More powerful equipment must be found: the Ethereal Crossbow dispenses a spread of arrows doing high damage, but at a low firing rate. The weapon arsenal is large and varied: the basic weapons are a wooden staff and the Elvenwand that shoots low-damage magic bullets. Most enemies exist in several varieties: some have additional range attacks, others have ghost forms and are impervious to certain weapons. Enemies include gargoyles, golems, undead knights, sorcerers, ophidian beasts and more. Keys must be found and buttons pressed to advance. The goal in each level is to find the exit, killing everything standing in one's way. Every episode consists of nine levels, one of them a hidden one. The hunt for D'Sparil begins in the City of the Damned, continues in the alternate dimension of the Hell's Maw and comes to an end in The Dome of D'Sparil. Like DOOM, Heretic consists of three distinct episodes, playable in any order, the first being available as shareware. It uses the engine from id Software's DOOM and transplants that game's first person shooter gameplay into a fantasy setting. Heretic is the first game in the Heretic / Hexen franchise. Now, one of the last remaining Sidhe must take the fight to D'Sparil himself, being the only hope his world has left. The retribution is swift and hard, and most of the elves are destroyed. He sends the armies of the Seven Kings against the Sidhe, who have no choice but to extinguish the Seven Candles, vanquishing the armies. With most of their work done, the two elder Riders leave, leaving only D'Sparil, the youngest and weakest Rider, behind to oversee the oppression. Only the ancient Sidhe elves are immune to the Riders' influence, which led to them being branded heretics. Their mysterious power makes people obey and follow them like sheep. The world has been attacked by the three Serpent Riders from the Abyss. Replay Value: Replay value is high, because there are many hidden treasures. Sound: Sound is annoying at times, but it is usually good.Įnjoyment: The game is fun and intense at times, and slow and borign at others. Graphics: Good graphics from the Doom engine.
If you like 3-D shooters, then you will like Heretic. Overall, Heretic is a simply a tweaking of Doom. The game-saving feature is one you will want to use often, unless you are a masochist. Replay value is high, because there are so many hidden passages to explore, and because few players will achieve success in one or two game sessions. The final showdown with the evil master is amazingly tough, so save your game often. There is almost the perfect combination of intensity and inaction. Heretic challenges your brain to figure out each level. The enjoyment level is really high when you are doing well and drops slightly when you get lost in a maze of caverns. Heretic is definitely the kind of game that you can spend many hours playing without realizing it. The sounds of the hero grunting in pain combined with the sounds of the weapon firing can be distracting and annoying.
The soft background music draws you into the game, but there is an aural overload during monster attacks.
The 3-D graphics are excellent, and the new points of view really enhance game play. Heretic is an enhanced version of Doom set in the distant past instead of the distant future. The developers at Raven did a good job at tweaking the Doom engine. So, if you need constant action, Heretic may not be your game. Although games like Heretic are classified as shooters, they are really about exploration. When you get lost and explore the same dark cavern several times, you get bored. When groups of demons and monsters attack, your pulse will pound. The action in Heretic is sometimes very exciting and sometimes very boring. It looks and feels like Doom, and its lack of originality probably prevented it from becoming the next big thing in video gaming. Heretic is a game lost in the glut of first person shooters that flooded the video game market in the early 1990s.
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