Hexen is the sequel to Heretic. While the Heretic was destroying D'Sparil, the other two Serpent Riders have come to your dimension and slaughtered everyone. Or so they thought. Three humans have managed to escape with their lives and now seek vengeance against the Serpent Rider Korax who remains in their world.

Like Heretic, Hexen is a fantasy game based on an enhanced DOOM engine. All of Heretic's innovations like vertical looking, flying, and the inventory system have been carried over. The new major changes this time around are three characters for the player to choose from and the level hub system. The characters are the Fighter, the Cleric, and the Mage. Each one has four unique weapons and different levels of speed and armor.

The hub system steps away from the traditional "single levels stringed along into episodes" system which had been carried over into the FPS genre from sidescrollers and made popular by Wolfenstein 3D. In Hexen's hub system each episode is still made up of interconnected levels, but most of the levels are connected to a single "hub" level through portals. There are also portals between some of the "spoke" levels. Many of the puzzles in Hexen require travel back and forth between different levels.

Other innovations in Hexen included weather effects, jumping, earth-quakes, and destructible objects such as trees and vases.

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Alternate Titles

"Hexen 95" -- Windows re-release title
"Hexen" -- Console title
"Heretic 2" -- Working title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Hexen	Nintendo 64	$0.01
	Hexen	PlayStation	$1.07
	Hexen: Beyond Heretic	Windows	$0.01
	Hexen: Beyond Heretic
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User Reviews

(Review from 1995) Hexen is more than just a "Doom Clone" and is worth trying.	DOS	Kadath Bird (619)
Hexen is an excellent shooter that's just not for everyone.	DOS	WJAndrews (32)
True to its name in many ways... frustrating, somewhat fun.	DOS	ShadowShrike (311)
Enormous switch hunt in scary castles.	DOS	Sir Gofermajster (481)
Pushing the limits of id Tech 1, one sector at a time.	DOS	Chris Charabaruk (124)
A descent Medieval shooter that just tries to be too many games at once	DOS	Medicine Man (367)
An RPG-Style First-Person Shooter	DOS	Aenn Seidhe Priest (10)

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The Press Says

High Score	DOS	Apr, 1996	5 out of 5	100
SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA)	SEGA Saturn	Dec 05, 2012	9 out of 10	90
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Sep, 1997	85 out of 100	85
Computer Games Magazine	DOS	1996		80
Gamezilla	PlayStation	1997	74 out of 100	74
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Dec, 1995	73 out of 100	73
Game Play 64	Nintendo 64	Oct, 1997	70 out of 100	70
GameSpot	DOS	May 01, 1996	6.5 out of 10	65
GameSpot	Nintendo 64	Jul 03, 1997	5 out of 10	50
IGN	Nintendo 64	Jun 26, 1997	3.7 out of 10	37

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Trivia

The final boss of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Mordekai The Summoner, carries a staff very similar to the Bloodscourge, the last weapon of the Mage class in Hexen: Beyond Heretic. It should also be noted that the enemy as a whole looks very similar to D'Sparil, the final boss of Heretic.

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This entry was contributed by Kalirion (643), Xantheous (1296), Kabushi (105892) and Grant McLellan (546)