Corvus, the protagonist of the first game, is forced to flee his hometown of Silverspring after the infected attack him, but not before he is infected himself. Heretic II was later ported to Linux by Loki Software, to the Amiga by Hyperion Entertainment, and Macintosh by MacPlay.Īfter Corvus returns from his banishment, he finds that a mysterious plague has swept the land of Parthoris, taking the sanity of those it does not kill. This is the only Heretic/Hexen video game that is unrelated to id Software, apart from its role as engine licenser. Gerald Brom contributed conceptual work to characters and creatures for the game. The music was composed by Kevin Schilder. While progressive, this was a controversial design decision among fans of the original game, a well-known first-person shooter built on the Doom engine. Using a modified Quake II engine, the game features a mix of a third-person camera with a first-person shooter's action, making for a new gaming experience at the time. It is the fourth game in the Hexen/Heretic series and comes after the 'Serpent Rider' trilogy. Heretic II is a dark fantasy action-adventure game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision in 1998 continuing the story of Corvus, the main character from its predecessor, Heretic.