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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 736 reviews of which 636 were positive and 100 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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May 2025
Hexen: Beyond Heretic does a lot to separate itself from all the other games on the Doom engine, including its predecessor. While Hexen is perhaps best known for its confusing switch and key puzzles, a lot of these complaints overstate the level of complexity in them. What is, on the other hand, often understated is the repetitiveness of the combat due the lack of enemy variety and small number of weapons. While Hexen does have its faults, it is ultimately worth a shot for most classic FPS fans. PROS: - Creative art style that build upon Heretic with impressive environmental effects - Expansive list of unique items - Mostly solid level design - Great length, taking around 7 hours to complete CONS: - DosBox port, look at installing with GZDoom - The small number of weapons and enemies make combat extremely repetitive and slow - Some sections can be confusing and may require a guide
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Hexen: Beyond Heretic is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

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Hexen: Beyond Heretic received 636 positive votes out of a total of 736 achieving a rating of 8.14.
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Hexen: Beyond Heretic was developed by Raven Software and published by id Software.

Hexen: Beyond Heretic is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Hexen: Beyond Heretic is not playable on MacOS.

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Hexen: Beyond Heretic is a single-player game.

Hexen: Beyond Heretic does not currently offer any DLC.

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Hexen: Beyond Heretic
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Release 03 Aug 2007
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