Heretic

The Levels Of The Week

August to December 1997

Friday October 24th
Ichor
Robert Eckhardt
Another whole-episode replacement for Heretic. From the canyons and huge fortresses of level one to the giant ice-bound town of level three, this whole episode is built on an epic scale. Not the most detailed Heretic levels I've ever seen, but impressive from their shear size. Also very difficult, even on the easier difficulty settings...

Friday September 19th
The Master's Domain
Jeff Lillie
Impressive replacement for the whole of episode 1, featuring some amazing settings. Great looks, nice scenery, lots of new textures, and damned hard.

Friday September 5th
White Plume Mountain
Rich Carlson and Stephen J. Woods
WWW Page
This is Rich's Heretic conversion of Stephen J. Wood's original Doom conversion of the original TSR Dungeons & Dragons module... You following me? Apparently White Plume Mountain is a cult amongst hard-core D&D fanatics.
The Heretic level is large, hard, full of puzzles and traps, and a bit of a pain at times. Some of the design doesn't make much sense - a bit more attention to detail would have been welcome, and it's way too dark in some areas. But it is fairly atmospheric, and the huge outdoor lava area with the maulotaur at the end is visually stunning.

Friday August 22nd
Be Careful
Florian Robardet
WWW Page
The first new release for Heretic since my own Gestalt666's Town Of Heresy way back at the beginning of July. A few nice ideas and touches, but generally unremarkable. The reason it's called Be Careful is because its basically a puzzle level, with you having to walk along the Heretic equivalent of a tightrope to avoid falling to your death in a lava pool. Trying to complete this level without cheats is more of a pain than a pleasure...

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Friday October 24th Ichor Robert Eckhardt	Another whole-episode replacement for Heretic. From the canyons and huge fortresses of level one to the giant ice-bound town of level three, this whole episode is built on an epic scale. Not the most detailed Heretic levels I've ever seen, but impressive from their shear size. Also very difficult, even on the easier difficulty settings...
Friday September 19th The Master's Domain Jeff Lillie	Impressive replacement for the whole of episode 1, featuring some amazing settings. Great looks, nice scenery, lots of new textures, and damned hard.
Friday September 5th White Plume Mountain Rich Carlson and Stephen J. Woods WWW Page	This is Rich's Heretic conversion of Stephen J. Wood's original Doom conversion of the original TSR Dungeons & Dragons module... You following me? Apparently White Plume Mountain is a cult amongst hard-core D&D fanatics. The Heretic level is large, hard, full of puzzles and traps, and a bit of a pain at times. Some of the design doesn't make much sense - a bit more attention to detail would have been welcome, and it's way too dark in some areas. But it is fairly atmospheric, and the huge outdoor lava area with the maulotaur at the end is visually stunning.
Friday August 22nd Be Careful Florian Robardet WWW Page	The first new release for Heretic since my own Gestalt666's Town Of Heresy way back at the beginning of July. A few nice ideas and touches, but generally unremarkable. The reason it's called Be Careful is because its basically a puzzle level, with you having to walk along the Heretic equivalent of a tightrope to avoid falling to your death in a lava pool. Trying to complete this level without cheats is more of a pain than a pleasure...