In all, Heretic Kingdoms does more new things in one game than I’ve seen in the last dozen games I’ve played combined. That’s a good thing, and it almost makes up for the game’s technical problems (slow load times, long pauses when adjusting equipment) and missing features (no mini-map, no way to pause and give orders). But, overall, I enjoyed playing Heretic Kingdoms. Its fast pace and effective story-telling won me over, and I’d recommend it to all fans of action role-playing games.

Note: As fate would have it, Got Game Entertainment released a patch for Heretic Kingdoms the day after I wrote my review for it. The 1.5 patch adds a mini-map, and it removes most of the pauses associated with inventory management. Those were two of my biggest gripes, and so now there’s even more reason than before to try out the game.