Dystopia is an iconic name in classic Half-Life 2 modding. A multiplayer total conversion set in a cyberpunk world that made its first release in 2005, Dystopia has remained in the hearts and minds of Source Engine fans for the decades since and to this day, receives updates directed at a diehard and committed community! To celebrate, let's take a look at five other classic Half-Life 2 mods of the day!
GoldenEye: Source
GoldenEye: Source is a multiplayer only total conversion modification of Half-Life 2. It is a fan made artistic recreation, released for free, with a primary goal in mind; To bring the memories and experiences from the original GoldenEye64 back to life using Source' Orange Box Technology. As one of the premier and consistently released HL2 mods, GE:S has been seen out and about, reviewed by the best, and played by hundreds and thousands of PC gamers for seventeen long years and running.
Zombie Panic! Source
At the start of each round, players can either choose to join the human team or volunteer to be the first zombie. If no one volunteers the game will pick one human randomly, and the game begins! The starter zombie's goal is to kill the humans while the human goal is to stay alive as long as possible, complete objectives, or even wipe out all the zombies. The catch is that when a human dies he will simply join the ranks of the undead, now ready to finish off his old living teammates. The humans can't tell by the player list who is alive and who is undead.
NEOTOKYO°
By Radi-8
NEOTOKYO° takes place in and around a fictionalized Tokyo approximately 30 years in the future. Mankind has begun to fuse with technology. Government and corporate corruption have transformed Tokyo into a deadly dystopian nightmare. After a near-successful military coup by ranking members of Jinrai, the National Security Force (NSF) is formed - answering directly to the Prime Minister, it's mission is to investigate and eliminate all threats to Japan, both abroad and at home.
Fistful of Frags
Fistful of Frags is a first person shooter set in the Old West times. Take part in frenzy team versus shootouts or play cooperative games against AI managed enemies. Most of the classic black powder guns are available, in single or dual wield setup. Dual wield your favourite handguns, progress your ranking, and dominate bots and players alike.
Eternal Silence
A massive deep space artifact from long-gone Earth was found and spawned a renaissance on the human colonies of the United Terran Forces. A gigantic assault from the UTF on the now independent colonies spawned the Neo Galactic Militia and started a deep space war the likes of which the world has never seen. Your role in Eternal Silence will be within vital strategic battles between massive capital warships. You will need your wits, your precision, your strength, your endurance, and above all your courage to take on the fierce challenges which await you.
Jacking In
Dystopia is a cyberpunk hacking-focused multiplayer total conversion (try saying that quickly three times) which first released a demo back in 2005, and then a 1.0 release in 2007. Over the years, Dystopia has taken a spot at an illustrious podium of Half-Life 2 mods that transformed Valve's physics-oriented FPS into a competitive experience powered by Source's inherently multiplayer infrastructure. It's not quite as hustle and bustle as it used to be, but a committed fandom of dedicated players still gear up and get together for weekend brawls among the cyberscapes of this mod.
Dystopia pioneered a "cyberspace" mechanic which saw players
duking it out in virtual reality as well as the game world
Cyberspacial Goodness
The folks behind Dystopia at Puny Human have just released a new update for Dystopia on Steam and also discussed some news for another of their Source Engine escapades, this time commercial, with a free massive update out for Blade Symphony as well. We love to see modders winning and with this update, now's not a bad time to jump in with the community and get in another game for old time's sake.
