Retro Review - Heretic PC Game Review

[@wolventhrone1631]

I adore games of this era. Its like playing in an interactive painting. So beautiful.

[@noop9k]

Wolven Throne People underestimate how well Doom and Heretic were designed, both art and gameplay.

[@officegossip]

Well said. It’s like jumping into a time capsule.

[@DNSKILL0]

They absolutely need to bring this game back to life in the same way the new Doom did.

[@SimilakChild]

They did. their new game is called "Amid Evil"

[@brojohnmcd]

gerolf I was thinking the same thing!

[@brojohnmcd]

Similak Child I think he means like DOOM 2016, updated graphics and gameplay

[@carljohan9265]

@@SimilakChild That's a game by New Blood and the only thing it has in common with heretic is a fantasy theme. It's a completely different game.

[@SimilakChild]

@@carljohan9265 I was told that it's the same developers under a diff company. and at the time of writing this, they have just launched a new trailer for the upcoming sequel.

[@LucasFeniks]

Honestly I want to see this game get the Doom treatment.

[@undead.rising]

There is a game called Apocryph that is currently being worked on that is a small-studio version of a modern day version of Heretic/Hexen. It will be good to see what it is like when it is released.

[@deemp6773]

There is also Amid Evil

[@xavierpanohaya2647]

Welp, there´s Brutal Heretic now!

[@LucasFeniks]

@@deemp6773 Amid Evil was an answer to my prayers. Sadly I dont have a PC at the moment. But one day.

[@dankhill6851]

@@LucasFeniks man amid evil, and the 3d heretic games are ugly, I don't think the art style translates at all.

[@giantqtipz8117]

I feel like Heretic, Doom, and Dark Forces are just timeless. I can always go back to them without ever feeling bored.

[@FuzedBox]

I still play Doom and Heretic, and because of sourceports they are indeed timeless. Dark Forces is definitely not. That one is unplayable today with its unfinished, awful sourceport, and I'm not going to use freaking DosBox for an FPS title.

[@FriedMetroid]

@@FuzedBox I realize this comment is 3 years old but, we have The Force Engine now which makes Dark Forces play like a dream

[@ollymuirs]

I think the gauntlets are similar to the chainsaw.

[@Fizzlepop72]

Oliver Muirs Sadly yes. They're basically just a reskin. They look so cool so it's a shame that they're so useless

[@Fizzlepop72]

Eh. I found them to be too risky to use in combat with many enemies around but to each their own. I was using a Doom source port to run it though. Could that have effected anything about the enemies' behavior?

[@Tucher97]

not really, the most useless weapon is hte staff, the gauntlets like the chainsaw in doom is fast, does a bit more damage and can rip through some basic enemies, the most useless weapon in my opinion is hte fire mace because i only used it for the hell of it, no its not even a BFG of the game, it felt more like the last resort sort of weapon where it has moderate spread moderate rate of fire and the ammo pick ups are large

[@klaud7311]

That's an astute observation, Oliver. Thank you.

[@Romanovich451]

the gauntlets are really good though when powered up because of the life leach. That makes the toughest boss in the game, maulotaur, a cakewalk assuming you can finish before the the powerup timer ends

[@genuinesaucy]

"It has a really dark, gritty theme" *turns enemy into a chicken*

[@brawnzen]

laugh at chickens. Now go play TLoZ: A Link to the Past. Then laugh at chickens.

[@LE0NSKA]

HOLY SHIT!!! I FINALLY FOUND THE GAME I PLAYED WITH MY DAD WHEN I WAS LIKE 5!! I CAN'T HANDLE ALL THESE EMOTIONS

[@uwotm8052]

LE0NSKA nostalgia feels

[@generalzod7959]

I always enjoyed setting up the monsters to fight with each other! Like those giant skulls shooting those tornados at other guys and watch them get all thrown around! Great fun!

[@davidwarren7279]

What was the trick to doing that? I only remember that happened when I died.

[@generalzod7959]

@@davidwarren7279 well, I always did it by using a cheat code and making myself invincible and so when they'd attack me, I'd get near another enemy and it would end up hitting them as well to start it off.

