Game entry
Heretic
1994 · FPS · PC, Mac, DOS · id Software
Heretic is ranked no. 977 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,586 and 49% of duels won. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 11 out of 69 (1994).
World rank
no. 977
ELO score
1,586
Wins
49%
Duels played
109
About Heretic
Three brothers, known as the Serpent Riders, have used their powerful magic to possess seven kings of Parthoris into mindless puppets and corrupt 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, 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, then past Hell's Maw and finally the Dome of D'Sparil.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,586 ELO points over the last 215 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Metro 2033 Redux 50% 2 duels played · 57 points ahead
- against Counter-Strike 2 50% 2 duels played · 90 points ahead
- against Serious Sam: The First Encounter 0% 2 duels played · 33 points ahead
- against Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 50% 2 duels played · 189 points ahead
- against Halo 4 0% 2 duels played · 14 points ahead
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The games Heretic sits between in the world ranking.
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Released in 1994
The standing
Where Heretic ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Heretic stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 11 out of 69 (1994).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 977 | 5,110 |
| FPS | 108 | 458 |
| 1990s | 147 | 655 |
| 1994 | 11 | 69 |
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