Battlefield: Bad Company 2 vs Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a fighting FPS game from DICE (2010) while Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is an FPS game from Croteam (2009).
Quick answer: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 rates higher, 7.8 to 7.5 on the GamingPickz Score.
What each one is
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is filed under Fighting and FPS. In contrast, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter under FPS.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Story, characters and reception
Plot
Setting Bad Company 2 takes place within the same setting of Bad Company , involving a fictional conflict between the United States and Russian Federation known as the "Second Russo-American War". In the game's story, the conflict has grown with the United States bracing for an invasion, as Russia invades Europe and Alaska , while strengthing and supporting China , and the Latin American Militia, a rebel group operating in South America . The game's main… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Battlefield: Bad Company 2 received mostly positive reviews from game critics. Aggregating review website Metacritic have the PlayStation 3 version at 88/100, the Xbox 360 version at 88/100, and the PC version at 87/100. The iOS version received generally poorer reviews and holds a score of 64/100. (Wikipedia)
Plot
Serious Sam: The First Encounter begins with recounting how humans in the early 21st century found buried artefacts of the Sirians , an ancient but technologically advanced alien civilisation, which enabled them to explore the universe at large. However, in 2104, they were attacked by forces commanded by the alien overlord Mental. Humanity was pushed back from Alpha Centauri to the Solar System and eventually Earth , where it faced its eradication. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Serious Sam: The First Encounter received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregator website Metacritic , which calculated a weighted average rating of 87/100 based on thirty-one critic reviews. Several critics described the game as a return to older first-person shooters like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D as the genre had since become more story-focused, as in Half-Life . John Bye ( Eurogamer ), Dave Woods ( PC Zone ), and… (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.8/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (85%, 37,378) | Very Positive (93%, 8,940) |
| Critic aggregate | 87/100 | 68/100 |
| Price | Not listed | $14.99 |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | playable | playable |
| Released | 2010 | 2009 |
| Developer | DICE | Croteam |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 vs Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Battlefield: Bad Company 2Fighting FPS gameSerious Sam HD: The First EncounterFPS gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Battlefield: Bad Company 2FPS, Action, ShooterSerious Sam HD: The First EncounterFPS, Action, ShooterThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ✓Score 7.8 · 85% on Steam · 87 criticSerious Sam HD: The First EncounterScore 7.5 · 93% on Steam · 68 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Battlefield: Bad Company 237,378 reviewsSerious Sam HD: The First Encounter8,940 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Battlefield: Bad Company 2Not listedSerious Sam HD: The First Encounter$14.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Battlefield: Bad Company 2PlayableSerious Sam HD: The First EncounterPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueBattlefield: Bad Company 2 and Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
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Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (GamingPickz Score 7.8)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (37,378 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
FPSMultiplayerActionShooterFirst-PersonSingleplayerCo-opClassic
Where they differ
WarTeam-BasedDestructionMilitaryTacticalAtmospheric
GoreOnline Co-OpOld SchoolIndieAliensDifficult
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is demanding, for players who want a challenge.
System requirements, side by side
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | 256 MB Video Card (GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900) | nVidia GeForce 7600 |
| Minimum CPU | Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz | Intel Pentium 4 3+ Ghz |
| Minimum RAM | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Install size | — | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 · Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and 1 for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter in scope?
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has drawn 37,378 Steam reviews. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has drawn 8,940 Steam reviews.
Is Battlefield: Bad Company 2 or Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 rates higher (7.8 to 7.5). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 or Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get Battlefield: Bad Company 2 or Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter?
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 rates higher, 7.8 to 7.5 on the GamingPickz Score. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.