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Posted on: January 27, 2023
DokV
Spiele: 622 Rezensionen: 3
Hexen 3
This game is a great retro-shooter with creative weapons and even transformations. Levels are varied and challenging, offering both combat and platforming encounters. Definitely a must buy for GZDoom fans!
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Posted on: June 13, 2023
ronmeister66
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: 439 Rezensionen: 5
Wonderful GZDoom experience
Hands of Necromancy is a loveletter to Hexen and Heretic in specific, and to games of that era in general. It quotes much of design, gameplay, combat, weapons, enemies, but still manages to obtain a style on its own. Combat feels good and the transformation spells ad some variety. Only some later weapons I thought felt a little too weak against hordes. Leveldesign is challenging and good. You will have to use the map a lot and backtrack your way through hubs and big levels for all the keys and spells you need. Just like back in the day. This might be annoying for newcomers, so be aware you need a little patience for those kind of games. But that’s what I like about it. There is a locked door? Find the key. Got stuck? Well look again – its part of the journey. There is an option called “Easy hubs”. I think it´s supposed to play more straight forward, but I didn´t try it. For Difficulty I took the easy skill (maybe I am a wimp). The fourth episode is already included and altogether there are about 30 levels. Much content at a totally fair price. The Necromancer himself is quite a character btw. When he breaks out in hilarious laughter, finding a weapon or stuff (even cooler underwater) - reminds me of Caleb. To the Devs: I would have loved to see this game in the Unreal 1 Engine (from 1998, not the new crap), thinking of Levels like “Nali Catle” or “Bluff eversmoking” where you could explore both interior and exterior of structures and not only the expression or stage (of a castle or village for example). Don’t get me wrong – what they have accomplished with the GZDoom Engine is great and part of the charm – but also has its limits at a certain point. Some of that material, I think, would have been even greater in a next step of virtual environment. But still Retro - I am thinking of Wheel of time, Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah, Thief or Unreal 1. Maybe for a sequel? Anyways, I hope this game gets a little more attention – it certainly deserves it.
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Posted on: October 8, 2024
neilflavelle
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: 39 Rezensionen: 6
Hexen but not annoying
It's Hexen, but not so annoying. You still get lost a bit but it's fun finding your way. There's a simplified exploration mode if you want something less like Hexen, and it also has an expansion which ditches the hub world backing tracking style of Hexen and gives you a Heretic experience. It's made for one kind of person and lucky for me, I am exactly that kind of person. If you don't know what Hexen and Heretic are then too bad, I'm not explaining anymore.
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Posted on: September 16, 2024
Nervensaegen
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: Rezensionen: 102
You get what the pricetag suggests
First things first: The “Necromancy” giving the game its name is limited to 1 (rare) item that resurrects 1 enemy, which serves as a short-lived decoy. Necromancy is no core mechanic--shooting is. What you get is thus a basic boomer shooter, with spell-themed guns. For the price, it's rock-solid entertainment. With emphasis on “rock”--rather than “gem”. The game promises fun mechanics from spells to shapeshifting, which all sound fantastic, but sadly does too little with them. In practice, ammo for your “spell”-guns is so rare, that most of what you do with mechanics like shapeshifting is spend game time as a swamp snake, because it slowly regenerates its attacks, thus helping you conserve your more scarce resources. The enemy sprites in the game range from mediocre to very poor, with too little variety. During the first episode, you will encounter less than 10 different types, with even the bosses being a bigger gargoyle, the same of which you've seen before. After the first episode, the game recycles the formula from episode one for the next, and so on, with a text message that basically reads “you had _one_ king of the undead, but have you had a _second_ king of the undead?” Bottom line: For the price, you will get a good, if very basic, fantasy-themed boomer shooter with good-enough level design, that is best played in short bursts. You get as much polish as the price tag suggests. If that sounds fair to you, you can have some rock-solid entertainment with “Hands of necromancy”.
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Posted on: April 19, 2023
jadedrakerider
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: 772 Rezensionen: 18
Great Openning!
I'm glad I gave into my impulse to buy Hands of Necromancy. As an enthusiast of all things IDTech1, I am always happy to see games like this. I'm only an hour into it, and so far it is a Metroidvania FPS in a fantasy setting. Nothing surprising yet, but it has many of the essentials down competely. This bodes well and I am looking forward to exploring this world. My one complaint is that the player character is in desperate need of a torch or lantern. This might be a pickup later on I haven't encountered yet. So far so good, I recommend picking it up.
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