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General discussionWhat's about with Heretic & Hexen?(38 posts)(38 posts)
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Posted August 20, 2016
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Hexen: Beyond Heretic + Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Also:
Hexen II + Portal of Praevus
Heretic II

Does gog do not have an agreement with company's having the right to those? If it has why they are not being sold in here? Does anybody knows? All have source ports and run easily on modern systems.

Also it would be nice to have other Raven Software games:
Take No Prisoners
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix

All these games are classics and masterpieces (well, I don't really know about Take No Prisoners - I only played demo version).
Posted August 20, 2016
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xordiw: Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Hexen: Beyond Heretic + Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Also:
Hexen II + Portal of Praevus
Heretic II

Does gog do not have an agreement with company's having the right to those? If it has why they are not being sold in here? Does anybody knows? All have source ports and run easily on modern systems.

Also it would be nice to have other Raven Software games:
Take No Prisoners
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix

All these games are classics and masterpieces (well, I don't really know about Take No Prisoners - I only played demo version).
I own the disc for Take No Prisoners.
Rest assured, it is NOT a classic! :P
Posted August 20, 2016
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tinyE: I own the disc for Take No Prisoners.
Rest assured, it is NOT a classic! :P
Seriously? I always regreted not buying it when it came bundled in a magazine here in Brazil.

And, since we're talking about Raven, I really wish they would put out a new version of Necrodome. I really enjoyed that one.
Posted August 20, 2016
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tinyE: I own the disc for Take No Prisoners.
Rest assured, it is NOT a classic! :P
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Falci: Seriously? I always regreted not buying it when it came bundled in a magazine here in Brazil.

And, since we're talking about Raven, I really wish they would put out a new version of Necrodome. I really enjoyed that one.
It's not bad, it's just really easy to get lost (LOTS AND LOTS of backtracking) and it has respawning enemies which I despise.
Posted August 20, 2016
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Falci: Seriously? I always regreted not buying it when it came bundled in a magazine here in Brazil.

And, since we're talking about Raven, I really wish they would put out a new version of Necrodome. I really enjoyed that one.
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tinyE: It's not bad, it's just really easy to get lost (LOTS AND LOTS of backtracking) and it has respawning enemies which I despise.
Oh, I get it. I think the overhead view probably doesn't help it a lot in that aspect.
Posted August 20, 2016
Eh, I'm waiting for those too, but.. nope :\
Posted August 20, 2016
Seeing Raven's backlog of developed games, I really wish they'd go back into doing different things instead of just pieces of COD.

I think someone called them the Perfect 7/10 developers of the past, or something like that. Not sure if it was Rock, Paper, Shotgun or PC Gamer.

They should totally reunite the old gang under that label (Perfect 7/10) and produce something more. XD
Posted August 20, 2016
I still wish GOG could get Take No Prisoners...
Posted August 20, 2016
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Falci: I think someone called them the Perfect 7/10 developers of the past, or something like that. Not sure if it was Rock, Paper, Shotgun or PC Gamer.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun article. All the mentioned games are perfect examples of underrated gems.
Post edited August 20, 2016 by MadalinStroe
Posted August 20, 2016
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xordiw: Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Hexen: Beyond Heretic + Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Also:
Hexen II + Portal of Praevus
Heretic II

Does gog do not have an agreement with company's having the right to those? If it has why they are not being sold in here? Does anybody knows? All have source ports and run easily on modern systems.

Also it would be nice to have other Raven Software games:
Take No Prisoners
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix

All these games are classics and masterpieces (well, I don't really know about Take No Prisoners - I only played demo version).
Raven Soft is love, Raven Soft is life. But seriously, these need to be on gog.
Posted August 20, 2016
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Falci: I think someone called them the Perfect 7/10 developers of the past, or something like that. Not sure if it was Rock, Paper, Shotgun or PC Gamer.
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MadalinStroe: Rock, Paper, Shotgun article. All the mentioned games are perfect examples of underrated gems.
Ah, great find! Thanks for it! ^_^

From the article

To some extent, Raven are the quintessential 7/10 studio – Activion’s go-to team for branded action fare and the shooter sequels id didn’t have the bandwidth for. To be honest though, much of their output was either Bad 7 (Quake IV, Soldier of Fortune) or actually rather good (Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Jedi Knight 2 & 3), and not that solid-gold average I keep banging on about.
Post edited August 20, 2016 by Falci
Posted August 20, 2016
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Falci: From the article

To some extent, Raven are the quintessential 7/10 studio – Activion’s go-to team for branded action fare and the shooter sequels id didn’t have the bandwidth for. To be honest though, much of their output was either Bad 7 (Quake IV, Soldier of Fortune) or actually rather good (Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Jedi Knight 2 & 3), and not that solid-gold average I keep banging on about.
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Falci:
Sounds about right. They may never have created anything truly outstanding, but their games have always been quite fun.

It's a shame they've been relegated to mere supporting duties for Activision's big budget FPSes these days.
Post edited August 21, 2016 by mistermumbles
Posted August 21, 2016
Since Heretic, Hexen, and Hexen II are on Steam through id Software, I wonder if they will be part of the next Bethesda batch (if/when that happens).
Posted August 21, 2016
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ZaineH: Since Heretic, Hexen, and Hexen II are on Steam through id Software, I wonder if they will be part of the next Bethesda batch (if/when that happens).
I would hazard a guess of no. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't come here via Bethesda.
Posted August 21, 2016
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ZaineH: Since Heretic, Hexen, and Hexen II are on Steam through id Software, I wonder if they will be part of the next Bethesda batch (if/when that happens).
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Grargar: I would hazard a guess of no. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't come here via Bethesda.
I agree, just because Raven has used idtech engines doesn't mean they are joined at hip with id.
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