Hands of Necromancy
Another excellent FPS that hasn’t received the widespread adulation it deserves is Hands of Necromancy. This is far closer to the more traditional boomer shooter, although spins off in its own direction by taking the Heretic model in a Metroidvania direction.
What immediately stood out was the size of its levels, 21 maps across three chapters, explored via three hubs that let you portal between them as you gain new abilities and items.
It mixes ranged and melee combat as any Heretic-inspired game should, and rather brilliantly casts you as an evil sorcerer, killing everything because you’re a dick, rather than a hero. But as you play, you also gain the ability to transform into a snake, golem and devil-like creature, each of which affords you new abilities and access to new areas, but also to fight on in new and interesting ways.
It’s tremendous, and the developers—HON Team—are already working on a sequel.