[@richardgilchrist4231]

There is one thing I love about Heretic which puts it apart from other early fps games, in fact most other games of the era. Whether intentional or not, you have the option of two different strategies. In Doom it is pretty much only the “grunt” strategy which works. Shoot, move forward, pick up gun, shoot, move forward, pick up armour, pick up better gun, shoot, move forward. This is an effective strategy in Heretic if you are an experienced gamer - I had never played in this way, having come to Heretic before Doom but I saw my friend use it to devastating effect. The second strategy is the one I favoured in Heretic, that is what I will call the “spide 'n snipe” strategy. Basically you scuttle from hole to hole using primarily the elf wand and dragon claw, relying on the fact that most enemy projectiles can not hit you behind much of the cover but you can still hit them. It is a cowardly way of fighting but how I imagine the Elf actually conducting his dark vendetta. You can combine and alternate these strategies at any moment making for diverse, interesting and imersive game play. Unlike the reviewer I vastly preferred Heretic to Hexen, I feel that in Hexen your character class pretty much dictated your strategy, ie: until you get the Bloodscource, anything but the “spide 'n snipe” approach will likely get the Mage killed. I also feel that the Hexen story line was far less interesting than the Heretic story line. As for Heretic II, I have little to say about that, other than that I vastly preferred even Hexen. What I appreciated about Heretic was the overwhelming sense of hopelessness, particularly on the hardest setting, the asymmetrical warfare type elements and the Elf knew it was basically a suicide mission: he wasn't saving the world which was already f__ed, he wasn't helping anyone, he was just going to get D'sparil no matter what and kill as many of the bastards as stood in his way. I have the concept for a game inspired by Heretic, it allows you to play as an Elf or as a Dark Elf, yet while these offer different options during the game, they shouldn't determine your strategy. The only fps game I have played which came close to the “feeling it” experience I got from Heretic was Far Cry II which I maintain to be the best of the series. As for the music, I often turned it off in the options and played my own music.

[@FeelingShred]

playing Heretic on difficulty 4 (hard, not impossible!!) with music disabled, lights off, using a nice pair of hi-quality headphones is QUITE the experience

[@kelsil7454]

Richard Gilchrist such an underrated game... one of my favorite shooters to this day...

[@noop9k]

Most Hexen fans seem to be console kids, playing the only FPS parents bought them. Hexen had a decent port for both Playstation and Saturn, Heretic only existed on PC. In reality, you had to be desperate to play Hexen on PC. There were so many other good games available..

[@TexasHollowEarth]

@@noop9k - Heretic runs great on a modded PSP, Vita, and/or Switch. It looks really good on the small screen, too. Still one of my top games to revisit on a play-anywhere portable system.

[@noop9k]

@@TexasHollowEarth I was surprised by Blake Stone source port on Vita. Very good. But usually, the greatest problem is the controls. Q3 port was atrocious because of this. Decent performance otherwise.

[@yegenek]

Actually I have played Heretic before doom and I fell in love with the game the incredible atmosphere, level design, lighting, magic weapons and when I realised that you slide when you move on ice ground I said wow!

[@parklloyd6690]

A friend of mine received the shareware version of this and let me borrow it. We didn’t get any instructions at all, so we had to work EVERYTHING out on our own, coming up with our own names for the monsters, learning how to open doors or activate switches (neither of us had played Doom so we were doubly disadvantaged). But it’s an awesome game. Lots of memories of playing this, using the Morph Ovum to turn the bad guys into chickens, peeking around corners, shooting while retreating, etc. Thanks for the fun memories. (10 years later.) 😄

[@chrisbg99]

I love FPS like this so much. Plop you in a self-contained world and make you explore damn near every inch of it.

