This Week's Most Popular Games Tagged 'mod' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/week/mod/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Week's Most Popular Games Tagged 'mod' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Week's Most Popular Games Tagged 'mod' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/week/mod/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Return To Blockland Return To Blockland is a free expansion mod for Blockland, which is a popular TGE-based online Lego-style building game.

RTB adds more bricks, accessories, game modes, admin/player options, and a lot more. RTB's mission is to keep Blockland fresh and captivating. RTB is just an extension of the fun premise of the "vanilla" Blockland. There also lots of plans for RTB when Blockland goes "retail". Until then, RTB will still be supported and developed for the public beta version 2, which has been enjoyed by the masses for nearly two years (and was featured on TechTV's "The Screen Savers").

RTB was first released in June, 2005. The current version is 1.045. The next version will be version 1.05. When the final version of Blockland is available for purchase we will move development to RTB version 2.0.
]]> 18 Oct 2006 01:49:08 Team Fortress One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes.
]]> 25 Nov 2006 05:09:14 Team Fortress 2 If you're ready for the challenge of true team-based online action, you'll find it in Team Fortress 2. With TF 2, you'll go into battle as part of a cohesive squad of fellow warriors all bent on the same goal - whether it's storming a beach, demolishing a bridge or escorting a VIP to safety. And you'll do it knowing your teammates are watching your back as carefully as you're watching theirs. Begin by assuming one of twelve roles, each with unique strengths and weaknesses. If you're looking for a straight-up fight, you'll choose Marine or Commando. Prefer the shadows? You'll make a cunning Spy or Sniper. Medics and Engineers support their teammates through bravery and ingenuity. Focus the raw force of your team's talents through communication and strategizing.

Team Fortress 2 and Portal are included with all retail and Steam versions of Episode Two for the PC.
]]> 25 Nov 2006 05:22:16 DotA All-Stars DotA is a custom map for Warcraft 3 and is the most played game in Warcraft 3's Battle.net

In DotA, you select a hero from over 70 different heroes. You and your team will battle your opponent's team. First one to destroy the other team's base, wins.

The game has RPG elements and each heroes have their own skillset. You all start at level 1 and by defeating creeps (the mobs in this game), you can gain EXP and money.

The gameplay is amazingly deep for an RPG with new strategies coming out almost daily. New patches also comes out regularly which addresses balance issues as well as adding new items and heroes.

http://www.dota-allstars.com/

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]]> 17 Jan 2007 09:44:37 Garry's Mod

What is it?


Garry's Mod is a sandbox mod for the Source Engine. Unlike normal games there aren't any predefined aims or goals. Players are given tools and are left to entertain themselves.

The player is in a world where objects can be created and destroyed on demand. Where people can be created and destroyed with the click of a mouse. A world made for him. A world he made.


So what do you do?


There are a lot of things you can do with Garry's Mod, but here's a few of the more common uses.


Construction


Garry's Mod provides tools to constrain objects together in various ways. Using these tools the player can create working contraptions.

The simplest example is a car. The player spawns an object to be used for the car's body then adds wheels by firing the tool gunat the object. Wheels are then controllable using the numpad on your keyboard.

You don't have to make moving contraptions though - want to build a fort out of wooden crates then set it on fire? Go for it! Want to build a house using fridges for the walls and mattresses for the ceiling then drive a jeep into it all? Go for it!


Posing and Comics


One of the universal appeals of Garry's Mod has been the ability to place and pose ragdolls. This allows you to create your own comic books and share them online. One major comic spawned from this is HLComic - the story of Gordon Frohman's journey in City 17.

Garry's Mod gives you the ability to place ragdolls, manipulate their facial expressions and aim their eyes.


Gamemodes


Garry's Mod gives the ability to program your own gamemodes (Don't worry - you don't need to be a programmer to play them). This allows the community to make new, often wacky, gamemodes such as melon racing, build to the top and so on.

It's often worth taking a look in the server list to see if any of the games prick your attention - there's often something weird there to try out.


User Created Content


Garry's Mod benefits greatly from a thriving community which is constantly churning out new ideas, maps, models, gamemodes, weapons, Lua scripts and skins.

Taken from http://www.garrysmod.com/about/
]]> 25 Jan 2007 09:22:54 natural selection Natural Selection blends first-person combat with real-time strategy. It features intense "marines vs. aliens" teamplay, where one marine can become Commander. The Commander plays from a top-down perspective and leads live players. Aliens, on the other hand, can mutate into more powerful or useful forms.

