HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel (PC) Review

This will be short. Anyone wanting to know all about the base game, can simply go to the original HeXen review, as this will mostly focus on what this add-on has to offer… which is nothing. No, really, this adds nothing new. The basic concept is, once again, this: choose amongst three different character classes, and then start crushing skulls and taking names later, and, of course, search. Search. Every. Single. Pixel!

Like the original, the availability of three different classes, and the abundance of various items that can be used to make the lives of those nice monsters that inhabit this dark fantasy land a little harder, is thrown out of the window. Whether one prefers the up-close-and-personal style of the fighter over the ranged weaponry of the mage, the core of the gameplay revolves, once more, around searching around for keys, levers, and buttons.

In other words: it sucks. Of course, that's the opinion of this lowly reviewer, so, for those willing to try this out, the only thing that these fine people need to know is that Deathkings of the Dark Citadel is just harder than the original. Not, as hard as The Ultimate Doom compared to Doom, or Shadow of the Serpent Riders compared to Heretic, but hard nonetheless.