Summary
If you loved the original game, you'll love the add-on levels
The Good
These levels are more challenging than the original game, which is to be expected in an add-on pack. The designers went to great lengths to make the world more atmospheric; for example, smashing all the human corpses in a room causes a message decrying your desecration of the tomb "and now you die!!!" just before teleporting in a bunch of monsters. Another highlight in this game is that even though the same puzzle elements are reused, they aren't the same puzzles.
The Bad
This add-on pack doesn't bring any new monsters, weapons, or even level art to Hexen. The final bosses simply don't match up to the mid-game bosses in the original game. Other than that, the game excels.
The Bottom Line
Deathkings is a great add-on pack for Hexen, but it contains the same gameplay. Those players who didn't like the original game won't change their minds with these levels; on the other hand, those who enjoyed the puzzles as well as the mindless monster bashing will enjoy the new game.