[@FeelingShred]

you look over a window and you see an outdoor area, immediately you think: "I gotta find how to go there!" =D

[@krisbayley9422]

Ahh my classic Pentuim 1 games, Nostalga

[@mghurt]

486

[@pistool1]

It's hard to say which is better Heretic or Hexen. That's why I love them both! In my opinion, the hardest maps of Heretic were episodes IV and V (expansion episodes). The beginning ie. first level of those episodes is tough even for Heretic fans. Otherwise, the game is nicely balanced between weapon power and, for example, enemy hitpoints and enemy count in general. I fell in love with Heretic because of the fluid gameplay and the stellar atmosphere. The soundtrack is awesome and really enhances the mood even in the cutscenes between the episodes as well as in Hexen. Level design is excellent, too, and they are full of secret doors, rooms and passages. It's weird that there are very few medieval or fantasy themed FPS. Witchaven is maybe the only one from the 1990s golden era of classic fps gaming before 3d cards.

[@booberry6715]

I remember playing this A LOT when it came out as a very stoned 24 year old young man. What great times! Where did the time go?

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

Maybe my favorite PC game from the 90's, so many memories along this...

[@danielbazan09]

mind sharing one mate?

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

@@danielbazan09 the ambience and the music were memorable. It was the first different FPS (playing in a fantasy environment), with a nice inventory system, finding all the secrets in each level were a challenge.

[@850Tech]

1:36 I love that sinister laugh

[@EmmanuelEXEf06]

One of my favorite game ever! I like the "mystic" or dark fantasy style with FPS. Really cool! The level design is very goodl, i need more fan expensions for it ! Thanks for the video :)

[@LethalKicks]

one of the greatest fps of all time....WORD

[@mikemac2188]

i bougt the game the day came out and still love it this to day

[@fireflyry]

Just spent the last 3 hours watching your channel. Great reviews and I love the honest critique you give these legendary games (HL2, Deus Ex, Quake, etc, etc) as, while they are they very foundation of modern gaming, I also recall the exact same frustrations you have experienced when first playing them and they are far from the flawless games many make out, as anyone who played them at release will remember. Perception and relevance is key and it's great you seem to appreciate such aspects in your reviews.Great work and you're at the top of my "go to" review list. *awaits ET for the 2600*

[@kickytink]

Love the ol' Heretic music, myself.. Suits the game, me thinks.

[@LoneRevD]

Playing with another and using the Morph Ovum on them, turn them into a chicken is hilarious. And if said buddy does it to you, you go on a peck attack on them, it usually would go like that for a while changing each other into chickens. Really liked the game back in the day, still plays pretty cool.

[@MBOmnis]

You could've compared the Gauntlets to Doom's Chainsaw.

[@MBOmnis]

With the Tome of Power activated, the Gauntlets of the Necromancer were absurdly powerful.

[@quasarulas3968]

it's in the first level :0 you really must not have liked it! but even on there own they can stun lock enemies. the tomb of power makes them siphon enemy health to yours

[@Scorch0017]

Yeah, it functions identically to chainsaw

[@Chubzdoomer]

Exactly what I came down here to say.

[@Zombie1Boy]

How time flies, huh?

[@Gggmanlives]

i've finished the entire series. I think Heretic 2 is the weakest of the lot.

[@dankhill6851]

makes sense, activision made it.

[@phweengee]

This game was and is my favorite game of ever. I think I'm on the only one who loves this game with a passion but is very tepid towards Hexen. Thanks for the memories!

[@Gggmanlives]

i'll admit i only realized that when i'd finished the edit. i'm surprised anyone noticed haha

[@Zdenda1990]

Why didn't you mention the expansion pack Shadow of the Serpent Riders?

[@InfernalLeo777]

Zdenda1990 i want hexen

[@Fizzlepop72]

Probably because he didn't play it? It's balls to the wall difficult. Like it's almost unfair how hard the first level of it is. Barely any ammo, a fuckton of enemies and to top it off obtuse level design and traps.

[@benbeb1913]

Great review. Amazing game. Especially with Zdoom. I enjoyed it more than Doom. Probably since I enjoy fantasy settings more, especially with FPS games.

[@valentinom.4292]

Have you played Amid Evil?

[@MrBonolo]

THIS BRINGS BACK MY CHILDHOOD... i NEVER PLAYED DOOM SO THIS WAS THE BEST GAME EVER FOR ME BACK WHEN I WAS BROKE

[@wildwest1832]

yeah i agree doom,hexen,heretic are some of the best fps games ever made. Although I think doom is still the best.

