TR: Anniversary is a great example of how remakes of old game hits should be done. From quality POV it can be compared to Black Mesa. And besides of it - TR: Anniversary also has a very good gameplay, with much more focus on level exploration and puzzles than on action, if compared to previous game, TR: Legend. Summary: the whole trilogy (TR: Legend, TR: Anniversary, TR: Underworld) is very fine and entertaining, and this one is one of the best in trilogy, and in the whole TR series as well.
TR: Underworld is the final part of reboot trilogy of TR series after very average TR: Chronicles and TR: Angel of Darkness. It has taken the best parts of 2 previous parts, and added its own great stuff, including great and epic story, various and great looking locations (Thailand, Croft Manor and South America are my favourite ones), nice action/puzzle balance in gameplay. Even despite to story of TR: Underworld is exciting and interesting by itself, there are 2 add-ons (exclusively for X-Box) that enrich it, explain origin of some characters and fully complete the storyline (not only of TR: Underworld but for the whole trilogy). Summary: the whole trilogy (TR: Legend, TR: Anniversary, TR: Underworld) is very fine and entertaining, but this one the best part in trilogy, and one of the best (if not the greatest) among all TR games. Absolutely recommended.
Hexen 2 is great because of its mix of fantasy shooter and adventure-puzzle gameplay. Shooter part is very nice balanced and quite challenging (especially on hard difficulties). It's giving the same gameplay emotions as best 90s-00s shooters with strong but not numerous enemies (Quake 1/2, Unreal, Half-Life) but not Doom, Heretic, Blood. Puzzle part is not so straight-forward. Each episode is not a corridor, but a hub of several connected levels, and puzzle design often requires taking items from one location to another in order to proceed. I do not know how did I resolve all of them in childhood and how many time did it take - but for now I strongly advise to download a guideline but use it only in case you're stuck. Such approach will allow you to get satisfaction when complicated puzzle solved but at the same time avoid running around the whole hub trying to find what was missed. As a bottom-line - Hexen 2 is one of the best shooters of 90s and personally me has got a lot of fun when playing it - both in childhood and now, 20 years later. GOG version was good adopted to modern systems (from both video and controls sides) - just do not forget to configure the game using "nglide_config.exe" before start. Stronlgy recommended!!!
