Editing Hexen II (section)

==Reception==
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| GR = 84%<ref>{{cite web |title=Hexen II for PC |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/39790-hexen-ii/index.html |website=[[GameRankings]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209001357/http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/39790-hexen-ii/index.html |archive-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> <br> 65% (''Portal of Praevus'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Hexen II Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/89273-hexen-ii-mission-pack-portal-of-praevus/index.html |website=[[GameRankings]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209001628/http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/89273-hexen-ii-mission-pack-portal-of-praevus/index.html |archive-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
| Edge = 8/10<ref name=Edgerev/>
| GSpot = 7.3/10<ref name=GSrev>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hexen-ii-review/1900-2537637/ |access-date=2017-09-02 |title=Hexen II Review |first=Ron |last=Dulin |date=1997-09-22 |website=[[GameSpot]] |archive-date=2020-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017064300/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hexen-ii-review/1900-2537637/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <br> 8.6/10 (''Portal of Praevus'')<ref>[http://asia.gamespot.com/hexen-ii-mission-pack-portal-of-praevus/ Hexen II Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus – GameSpot<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130629190809/http://asia.gamespot.com/hexen-ii-mission-pack-portal-of-praevus/ |date=2013-06-29 }}</ref>
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Upon its release, ''Hexen II'' received generally positive reviews. ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' praised the game for being different from other [[Quake engine|''Quake'' engine]]-based games, highlighting its inventive and interactive levels, enemy variety, and [[Artificial intelligence (video games)|artificial intelligence]]. The magazine also credited the game's diversity of weapons and spells for offering different combat strategies.<ref name=Edgerev>{{cite magazine |title=Hexen II |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |publisher=[[Future Publishing]] |issue=51 |pages=90–91 |date=November 1997}}</ref> ''[[GameSpot]]'' summarized, "''Hexen II'' is a game with many strengths – its design is superior to the original ''Hexen'', it has a significant payoff for single players winding through its twisted corridors, and visually it is without equal in the action genre. But the game's attempt to break from the standard first-person shooter mold has some nasty side effects, and the end result is a confusing and often frustratingly difficult experience." The reviewer elaborated that while the lush, detailed environments and astoundingly animated bosses make ''Hexen II'' "one of the most beautiful games ever made", the actions needed to progress are so obscure that they are comparable to what is required to find optional secret areas in most games, forcing the player to undertake frustrating, exhaustive searches of the game's environments.<ref name=GSrev/> ''[[GamePro]]'' praised the high speed of the multiplayer sessions, the selection of character classes, and the high detail present when graphical acceleration is used. They concluded, "For replay value and sheer fun, ''Hexen II'' is going to be hard to beat; you could spend days playing through all four characters in single-player mode without even entering multiplayer battles."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Don St. John |title=PC GamePro Review (Win 95): Hexen II|magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=111 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=December 1997|page=112}}</ref>

According to Erik Bethke, ''Hexen II'' was commercially unsuccessful, with sales slightly above 30,000 units.<ref name=bethkesales>{{cite book | author=Bethke, Erik | title=Game Development and Production | page=16 | date=January 25, 2003 | publisher=Wordware Publishing | isbn=1556229518 }}</ref>

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