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IGDB / 6362

Heretic

1994 79 / 100 Shooter
Three brothers, known as the Serpent Riders, have used their powerful magic to possess seven kings of Parthoris into mindless puppets and corrupt their armies. The Sidhe elves resist the Serpent Riders' magic. The Serpent Riders thus declared the Sidhe as heretics and waged war against them. The Sidhe are forced to take a drastic measure to sever the natural power of the kings destroying them and their armies, but at Show full summary

Three brothers, known as the Serpent Riders, have used their powerful magic to possess seven kings of Parthoris into mindless puppets and corrupt their armies. The Sidhe elves resist the Serpent Riders' magic. The Serpent Riders thus declared the Sidhe as heretics and waged war against them. The Sidhe are forced to take a drastic measure to sever the natural power of the kings destroying them and their armies, but at the cost of weakening the elves' power, giving the Serpent riders an advantage to slay the elders. While the Sidhe retreat, one elf, sets off on a quest of vengeance against the weakest of the three Serpent Riders, D'Sparil. He travels through the "City of the Damned", the ruined capital of the Sidhe, then past Hell's Maw and finally the Dome of D'Sparil.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer

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Three brothers, known as the Serpent Riders, have used their powerful magic to possess seven kings of Parthoris into mindless puppets and corrupt their armies. The Sidhe elves resist the Serpent Riders' magic. The Serpent Riders thus declared the Sidhe as heretics and waged war against them. The Sidhe are forced to take a drastic measure to sever the natural power of the kings destroying them and their armies, but at the cost of weakening the elves' power, giving the Serpent riders an advantage to slay the elders. While the Sidhe retreat, one elf, sets off on a quest of vengeance against the weakest of the three Serpent Riders, D'Sparil. He travels through the "City of the Damned", the ruined capital of the Sidhe, then past Hell's Maw and finally the Dome of D'Sparil.

GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer GenreShooter ThemeFantasy ThemeHistorical Trait2.5d Trait4 player co-op Traitbloody Traitboss fight Traitdark fantasy Traitdeath Traitdeath match Traitdial-up wide area network game operation Traitdigital distribution Traithidden room Traitmagic Traitmedieval Traitmelee Traitmultiplayer via serial cable Traitonline Traitopen-source Traitplatform exclusive Traitsecret area Traitshareware Traitskeletons Traitsource port Traitsteam Traitsteam cloud Traitsword & sorcery Traitundead Traitwilhelm scream

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Developer
Raven Software
Publisher
id Software
Franchise
Standalone
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Modi
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Fantasy, Historical
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Platform releases

  • Mac Dec 23, 1994
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Aug 03, 2007
  • DOS Dec 23, 1994

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