Hexen: Beyond Heretic

by id Software

Product Features

• Combines first-person shooter and RPG elements; three types of characters; each character has unique skills; multple levels; collect and store power-ups

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• ASIN: B00064WT0E
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 3, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,246 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Choose from one of four character classes: Paladin, Crusader, Assassin, and Necromancer to fight your way to the depths of evil and destroy the last of the three Serpent Riders. Each character class has its own set of different spells, different attack rates, and each will have two to three special abilities that are gained and improved

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best medevil FPS ever, October 12, 2005

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M. Randall "Deadpool" (Allen Park, MI) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Sure this game was released on several over platforms, but the PC version was the original and the best. I got this back in 1995 when it first came out, 10 years ago. I was only 11 or 12 at the time but the game was something so different then all the other DOOM games out at the time. You could control 3 different characters, a warrior, a cleric or a mage. And then you'd be forced to purge your way through dark maps full of enemies. The main villian, Korax, would often taunt you with messages throughout the game. This was the sequel to Heretic and continued the story of the Serpent Riders. I still have this game with the original box. sweet sweet memories

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still one of the best fps on the market, January 2, 2009

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T. Mullis (georgia, usa) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hexen: Beyond Heretic (CD-ROM)

I can never say enough good things about hexen. When it originally came out i was mesmerized by the jump in technology from the standard doom 2 engine. Gone were the days of fixed viewpoint and feet firmly on the floor. You could now jump, fly, look up and down, use different potions, magic and strategies to defeat more monsters than you could shake your wand at, on top of that a atmospheric and eerie soundtrack full of medieval enchantment beckoned you to look around the next corner. Hexen was one of the first, if not the first to employ and utilize the hub system. Level after level of butchering was done away with in favour of interconnected levels where an action on one level could open up doorways and more on another, portals linked the archaic and gothic ruins drawing you deeper and deeper towards the ultimate showdown with korax. One of the greatest aspects of the game was how each monster was used as a chess piece in battle against you, with short range, medium range and long range attack creatures working together to bring you down with a vengeance. I firmly believe this game influenced Quake more than any other game, especially the atmosphere and style. Romero was executive producer on this Raven title and you can feel alot of this game in the original Quake. This game runs beautifully on doomsday, just google for it, its a free program that brings back all the beauty of this title, heretic, hexen and the original doom games. Enjoy!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great old school, November 24, 2008

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W. davis (Toledo, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Hexen: Beyond Heretic (CD-ROM)

I enjoyed this just as much this time through as I did when it first came out over a decade ago. The graphics come across better on the newer cards. Just be careful that you've got a win95,98 machine or emulator that will run it.