24th August 2025, 7:39 PM
It's horrible what happened to Raven, getting bought up and forced to toil forever in the call of duty mines. The last few games they made before that were pretty nice. Raven has always had decent quality games, that while they never QUITE reached the level of iD or the better BUILD engine games, still were doing some interesting things. Also, I absolutely love the art design of Heretic.
Hexen 2 and Heretic 2 are in an odd place. Both are using the Quake engine, and both have bizarre licensing issues. Hexen 2 had a single expansion pack that you'll have poor luck finding, and Heretic 2 just doesn't have a modern digital release. Heretic 2 is underrated as a result, and I consider it better than Hexen 2. Sure, they went for third person shooter instead of FPS, but it's got some good run and "gun" design.
But as for this one, they really went a long way towards fixing some of the bigger issues with the game designs of both games.
Hexen 2 and Heretic 2 are in an odd place. Both are using the Quake engine, and both have bizarre licensing issues. Hexen 2 had a single expansion pack that you'll have poor luck finding, and Heretic 2 just doesn't have a modern digital release. Heretic 2 is underrated as a result, and I consider it better than Hexen 2. Sure, they went for third person shooter instead of FPS, but it's got some good run and "gun" design.
But as for this one, they really went a long way towards fixing some of the bigger issues with the game designs of both games.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)