[1995] ⚔️ Hexen: Beyond Heretic ⚔️ ⚗️ Remastered: Neural Upscale ⚗️ 👊🏻Baratus The Fighter👊🏻

Hexen a childhood classic I played back in 1995 after finishing Heretic. It happens in the same universe as Heretic but follows another Serpent Rider. This is a remastered version of the game using the GZdoom sourceport 3D engine, improved sound effects and soundtrack and upscaled textures using AI.

Following the tale of D'Sparil's defeat in Heretic, Hexen takes place in another realm, Cronos, which is besieged by the second of the three Serpent Riders, Korax.
The Three Serpent Riders are: D'Sparil encountered in Heretic, Korax encountered in Hexen and Eidolon encountered in Hexen 2.

Three heroes set out to destroy Korax: ( additional information in the links below )
1. Baratus the Fighter - Trained by the Legion, Baratus is a master of the weapons and the mystical artifacts of his order ---> https://heretic.fandom.com/wiki/Baratus

2. Parias the Cleric - Half warrior and half mage, Parias melds the two disciplines into a lethal composite ---> https://heretic.fandom.com/wiki/Parias

3. Daedolon the Mage - Physically weak but strong in spirit, Daedolon weaves the very fabric of reality with his powerful spells ---> https://heretic.fandom.com/wiki/Daedolon

To play this 'Remastered' Version of 'Hexen Beyond Heretic' you need the following:

1. Hexen HD 2020 mod ( updated to version 1.0.2) - Full version that includes the Hexen game and the GZdoom 3d Source Port engine ---> https://www.moddb.com/mods/hexen-hd-2020/downloads/hexen-hd-v102

*to improve the quality of gameplay and eliminate game crashes update to the latest version of GZdoom engine, download from here --> https://zdoom.org/downloads * ( download, extract archive, copy over the contents in the main folder of the game )

2. Universal Rain and Snow (Introduces weather effects to the game, making it more atmospheric ) ---> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UjrqwnNgGXb9b1k4u8w_R0jK4VH6Uur8/view
* forum link ---> https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=70432

3. Hexen Upscale ( Neural Texture Pack ) ---> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-AVYAxPaPpYMcAz97G2ZdnSLyzN7sbEk/view
* forum link ---> https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/103770-hexen-neural-texture-pack/

4. Hexen Resound ( improves quality and adds some extra sound effects to the game ) ---> http://www.mediafire.com/file/4r6eafvbaxh03x7/Hexen_-_HQ_Sounds.pk3
* forum link ---> https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=53695

5. Hexen Soundtrack Remaster ( Music Remastered on a Roland Integra 7 in OGG format and packed into a PK3 file for GZdoom ) ---> https://www.moddb.com/downloads/remastered-hexen-soundtrack

6. Nash's Gore Mode: Vengeace Edition ( Gore mod, makes the game more 'BRUTAL' and 'Bloody'...Muhahaha! ) ---> https://www.moddb.com/mods/nashs-gore-mod-vengeance-edition/downloads/nashs-gore-mod-vengeance-edition-v101-hotfix

7. Flashlight++ (Optional) got it from Brutal Doom :) ---> https://www.moddb.com/games/doom-ii/addons/flashlight-plus-plus

To have an idea on how to add these mods you will need to edit the main executable file that launches the game called '1.PLAY HEXEN HD.bat' with notepad and manually add the mod file names. To give you an idea on how to do this here is a 2 year old video of mine on youtube adding the Nash Gore Mod to the executable file ( it's at the beginning of the video ) ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZY6tgDqgI