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Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders. Raven Software. Recent Reviews:. All Reviews:. Popular user-defined tags for this product:. Is this game relevant to you? Sign In or Open in Steam.

Languages :. Publisher: id Software. Share Embed. View Community Hub. About This Game In a twisted medieval dimension, undead creatures and bestial horrors have done the unthinkable--callously slaughtering your entire race. Supports up to four players via network, two by modem.

Adventure through the game with a friend or crack their skull in a bloody deathmatch. Look all around you, even up and down. Choose from among 7 weapons from the simple staff to the awesome Phoenix Rod. Use arcane artifacts to unleash unearthly power on unsuspecting foes. See all. Customer reviews.

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What lead you to look into it? Like you, I'm a fan of isometric action RPGs. I'm on a quest to discover every one that was ever made Since you seem to have similar tastes in games, perhaps I will bite the bullet and perform the steps you described in your post and try to get the demo to boot up.

I've also seen situations where the final released game works after some patches, but demos not working because they're never patched.

I tried out the gothic 4 demo last night, quite good! As far as other isometric action RPGs, I've hit a dry spell. I'm waiting on dungeon siege 3, path of exile, lotr: war in the north, and of course diablo 3.

You're very welcome, it's good to talk to you! I tried it on the other day - the framerate was a little poor hopefully either it'll be cleaned up for the final version or the options to remove graphical effects will smooth it out, a la Two Worlds , and the starting quests were a bit dull aren't most tutorial quests though? I love the baldur's gate dark alliance games on consoles. Champions of norrath was awesome as well. Cool that you know one of the designers of this game. Now I really need to try it!

Yes, I played gothic 4 on PC. And yes, the first quests are pretty much fetch quests, but I believe they're just meant to be a tutorial, like you said. I'm more of a gameplay focused person, so if its good gameplay I tend to give the story quality leeway. The framerate was smooth on my computer, after I turned down the graphics. I've run into ports where its poorly optimized for consoles Yeah, it was pretty poor, but I didn't try turning off any effects in the options and that may make a difference although if they rely on players to do that then it's gonna get slated by console players who expect things to work well out of the box.

I have the two Champions games on PS2 as well, but didn't get far in playing them because I was trying to co-op with friends - BG was easy, for just 2p co-op all it takes is for a friend to come round.

In addition to his offensive array, Corvus boasts several useful defensive spells. My favorite is the meteor shield -- when cast, it creates several shimmering green orbs which orbit you until you get close to an enemy, then the orbs lock on and track even the fastest foes.

Combining your offensive and defensive abilities is the key to success. One of the nicest features is the tutorial that will teach you the basic moves you will need to complete the game, from simple jumping, climbing and swimming to pole vaults and the special attacks of your pike. It's worth playing through for the chance to bash on the whacking chicken alone.

One drawback in the game is the inability to control the camera position. While the camera usually positions itself so that you have a mostly unobstructed view, there are times when it will inhibit some of your peripheral vision, making it difficult to detect enemies hiding to either side. It was also hard to spot objects and clues in some areas -- there was no way to get the camera into a position where you could see clearly.

Adding the ability to switch temporarily to a first-person view to scan the area would have helped. The other main problem is that the game is too short. It didn't take very long to play through all the levels to the ending, and the final story wrap-up didn't really go anywhere. The game really needed to be about half again as long -- there wasn't much sense of having accomplished a great task when it was over. One area not to miss is cooperative multiplayer.

We had more fun playing the game with two going through than playing alone. Most 3D games have focused on deathmatch play which is also in Heretic II -- it was nice to see some extra attention paid to making cooperative play just as fun. Although Heretic II is based on the same engine as Quake II , there have been so many improvements added that the underlying engine is almost unrecognizable.

If you don't have a good 3D accelerator, you will definitely want to pick one up before playing -- the effects for the various spells and weapons are amazing, and the rich lighting and fog effects used in the levels have to be seen to be believed. The animation is rich and detailed, from the little things like Corvus brushing away flies to the creepy insect-like movements of the T'Chekrik. Even the violence in the game is lovingly rendered -- all the enemies die in spectacular gouts of blood and gore this is not a game for younger kids.