Editing Hexen II (section)

{{Short description|1997 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Hexen II
| image = hexenIIbox.jpg
| developer = [[Raven Software]]
| publisher = [[id Software]]
| director = Brian Raffel
| producer = Steve Stringer
| designer = Eric C. Biessman
| programmer = Rick Johnson <br> Ben Gokey
| artist = Brian Pelletier
| composer = Kevin Schilder
| engine = Modified [[Quake engine|''Quake'' engine]]
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]]
| released = '''Microsoft Windows'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|September 11, 1997<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/news/news090897.html|title=Releases and Mastering|author=Staff|date=September 11, 1997|magazine=[[PC Gamer]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971012044841/http://www.pcgamer.com/news/news090897.html|archive-date=October 12, 1997|url-status=dead|access-date=December 5, 2019}}<br>"...Hexen II is out..."</ref>|EU|September 19, 1997<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 19, 1997 |title=PC World - Latest Games Now Available |pages=14 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/833965875/?terms=%22hexen%20ii%22&match=1 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |quote=''Hexen II'' - Out Today}}</ref>}}''Portal of Praevus''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|March 20, 1998|EU|1998}}'''Macintosh'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|July 2002<ref>{{Cite web |title=MacPlay announces Value Series lineup |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/154664/macplay-8.html |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211172728/https://www.macworld.com/article/154664/macplay-8.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Hexen II''''' is a [[dark fantasy]] [[first-person shooter]] (FPS) video game developed by [[Raven Software]] and published by [[id Software]] in 1997. It is the third game in the ''[[Hexen: Beyond Heretic|Hexen]]''/''[[Heretic (video game)|Heretic]]'' series, and the last in the ''Serpent Riders'' trilogy. Using a modified [[Quake engine|''Quake'' engine]], it features single-player and multiplayer game modes, as well as four [[character class]]es to choose from, each with different abilities. These include the "offensive" [[Paladin (character class)|Paladin]], the "defensive" Crusader, the spell-casting Necromancer, and the stealthy Assassin.

Improvements from ''[[Hexen: Beyond Heretic]]'' and ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]'' include [[destructible environment]]s, mounted weapons, and unique [[Level up (video gaming)|level up]] abilities. Like its predecessor, ''Hexen II'' also uses a hub system. These hubs are a number of interconnected [[level (video games)|level]]s; changes made in one level have effects in another. Furthermore, the Tome of Power artifact makes a return from ''[[Heretic (video game)|Heretic]]''.