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Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Developer: Raven Software
Publisher: id Software
Year: 1994
Category: 3D Shooting
Version: Shareware
File size: 5.40 MB
Game site: http://www.ravensoft.com/hexen.html
Downloads: 76,303 since 02/12/02

Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Description: (written by MobyGames.com)
Hexen is the sequel to Heretic. Like Heretic, Hexen is a fantasy game based on an enhanced DOOM engine. All of Heretic's innovations like vertical looking, flying, and the inventory system have been carried over. The new major changes this time around are three characters for the player to choose from and the level hub system. The characters are the Fighter, the Cleric, and the Mage. Each one has four unique weapons and different levels of speed and armor.

The hub system steps away from the traditional "single levels stringed along into episodes" system which had been carried over into the FPS (first person shooter) genre from sidescrollers and made popular by Wolfenstein 3D. In Hexen's hub system each episode is still made up of interconnected levels, but most of the levels are connected to a single "hub" level through portals. There are also portals between some of the "spoke" levels. Many of the puzzles in Hexen require travel back and forth between different levels.

Other innovations in Hexen included weather effects, jumping, earth-quakes, and destructable objects such as trees and vases.

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