Heretic & Hexen Remastered

Heck of a hex

Have you ever played Doom – classic Doom that is – and thought to yourself ‘this could do with some elves, axes and a fistful of fantasy? Then you’ll probably know what Heretic and Hexen are. For the unfamiliar among us, Heretic and its sequel Hexen are two first-person-shooters from 1995. The game are must succinctly described as Doom but with a fantasy aesthetic. Heretic and Hexen have always had a fan-following, and those fans have always had a way to play the games, but anyone whose tried to play old PC games on a new computer will probably know that it isn’t always made easy by modern hardware and operating systems to play those old games. In steps GOG and a Nightdive studios, the remastering maestros, as they bring a twin-pack of Heretic and Hexen to the GOG website.

There’s a massive list of improvements to the games, including but not limited to improved graphics, local multiplayer (including co-op) and brand new single-player fun to be had with new story content.

The remastered bundle is available now from GOG.

Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Fiddling with the Lenovo Legion Go.