Hands of Necromancy

A fun retro shooter that really captures that classic Heretic vibe with its dark fantasy aesthetic and complex, vertical level design. While the actual necromancy mechanics feel a bit tacked on, juggling the various magical weapons and transforming your body to tear through hordes of monsters is deeply satisfying.

When fans identified the use of Al art in the trailer for their latest game, and calmly explained why they didn't feel comfortable supporting this, the devs hastily uploaded an Al use disclaimer and swiftly banned those users en masse from the discussion forums. I can overlook the AI use, as it was actually quite minor. What I can’t overlook is punishing people for expressing legitimate concerns, treating them like villains, and ultimately acting far sketchier than simply failing to divulge an AI asset. Just something to consider if you plan on supporting these devs, their sequel, or the upcoming Hordes of Necromancy. Because they certainly don’t support your opinion, however legitimate.

while there is no AI in this game, most of the art for the newest game in the series is Traced AI art, which is just sad. be better

Hands of Necromancy is an accidental retro Hexen/Heretic clone. Seriously, this game really disappoints in many of the areas it claims would be its strengths. The map design is awful, the combat is annoying at times, and the weapons barely do any damage. Enemies often seem to ignore being hit entirely. The gargoyles are like pestering flies in the summertime, constantly popping up out of nowhere. In general, enemies seem to sneak up on you, detected by the player only when it is already too late. Map Design and Gameplay The first map is okay, but things get worse immediately afterward. The visual setting doesn’t feel fitting to me somehow. The atmosphere of the originals is still better—even three decades later. You need to memorize the maps, which can take some time depending on your sense of direction. Using GZDoom’s advanced features, such as setting map markers, can help with navigation. Still, there’s no real reason to explore every corner, since achievements don’t work in GZDoom anyway. In some areas, there are so many enemies to fight with such useless weapons that I seriously doubt the developers or testers knew what they had cobbled together. The spellbook that casts…

We have Hexen at home.

Love Quake and Doom this feels like a nice fresh breath air. So it's the usually heavily inspired by both franchises and ran with a inventory system to hold all sorts of different spells like transformations or summon monsters with a nice variety of weapons that won't feel from the others like a knockoff! This stands on it's own way while not sacrificing gameplay love older FPS you will love this and all this gives! Story is simple Necromancer looking for power quest!