Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

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Veni, Vidi, Vici

Veni, Vidi, Vici

Beat the final boss in Singleplayer on Serious difficulty without loading mid-battle savegames

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How to unlock the Veni, Vidi, Vici achievement in Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem - Definitive Guide

I got this while mopping up the secrets, playing through the entire game on Tourist and hardly using any gadgets, picking up many when searching for secrets. Make a manual save just before the final boss checkpoint at the damn after switching the difficulty to Serious.

(You can do what I did and keep playing in Tourist without applying S.A.M. skills to get the Old School cheevo, and then go back to the manual save and change difficulties. Unsure if it voids the Old School cheevo here when applying S.A M. skills. Didn't want to risk it but in theory it shouldn't...)

Make your set up and then create your save. I had my S.A.M. points on:
Looter Shooter
Dual Wield
Dual Wield Harder
Dual Wield With a Vengeance
Born to Run
Full Speed Ahead
Berserker
Footsure
Most of the other skills seem pretty much redundant at this point, but these are what worked for me. 😃

Set up a Time Warp on your Quick Use Gadget button (Y by default) and enter the fight. As soon as you see Brand, activate the Time Warp, spam any hacked drones and T.A.C.T. drops you may have while avoiding his initial attacks. Also I found Rage Serum helps alot in dealing damage. Brand comes in three stages. The first he just kind of circles you while trying to attack you with his floor fire attack. Equip Dual Burners and go to town on him. I use the burners as they are easier to control and deal heavy damage when used with Rage Serum.

It shouldn't take very long to get Brand into his second stage, where he turns red but also gets very lively with his second attacks and floor fire attacks and an arial stomp which can be troublesome to avoid. Again, try to utilise any gadgets that you may have left to give you a helping hand. During his third and final attack, he will choose one of the concrete "stages" around the outside of the arena and will summon two giant fire breathing snakes at each side. Their attacks are fairly easy to avoid with jumping and strafing. Equip Dual cannons and start wailing on Brand hopefully this whole fight shouldn't take more than two or so minutes with some trial and error and a decent set up.



Good Luck!.
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10 Oct 2022 16:40

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100% doable on your Serious solo run with no skills if you follow the secrets guide No Stone Unturned and unload your gear.

Pop those time warps, the drones, and if you lose anything less than 150 health, use a L.I.F.E.. Didn't see much from the mini nuke; spammed T.A.C.T.s to pretty good success. Shockingly the hoverboard really brought it home at the end. It's basically invulnerability with infinite ammo.
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By The Last Rascal on 15 Oct 2022 03:19
Something else that might help is the defib you get from one of the card locations in Inborn Plumber, Mission 3, Siberiade.
Serious Sam: Siberian MayhemSecret AchievementThe Secret Achievement achievement in Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem worth 75 pointsContinue playing to unlock this secret achievement
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By The Last Rascal on 12 Oct 2022 00:42
This does work, i had an auto save which popped me right in the beginning of the fight. Quickly switched to Serious then finished him off. Time warp & T.A.C.T destroyed him!
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By Law Violation on 14 Aug 2023 21:11
15 Aug 2023
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UPDATE:
I just played the whole campaign again on SERIOUS difficulty, INFINITE AMMO, and I manually saved all the time.

Both the solo SERIOUS difficulty achievements unlocked.

AND IT WAS FUN, thanks to infinite ammo.
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By E vee dub on 15 Aug 2023 11:04
14 Aug 2023
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I followed this guide's advice to make a manual save just before the final boss and switch the difficulty to Serious. I defeated the final boss and the achievement DID NOT UNLOCK.

Do we have to play the whole campaign on Serious difficulty to unlock this achievement? Seems so. Someone else please confirm. If so, please edit the guide for accuracy.

Also, please explain what "without loading mid-battle save games" means for clarity?

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By E vee dub on 14 Aug 2023 11:43
CONGRATS
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By AP 8T8 on 13 May 2024 22:12
thank u dub im just gonna be safe with infinite ammo not risking these saves
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By EMBICK on 03 Jun 2024 18:55
^Dude, I think there's a problem with your keyboard. All your comments, even on other solutions, are bolted....
OH SHIT. IT'S HAPPENING TO ME TOO
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By Dr Marty on 16 Jun 2024 11:20
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