[@EmmanuelEXEf06]

Wild West Yeah, doom is the most dynamic with all the ennemies, like revenant, machinegunner....but heretic is one of the most "fast paced action", because you can have a ton of ennemies in some area (specialy with the fan megawads). What about the nextgen fps like COD, CS, Halo and others? lol Old retro fps rules anyway', Doom, Heretic, Blood, Duke Nukem 3D and some others ;) (quake!)

[@aszahala]

I can't say if Doom 2 or Heretic is better. In my opinion Doom is somehow ugly compared to Heretic. Although the monsters in Doom 2 look great and the variety is astonishing, many of the textures are either very dull looking (plain colors and lots of gray/green) or very saturated (e.g. later hell levels with red/pink/orange/yellow lava stuff etc.). Heretic was always a lot more pleasing to my eye. I especially loved that every (original) episode looked so different from each other. I also enjoyed the level design in Heretic much more. There are of course some iconic Doom 2 levels, but in general towards the end of the game they become very abstract and confusing. Both are great games in their own ways.

[@sebastiankulche]

Doom 1>Heretic But Heretic>Doom 2

[@slyboybill]

When I played this game, I had no clue what it was about and loved every second of it. Only now do I know the protagonists is an elf and has a name XD

[@yakovh]

great review man i finished heretic 1,2 about a year ago, they are both really good, the plot in heretic 2 is top notch as well i tried playing hexen but its looks like less action and more puzzle and backtracking so i didnt get too far and i disagree on the heretic themes, i think they are really good, some of them r on my playlist (:

[@FeelingShred]

I only got to play Hexen 1 recently and I got to say the map design is a bit frustrating at first but it grows on you, I compare it to like a first person Tomb Raider

[@margesimpson1337]

Thanks for the recommendation, i picked this game up off steam for a reasonable 9.99 and it is fantastic. However the version on steam includes 2 additional episodes, which is great. They certainly don't make shooters like they used to, which is unfortunate because I adore the dark tone of this game.

[@robertschaffer596]

My childhood in a nutshell! We played the hell out of this game with my brother and loved it much more than Doom. For me besides this game, Shadow Warrior and Duke Nukem was the other 2 favorite. When Techland announced Hellraid I was so hyped that maybe we get a new kind of Heretic. And than...all hopes were lost. Too bad we didn't speek english back than...so I had never a clue about the story and that the hero is an elf. :D

[@Deekayguy1]

Surprised to hear what you said about ammo management in Heretic compared to Doom and Doom 2. Weirdly I have the reverse issue. In Doom episodes 2 and 3, and for much of Doom 2 (Ultraviolence skill level), I usually tend to exit levels in single player with a full inventory of shells and bullets, but rarely with a full load of plasma and rockets - save toward the end of Inferno, and in the latter levels of Doom 2. But in Heretic (Thou art a Smitemeister skill level), I pretty-much always start each new level with a full inventory of ammo for all weapons, and one of each inventory item. The only possible exceptions are episode 2's The Catacombs, which is a bit tight on crossbow ammo. Maybe it's because I manage ammo very carefully, never wasting ammo by picking up, say, 20 crossbow arrows, when I already have 95 etc. I always backtrack around the level once I get to the exit, picking up stuff I saved for later, and ensuring I got all secrets etc. I also tend to use the gauntlets and wand a great deal against standard Gargoyles, and boss-level enemies are typically fought with the gauntlets plus a tomb of power In any case, in most cases complete each Heretic level with loads of ammo and items to spare and never run out, save possibly in E3M1 where ammo is seriously scarce.

[@lurkerrekrul]

I played through Heretic (also Hexen and the Doom games) using the JDoom sourceport, also known as Doomsday. It gives you mouselook, true 3D rendering and the ability to turn off auto-aim so that you can actually aim where you want. Besides being mindful of how much ammo you have, you should also be mindful of what creatures you alert. If you just run blindly through the levels, you'll alert a bunch of creatures at once and have a hoard of them after you. If you move around more carefully, you can often fight them a few or even one at a time, which makes things easier. You can also sometimes get them to fight each other.

