Hedon Bloodrite
Genre: Action - FPP - Fantasy
Works on: Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04)
Languages: Text only: English.
Features: Single-player - Cloud saves - Overlay
Released: May 16, 2019
Size: 551 MB
Company: Zan / Zan
Installer version: v1.6.0_(64bit)_(40432)
Store page: https://www.gog.com/game/hedon?pp=b2a10 ... 96d55cf0ec
About:
HEDON I & II
Hedon Bloodrite merges Hedon I and II into an entirely hand crafted 20+ hours singleplayer
experience inspired by not only the best retro FPS games of the 90s, but also games like Arx Fatalis
and Thief. Hedon mixes high octane action with exploration and puzzle solving, creating a challenge
that encourages creativity and wit.
Hedon mixes old school/boomercore elements with current gen design. This means:
➣ Sprawling levels that offer a degree of freedom and don't hold the player's hand. Exploring, hunting
secrets, backtracking, patience and having to figure out what to do next is key. Monsters and pickups
are hand-placed and vary according to the difficulty you play on.
➣ Original story packed with lots of lore and a focus on subtle details and world building, all doubled
by a strong atmosphere.
➣ Gory, fast paced shooting, a solid arsenal of weapons and magic items. Combat is projectile-based,
movement is essential, enemies are unique and vary in type and abilities. There is no leveling up, no
talent trees, no gradual upgrades - you are in full charge of your skill.
➣ Original soundtrack ranging from tense to serene ambient, with occasional bursts of metal. Later in
the game you will also hear some of Alexander Brandon's personal tracks that never released in Unreal
and Deus Ex!
➣ Thousands of hours of work put into an original concept, digitally hand-drawn graphics (textures,
sprites, frame by frame animations etc.), scripting, sound effects and level design, all by a one man dev
team aiming to create a game with a strong personality and feel.
➣ Over eight hours of good old singleplayer action with five difficulties including Brutalizing, which
changes the gameplay to allow interesting second playthroughs (different fights & pick-ups,
companions etc.) and Bearzerk, which radically changes the combat by replacing guns with new melee
weapons.
➣ It's very light on storage (under 300mb) and well optimized for the GZDoom Engine.
Hedon is built upon elements of classic game design, most importantly the idea that the player needs
to be treated with maturity by the game, which should never function as an automatic gratification
machine, and require a degree of investment to be fully enjoyed.
You will be dropped in a hostile world that has its own workings, characters and intrigues, and you will
be expected to fend for yourself. The build up is slow and steady, the story is simple but consistent,
the combat is fast paced and ruthless. You will sometimes find yourself lost in a non linear level design
with various aesthetics (forest, caves, forge, barracks, snowy mountain etc.) where exploration and
learning by yourself is the key to improve.
You may find that Hedon takes a certain amount of atmosphere, gameplay, color and inspiration from
games such as Unreal, Blood, Thief, Arx Fatalis, Serious Sam etc. but nonetheless aims to be original
at all times.
You play as Zan, a half Orc - half Demon warrior who wakes up in a caved in tunnel with no memory
of how she ended up there. The first episode will focus on our hero's descent into a strange
underground world which is threatened by the sudden attack of a massive Cultist force.
There are certain races and factions populating the world of Hedon.
The Iron Division
A faction of amazon-like Orcs and Goblins, the Iron Division are the keepers Hedon's greatest secret -
the crystal technology. Various magical crystals sprawl across the underground, providing energy,
heat, oxygen and often forming entire biomes around them. Combining this power with crafting and
the ancient art of magic, the Iron Division has founded a whole new civilization within their mountain
stronghold known as Valc.
The Cultists
Fallen to sin, the raving husks of what were once human now worship various figures of the
Underworld. Little can be done to cull their addiction to pain and suffering. Little but a spray of frag
fire or an explosive bolt that is...
The Demons
Chaotic Demons dwell in the deepest parts of Hedon, lashing out at the weaker minds of the
inhabitants of the Overworld. Along the ages, they have subdued entire towns to become their cultist
slaves and feed their endless hunger through pain and suffering. Demons only care about feeding, and
they will stop at nothing to do so.
The Earthborn
Ancient dwellers of the underground, Minotaurs and Dwarves have built their own civilizations, ever
clenched in warfare with the Demons spawning from below. However, their great cities and heritage
were lost hundreds of years after their inevitable defeat in front of Hell's armies, and now they have
been scattered and forced to live in small clans and towns.
iamfailtacular - story collaboration/world building, brainstorming
Akhzul - Hedon's OST dedicated composer. A one guitar man band.
Alexander Brandon - The man himself. I bought few licenses for some of his personal tracks (and
other songs that didn't make it in Deus Ex/Unreal) and fit them into Hedon!
Breathelast - A band of underground sharks who pitched in with instrumental tracks of their songs.
Also one of my favorite bands ever.
Methadone Skies - Another solid band from the underground, guilty of creating dreamlike musical
atmosphere.
Shivaxi & Xenofish - 5 Michelin Star chef and his cool friend who made an awesome remix for
Alexander Brandon's Underworld.
Rachael - hGZDoom Engine fork programming and compilation.
Daerandin (Daniel Jenssen) - Linux version compilation and testing.
SOFTWARE USED
Engine: GZDoom
Coding/Scripting/Resource Management: SLADE3
Level Design: GZDoom Builder
Graphic Design (Textures, Sprites, Animations etc.): Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, Clip Studio Paint
3D Modelling: Blender
Sound Editing/Recording/Mixing: Audacity
► System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
System: Windows (7/8/10)
Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual-Core
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Anything capable of running OpenGL 4.0 (eg. ATI Radeon HD 57xx or Nvidia GeForce 400 and higher)
Storage: 300 MB available space
Other: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended system requirements:
System: Windows (7/8/10)
Processor: Intel i5 and above
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Anything current gen or close (eg. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050)
Storage: 300 MB available space
Other: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
System: Windows (7/8/10)
Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual-Core
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Anything capable of running OpenGL 4.0 (eg. ATI Radeon HD 57xx or Nvidia GeForce 400 and higher)
Storage: 300 MB available space
Other: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended system requirements:
System: Windows (7/8/10)
Processor: Intel i5 and above
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Anything current gen or close (eg. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050)
Storage: 300 MB available space
Other: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
