Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Masterpiece.

Had a blast with this. Really feels like it establishes its own identity in the early FPS genre rather than just feeling like a reskinned Doom like Heretic did. Honestly I didn't find the switch-hunting nearly as bad as most people seemed to; if you've played other boomer shooters and trained yourself to be diligent about secret-hunting then this is really pretty reasonable. The bigger problem to me is the game's frequent failure to indicate what that switch you just found actually DID. There's the occasional pop-up saying "x has just changed in y area" but beyond that most of the confusion comes from not knowing if that room that you just found was something you overlooked on the first pass, or if it was only rendered accessible by something you did on the opposite side of the level. Still, there were only two or three times I had to consult a guide, and all the small advancements this made to the Doom engine really make it a fun experience.

really really confusing