Heretic

Heretic

Released: December 23, 1994
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac DOS

Genres:

Shooter

Game Modes:

Single player Multiplayer Co-operative

Themes:

Fantasy Historical

Player Perspectives:

First person

Ratings

User Rating

78.7
Based on 85 ratings

Total Rating

78.7
Based on 85 ratings

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.

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Involved Companies

Raven Software

Role:
Developer

id Software

Role:
Publisher

Game Engines

id Tech 1

Keywords

bloody medieval magic dark fantasy death 2.5d open-source steam undead online shareware sword & sorcery boss fight death match digital distribution steam cloud platform exclusive skeletons 4 player co-op melee secret area wilhelm scream hidden room multiplayer via serial cable source port dial-up wide area network game operation

Alternative Names

Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders

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