Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders - Episode 4: E4M8: Shattered Bridge (1996) [GZDoom]
14Heretic is a dark fantasy first-person shooter video game released in 1994. It was developed by Raven Software and published by id Software through GT Interactive. The game was released on Steam on August 3, 2007.
"Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders" is an expansion pack for Heretic, consisting of two new episode that continue the story from where the original game left off. It was developed by Raven Software and published by id Software in March of 1996.
After defeating D'Sparil, Corvus finds himself wandering through other dimensions conquered by the Serpent Rider, in search of a way back home.
The Ossuary is the fourth episode of Heretic, and part of the Shadow of the Serpent Riders expansion. Having defeated D'Sparil in his Underwater Lair, Corvus finds himself within the shattered remnants of a world conquered by the Serpent Rider a long time ago (most likely one of the Outer Worlds). The episode's theme is that of a broken and corrupted world, littered with ruins and old corpses. Its overall style is a mixture of the level styles from City of the Damned and Hell's Maw. The only way out of this cursed realm is through a portal at the heart of the ravaged world, which is protected by fearsome guardians and leads to The Stagnant Demesne.
Using a modified version of the Doom engine, Heretic was one of the first first-person games to feature inventory manipulation and the ability to look up and down. It also introduced multiple gib objects that spawned when a character suffered a death by extreme force or heat. Previously, the character would simply crumple into a heap. The game used randomized ambient sounds and noises, such as evil laughter, chains rattling, distantly ringing bells, and water dripping in addition to the background music to further enhance the atmosphere. The music in the game was composed by Kevin Schilder. An indirect sequel, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, was released the following year. Heretic II was released in 1998, which served as a direct sequel continuing the story.
Three brothers (D'Sparil, Korax, and Eidolon), known as the Serpent Riders, have used their powerful magic to possess seven kings of Parthoris, turning them into mindless puppets and corrupting their armies. The Sidhe elves resist the Serpent Riders' magic. The Serpent Riders thus declared the Sidhe as heretics and waged war against them. The Sidhe are forced to take a drastic measure to sever the natural power of the kings destroying them and their armies, but at the cost of weakening the elves' power, giving the Serpent Riders an advantage to slay the elders. While the Sidhe retreat, one elf (revealed to be named Corvus in Heretic II) sets off on a quest of vengeance against the weakest of the three Serpent Riders, D'Sparil. He travels through the "City of the Damned", the ruined capital of the Sidhe (its real name is revealed to be Silverspring in Heretic II), then past the demonic breeding grounds of Hell's Maw and finally the secret Dome of D'Sparil.
The player must first fight through the undead hordes infesting the location where the elders performed their ritual. At its end is the gateway to Hell's Maw, guarded by the Iron Liches. After defeating them, the player must seal the portal and so prevent further infestation, but after he enters the portal guarded by the Maulotaurs, he finds himself inside D'Sparil's dome. After killing D'Sparil, Corvus ends up on a perilous journey with little hope of returning home.
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