Hexen: Beyond Heretic, released as simply Hexen for some ports, is a first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed by GT Interactive beginning on March 16, 1996. It is the sequel to 1994's Heretic, and the second game in the Serpent Riders series. The word Hexen is German for "witches".
The game received mostly very positive reviews in computer gaming magazines. There were complaints of the...
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Hexen: Beyond Heretic, released as simply Hexen for some ports, is a first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed by GT Interactive beginning on March 16, 1996. It is the sequel to 1994's Heretic, and the second game in the Serpent Riders series. The word Hexen is German for "witches".
The game received mostly very positive reviews in computer gaming magazines. There were complaints of the graphics being crude in comparison to the preceding game in the series, Heretic, but vast and well designed levels plus numerous enemies and weapons were seen as advantages.
The game was released as home ports for the Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn with virtually no major changes to level design, plot, or overall delivery. The PlayStation and Saturn ports were one-player only and suffered some frame-rate losses, while the Nintendo 64 port had four-player co-op and deathmatch options, and boasted the best PC-to-home-port...
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