Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders (2007)
- Developer
- Raven Software
- Publisher
- id Software
- Genres
- Action
- Rating
- 4.7 of 5, 1,164 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 4.5 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A dark fantasy first-person shooter where you cast spells in eerie medieval corridors with the deliberate pace and pixelated grit of 90s shooters.
dark fantasyclassicspellcastingatmosphericold schoolretroactionhorror
What players say
Players call it Doom with a fantasy coat of paint, praising the magic weapons and the Tome of Power. Some find the level design frustrating with constant ambushes, and note that ammo runs tight on higher difficulties. Several recommend using the GZDoom sourceport over the built-in DOSBox version.
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