Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard

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Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard
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Developer(s) TAG Games
Publisher(s) Psygnosis
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release1994
Genre(s) Role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player

Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is a 1994 role-playing video game developed by TAG Games and published by Psygnosis for the MS-DOS. The player controls a party of four pre-generated characters as they navigate a dungeon in search of talismans to stop an evil wizard.

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Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard received mixed reception from critics.

Gameplay

Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is a first person perspective dungeon crawl role-playing game. Its plot revolves around four mages who are tasked with defeating an evil wizard, called The Nameless One, and finding four talismans containing God's of magic, who were sealed by the wizard to enhance his own power. [1] [2] At the start of the game, the player selects their four characters from a selection of sixteen available.

Once in the dungeon, there are shops scattered about for buying and selling equipment. [3]

Reception

James V. Trunzo reviewed Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard in White Wolf Inphobia #51 (Jan., 1995), rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that "Hexx has some fun ideas, especially in its use of characters and magic system. The game is enjoyable, but from a technology standpoint, it lags behind the pack." [2]

Scorpia for Computer Gaming World described it as "no more than the usual dungeon crawl, with some nice features and some annoying ones" and "fairly mediocre, and a little boring, in fact". [3]

Barry Brenesal for Electronic Entertainment called it "a solid, up-to-date hack-and-slash game that's tough to master but fun to play". [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard". Electronic Entertainment . August 1994. p. 76. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Trunzo, James V. (January 1995). "The Silicon Dungeon". White Wolf Inphobia . No. 51. p. 75-76.
  3. 1 2 "Something Old, Something new" (PDF). Computer Gaming World . September 1994. p. 43. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ "CGR Reviews". Computer Game Review . September 1994. p. 34. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wizard!". PC Joker (in German). April 1994. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Hexx - Heresy of The Wizard – Nälkää näkemässä". Pelit (in Finnish). 1995. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Wizard". Power Play (magazine)  [ de ] (in German). May 1994. Archived from the original on March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Wizard". Score (in Czech). 1994. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
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