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Richard Smol (bl...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:

: In a previous article, klu...@students.uiuc.edu (Kyle Klukas) says:

: >For all you Doom/Heretic fans, Hexen (formerly Heretic II) will be out on 
: >October 30 accoring to Raven/Id.  Check out the Rumor Mill at 
: >www.portal.com/~hleukart/rumors.html for details.  The screenshots are 
: >COOL.  It looks like Id did it again (will put out another great game) :)

: As for the screenshots: I don't get my hopes up. Heretic sucked... and it
: looks like Raven simply put in some more weapons and monsters. And just
: as in Heretic the wepons don't look convincing at all. I prefer a 
: shotgun anytime! The monsters lack character somehow... and the caped
: crucaders I see during deathmatch are actually quite hilarious.

First, let me say, like a lot of DOOM fans I didn't care much for
Heretic.  I thought the colors of the textures were too bright and the
weapons/monsters were not as interesting.

Now, about a month ago I went to id software and John Romero showed
me Hexen.  It look VERY cool.  The colors are darker (give the game
a more ominous feel), the monsters looked rad, and the one weapon
I saw (a hammer) was awesome.  The game also had a few other cool
improvements.  There were leaves in the game that would blow around
for a nice effect.  Also, the programmers at Raven have apparently
modified the BSP routines as there are now doors that are hinged on
a Z-axis (much like a conventional door)

I am not sure how the game will be overall, but this little glimpse
looked very good.

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Steve Larsen
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