Back هيكسن: بيوند هيريتيك Arabic هيكسن: بيوند هيريتك ARZ Hexen Catalan Hexen: Beyond Heretic Czech Hexen (Computerspiel) German Hexen Spanish Hexen: Beyond Heretic Basque هگزن: فراتر از هرتیک Persian Hexen Finnish Hexen French
| Hexen: Beyond Heretic | |
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| Developer(s) | Raven Software[a] |
| Publisher(s) | id Software |
| Director(s) | Brian Raffel |
| Designer(s) | Eric C. Biessman Michael Raymond-Judy |
| Programmer(s) | Ben Gokey Paul MacArthur Chris Rhinehart |
| Artist(s) | Shane Gurno Brian Pelletier Brian Raffel |
| Composer(s) | Kevin Schilder |
| Engine | Doom engine |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | October 30, 1995 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Hexen: Beyond Heretic is a fantasy first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software distributed through GT Interactive on October 30, 1995. It is the indirect sequel to 1994's Heretic, and the second game in Raven Software's "Serpent Riders" trilogy, which culminated with Hexen II. The title comes from the German noun Hexen, which means "witches", and/or the verb hexen, which means "to cast a spell". Game producer John Romero stated that a third, unreleased game in this series was to be called Hecatomb.[5]
Hexen: Beyond Heretic met with highly positive reviews upon release, though the various 1997 console ports were negatively received because of problems with frame rate and controls and the aging of the game itself. Critical plaudits for the game centered on the non-linear level design and the selection of three playable characters, each offering a distinct gameplay experience.
- ^ "Online Gaming Review". February 27, 1997. Archived from the original on February 27, 1997. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Online Gaming Review". June 6, 1997. Archived from the original on June 6, 1997. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "GameSpot: Video Games News: Hexen Casts Its Spell". April 14, 2002. Archived from the original on April 14, 2002. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ I. G. N. Staff (June 26, 1997). "Hexen Materializes". IGN. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ John Romero [@Romero] (January 16, 2016). "@60f7aa9db0c7400 : absolutely. Hexen was the sequel to Heretic. The 3rd game was supposed to be Hecatomb. #gamehistory" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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