Recent reviews by Uncle Oval

It's a classic, what can I say. I'm re-playing to listen to the commentary, which is well worth-it.

Games are art, I mean this sincerely.

It should be noted that Heretic has had its gameplay, visuals, and even map progression completely re-balanced, to the point that some levels look like they've been re-built from the ground up. You can turn these off to play the original game, but I'm surprised at how much I enjoy the remade levels. I'm most impressed by how levels which originally had very little visual identity have been made more distinct.

Hexen appears to be unchanged from the original save some rebalancing of the weapons and the inclusion of markers on the map for points of interest. The latter is a particularly welcome change since progression in Hexen often depended on flipping random switches to trigger random effects; the game was very bad at communicating the effects of your actions especially when they caused changes in other maps.

All in all, a really excellent port. The original games were marred by some unfortunate design decisions that this port more or less irons out. I've played numerous custom wads for Doom, but this is the first time I'm feeling motivated to do the same for Heretic and Hexen. That's really the highest recommendation a game can get.

Cute :)

Yeah, it's expensive for a 90s FPS but considering that the developers of fan made content (namely, Marrow and Death Wish) are actively involved, I'm regarding this as an official expansion pack for which compensation is well deserved.

David has a talent for making a nauseatingly oppressive atmosphere in his games, it's really something special.

A cute little send-up to a very specific type of FPS aesthetic from the late 90s, early 00s. Doesn't have much going for it beyond its art design, the combat didn't entirely grab me.

A typical RPGmaker game serves as the framework for interesting art, music, and writing.

Endlessly creative and funny.

Super fun Hotline Miami-like FPS oozing with style and personality.