Hexen
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Video Game |
| Raven Software | |
| id Software, GT Interactive | |
| First-person Shooter | |
| Cartridge CD-ROM | |
| Controller Keyboard/Mouse | |
| Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Saturn, Nintendo 64 and Apple Macintosh | |
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   North American Release Date(s)
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| June 24, 1997 | |
 Japanese Release Date(s)
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| December 18, 1997 | |
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Hexen is a multiplatform first-person shooter. It is the sequel to the id Software game, Heretic. It resembles Doom, but with more swords and sorcery. However, unlike Doom, the player can look up and down.
Players control one of three characters, each with their own class: Baratus, a warrior, Parias, a cleric, and Daedolon, a mage. Each character has a different weapon set and different strengths. The goal is to go through the levels, defeat the three warlords, and then defeat Korax. Korax is a demon who has taken over the world.
The PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn versions are said to suffer from poor frame rate and sluggish controls. The sequel to Hexen is Hexen II.
A single save game file on the N64 version requires ninety pages of the memory card, far more than most other games.
