Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
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Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is a turn-based role-playing spin-off of the Serious Sam series that parodies classic JRPGs while retaining the franchise’s over-the-top action and humor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Serious Sam: The Random Encounter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11251328 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Serious Sam: The Random Encounter Context triple: [Serious Sam franchise, hasSpinOff, Serious Sam: The Random Encounter]
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Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is a fast-paced first-person shooter game known for its over-the-top action, hordes of enemies, and humorous tone as part of the Serious Sam series.
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Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Serious Sam: The First Encounter is a fast-paced, arcade-style first-person shooter game known for its large hordes of enemies, over-the-top action, and humorous tone, developed by Croteam and released in the early 2000s.
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C.
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a fast-paced first-person shooter prequel known for its chaotic large-scale battles against hordes of enemies and over-the-top action.
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D.
Serious Sam 4
Serious Sam 4 is a fast-paced first-person shooter video game that continues the over-the-top, large-scale alien-blasting action of the long-running Serious Sam series.
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E.
Serious Sam 2
Serious Sam 2 is a fast-paced first-person shooter video game known for its over-the-top action, hordes of enemies, and humorous tone within the Serious Sam series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Serious Sam: The Random Encounter Target entity description: Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is a turn-based role-playing spin-off of the Serious Sam series that parodies classic JRPGs while retaining the franchise’s over-the-top action and humor.
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A.
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is a fast-paced first-person shooter game known for its over-the-top action, hordes of enemies, and humorous tone as part of the Serious Sam series.
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B.
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Serious Sam: The First Encounter is a fast-paced, arcade-style first-person shooter game known for its large hordes of enemies, over-the-top action, and humorous tone, developed by Croteam and released in the early 2000s.
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C.
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a fast-paced first-person shooter prequel known for its chaotic large-scale battles against hordes of enemies and over-the-top action.
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D.
Serious Sam 4
Serious Sam 4 is a fast-paced first-person shooter video game that continues the over-the-top, large-scale alien-blasting action of the long-running Serious Sam series.
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E.
Serious Sam 2
Serious Sam 2 is a fast-paced first-person shooter video game known for its over-the-top action, hordes of enemies, and humorous tone within the Serious Sam series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
role-playing video game
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spin-off video game ⓘ turn-based game ⓘ video game ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Serious Sam
ⓘ
linked to:
Serious Sam franchise
|
| combatSystem | turn-based combat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| developer | Vlambeer ⓘ |
| developerCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| distribution | digital distribution ⓘ |
| distributor | Steam ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Sam "Serious" Stone
ⓘ
Serious Sam ⓘ
linked to:
Serious Sam Stone
|
| franchise |
Serious Sam
ⓘ
linked to:
Serious Sam Stone
|
| gameEngine | Game Maker ⓘ |
| gameMode | single-player ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
indie game ⓘ parody ⓘ role-playing game ⓘ turn-based ⓘ |
| hasBattleSystem | party-based combat ⓘ |
| hasCamera | 2D ⓘ |
| hasEnemy | Mental's forces ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement | bullet hell influences ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
absurdist
ⓘ
self-referential ⓘ |
| hasMechanic |
equipment management
ⓘ
random encounters ⓘ resource management ⓘ |
| isSpinOffOf |
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
ⓘ
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
humor
ⓘ
mix of action and turn-based mechanics ⓘ over-the-top action ⓘ |
| parodies |
Japanese role-playing games
ⓘ
classic JRPG conventions ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Serious Sam
ⓘ
linked to:
Serious Sam franchise
|
| perspective | top-down ⓘ |
| platform |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| publisher | Devolver Digital ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2011-10-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| setting | science fiction universe ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | PC ⓘ |
| visualStyle | pixel art ⓘ |
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Subject: Serious Sam: The Random Encounter Description of subject: Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is a turn-based role-playing spin-off of the Serious Sam series that parodies classic JRPGs while retaining the franchise’s over-the-top action and humor.
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