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Mods of 2002
With 2002 now behind us, it is time to look at the year that was 'modification style' and scope out what captured gamers imaginations, hearts and of course many hours behind the PC playing that beloved mod!
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Best New Comer For 2002
Natural Selection is an action-strategy game for the PC. It is a "Half-life modification", which means it is written on top of the Half-life game engine.
"Mods" are a new sort of underground game development that enables small teams to create games using the technology of existing games. This means less expensive and lower risk game development, which allows experimentation and innovation. This arrangement also implies that "mods" are made as art, not for making money.
Multiplayer-only Half-life mod where one team plays marines and the other plays aliens. The humans must keep their cool and work together to assault an alien-infested spacecraft or colony. Marines vs. marines and aliens vs. aliens scenarios will also be supported in the near future.
- "First-person strategy" with a real resource model and consequences for actions. Both sides are genuinely different and together they accommodate different play styles:
- Marines :: Fighting skill is less important, strategy and communication take its place. Playing as a marine will be a tense experience with methodical planning and strategy, interrupted with action.
- Aliens :: Playing as an alien will be an intense action experience, rewarding reflexes and alien heroics. Communication and coordination don't require typing.
- Accessible, fast, mouse-driven interface: no keys beyond those used in Half-life needed.
- Simple to learn and play, it is hard-core action/strategy for a mainstream audience.
- Innovative social dynamics lead to memorable games.
- Atmospheric indoor sci-fi environments full of steam, smoke and ambient sounds capes
Other, Awesome New Comers For 2002
The Specialists combine fast action movie action and weapon realism/damage with a lot of stunts (dives, rolls, air wheels..) , special effects never seen in a HL mod (particle effects, muzzle flashes and so on) , kung fu, akimbo guns and a lot more. Another great feature is slow-motion (never seen in a multiplayer contest), you can find it in death match like a power up (yes, in DM there are some power ups) or you can set it with a server variable. But the best feature of TS is that there isn't a best way to combat, there is only Your way to combat, as you prefer."
Battle Grounds is a revolutionary war modification for Half-Life. We are attempting to capture the atmosphere of combat in the period. There are no automatic guns and in comparison to other games, the reload times are an eternity. We are aiming for a completely different style of play to what most fps capture.
Weapons are linked to your speed, so you need to chose your class carefully depending on how you are going to be playing. Maps are varied between wide open fields and valleys to smaller enclosed cities and lakes. If you are looking for a mod which goes down a different road in the fps genre, have a play at Battle Grounds and see what you think.
Tour of Duty is a realistic team play mod for Valve's award winning game Half-Life. The game is set at the height of the Vietnam war, between 1967 and 1973 allowing you to relive the conflict fighting either for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) or the Viet Cong (VC)/North Vietnamese Army (NVA). Currently, the mod features several different game play styles, such as:
- Bombing missions (round and non-round based)
- Capture the flag/map/radio/code machine
- Capture and hold control points
- King of the Hill
- Escape and Evasion
The classes each team can choose from includes an assortment of weapons from the Vietnam conflict. Factors such as how heavy the soldier's equipment would be, how far away you are from teammates, how tired you are, and how rapidly you fire your weapon all contribute to a continuously adjusted weapon accuracy system.
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I wanna give modDB big ups for thinking about us, and to all the rest of the mod teams for keep on keeping on! =D
We mad a nice forum thread and your mod was selected over and over. I wrote the article off the feedback I got.
Just wanted to say great work to all the modifications choosen. It was based on the feedback posted in that forum thread. Next year things shall be a little stricter and more automated, so I cannot wait to see another years work from these and all the other modification teams out there!
Thanks for the recognition gentlemen.
Just wait 'til you see the next release! :^)
The whole Natural Selection team and community are glad you guys recognized the teams efforts to make the best possible mod they can, thank you!
Without NS and mods listed in my article HL would be just another game. What each one these mod teams should do is share the spirit of HL and making a mod and help other mods be successful.
This way it gives me a chance to write a better article next year. :)
malarky!
No mention of Quest the lost realm! :( I am dssapointed =D
www.planethalflife.com/quest
:(
Were never mentioned but since you mentioned them I will include them in the next article for mods of 2003.
Big thanks from the Battle Grounds team. It is good enough to actually make a mod which gets released but when it gets listed along side mods like Natural Selection, The Specialists and Tour of Duty, it makes it more than worth the time making it .
Thanks modDb and all those who voted for any mod
I am happy that NS:CO has a mention for best REALISTIC game!
All the games here deserve a shot, but to the ones that made it to the nominations! MY HAT GOES OFF!
cool@!!!! Nsco got picked over CS? thats unreal!!!! well i hope you guys can help revive Navy Seals with this award, they can really use the help ;)
The fans picked a bunch of mods I just put this all together and gave my opinion and asked for adice from mod fans and mod teams.
Thats what this site is all about mods for you to pimp and support.
Thanks moddb for the mention! :)
Got some good screens soon too! :D
POKE646 ROCKS! iTS l337!!!
Cool beans, mods rock.
Thanks a lot for supporting our mod and making it known to a larger community. We are still striving to become the most realistic and still most fun to play mod for the quake 3 engine. And moddb has supported us in just the right way, attracting new players and bringing the mod closer to the community. So, /us hug all of Moddb in the manliest way possible... keep up the great work.
Also, just as a quick notice and to do some pimping, True Combat is approaching its next release with huge steps at the moment.... be prepared for a whole new level of playing realism mods ! :)
A top top three right there, good decisions modDB users :thumbup:
this site is da best!
i love mods,i love unreal tournament and now i love MODDB!!!
ya'll make us very happy,congrats to all mod teams :)
Hehe, this feature has been read over 50,000 times O_o
Now dang it, are there any non-Half-Life mods listed?!
Just wait till the Best Mods of 2003, you'll be seeing Fniggium (unless it is renamed) written all over it!!! :lol:
Just wait till the Best Mods of 2003, you'll be seeing Fniggium (unless it is renamed) written all over it!!!
I hope i do, and next year for the best mods, they will be spread across every game so don't worry it shall have its chance :)
:) i have this dream that maybe someday a mod i make will be on the top mods list...
Quake 3 Fortress is arguably the best mod made. Why's it not here?
Q3f.com
I will add it for this year
I really want to play bid for power, but I don't know were to download the full length game of it. Can I just buy quake 3 on cd-rom, then download this.
where is the quake 1 mods and hey where is hammy-bob mod
I will need to do this in Nov and finish it in December. So its a full time frame for everyone to list the mods they see fit. Again it will need to be mods released in 2003 first than the other mods to be listed in each section
Mod of the Year 2003
Mod to own 2003
than we will have
Most mod improved in 2003
more stuff to come soon!
where Can i dowload mods of half-life ?plz help me !
Thanks...
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Hi there, Im interested in finding the Half-Life full installation download, to no avail i cant find it anywhere not any single player mods for counter-strike, does anyone have any ideas where abouts i could find them, Thankyou for your time. Ta
some of the mods here have german(or other) names, are they in that language?
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puny humans we come in peace :dead:
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