/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10562529
>aesthetics
kino
>respawning mobs and maze design
faggotry

>>10562529
Hexen 2

>>10562531
Mobs only respawn after certain progression points, and only partially.

>>10562531
Talking about aesthetics, the best Hexen is The Wheel of Time.

>>10562529
>Fills corridor to brim with monsters equipped with shields
>Now that's some real challenge beyond punny Heretic!

>>10562529
Still cool.

Like doom better though

>>10562529
>You've completed 1 of 69 parts of the puzzle

>>10562531
>maze design
It's not too bad.
>>10562575
>Mobs only respawn after certain progression points
Wrong, the script that spawns them runs every so many ticks (equivalent of 4 minutes in the vanilla campaign or 2 minutes in the expansion).

>>10562529
Greetings, mortal. Are you ready to DIE?

I want to say that this series is underrated but is it really? I love it but I would be stupid if I didn't acknowledge that there's a bunch of bullshit in these games.

>>10564103
In case of Hexen 1 that's due to big potential shown by intro stage with atmosphere, concise map design and nice quests that immediately goes down the drain in remaining maps.
It's understandable that tutorial levels are often done last, but rarely it's such a large difference in quality.

>>10562529
>Kexen

>>10564131
I have the same exact opinion towards Dark Souls. I enjoyed Heretic a lot more than Hexen because of the incredibly obtuse level design and maze-like layout. So much time spent essentially not playing the game because of all the running around trying to figure out where the hell to go. I probably spent more time wandering around than actually engaging with the game.