Nintendo 64

Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: id Tech 1
• Gameplay feature: Auto-mapping
• Gameplay feature: Recordable replays
• Heretic and Hexen series

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The Press Says

Nintendo Land	2003	88 out of 100	88
Gaming Age	1998	85 out of 100	85
Game Play 64	Oct, 1997	70 out of 100	70
X64	Oct, 1997	69 out of 100	69
Total! (Germany)	Aug, 1997	2.75 out of 6	65
GameSpot	Jul 03, 1997	5 out of 10	50
Edge	Aug, 1997	5 out of 10	50
IGN	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.