At first, it seemed like a sloppy mod rather than an expansion, but over time it grew on me as I noticed everything it had to offer. This is more of what the first game offered, but I have to say that the level design here is a lot more impressive, with tons of subtle details. The moving floors, the earthquakes, the objects that talk back, the way the ground has a more natural flow, such as the ice in the caves merging with the rock, all are good creative steps forward from the original and seem genuinely inspired.
My only complaint is that most of the time, it only uses assets from the original game. Same textures, same enemies, same classes, same items. It's still really fun, but I can't see why the only new things here are the levels. I would have loved to at least fight a new final boss, rather than an endurance run of monsters and all the classes. Oh well.

du tror jag har en joystick?

De boa, não joguem essa expansão.

Como as outras expansões feitas para FPSs dessa época, tudo que eles queriam era montar episódios com fases de alta dificuldade, mas que pouco somava ao plot do game, no entanto, nesse sentido, as expansões de Wolfenstein 3D, Doom e Heretic, ainda fazem mais sentido, pois veja: Spear of destiny age como uma prequela pra Wolfenstein3D; Ultimate Doom faz um retcon do final, explicando melhor o que diabo tinha a ver aquela cabeça de coelho; em Heretic a expansão shadow of the serpent riders conclui se Corvus conseguiu ou não voltar pro seu mundo ao entrar no portal do último episódio do jogo normal. Já essa expansão de Hexen não soma nada pra história, não possui inimigos novos(que até Spear of Destiny tinha), e os cenários são longos e irritantes.

Somado a isso, tem a excelente idéia que os desenvolvedores tiveram de dar respawn nos inimigos sempre depois de alguns minutos sem nada na tela(isso tbm tem na campanha normal), então pode crer que vc vai ficar de saco cheio de matar sempre os mesmos inimigos quando estiver perdidão, andando pra lá e pra cá que nem tonto.

A versão do Steam tbm está sem as músicas, pois parece que eles não disponibilizaram a versão final lá, completando ainda mais a desgraça.

Passei por esse inferno todo e abracei o capeta, então, confiem em mim, não joguem isso, se satisfaçam apenas com a campanha normal(que já não é fácil) e esqueçam que Deathkings of the Dark Citadel existe. Não comprem nem se estiver em promoção!

Good old Hexen and its Add Ons. Me and my friends played this for hours and hours killing each other, playing COOP ect. I think the atmosphere survived the ages, but for some reason the gameplay/graphics feel so poor I cannot bring myself to go back and play it again... yet Duke Nukem and DOOM I can easily play again.

This game was not made for those faint at heart. It was difficult, dark, and strange. You can get stuck on some level for hours that would normally only take 10 minutes because they would hide buttons, hidden triggers, or just the requirement of killing a monster hidden behind a glass window you can only shoot from a distance.

The three chars to choose from are very very different and add a interesting element to the game that old school games really didn't have. I would only get it for Nastagia, for those that never played it... you will not like this game.

Completed: 8/25/14 in 13 hrs on Cardinal (Hard) Diffculty.

I decided to up the difficulty for the playthough of this expansion and let me tell you it was much more difficult then expected. The worst enemies are those damn Swamp Stalkers. They hide in the water and in doing so they are untargetable and likely to ambush you. One map also had 4 Death Wyverns in it and the first game had it was a boss. They really tried to up the difficulty this time around.

Deathkings as well as the original Hexen included an inventory system and character selection. They should have added some new mobs or a new playable character in the expansion as they did with Hexen II but I forgive you guys. :)

Deathkings is a fun game if you don't mind the retro PC graphics and gameplay. It tells you how far we have come in the genre, why some newer titles have failed. Because you don't need high resolution textures for a game it just needs to be fun and Deathkings does that. Incredibly difficult.

I fear the art of Hexen will never again be replicated. The 90s are over.

It's more Hexen, what else do you want?

Who could forget the unforgettable tale of Deathkings of the Dark Citadel? No one because it's unforgettable.

A Great Expansion of the HeXen License.

8/10

You liked Hexen, you say? Here, have more of it!

AWESOME!

DEATHEN: DEATHDEATHS OF THE DEATH CITIDEATH

Potato-tier controls.

It's not that bad

Dark Citadel kind of reminds me of The Dark Carnival and I'm all about some wicked mother♥♥♥♥ing clown love

does not work

STOP

An absolute obnoxius ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of a game. It offers nothing new over Hexen. No new weapons or enemies, just 3 new map hubs. I can't even recommend it even if you liked the original Hexen. It's not just 'More of the same' but the difficulty is lazily increased by enemies continuously spawning into the map - constantly interrupting your ability to focus and find the required switch or key. Enemies jump and spawn from anywhere endlessly, but ammo is still limited. Environmental traps are impossible to intuit so you will regularly killed out of the blue when fighting endless waves of monsters. I had to quit by the end of the first hub, it was clear that the completion of the game depended on attrition tactics - constantly die until the combination of luck and switch memorization gets you through.

You probably already have this game if you have Hexen, as I believe it's just the one bundle, but if you dont, then don't buy it. Its the same game as hexen but designed to punish with almost no enjoyment.