Description
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders is the expanded version of the original
Heretic retail release with the addition of two new episodes. This gives
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders a total of five episodes compared to the original
Heretic's three episodes (and a single episode for the shareware release). Owners of the original Heretic are able to download a free patch which will update the game to the
Shadow of the Serpent Riders' full five episodes.
Your world has been ravaged by the three Serpent Riders from the Abyss. Afterwards two of the Riders have left, while one, D'Sparil remains to oversee the oppression. It is your duty, as the Heretic, to destroy this demon.
Heretic is the first game in the Heretic/Hexen franchise. Here begins
Raven's tradition of taking
id's latest game engines, improving on them, and using them in a fantasy game.
For Heretic, the
Doom engine was used. The Raven team enhanced the engine with the addition of an inventory system, the ability to look up and down, and the ability to fly, along with some lesser features such as powerful wind currents. Not counting the inventory, the core gameplay that made Doom such a hit remained the same.
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Trivia
Heretic is commonly noted as the first Doom-enhanced engine to perform looking up and down, but truthfully
none of the Doom-enhanced engines can truly look up and down due to the nature of the engine. Technically, yes, it's "looking" up and down, but no tilting of the head is involved -- rather, the viewpoint of the player is raised and lowered, much like a periscope. This is also why, at extreme heights or lows, the perspective gets wildly distorted.
