HERETIC+HEXEN: DOOM JUICE FOR THE ALGORITHM
Added 2025-08-26 14:14:56 +0000 UTCHello again, Dungeoneers! What could have been an easily skippable remaster has turned into this whole video due to the interesting expansions, continued jokes at Hexen's expense, and just having fun with everything, you know?
Heretic and Hexen: Beyond Heretic. A whole package, a fresh coat of paint and in many cases a complete texture overhaul in the Heretic levels. Nightdive continues to put the most effort into these things for better or worse.
Knowing Hexen was going to be discussed again, I spent a few hours learning how sprite sheets work in the Unreal Engine. The ettin, who has lived in the set since appearing in the original Hexen video, started as something crudely tossed in with Premiere and then became this:
Poor guy. He's a video stretched over a plane. Black background. Looks awful but it was so far away (and obscured by a purple force field) that it was hard to notice.
Now he's back! His color looks much better, his frames aren't interpolated with weird artifacts, and as you can see in the video, he's animated and moves properly! Not even a hint of texture filtering!
He still flat though.
Pictured: A Hexen-accurate ettin count. gl;hf
-Civvie ____________________________
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Another banger video, Civvie, excellent work. Also just wanted to let you know, on the recent Borderlands 4 roadmap video from PAX West, there's a clip of Randy saying "I'll do my best to shut the hell up" at 2:45 followed by "I got a big fricken mouth" and I feel like these would be great for future videos should you need fodder for bits. Keep the content coming, Civvie <3
TurboShark
2025-09-04 20:47:17 +0000 UTCGood stuff. Does this mean you'll go back and cover the new (and official) expansions with the night dive console port of Quake... please?
Pebbles167
2025-08-29 22:14:50 +0000 UTCVestiges of GRAINDURE, eh?
Nathaniel Dolynchuk
2025-08-29 21:56:05 +0000 UTCHahah, I tried to argue exactly what you did about the changes to Heretic on the Doomworld forums, shortly after the remaster came out. The community sure didn't like that -- I basically became the titular heretic myself for a few days after that. So seeing you raise the same points makes me very happy indeed :)
Doom64hunter
2025-08-29 19:53:06 +0000 UTCIn a dark, dusty ballroom beneath Nightdive HQ, Andrew Hulshult stares out from a sepia-tinted photograph of that year's July 4th celebration, 1921.
David McCreadie
2025-08-28 19:39:14 +0000 UTCIt had been a good probably...25 years and change, at least, since I last played Heretic on ye olde shareware, back in the columbine scare days, and not a terrible lot, but even so, and playing on a completely different input style, something felt different with the crossbow when I got it. Granted, I've acclimated and come to like it, but I'm still fascinated I could tell after so long.
Valora Inverse
2025-08-28 05:16:00 +0000 UTCMatt Tropiano (who authored most of Vestiges of Grandeur maps) seems to be active member of Doom/Hexen community and previously made (in 2010) Hexen hub Scourge of Viscerus (also quite good hub though not on same level as Grandeur). It suffers from Hexen shortage of enemy variety yet - as I recall - was slightly lighter on puzzles than Hexen. I hope this release also means that Hexen 2 expansion pack (or rather hub) and Heretic 2 may receive the same treatment in future.
Михаил Акулов
2025-08-27 16:21:18 +0000 UTCI bought Hexen after your first Hexen video and hated it once I got to the seven portals. Idk what it is now but I’m enjoying the remaster now though.
Alexander Zerkle
2025-08-27 04:36:51 +0000 UTCpreach!
Medium Black Duke
2025-08-27 02:32:34 +0000 UTCLicense the Hexen II remasterer to nightdive at least Activision, you assholes
jugularSignal
2025-08-27 02:26:15 +0000 UTCCan anyone tell me what song plays at the beginning of this video? It's gonna bug me all night wondering about it.
Hunter S.
2025-08-27 01:30:27 +0000 UTCGreat video as always man
DOOMGUY
2025-08-27 00:14:39 +0000 UTCthe video wont play for me
bird fail the pale
2025-08-26 19:44:03 +0000 UTCI adore the Cleric's new shield parry. Introducing Dark Souls style combat to a mid-ninties shooter where the ai is as predictable as a ticking clock; That was either bush league level fumble, or a masterstroke of genius. I can't tell which? Either way can tear through crowds of enemies with my mace alone on the hardest difficulty!
