Editing Heretic II (section)

==Reception==
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 | GR = 82% (Windows)<ref name="H2-GR">{{cite web | title=''Heretic II'' for PC - GameRankings | url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/130984-heretic-ii/index.html | publisher=[[GameRankings]] | access-date=March 5, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209080302/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/130984-heretic-ii/index.html |archivedate=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
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 | Edge = 8/10<ref name="Edge review"/>
 | GSpot = 8.1/10<ref name="H2-GSpot"/>
 | IGN = 7.9/10<ref name="H2-IGN"/>
| NGen = 3/5<ref name="NG"/>
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 | award1Pub = [[Computer Gaming World]]
 | award1 =1999 Premier Awards<ref name=cgwpremier1998>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1999 Premier Awards; ''CGW'' Presents the Best Games of 1998 |date=April 1999 | issue=177 | pages=90, 93, 96–105 }}</ref>
 | award2Pub = Gamesmania
 | award2 = 1998 Award of Excellence<ref name="H2-Awards">{{cite web|title=Activision - Heretic II Awards|url=http://www.activision.com/games/hereticii/|access-date=March 9, 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815211040/http://www.activision.com/games/hereticii/|archive-date=August 15, 2000}}</ref>
 | award3Pub = Loonygames
 | award3 = 1998 Action game of the year<ref name="H2-Awards"/>
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Despite positive reception from critics, ''Heretic II'' was a commercial failure. According to [[PC Data]], its sales in the United States totaled 28,994 units by April 1999. [[Activision]]'s Steve Felsen blamed this performance on the game's design: he noted that "fans of first-person shooters—the target audience for this game—stayed away due to the third-person perspective".<ref name=10bought>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000616082501/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Notbought/index.html | url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Notbought/index.html | title=The Top 10 Games That No One Bought | author=Saltzman, Marc | date=June 4, 1999 | work=[[CNET Gamecenter]] | archive-date=June 16, 2000 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "''Heretic II'' has a lot going for it. It easily earns it space on the shelf with the heavy hitters this season, but it also serves as a reminder to all that every aspect of game design needs to be pushed if you want your project to truly stand out".<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=51|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=March 1999|page=91}}</ref>

''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' praised the game for its mixture of [[Platform game|platform]] and [[shoot 'em up]] action, saying that ''Heretic II'' is different enough to stand out from both first-person and third-person games like [[id Software]]'s [[first-person shooter]]s or [[Core Design]]'s ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' games.<ref name="Edge review">{{Cite magazine |title=Heretic II |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |publisher=[[Future Publishing]] |issue=67 |page=92 |date=January 1999}}</ref> ''Heretic II'' was a finalist for ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s 1998 "Best Action" award, which ultimately went to ''[[Battlezone (1998 video game)|Battlezone]]''. The editors wrote that ''Heretic II'' "proved that the ''Quake II'' engine could work in a third-person game ''and'' that a spell-casting, shirtless elf could actually kick ass".<ref name=cgwpremier1998/>

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