Heretic II (1998)

MumboJumbo, Raven Software

Amiga · Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.46 from 57 ratings

154 members have it in their collection · 3 playing now · 46 backlogged · 40 wish listed

How long? Main story 20h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Heretic II is a third-person action game based on the Quake II engine that plunges you into a deep, compelling game combining brutal face-to-face combat and mystery-laden adventure. Gamers travel through complex, richly detailed environments filled with stunning special effects, wicked magic spells, detailed characters, vivid artwork and challenging level designs created by the Raven team and renowned fantasy artist Brom.
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Release dates

  • Nov 1998 (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 24, 1998 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 15, 1999 (North_America) Linux
  • May 08, 2000 (North_America) Amiga
  • Jan 01, 2002 (North_America) Mac
  • Jul 17, 2002 (Worldwide) Mac
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Rating distribution

5 stars
7
4 stars
18
3 stars
27
2 stars
4
1 star
1
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Mixplit

Review Mixplit 4/5 · Apr 12, 2022

A fun game that doesn't deserve it's obscurity

Heretic 2 is a completely different game from Heretic or the Hexen games. Instead of being a fantasy FPS, this is a 3rd person action game with a focus on platforming, melee combat mixed in with spells. It was built on a modified version of the Quake 2 engine, so it has the same blockiness in the models as any …

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Heretic 2 is a completely different game from Heretic or the Hexen games. Instead of being a fantasy FPS, this is a 3rd person action game with a focus on platforming, melee combat mixed in with spells. It was built on a modified version of the Quake 2 engine, so it has the same blockiness in the models as any 3D game from that era. I can certainly overlook that and for what it had to work with there is pretty good art direction at least. The controls are harder to overlook, the default controls are awkward. They can be remapped but it's never going to control as smoothly as a more modern game. But you can get used to it. If you do it is a fun 3rd person action adventure game in a dark fantasy world. There is no full source port available (yet, the complete source code was never released and portions are believed to have been lost, but there is a reverse engineering project to rebuild the missing parts.) so getting it to run on modern hardware is finicky. But there are guides on how to do it and custom .dlls that can enable more modern resolutions. But if you have an old disc copy or a lack of qualms about whether abandonware should be a thing or not it can still be a good time.

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