Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20150204202730/@comment-1915529-20150427085243

I don’t recall any hidden portal. That means I played most of the game on the third highest difficulty!? I feel like such a Quake-noob right now. I will ensure that I remember to find that portal next time. I had no idea Hexen II or PoP had Nightmare portals.

I will take that into consideration next time, it’s just strange there was no mention of the swim up key anywhere on the web. It’s a bit rubbish since throughout Quake, SoA, DoE and Hexen II you don’t need to use the swim-up key but for that tiny little bit in PoP, you do.

But in answer to your question, I enjoyed it massively. Hexen II is one of those games where you have to die a lot to get to know the tactics to kill different enemies. But when you do learn the tactics it is great fun. The final fight with Praevus was one of my favourite bosses of all time. Although I do feel a little cheated that I did it two difficulty levels down from the highest. I don’t do that anymore, not on Quake.

As I’m sure you know Vork, Hexen II’s puzzles can be quiet annoying. That is why this time when I played it I kept a record of everything I did and every item I found. So I now have a complete list of everything you need to do in the correct order. It’s greatly more useful than a conventional walkthrough because it tells you in as fewer words as possible which map you should be in and what you should do there. It does not say exactly where that thing is, it’s more a guide to avoid getting infuriated with constantly backtracking to the wrong map and back again for ages. Would you be interested in it? Hexen II has superb gameplay and it’s nice to think I don’t have to worry spending hours looking for a key buried in the deepest darkest corner.

I start playing games and just stop playing them. Sometimes I will get bored such as after playing Skyrim for 20 hours. Other times I just stop playing and never return to them. And it’s not like they’re bad games. I’m just lazy I guess.

EDIT: I saw your chat with the guy who wanted to change the wiki theme. I'm glad you didn't do it. It looks very un-Quake like. It just seemed out of place to make the background with a space wallpaper. Although Quake takes place on multiple planets and in multiple dimensions, it is in no way a space game. Except for Tier 6 and Tier 7 of Q3A and a few levels in Quake 2 of course but still.