Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter

Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter is a VR first-person shooter and sequel to Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter. You travel through time and fight enemies in a single-player campaign, a 12-level co-op campaign or 16-player versus modes. The game uses Croteam’s Serious Warp movement system and supports cross-platform play with the “flat” version.

Campaigns and settings

The single-player campaign sends Sam back through time to face five new enemy types and three bosses. You can choose from five difficulty settings. The co-op campaign has several difficulty settings, and enemy strength scales with the number of players. It also includes friendly-fire and infinite-ammo options, as well as a classic 1980s arcade-style mode with limited lives.

The game’s settings include South America, ancient Mesopotamia and Medieval Europe, with over 130 hidden secrets to uncover. The Legend of the Beast DLC is included with the VR version.

Movement and weapons

Serious Warp offers adjustable ways to move through VR space. You can use a built-in teleportation system, which lets you move quickly and avoid charging enemies with Sam’s translocator device, or choose smooth movement with a trackpad or analog stick.

You can wield a weapon in each hand, combine different weapons or use two of the same. Sam’s arsenal includes the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw, alongside other weapons.

Multiplayer

Versus multiplayer supports up to 16 players. Its modes include:

• Beast Hunt and Team Beast Hunt: compete alone or in teams to score the most points by hunting enemies on campaign levels.
• Survival and Team Survival: fight endless enemy attacks on a specially designed map and try to survive as long as possible, alone or with teammates.
• Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch: battle in free-for-all or team matches using classic deathmatch rules.
• My Burden: hold a special item and protect it from other players to score points.
• Last Man Standing and Last Team Standing: try to be the last player or team left in these single-spawn modes.
• Capture the Flag: steal the opposing team’s flag, return it to score points and defend your own.
• Instant Kill: a single hit eliminates you.

Workshop and integration

Serious Sam Fusion 2017 provides a central hub for free updates and lets you play cross-platform with players of the flat version. Steam Workshop support lets you submit content you create or download player-made modifications.