Heretic 2 (Jewel Case)

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Customer Reviews:

Great Game! [Posted on 2001-12-12]
This is a great game! It was quite surprising actually to see the sequel to the first heretic to be such a good one. Not that the first one is bad it's just that the second one is better. This is a game where you really don't know what will happen next and you don't know what to expect and that is what makes it so great. Not only that, but the realistic locations and the different sound effects make you really apart of the game. It's also a pretty interesting plot and well thought out. I've always had fun playing this game and always will! I recommend this game to anyone that enjoys a good computer game!

High Quality Fantasy Brought to Life [Posted on 2002-01-05]
Heretic II is a game that I must feel affection for. It features beautiful levels graced with colors so vivid I sometimes feel the need to squint. And "Curvos," the figure you control, is a hero in every sense of the word because he rolls, pole vaults, climbs, jumps, and runs through these levels all the while blasting his enemies with an arsenal of powerful weapons. What's not to like about this game?

Well, there are some minor flaws. Many of the levels are quite confusing, and you often believe you are making substantial progress only to find yourself back where you started. Since your camera angle is from a fair distance behind Curvos, you may have difficulty seeing to the side allowing you to be ambushed by enemies or making you miss an important passage. Hence, in some parts of the game finding your way through the level can be tedious and frustrating. Some of the puzzles can also be tedious and frustrating requiring you to reload the game repeatedly after you die from a fall or from sinking into lava.

Despite these flaws, Heretic II is a truly fine game. It's a feast for both the eyes and the ears. This game brings a virtual world of high fantasy to life on your PC. Enter this world and be amazed.

Addendum:

It's two years later, and I'm not able to play Heretic II anymore--well, at least it doesn't play the way it should. I "upgraded" to Windows XP which was installed on my new computer, and to my chagrine it doesn't play right. Most of the problems I've encountered reside in the load menu. It loads OK from the start of a level, but it won't load after the start resulting in my being unable to load at the point right before I died!

It's only fair to warn those of you who might be thinking of running this game in Windows XP. Damn Microsoft!

Lights-Sound-Camera-Action! [Posted on 2002-11-29]
This is one hell of a thrill ride. First off the game uses a customized Quake II engine that looks gorgeous and plays ultra-smoothly. The 3rd person camera in Heretic 2 should be the reference point for all games that use this perspective because it is the most intuitive and easy-to-use system developed.
The player character Corvus has a host of easy to perform maneuvers that look very cool on screen. The weapons and spells are fun to use and have fantastic special FX. The levels look very good especially the Andorian episode and the K'chekrik episode and the artwork is always high quality. This game is a great buy.
The manual for those who are lucky enough to get the boxed edition is also nifty though not too detailed.

Excellent Game [Posted on 2004-01-22]
Great story. Great graphics. Get the 1.06 Enhancement Pack [14 MB] at the HereticII website which fixes some bugs. There's also a walkthrough there as well some single player add-ons. I love this game.

Well designed shooter in a supernatural fantasy world [Posted on 2004-02-04]
Before I found this game I thought that I was through with first person shooters. After playing just about every version of Doom, Heretic, and Hexen over the years I was pretty much bored with the concept. Plus, the "gritty reality" of Quake 2 really turned me off after only playing it all the way through a couple of times. Then I found Heretic 2, and once again found myself completely immersed in a fantasy world for the first time in years.

The third person interface took a little while to get used to, but now I truly believe that it is the smoothest and most instinctual way to go. Plus, the levels are intricate, detailed, and attractive. You actually look forward to seeing what is around the next corner (as opposed to the grim, repetitious, industrial hell of Quake 2.) Finally, the story line is interesting and satisfying. This game is laid out in a linear manner (no constant backtracking to a common hub) so it works very well with the concept of a quest.

The basic storyline is that Corvus, the hero that slew Serpent Rider and his minions, has returned to Parthoris after an unexpected detour through the outer realms. He finds that the land is revaged by a plague that turns the inhabitants into murderous zombies. It is an artificially created plague resulting from the corrupted efforts of the seraph, Morcalavin, to achieve ascension and immortality.

If you were into the old Heretic and the story of the Sidhe and the Serpent Riders then this game will be a pleasant blast from the past (only with modern high resolution graphics.)

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