[@RetroIslandGaming]

Excellent overview of Heretic! Such a beautiful game too. Shame it never got as popular as Doom. I definitely prefer this over it.

[@noop9k]

Retro Island Gaming surprising how lack of console ports can influence popularity of a great PC game :)

[@PapiDesire]

hello ...I loved & still love this game, the ambient noise, the dark music, the hellish atmosphere, the thrill when you run into super mobs ... & I remember I often ran back to safer places ... to die again :) ... this is a must play, cheers!

[@SergeantQuackersThe2nd]

I own both the Retail Big Box and Mail Order Box Versions of Heretic (plan to add the Shareware Version into my Collection). Such a great game! The 4th and 5th Episodes are not a big deal to me but the first 3 episodes are definitely worth a shot if you have not tried them yet.

[@bravechicken6251]

You finally did it. A great review to the best game of all times.

[@mark63424able]

The Morph Ovum was a cool item as it turned surrounding enemies into chickens temporarily so you can kill them easily.

[@undead.rising]

Unlike Doom, Heretic has proper "ghosts", which objects (certain projectiles) will just pass through. Especially the Undead Warrior Ghosts, whose own projectiles will travel through each other (and you as well when you use Shadowsphere), so UWGs can hit you even if they are standing behind any other type of ghost. And that is why the Mace is considered woeful - it is utterly useless against ghosts, same with fire orbs (but the splash damage DOES hurt them). I love how that system works in Heretic. And the Disciples can just turn into ghosts if they want to in order to avoid Phoenix Flame Orbs.

[@noop9k]

Takeme Rightnow Doom engine implementation makes true transparencies very costly. Quake 1 lacks them for exactly the same reason - use of mode X. Heretics employs normal 13h instead. But it has screen tearing as the result.

[@qbasicmichael]

With shadow of the serpent riders, it's 5 full episodes plus 3 bonus levels in a partial 6th episode. I like the music. Hexen 1 is cool, but i never got into it as much as heretic. The gameplay of hexen feels harder. Hexen 2 is good also. Yes, you need to manage ammo, unless you're playing deathmatch mode.

[@BroodingPsycho]

Love your reviews man! You should totally do Heretic II!

[@LoveatFirstHike]

I always loved Heretic, I remember skipping school to play it the first day I discovered it on a shareware disc. Even though I wanted to love Hexen and do still play through Winnowing Hall whenever I get the itch, I never could get into the slow cryptic puzzle solving.

[@1NSHAME]

I love the music of this game. I listen it on my mp3 player very now and then. It's quite unique I think.

[@mrfunnixd7381]

Just played this today Great game

[@andrewd.harris656]

For shooters, this game series was my favorite. Heretic, Hexen, Hexen II, bombdiggity. The Navy had donated all of our school's computers. In a gifted class in middle school, I convinced our teacher to let us refurbish the Navy computers that were in storage because I'd learned how to change hard drives and ram, install OS's, etc. But to sum it up, a number of the hard drives at the middle school and high school hadn't been wiped and still had things like Doom and Heretic on them for some reason... This was back in the late 90's early 00's.

[@tomvalusek]

Music of Heretic is my FAVORITE. I like the orchestration, memorable themes (e.g. e1m2 or e1m6) and its sound on various MIDI equipment

[@TheLoganSomers]

Shadow Warrior got a remake! Where’s Heretic!!?!?? 🤘💯🔥🎸

[@pajchoking8388]

0:00 I know the music in the background is "Docks" but i can't find the exact version so can somebody send me a link to that version?

[@generalzod7959]

I played hexen. Didn't like it. Graphics were a bit more polished but, beyond that, heretic beats it's ass off!

[@noop9k]

General Zod Absolutely. Hexen is undeservedly popular due to being available on consoles and being the first “proper” FPS for many.

