayan-era South America. This time, Sam must battle across South America, Babylon and medieval Europe, where he will face bosses such as a wind deity, a cyborg giant larva and Mental's summoner before finding a second backup ship.

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