Hexen: Beyond Heretic | Hub 4 ▪ Effluvium (1st Visit)
Channel: Old Nerd Playing Old PC Games
Date: 14/10/2022

Old Nerd's Nostalgic Gameplay ▪ No Commentary PC Playthrough / Walkthrough (Recorded in 4K/60FPS with 1080p in-game Textures)
Title ▪ Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Hub 4 ▪ Castle of Grief
Map Number ▪ MAP24: Effluvium (First Visit)
Class ▪ Mage 
Skill (Difficulty) ▪ Warlock
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ℹ About ℹ
Hexen: Beyond Heretic is a dark fantasy first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software through GT Interactive Software on October 30, 1995. It is the sequel to 1994's Heretic, and the second game in Raven Software's "Serpent Riders" trilogy, which culminated with Hexen II. The title comes from the German noun Hexen, which means "witches", and/or the verb hexen, which means "to cast a spell". Game producer John Romero stated that a third, unreleased game in this series was to be called Hecatomb.
Hexen: Beyond Heretic met with highly positive reviews upon release, though the various 1997 console ports were negatively received due to issues with frame rate and controls and the aging of the game itself. Critical plaudits for the game centered on the non-linear level design and the selection of three playable characters, each offering a distinct gameplay experience.

ℹ Gameplay ℹ
A new series feature introduced in Hexen is the choice of three character classes. Players may choose to play as a fighter (Baratus), a cleric (Parias), or a mage (Daedolon). Each character has unique weapons and physical characteristics, lending an additional degree of variety and replay value to the game. The Fighter relies mainly on close quarter physical attacks with weapons both mundane and magical in nature, and is tougher and faster than the other characters. The Mage uses an assortment of long-range spells, whose reach is counterbalanced by the fact that he is the most fragile and slowest moving of the classes. The Cleric arms himself with a combination of both melee and ranged capabilities, being a middle ground of sorts between the other two classes. Additionally, certain items, such as the flechette (poison gas bomb), behave differently when collected and used by each of the classes, functioning in a manner better suiting their varying approach to combat.
Hexen introduces "hub" levels to the series, wherein the player can travel back and forth between central hub levels and connected side levels. This is done in order to solve larger-scale puzzles that require a series of items or switches to be used. The player must traverse through a hub in order to reach a boss and advance to the next hub.
The inventory system returns from Heretic with several new items such as the "disc of repulsion" which pushes enemies away from the player and the "icon of the defender" which provides invincibility to each class in a different manner.

ℹ Plot ℹ
Following the tale of D'Sparil's defeat in Heretic, Hexen takes place in another realm, Cronos, which is besieged by the second of the three Serpent Riders, Korax. Three heroes set out to destroy Korax. The player assumes the role of one such hero. Throughout the course of his quest, he travels through elemental dungeons, a wilderness region, a mountainside seminary, a large castle, and finally a necropolis, before the final showdown with the Serpent Rider.

ℹ Levels ℹ
Hexen features a fully-functional hub system, which allows the player to move back and forth between maps connected to the same hub as if they were a single large map. Hexen has five hubs:
Hub 1: Seven Portals
Hub 2: Shadow Wood
Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary
Hub 4: Castle of Grief
Hub 5: Necropolis

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