[@Catafracta230588]

If memory serves me well, when you tried to type the cheat codes, it would backfire: there was one code that would grant you invincibility in Doom, but it would kill you in Heretic; while typing the cheat code for getting all the weapons, in Heretic you would have been stripped from every weapon you obtained that far, leaving you with only some sort of stick. It was a funny thing.

[@SevenCompleted]

The gauntlets when charged up with the tome of power are fucking badass

[@barbariangamer6209]

Doom , Heretic , Half life 1 are the Golden games of 90's

[@MrMike130784]

played this game on Lan for long time ,, i miss it

[@SonicBoom12345]

Hey mate, great review! Heretic is one of my all timers! I've never played Heretic 2, any chance you could do a review?

[@Gggmanlives]

+Sonic Boom! Maybe.

[@Mirimordd]

I've only played Heretic 2. It is very very different to the first one. However, I found it really enjoyable: solid shooting, good weapons and great variety of environments. The graphics are not the best, but I think the maps are well designed and the enemies are well animated.

[@SonicBoom12345]

Juan Camilo Parrado Prieto Nice one mate!

[@Malkovith2]

I kinda hate you for not liking the soundtrack, but it's a good review. That being said, DUDE WTF, this soundtrack is one of the bests of every single game I've ever played, I'm not kidding. Dark and eerie, complementing the already tense atmosphere of the game. Simply awesome.

[@Gggmanlives]

It's not though.

[@vmusketps139]

Why isn't there a remake for this game like there is for doom

[@eiszapfenderwutendenwinde3233]

*Wiki Quote:* Following ZeniMax Media's acquisition of id Software, the rights to the series have been disputed between both *id* and *Raven Software;* Raven's parent company Activision holds the developing rights, while id holds the publishing rights to the first three games. *Until both companies come to an agreement, neither will be able to make another installment in the series.* More sad patent bullchittery! Hexen & Heretic are stuck in Patent Limbo.

[@brucelombardo]

The game you should look at is Amid Evil.

[@sagichdirdochnicht4653]

Just to make it clear, Doom never got a remake, nor a remaster. 2016 Doom is just a new Doom title, that is faithfull to the gameplay style (very fast, arcacde like) with way more modern mechanics, gameplay and graphics of course. But it is an entire new game, defenetly not a remake. But a Sequel still would be nice, altough no plausible.

[@MajorPhilGraves]

My favourite review channel. Keep up the great work!

[@TwistOfTransistor]

This game is excellent and very underrated

[@JoeyGee1000]

This game haunted my dreams when I was ten years old or so. It would be cool if someone remade it, or heavily modded it, as Brutal Doom

[@GentleHeretic]

Your wish is (somewhat) granted: forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=50697

[@kelteel]

You have a heretic 2 review? I cannot find it. Heretic/hexen series are my favorite of all time besides doom.

[@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK]

DAT MUSIC on the first level was good! The rest tho..

[@RetroDeathReviews666]

was also good ;)

[@jamaalmitchell4219]

I loved the cheat codes

[@emedi.09]

I love heretic. I actually am trying a staff/gauntlets of the necromancer only run on the highest difficulty. I am positive the D sparil battle is impossible but I have managed to beat most levels

[@Gggmanlives]

thanks a lot!

[@illyay1337]

I think the gauntlets are basically the chainsaw in doom. They seem to be coded up identically.

[@blockboygames5956]

Another great review. This is one of the great oldschool FPS's

[@CB66941]

Would you be covering Heretic II?

[@IronSalamander8]

Great review. It works well with GZDoom on modern monitors and PCs.

[@Gggmanlives]

thanks dude

[@Szederp]

Even the gauntlets are not orignal..they perform just like the chainsaw in Doom.

[@123doomdoom]

Each weapons feels differently to me. Only the hell staff comes close to the plasma gun in feel and projectiles.

[@retromania5486]

Great review man, I'm soon gonna upload a walkthrough of this game to my new channel!

[@Gggmanlives]

it's the next review :)

[@Mattlesss]

You should do Heretic 2!! :D

[@StratEdgyProductions]

I agree! One of my fave games of that time period.

[@willbrowne1981]

Will you be reviewing heretic 2 , the classic quake 2 engine sequel . Could I also request a dark forces 2 review .

