It’s a shame this game is trapped in legal limbo (the rights are a mess between Climax, Devolver Digital, and Take-Two). Until it gets a remaster, the only way to experience Sam fighting a giant mechanical Nero in the Colosseum is to blow the dust off your GameCube.
And honestly? That feels right. Some chaos is best enjoyed on a purple box. serious sam next encounter gamecube
Released in 2004 for the GameCube (and PS2), this wasn’t a straight port of The First Encounter or The Second Encounter . It was a brand-new, console-exclusive adventure developed by Climax Studios. And it is weird —in the best possible way. Chronologically, Next Encounter sits between the first two games. Sam “Serious” Stone is back, fighting through Rome, ancient China, and even Atlantis. The plot is nonsense (in a fun way), involving a reality-warping artifact called the Medallion of Power. You don’t play Serious Sam for the story; you play to watch 50 enemies explode into gory confetti at once. It’s a shame this game is trapped in