Uncoolest_Evar
2025-08-26 17:12:45 +0000 UTC"Tickle my metroids" Have to steal that :D
Orre Karre
2025-08-26 16:56:41 +0000 UTCCivvie lives!! You are a legend!
fRiEnD
2025-08-26 16:30:58 +0000 UTCPaper2D! Process is relatively simple, actually, as long as I line the sprites up properly to a grid.
Civvie
2025-08-26 16:05:08 +0000 UTCLove the behind the scenes! May I ask if you used PaperZD or stock Paper2D for the spritesheets? I'm actually making a 2d beat'em'up in Unreal Engine 5.3.2 so I have a pretty good understanding on how to handle them. Anything you need about UE5 lemme know!
Bazztoner
2025-08-26 16:03:42 +0000 UTCApparently CV 10 is that Ettin lmao.
Shawn Grant
2025-08-26 15:36:00 +0000 UTCreally enjoying the behind the scenes bits in these posts!
Aoife Rowan
2025-08-26 15:26:03 +0000 UTCStoked, thanks Civvie!
Tuxedobird
2025-08-26 15:06:13 +0000 UTCI’ve been excited for this one.
Jester
2025-08-26 15:05:21 +0000 UTCExcellent.
NoEsPaul
2025-08-26 15:00:25 +0000 UTC***paid for adequately by the department of special corrections
Burd Up
2025-08-26 14:56:35 +0000 UTCCivvie's content makes the "The horrors" and "The voices" almost bareable for at least 36 minutes!
Burd Up
2025-08-26 14:55:25 +0000 UTCAwesome work as always, bro.
Raul Campos
2025-08-26 14:53:51 +0000 UTCONE SIXTH OF THE PUZZLE HAS BEEN SOLVED IN MY PANTS
Civvie
2025-08-26 14:52:45 +0000 UTCthe notification hast given me one sixth of a chubby. almost there guys...
prozax
2025-08-26 14:52:13 +0000 UTCyeah, people watched it, though far less than any other recent video, so I like to throw in a joke about how Doom-related stuff is the most watched.
Civvie
2025-08-26 14:44:48 +0000 UTCbtw I watched your last video so at least someone definetly watched it. It was impressive how you managed to make a memorable video about one of the least memorable games I've seen you review.
Banjo Track
2025-08-26 14:44:04 +0000 UTCI certainly was not going to complain if you wanted to take the bye on this one, but I'm happy you didn't.
Jonathan Anderson
2025-08-26 14:40:28 +0000 UTCYeah boyeeeee
John zelna
2025-08-26 14:33:40 +0000 UTCfirst
Calvin Kool-aid
2025-08-26 14:27:36 +0000 UTCAwesome timing! Been interested in your review of this. Never played either game before but seen your reviews. The insanity of Hexen's level design has always put me off Hexen and intrigued to see if this remaster does anything to soften that. Thanks for the upload Civvie.
Banjo Track
2025-08-26 14:22:14 +0000 UTC"SWITCH HUNTING IS NOT A PUZZLE" (NOW IN HD)
Mateusz Bartoszek
2025-08-26 14:21:36 +0000 UTCWas hoping you'd do this remaster. OFC not long after rewatching the OG video lol
Steven Wilson
2025-08-26 14:20:50 +0000 UTCFuck yes
JOE MOTHERFUCKING TREEFELNER
2025-08-26 14:20:22 +0000 UTCThought the heretic video was fairly recent, nope 4 years ago......
Jonathan Doyle
2025-08-26 14:18:36 +0000 UTCMan I'm so excited for this one! I'm loving the behind the scenes stuff as well, good for Ettin! He deserved an upgrade
Suckerpunch5000
2025-08-26 14:18:35 +0000 UTCHell Yeah, thanks Civvie!
Shawn Grant
2025-08-26 14:16:41 +0000 UTCall hail the algorithm
Tore Schweer
2025-08-26 14:16:14 +0000 UTC
