![]() You can control Corvus in a number of different ways – you can use just the keyboard (if you’ve got five hands) or a combination of joystick and keyboard or mouse and keyboard. Starting the game is a real joy, because you get time to look about you and get used to the control system before things get really nasty. Don’t let it put you off though, you’ll making gory mess all over the place in no time. When you’ve been used to Doom and Quake, it takes a while to get used to having to compensate for the camera’s positioning. The aiming business is a bit tricky at first. The emphasis here is on carnage rather than puzzle solving, and you have to aim to hit your foes. It certainly looks that way, but it plays very differently. ![]() His name is Corvus and he’s a bit of a mean feller – he’s very versatile and is capable of performing some pretty athletic manoeuvres.īecause the camera is behind your character, you might start thinking it’s all rather Tomb Raider-ish. Look at the pictures and you’ll see what I mean, you’ve always got this elf standing in front of you. The most obvious difference is that this is a third-person shooter. Heretic II is based on the Quake II engine, but is considerably different from that game. And the answer to all three questions is: "Yes"! Well, I guess they might be if they were given a chance, but when there is evil stalking the land, they tend to get a bit gnarly and go round whacking people over the head with big sticks – or at least they do in Heretic II.īut stuff the plot for now – if you really want to know about that, you can read about it below – the important questions that need answering here have more to do whether this conversion works properly, if it’s any fun and whether it’s worth buying. Elves are peaceful woodland dwelling folk who sit around singing songs, charming hobbits and discussing the virtues of honey flavoured biscuits, right? Wrong.
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