Hands of Necromancy

Got it for like 5$ or something. I don't remember. Pretty satisfying romp through an vintage-style FPS. Would recommend.

nice animations, satisfying weapons, nice map design.

Fantastic from start to finish. +Nice art that complements GZDoom well. +Good use of lighting, nothing excessive. There's a solid balance of dark areas interspersed with great effects. +Satisfying weaponry that all have good use cases and creativity. +Very very good level design, lots of little secrets and interconnectivity. +Great music. -Animations can be a bit janky due to the pixelated nature of the enemies. -Attacking enemies from the top or bottom can weird because they are 2D and on a flat plane, so you can barely see them. -------------------------------------------- Tiny blemishes on an otherwise really good game. There's a lot of fun cheesiness to this game too with the cackling of the protagonist whenever he picks up grenades. Makes me laugh. Highly recommended, I feel bad I got it for like a dollar. They need more money for this effort.

As much as I wish for a Hexen 3 or Heretic 3 - this ain't it. Where the original Heretic & Hexen bleed atmosphere, Hands of Necromancy is lacking. Enemy sprites range from okay'ish to poor. The Necromancer is a poor choice to be the player character - at no time did I feel like one while wielding a sword, firing off fireballs, tornados and ice rings. With Hexen and Heretic readily available here as a collection for $9.99 I'd say buy those instead.

A GZDoom Hexen-like FPS. According to Civvie 11 that would be not a good thing, but I like it for the most part. There is a nice twist: you can transform into various shapes which give you abilities to solve puzzles. Remindes me a bit of Powerslave. Downsides of the game: corners are too dark and I do not want to waste a torch. Also there are some cheap shots at the player. Altogether cool - not as good as Hedon, but still good.