[@Gggmanlives]

Probably not Heretic 2 at the moment. I also have had issues getting DF2 running properly.

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

+William Browne Never as good as the original, imho

[@RobThefox]

This game is REALLY fun along with it's sequel. Like Gman said, it's a must have. It's a Doom clone but a really good one.

[@brojohnmcd]

I bought doom and all the clones on steam on sale. $1.50 per game, totally worth it. As a kid I played the shareware. It’s nice to have the full-version of these games

[@TheSBleeder]

Thumbs up if you want a Heretic remake!

[@yanni6969]

great, as always. Looking forward to hexen next!

[@rootbeer666]

I appreciate Heretic in all the same ways but it's a rather simplistic review. Heretic has an inventory of items and enemies divide into two basic states the normal state and ghost state. In ghost state the enemies can only be damaged by magic weapons, which is an important gameplay element. In Doom enemies don't have immunities. Also, another important point about Heretic is that there are no ranged hitscan enemies in Heretic, all are either melee or shoot projectiles you can dodge, which is a gameplay improvement over Doom as pure skill is a greater factor than RNG.

[@sgtlaugh]

One of my favorite games. Highly recommended.

[@Mirrodin82]

The gauntlets resemble chainsaw. What a timeless classic, awesome game

[@firstpersonshredder8933]

Gauntlets = chainsaw. And with source ports like zdoom you can bind items to keys though that isn't the vanilla version. For hexen you could even with chocolate hexen

[@countjobula]

that death sound at the end.... I just heard it in future shock.

[@destero8853]

I love this game, it influenced me more than Doom and the others from this timeperiod!

[@Enkii777]

One of the best games next i played when i was a kid, Also love these games: Strife Doom 1,2 Blake Stone Wolfenstein 3d Hexen

[@Phamtom020]

the level with the 8 bulls in it.... memories

[@not8719]

I’d love to see a fantasy like Doom game released in the near future

[@pixlman]

Have you played the Witchaven games? They're kinda similar to this.

[@Counter-Chicken]

He reviewed witchhaven along with two other games by the same developer because they were of such a low quality.

[@aszahala]

+pixl_man Witchaven could have been a great game but Capstone screwed it up horribly. The movement and animation is so bugged it's practically unplayable. It always looks like the animation is running at 5 fps or something. I really hope they had put more effort on that game. It could have been among the greatest Build engine games ever.

[@noop9k]

Except they suck

[@Renk1]

I just started this yesterday, using GZDoom. I tried it in the 90’s and didn’t get far but now I’m determined to finish the fight.

[@QuaidShun]

I had such a blast playing this in VR

[@davidwarren7279]

I played this as a kid when I was 7. I remember the giant skull monster. It always killed me. I wasn’t even sure if it was killable or if you were meant to just run past it some how.

[@juancruzmarquez9084]

Like and subscription for this excellent video. Keep in this way, man!

[@MP2066]

Is there anyway to fix the controls in this game on steam?

[@Gggmanlives]

+MP2066 Just grab the Wad file from the Heretic folder and use a source port like Zdoom to play it.

[@MP2066]

ah OK thank you love your reviews by the way

[@Gggmanlives]

***** Thanks mate!

[@marscaleb]

I got a real kick out of the way you described the story! But, only three episodes? I have never seen the game with less than five. I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if they were expansions, just like how Ultimate Doom got a fourth episode, but you ought to have mentioned those other episodes, especially since no one is going to be able to buy the game today without getting it with five episodes, either from GOG or Steam, and I think I even saw it for sale straight from the developers just a few years ago.

[@GentleHeretic]

The retail version (called Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders) came with the most recent patches and two new episodes, much like Ultimate Doom. They're good, but not earth-shattering, nor as game-changing as, say, Quake or Duke Nukem's expansions. It is odd he didn't mention them, though, given that SotSR was also released as a patch for the original mail-order version, so I don't see how he could have missed it (unless Australian Internet Problems struck again).

[@x7ameedo700]

0:42 i remember those skulls used to scare me when i was kid i never beaten it so its replay time