Heretic

ReleasedDec 23, 1994

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About

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.

Developer: Raven Software
Publisher: id Software
Genres: Shooter
Themes: Fantasy, Historical
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Age ratings: ESRB M
Time to beat: 8 h rushed
IGDB rating: 79 / 100 (98 ratings)
Also known as: Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders