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Similar to the first two games, a world has been enslaved by a powerful demon called a Serpent Rider. This particular one is Eidolon, the oldest and most powerful of the three Serpent Riders. During the game, the player must travel to five different continents, each with a distinct style (Medieval Europe, Meso-American, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman), destroy enemies, solve puzzles, defeat a horseman of the apocalypse and continue to the next hub in search for Eidolon.
Like its predecessor HeXen, HeXen II also uses a hub system. These hubs are a number of levels interconnected, and changes made in one level may have effects in another.
A mission pack called Portal of Praevus was also released in 1998, featuring new levels, new enemies and a new playable character.