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Posted July 30, 2013
Yihaaa, i finally have Heretic II. I got tired waiting for it to appear here and by chance i came across it in a gamestore that also has a nice selection of new and used retro games!

I hope it is a good as people say it is. I know it's not the same as heretic 1 but i don't really care as long as it is a fun game? What do you guys think about it?


Edit: I would be hilarious if gog would release it this week...
Post edited July 30, 2013 by xxxIndyxxx
Posted July 30, 2013
Hmm i would have thought heretic 2 to be more popular?
Posted July 30, 2013
I never even knew there was a Heretic II. I thought they went straight on to Hexen.
Posted July 30, 2013
Never played Heretic 2, though I have played Heretic and Hexen + expansion and these games was good.
Posted July 30, 2013
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stonebro: I never even knew there was a Heretic II. I thought they went straight on to Hexen.
It's also made by raven software (great company, wish all of their games would come to gog) but instead of a medievil doom clone they made it a 3rd person action adventure!
Posted July 30, 2013
I was really disappointed in Heretic 2. I found it to be generic and dull. I understand that some people really like it though, just don't expect a game like Hexen 2.
Posted July 30, 2013
I started replying, and I realised I was thinking about Hexen II :)

Should also probably get around trying Heretic II one of these days... going to wait until I can get it digitally, though.

It is the least known game of the series, probably because it third person and not first person. Lesser known fact - an Amiga port was released of it in 2000.
Posted July 30, 2013
I think there must be some rights issue with Heretic 2 because Steam has all the other heretic/Hexen games in a pack but this one's missing, sadly!
Posted July 30, 2013
I really enjoyed Heretic 2, still have my original copy of it, can be a bit of a chew to get running though, finding the patches and then using a 3DFX Glide Wrapper / Emulator running in the background to stop it jumping out to desktop (I prefer to use zeckensacks Wrapper rather than nGlide, mind you haven't tried nGlide in a while so will look into that next play through). Only issue with my copy though is that the big cardboard box is now gone so just have the jewel case which thankfully has a cover.

It has aged quite well for a Quake 2 Engine game, love the flow of combat on it, the animation is superb, its a very playable game start to finish. I wouldn't say that its particularly hard either, you get decent power ups and attacks the further you get into it and there's some nice environmental type puzzles thrown in for good measure, for example the area where you have to use your weapon to vault to different squares on the floor.

If I wasn't moving next week (Monday, dreading it, hate moving) would fire it up, unfortunately most my PC game physical copies are packed up alongside all my C64 tapes and disks, megadrive and games, Spectrum and Amiga stuff so I can only play my digital stuff presently and even that is time limited with packing up a house.
Posted July 30, 2013
I will probably install it today and see if i can make it work. Haven't got too much time though so if it requires a lot of work i will not be able to play it today
Posted July 30, 2013
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stonebro: I never even knew there was a Heretic II. I thought they went straight on to Hexen.
Heretic 2 came after Hexen 2. I think that was around the time Activision gobbled up Raven.
Posted July 30, 2013
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xxxIndyxxx: I will probably install it today and see if i can make it work. Haven't got too much time though so if it requires a lot of work i will not be able to play it today
Patches :

1.06

http://www.shacknews.com/file/2006/heretic-2-106-enhancement-pack

1.07

http://forums.raven-games.com/showthread.php?t=34374

Have to be installed in correct order



Zackensacks Glide Wrapper :

http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/



nGlide :

http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide

I believe GOG are using nGlide on the games that support 3DFX now so may be worth trying it out first, Glide looks much better than D3D on Heretic 2
Posted July 30, 2013
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Iain: I really enjoyed Heretic 2, still have my original copy of it, can be a bit of a chew to get running though, finding the patches and then using a 3DFX Glide Wrapper / Emulator running in the background to stop it jumping out to desktop (I prefer to use zeckensacks Wrapper rather than nGlide, mind you haven't tried nGlide in a while so will look into that next play through). Only issue with my copy though is that the big cardboard box is now gone so just have the jewel case which thankfully has a cover.
Fortunately for me I have the Loki Linux port version. Haven't tried to get it work lately, but it is probably easier than this.
Posted July 30, 2013
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Iain: I really enjoyed Heretic 2, still have my original copy of it, can be a bit of a chew to get running though, finding the patches and then using a 3DFX Glide Wrapper / Emulator running in the background to stop it jumping out to desktop (I prefer to use zeckensacks Wrapper rather than nGlide, mind you haven't tried nGlide in a while so will look into that next play through). Only issue with my copy though is that the big cardboard box is now gone so just have the jewel case which thankfully has a cover.

It has aged quite well for a Quake 2 Engine game, love the flow of combat on it, the animation is superb, its a very playable game start to finish. I wouldn't say that its particularly hard either, you get decent power ups and attacks the further you get into it and there's some nice environmental type puzzles thrown in for good measure, for example the area where you have to use your weapon to vault to different squares on the floor.

If I wasn't moving next week (Monday, dreading it, hate moving) would fire it up, unfortunately most my PC game physical copies are packed up alongside all my C64 tapes and disks, megadrive and games, Spectrum and Amiga stuff so I can only play my digital stuff presently and even that is time limited with packing up a house.
Or you could use Hammer of Tyrion: http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/ Oh and Hexen 2 is a modifier Quake 1 engine, not Quake 2.
Posted July 30, 2013
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Iain: I really enjoyed Heretic 2, still have my original copy of it, can be a bit of a chew to get running though, finding the patches and then using a 3DFX Glide Wrapper / Emulator running in the background to stop it jumping out to desktop (I prefer to use zeckensacks Wrapper rather than nGlide, mind you haven't tried nGlide in a while so will look into that next play through). Only issue with my copy though is that the big cardboard box is now gone so just have the jewel case which thankfully has a cover.
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_Bruce_: Fortunately for me I have the Loki Linux port version. Haven't tried to get it work lately, but it is probably easier than this.
Its pretty easy to get running, just a bit of a chew in all fairness, same goes for other old disc games from that era.

Patch it up, then before starting use either nGlide of the other wrapper and configure resolution and effects etc then start the game, do your settings and away you go. Its just tinkering to get stuff the way you want it.
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