The game could be good, but the UI is absolutely terrible. Giving the simplest commands or figuring out which troops can still move/attack is a chore. End turn requires 2 clicks on two separate buttons (!!).
Endless and repeated unskippable cutscenes? That's a dealbreaker already. If that wasn't enough to put you off, both gameplay and plot look extremely simplistic (admittedly based on less than 1h gameplay). It might be ok for a children's game, but children would want modern graphics I suspect. I don't see any specific appeal nor any reason why anyone should play this game in 2024.
The game is not too bad, considering its age. However, a few hours into the game, my character is constantly lecturing me on how to be a good Chinese man and an honorable civil servant! Is this a game or a Chinese reeducation course against drinking and bribery? I would give this game 3 or even 4 stars, if it weren't so preachy...
I'm sorry bit I don't understand all these glowing reviews. The game has ugly and confusing graphics, bad weapons, bad enemies, bad UI, and the camera sways as you move, giving you nausea. Plus, it completely breaks with previous Heretic/Hexen in graphic style. I really don't understand why anyone would want to play this game. I didn't like it when it came out, and I still don't like it today.
The game is great, but the respawning enemies are so annoying! I could maybe understand if it happened in one particular map, but the whole game? No way! What exactly is the point of me killing enemies if they're going to respawn a minute later? Am I just wasting my mana? If I've cleared an area, I want it clear, ok? There should be only corpses. Worse yet, there are legions of slaughtaurs everywhere, constantly respawning, and they take forever to kill. So moving around is a constant chore of slowly wading through, one step at a time, one slaughtaur with his shield up at a time. I would have given this game 5 stars, but I took one away for the respawning and one for the respawning slaughtaurs.