NS has atmospheric indoor sci-fi environments full of steam and smoke, and features custom orchestral music from the award-winning Jeremy Soule.

It is a freely-available Half-life modification, and since its release in October of 2002, has had over 2 million downloads, and has 10,000 unique players every day.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 06:33:14 They Hunger: Lost Souls They Hunger: Lost Souls is a commercial first-person action game powered by the award-winning Half-Life 2 Source engine from Valve Software. Based upon the highly popular They Hunger mod series, the upcoming title features a completely new horror-survival adventure.

In North-Eastern Europe during the early 1960's, strange anomalies culminate with dead corpses rising from their graves. As a tourist recovering from a tragic accident, you seek shelter in an ancient monastery overrun by bloodthirsty zombies, and become involved in an escalading cascade of calamities.
]]> 01 Feb 2007 12:36:30 The Hidden Infinitum Research Intercept Squad (I.R.I.S.) is on the hunt for a fugitive, the subject of a secret genetic experiment, who is known only as Subject 617. The Good News : The IRIS team is well trained, well armed and co-ordinated.

The Bad News : The genetic manipulation has given Subject 617 enhanced speed, mobility and incredible strength - he can pounce like a tiger, cling to any surface and is known to pin victims up for feeding. Worst of all, the experiments have rendered him nearly invisible to the human eye. This is why he is simply known as ... The Hidden
]]> 04 Feb 2007 12:26:54 Earth's Special Forces Earth's Special Forces, also known as ESF is a very popular half-life modification based on the hit anime series, Dragonball Z. The mod includes nine of your favorite characters who are able to duke it out using numerous beam attacks as well as close hand to hand combat. ESF mixes both elements to bring players intense fast paced with a twist of strategy. Each character is geared towards a different style of play. Some are meant to mainly use energy attacks, while others have the advantage in melee fights.
No matter what style of fighting you like to use, esf has a way to accomadate you.

ESF has been in the making for the better part of three years. The team continuely tries to push the half-life engine to it's limits in order to produce the most playably accurate Dragonball Z game around.

http://esforces.com/
]]> 08 Feb 2007 03:26:53 Half-Left Half-Left is a modification for Half-Life 2. The story takes place after the ending of the original Half-Life 2.

Half-Left is about a quest unique in a lifetime, which the player, Oliver MacDouglas, has to make in order to save the world. Oliver and Larry Hawk, his sidekick, must venture to the Citadel ruins and recover Gordon Freeman's remains, which in this case, are his legs. You get to venture to new, exotic places, use all-new weapons like the flamethrower and the Nexus Grenade as well as for the first time ever, do hand-to-hand melee combat. All-new maps along with the Free Roam mode, multiplayer games included and several new locations to visit makes this truly worth of playing.
]]> 14 Feb 2007 09:38:15 Goldeneye Source A large group of dedicated fans has taken it upon them selves to recreate Goldeneye using the Half-Life 2 Source engine.

Gameplay is aimed to recreate the feel of the original Goldeneye. The levels are being remade in such away as to still have the correct feel as well, but have a major graphics overhaul.

Recently Goldeneye Source won Bronze for the Mod Of The Year 2006 from ModDB, and then went on to also win the Editors Choice Award for Reinvention.

Note: Half-Life 2 required.
]]> 16 Feb 2007 07:55:49 Call of Duty: Operation Market Garden Call of Duty: Operation Market Garden mod.
Quality-wise, this is probably the best total conversion mod you'll find for Call of Duty, and quite a bit is included for you to check out!

There are seven new multi-player maps for you and your buddies to battle it out on, and they're all excellently produced.

Apart from that, CoD:OMG features a full singleplayer campaign, spanning several missions, featuring the characters from the original game, and is bound to keep you on the edge of your seat!
]]> 17 Feb 2007 11:50:59 Project Reality The Award-Winning Project Reality brings realism to the forefront in Battlefield 2, with new vehicles, new weapons, new armies, and entirely new gamemodes, and so much more.
]]> 17 Feb 2007 08:43:42 Source Forts SourceForts is a Half Life 2: Deathmatch mod where Combine and Rebels face off in capture-the-flag action with a big twist. Players build bases and other structures with blocks and plates in the "build phase" to protect themselves and their team's flag (which is actually a ball), and then fight it out and try to capture the enemy's flag in the "combat phase". Once the combat phase has ended, it's back to build, where players can repair, improve, and change their creations to ready them for the next combat phase.

source: Steam / Game Mods
]]> 18 Feb 2007 01:42:37 Dystopia Dystopia is a cyberpunk themed Half-Life2 total conversion. Action takes place in inter-linked environments of the realworld and cyberspace. Teams defends their decker while he hacks systems which control doors, lifts, turrets, force fields and more. Implants, big guns and hacking all add up to unique fast paced action game.

source: Steam / Game Mods
]]> 19 Feb 2007 07:55:45 Inago Rage In Inago Rage, players battle hundreds of mechanized enemies at once, donning rocket boots to fight both on the ground and in the air. The game offers 50 frenetic levels, which take place on city rooftops, above gas giants, and in deep space. As players progress, a storyline illustrated in graphic novel format introduces them to elements used in the game's building stage.

