Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20150523192506/@comment-1496755-20151013195158

Except that Hexen II tends to crunch you instead (playing for the first time on the highest difficulty can be pretty painful) :P

I suppose they wanted Heretic II to be a FPS-adventure-RPG hybrid, with the emphasis being on FPS. Yiou know, I see a lot of foreshadowing of Jedi Outcast/Academy in this game - fighting with the staff is similar to lightsaber fighting, and the staff itself appears in a flash of light from a metallic handle (like a lightsaber being turned on). It's as if they already knew they'd be making jedi-themed games.