Hexen II Developer: Raven Software Publisher: Activision Category: Action/Adventure System Req: P166 MMX, 32Mb Ram, 120Mb HD, 3D accelerator card, Win95 or WinNT4.0 Might look like: Hexen? Date posted: 1 May '98 Written By: Bjorn - This game was reviewed on P166, 64 Mb Ram, Voodoo Graphics, Win95 OSR2 - Screenshots of this review have unfortunately been deleted. Sorry for this inconvenience. A little Introduction The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before your. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil. They are the least of your worries. The last known Serpent Riders, Eidol on, lives. As the Necromancer, the Assassin, the Crusader, or the Paladin, you must defeat the dark generals and their Hell-spawned legions before you can face the Archfiend and attempt to end his ravenous onslaught. Go in peace and you will surely die. The Manual Hexen II's manual is a real piece of artwork. It's written in a fantastic gloomy way and the sketches that are included when you read the story are simply brilliant. Never before I saw a manual that really got your full attention to read more and more of it. Background info on your four characters, the Necromancer, the Assassin, the Crusader and the Paladin are included and there is also a detailed description of all the weapons and inventory items. Still, it does not have any 'console' commands or other more specific information but if you have played Quake before (and I know you have), there isn't more to know. Sucks in SVGA but is great in 3D mode! A long time ago, Raven sofware brought us Herectic and Hexen. A new 3d-fantasy game that uses the modified Doom-engine and gave the player more realism. They were Hexen II's precursors and you may wonder what is really different then those older versions? Well first of all and if you haven't live in a cave for over 10 years you should know that most of today games use the 3DFX Chip. It is all 3DFX that hits the computer world. The next generation of 3D-accerelated cards. Hexen II use this feature at 100% of its capabilities. You can also play in normal Vga or Svga mode but I must say, even on my system the Svga Mode sucks bigtime. It ain't smooth at all. Your task in Hexen II is to save the world from evil and its Hell-spawned legions. Originality in storyline isn't Raven's big quality but that is all forgiven as soon as you enter the world of a new fantastic game. New in this sequel is that you have the choice who you play. Either as the Paladin, the Necromancer, the Assassin or the Crusader you set your steps into Hexen's evil world. Each character has different weapons and that makes it even more interesting when you take a look at other single-player Doom clones. Characters also have their own statistics that will enchance its actions. The more you kill, the faster your attacks will be and the more damage that they can do towards the enemy. Each character has 4 Weapons which is not much at all. I agree completely. Raven Software would better add 2 or 3 weapons more to every character. Still, when you use the Tome of Magic it will augmente the weapon that you are using. Basically you will get 8 weapons instead of 4 when you are using that Tome. Heretic fans will remember that the Tome Of Magic is making a comeback into Hexen II which was not available in Hexen. A good thing about the weapons is of course that every character has different weapons. So 4 x 4 is about 16 weapons (and 32 weapons if you included Tome Of Magic) but you are still limited to 8 (Tome Of Magic included) becaue you can only play with 1 character at the time. Some abilities that the characters have are very neat. For example: the Crusader can heal himself with the souls of others and the Assassin can make herself invisible if she stands long enough in a dark place. Next Page Up Previous Page If you want to review your favorite game, or if you work with a computer game company and want your products reviewing, mail info@playdevil.com. All contributions are welcome. Any problems and/or suggestions are always appreciated on webmaster@playdevil.com Nothing of this entire Site, animation & logo's included, may be reproduced, stored, saved, transmitted, in any form or means, electronic, written or otherwise without the prior permission of PlayDevil. Other Logos & Names are Copyrighted Material of its respectful owners. All Rights Reserved. PlayDevil Productions © 199/8-199/9 "rip your own stuff"