Hexen: Beyond Heretic on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

While the Sidhe elf Corvus battled the evil forces of D'Sparil, the remaining Serpent Riders were busy corrupting other dimensions. As a Warrior, Mage, or Cleric, you must defend your realm of Cronos from the second Serpent Rider known as Korax.

Hexen: Beyond Heretic is a action, fantasy and fps game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software.
Released on August 03rd 2007 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 728 reviews of which 629 were positive and 99 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

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Action Fantasy FPS Shooter Classic First-Person Dark Fantasy Retro Old School 1990's Dark Boomer Shooter Class-Based Singleplayer Gothic Magic RPG Puzzle Adventure Atmospheric

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Jan. 2025

One of the best old-school FPS's in my opinion, and the first to incorporate light RPG elements with the character selection and such. We got such an awesome DOOM "reboot", I'd love to see Hexen (or Heretic) get the same love.

Jan. 2025

A true classic. While Heretic felt more like a reskinned Doom with reskinned guns, Hexen comes into its own as a fantasy mix of melee and spellcasting. The three classes aren't what I would term *balanced*, but they're all fun. Played them all multiple times. If you're gonna play it today, try Doomsday, or any other modern port for Doom engine games.

Oct. 2024

Played through GZDoom. Hexen is an interesting beast that definitely needs patience to play. Levels are now accessed from an hub, and there are 3 playable characters to choose from, each with their own set of weapons, which is quite ambitious for a game on the Doom engine. The inventory system from Heretic is also back. That said, Hexen's biggest flaw is well known by now: it's very cryptic. It's a switch hunt fron start to finish that will have you run from one end of a map to the other multiple times. What could be a secret in another game is mandatory to progress here. Imho, there's also the issue of the weapons: while there are a total of 12 weapons, each character only has 4 at their disposal. This makes a playthrough more repetitive than normal because you have access to half the arsenal of other Doom games. To add insult to injury, the Tome of Power from Heretic isn't in this game for some reason. There's also a strange mechanic that will spawn one weak enemy in the map you're in every once in a while. It's a small annoyance that doesn't add much to the game. Despite all of this, I think Hexen is worth experiencing at least once, if you have enough patience for it.

Sept. 2024

Enjoyable, but it's definitely a "where the fuck do I go?" kind of game. Since you aren't give hints as to the next objective after flicking a hidden switch, etc. I often found myself wandering areas long after I had done everything I needed to because they never felt "complete", always as though I had potentially missed something. It was so bad that after I suffered a glitch in one of the later stages that rendered the game unbeatable I still hugged and attempted to activate every wall for ten minutes before finally consulting a walkthrough. Raven Soft. had thoroughly buck-broken me at that point, so the idea that there was some well hidden bullshit seemed more likely than the game fizzing out and denying me further progress (I was able to finish the game off after reloading an older save btw). Regarding the gameplay: it's fine. There are multiple classes, and I chose the cleric who is kind of battlemage. The melee combat is atrocious, though, and I don't think I will ever want to play this game as a warrior. It's DOOM with a different coat of paint, essentially, and a class dedicated to DOOM's fist-fighting action sounds miserable. I definitely didn't have fun using the cleric's mace, and much preferred using magic. Unfortunately there are only three spells the cleric can use, so it's lacking in variety. The final spell is a BFG-type attack, too, which consumes a lot of ammo, so it's best used sparingly. The enemy variety is also lacking. Centuars in particular are one of the most annoying FPS creatures I've fought as they can deflect magic, and melee is such a bore. There are poisonous vials you can drop which stunlocks them into place, and guarantees a kill if they walk into the gas cloud, but then you have to wait for it to dissipate because it'll otherwise deal a lot of damage to yourself as well. I never had fun fighting a centuar, but the other monsters can be pretty cool. I just wish there were more of them. Overall I'd give it a 6 or 7 out of 10. I prefer Heretic.

Aug. 2024

HeXen: Beyond Heretic has one of the best game titles I've ever seen. It literally bashes on its indirect prequel, Heretic, saying it's beyond it! It's the developers recognizing an evolution in their game developing skills. It differs from DOOM in its fantasy setting, and on the level design: it consists of hub areas with other entrances scattered throughout, leading to other areas, instead of linear levels. One needs to collect keys to open doors in previous areas and backtrack all the time, possibly passing by the same place over and over to check if a door is now open or not. Spatial memory will help a lot when playing HeXen, since everything is a maze with tons of branching paths. The concept in itself isn't the issue here, since exploration is fun, but it's handled terribly. Sometimes, you need to guess that a specific wall with a misaligned texture can be opened, or you have to fall on a tight square hole to fall somewhere important, or you have to place a skull on a statue without the game ever hinting at such. Out of all the shooters of the time, HeXen is one of the worst when it comes to progression. It puts many people off due to the annoying navigation and puzzles, unsurprisingly so. Hand holding is frowned upon in games, but absolutely zero guidance and cruelly complicated mazes are just as obnoxious. Without taking merit from the fantastic soundtrack, I have personally played HeXen while listening to Norwegian Black Metal, which is the vibe this game's atmosphere brings. I've blasted the likes of Darkthrone, Burzum, Mayhem, Immortal and Emperor while playing through it! Doing so via GZDOOM with a Reshade preset that increased sharpness, made everything slightly darker and added a grey tint was a brutal experience. The song "Transilvanian Hunger" will now always remind me of playing HeXen. The class I've chosen was Fighter, but I personally might replay this game at a later date with a different class, to see how much it differs. Even though the confusing, labyrinthine levels might not be everyone's cup of tea (I've spent more time lost in Shadow Wood than I'd like to admit), HeXen is not talked about enough when it comes to boomer shooters.

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4.99€

8.1

629

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Developer

Raven Software

Publisher

id Software

Release 03 Aug 2007

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