HeXen II on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.

HeXen II is a action, fps and classic 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 543 reviews of which 433 were positive and 110 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.


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Feb. 2025
Hexen II is the videogame version of an instrumental interlude of a Black Metal demo from the 90s, limited to 666 cassettes. I was 12 when it was released, and I fell in love immediately. It has that raw, unrefined touch of demonic dark-fantasy from all early Raven Software titles, long before they started to release generic / uninteresting stuff like the same CoD crap over and over again. It uses a modified version of the Quake engine, and at that time the graphics were awesome: Rich textures, detailed models, destructible environments, etc. The music is also excellent, now it would be considered vintage Dungeon Synth and it would sell well on Bandcamp. It has some RPG elements but it's basically an FPS. You get satanic shit everywhere, and enemies straight out of the ninth circle of Hell, what else do you want? HOWEVER I wouldn't recommend buying the Steam version, as it doesn't include the original CD music, and the mouse support is limited (no free look in all directions, only left and right). I bought the GOG version too, and I am playing that one instead, it's much better in my opinion.
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Sept. 2024
Fantasy Quake. I mean, like... moreso. Shoot fantasy weapons and run around hub levels. The graphics are a little more hi-res than Quake and the levels are bigger/expansive. But the storyline is incomprehensible. The puzzles are more challenging.
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Sept. 2024
A top ten of all time games. Grab it and play your heart out, Each class makes the game a different play and they're all worth a playthrough,
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July 2024
Dark Souls meets Quake in an unholy union, and I (kinda) love it.. Back in the days, before the era of earthy military shooters there was a time of weird experimentation, and in this era we saw the likes of Hexen crawl to the surface. This is basically a rudimentary darker take on dungeon and dragons with classes to choose from and a very barebones inventory system dressed in the raggedy carcass of the Quake engine. Now I love the Quake engine and the fact that Hexen 2 in many ways improves upon the tried and tested formula of going medieval on a bunch of monsters in equally dark and brooding setpieces is brilliant. In the beginning the atmosphere is great and the gameplay meaty and rewarding, however, the game quickly turns into a slog when the difficulty staggers into view by adding tons of health to the enemies making the journey grind to a halt in a quagmire of bodies. This might be a nonproblem for some, but for me the combination of difficulty adjusted by the health of mobs is seldom a great way of making memorable fights.. The puzzles are good, not great, and the hidden switch hunting that made the first game a guidebook writer's wet dream have been greatly reduced. The class-based system works even if it is rudimentary and the minimalistic asymmetry between the 4 archetypes make them stand out, for better and for worse. In the end Hexen 2 is a child of its time, a game on the cusp of something great that never truly could break free from the inherent limitations of its own design. This is among the few game series I have great hopes for a remaster in due time since the core concept is simply amazing. This one is a minor recommendation based more on my heavy nostalgia than an actual love of the gameplay. If you like old school boomer shooters and want a slightly flawed medieval take on the concept, Hexen 2 is still a fine game. Just don’t expect it to be anything like Quake!
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April 2024
Other than the Egypt part being a confusing ball-breaking mess, it's a fun game if you take the time to patch it! May Ravensoftware one day be freed from the Call of Duty mines
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HeXen II
7.5
433
110
Online players
3
Developer
Raven Software
Publisher
id Software
Release 03 Aug 2007
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