Inago Rage allows all gamers to create their own levels, a process once reserved for professional developers and technically proficient mod creators. An integrated arena designer makes building easy with its simple drag-and-drop interface. Players construct levels by arranging architectural elements such as platforms, towers, and skyscapers. They then place markers where enemies and power-ups will appear. Special effects are created through a graphical interface, allowing players to simulate everything from a calm day on an alien world to a storm-charged nebula above a black hole.

Players build in real-time, allowing them to test their creations simply by switching from "build" to "play" mode. The game stores levels in individual files, which are compact enough to be traded in forums or via e-mail.
]]> 04 Mar 2007 10:56:31 Ravenholms Own 'Ravenholm's Own' is a 3rd party mod for HL2. The story revolves around the player, Johnny Anderson. Johnny was on a mission with a squad to clear out Ravenholm when the squad were ambushed. The player has been infected with a headcrab posion. The player must find the squads medic or medkit to heal himself before the poison fully takes over. You play like a schizophrenic, with Johnny Anderson, the resistance member, on one hand and the headcrab on the other. You encounter some situations where sometimes your biggest enemy is not the zombies. Expect some extremely interesting, untried gameplay.
]]> 18 Mar 2007 07:57:29 Caliber Caliber is a mod that started 2 years ago when a group of guys wanted to make a truly unique HL2 mod. After years of hard work, setbacks and the occasional miraculous success, the team has finally come within weeks to a closed beta. The mod is based in a science-fiction setting, whereupon 3 warring vampire clans, the Order, the Vamin and the Absentis, each fighting for control of the vampire underground. Key gameplay features include:

- An innovative resource system, where killing enemy troops and capturing vital control points allows the player to gain access to new equipment.

- A hierarchy of character ranks, allowing a captain to take control of his team and lead a squad through the game to victory.

- 3 distinct character classes for the 3 sides, each boasting its own form of combat and natural skills.

- Dark, mysterious maps with superb lighting effects, dangerous chokepoints, excellent ambiance and the constant fear of the unknown.

- 3 distinct factions: The Order, the faction made up of holy men trying to expell vampires from the world; The Vamin, a technologically superior race of vampires utilizing superior ranged weaponry and advanced suits of armor; The Absentis, an exclusively melee faction that utilizes stealth, speed and supernatural abilities to vanquish its enemies.

Watch in the following months as Caliber is released to the public. And remember: You have been warned.
]]> 03 Apr 2007 08:34:53 Quakeworld Team Fortress Team Fortress (TF or QWTF/Quakeworld TF for this specific version) was a popular multiplayer modification for id Software's "Quake". It featured teams of players choosing from 9 different classes in matches of capture the flag, VIP escort, territorial control, and many other missions.

Team Fortress 1.0 was released July 25th, 1996 for the original Quake, and the first release for QuakeWorld (v2.0) came on December 22, 1996 taking advantage of the enhanced multiplayer functionality of the new client.

It was sufficiently successful that the developers formed TeamFortress Software to then develop "Team Fortress 2" as a commercial mod for Quake II. TF would instead be rewritten for the Half-Life engine.

Over ten years later, TF still enjoys a small community of active players, and several variations on the original TF formula have helped keep peoples interest, including CustomTF, which introduced the ability to configure your own custom class by trading frags scored as cash to purchase abilities.

[adapted and extended from Wikipedia]
]]> 05 Jun 2007 11:12:49 Red Justice Red Justice is a Team-based multiplayer modification for the popular FPS Half-Life. Two races wage war against each other after what started as a peaceful coexistence. The Greys seek to continually expand their territory and grow stronger through destruction of other civilizations. The Humans want only to protect their very existence and will do whatever it takes to combat the invading alien race. Take part in this fast paced action experience in a variety of different game modes including team deathmatch, capture the 'flag', and assault. A wide variety of weapons will be at the player's disposal with each class offering a unique playstyle.
]]> 21 Jun 2007 08:51:38 New Race
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