video game mods allow fans to change and
enhance their favorite games but some
mods become whole new games in and of
themselves welcome to watchmojo.com
and she’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 games that started as
mods number 10 chivalry medieval warfare
originally a mod for half-life 2 as age
of chivalry half-life 2 is an
indisputably classic first-person
shooter pitting players against an alien
threat so it’s no surprise that it
spawned a number of FPS mods based
around shooting but the age of chivalry
mod went medieval with a whole lot more
focus on bludgeoning and stabbing the
mod implemented both multiplayer and an
original storyline in which knight
factions clash and half-life 2’s arsenal
of guns and crowbars were naturally
swapped out for pointy ER instruments
eventually this concept would get a
retail release as chivalry medieval
warfare number 9 natural selection 2 mod
for half-life as natural selection take
the aliens franchise add a dash of
Starcraft set it in the half-life engine
and you got a pretty good idea of what
we’re dealing with here
the original NS mod introduced a new
game type with a unique asymmetrical
approach to multiplayer gamers divided
up into one of two races and the human
team has a marine commander this
commander views gameplay as a top-down
realtime strategy rather than a
traditional first-person shooter and
supplies the team with tactics buffs and
upgrades coming gutter bag panic thank
you with this interesting team dynamic
and a passionate fan community demand
for an updated standalone version was
fierce
2012 natural selection to did deliver
upon most of its promises and even
included a commander mode for the alien
faction – but the community didn’t take
off quite as well as somewhat hoped
now Breit the Stanley parable mod for
half-life 2 but you need to understand
there’s only so much that machine can do
the Stanley parable is notorious for
making a mundane situation extraordinary
but the mod began doing the opposite
Stanley entered the lodge he was
horrified to find not a single person
here uninspiring background props from
half-life 2 science labs became a
foundation for Stanley’s office space
however clever scenery changes a
multitude of paths choices and great
narration transformed the dull setting
into a humorous rabbit hole for players
to get lost in I’d like to apologize on
showing where I was going with all that
despite fairly simple gameplay the mods
concept proved a witty critique of
traditional game conventions in its
first two weeks of release it saw more
than 90,000 downloads and an equally
successful standalone remake launched
two years later or did you just assume
when you saw that timer that something
in this room was capable of turning it
all since then it keeps on making number
eight on all the WatchMojo lists its
eligible for because someone won’t stop
pushing that damn eight button eight
eight eight eight eight number seven Red
Orchestra Aust front 41 to 45 mod for
Unreal Tournament 2004 as Red Orchestra
combined-arms
as the winning entry of an Nvidia
modding competition Red Orchestra
quickly spawned its own standalone title
which gained a number of mods of its own
set in world war two the Red Orchestra
games aim to create a more realistic FPS
experience the original instituted
bullet drop and pared down the heads-up
display switching the aiming reticle for
functional gun sights which was a novel
idea at the time and eliminated the ammo
counter a splash debut for developer
tripwire interactive the game prompted
the genre as a whole to reconsider
shooter UI and ammo management at large
if you’re hoping to get a taste of this
sort of realism nowadays you can check
out the latest iteration rising storm
set in the Pacific Theater of world war
two nuts old item number six killing
floor mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 the
original killing floor mod released in
2005 had at co-op horde mode barricade
mechanics and a unique gun upgrade in
perk system sounds familiar now but this
was 2005
praise as a guilty pleasure a standalone
version published by tripwire
interactive came out four years later
this timeline unfortunately resulted in
dated visuals but the infectious
gameplays snagged Killing Floor a brief
top seller spot on Steam and a number of
awards a sequel with better visuals and
a more complex enemy system was released
on Steam early access last year boasting
some of the most impressive gore effects
you’ll ever see number 5 Garry’s Mod mod
for half-life 2
an introduction course to modding and
the Val fandom Garry’s Mod is a sandbox
game with its own special potential the
mod granted easy access to the source
engines library of objects allowing
players to spawn and populate custom
maps of their own gamers
enthusiastically took advantage of the
modification producing machinima videos
big builds replicating known game types
and creating all new ones in fact
trouble in terrorist town and prop hunt
– famous user created game modes were
made available with the final retail
version as of 2015 more than six million
copies have been distributed and a
sequel is currently in production number
4 dayz early access mod of ARMA 2 as a
game dayz puts the survival back in
survival horror as a mod it drops a
zombie apocalypse into a military sim
while the ARMA games themselves still
struggle to find mass appeal
dayz took off like wildfire throughout
the gaming community not so much for its
awesome zombies but more so for the fact
that the freedom that the game allowed
helped create an innumerable amount of
tents and potentially hilarious
situations as players interacted with
each other oh just want dead hit they’re
coming down look out with such wide
audience appeal the mod inspired many
similar games and catapulted ARMA 2 to
the top of steam charts three years
after the game’s initial release
although it seems to be stuck in early
access hell the standalone version is
still trucking along as are the ARMA 3
versions if you’re into that number
three Team Fortress classic and Team
Fortress 2 mod of quake as Team Fortress
many mods change games objectives but
the Team Fortress mod changed the player
as one of the earliest examples of
classes in a multiplayer shooter Team
Fortress transformed quake from mindless
mayhem to team-based extravaganza
overnight years later valve would hire
the team behind team fortress to build a
standalone version on their half-life
engine gold source though this
standalone version dubbed team fortress
classic was successful in its own right
it wasn’t until the cartoony sequel that
the series would see runaway success now
free to play on Steam bring your hats
number 2 dota 2 mod for Warcraft 3 rain
of chaos as defense of the ancients
defense of the ancients is one of the
earliest and most enduring examples of
the MOBA genre the original mod was
developed using Warcraft threes World
Editor but its innovative game type was
based on a modded map for Starcraft
called Aeon of strife
for more than a decade dota has been
developed by mostly anonymous map makers
and modders with new heroes maps and
modes introduced by the fandom and now
with even more successful dota 2
developed by valve the game has in turn
become one of the biggest eSports today
with the largest prize pool ever for an
eSport set at a whopping 18 million you
to be wise then come closer and I will
unlock your inner and as for the MOBA
genre that dota essentially created it’s
here to stay – hmm before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
number one counter-strike stand-alone
mod for half-life one of the most famous
FPS titles of all time counter-strike
was the perfect storm of real-world
weapons and crushingly competitive
permadeath arriving smack dab in the
middle of a genre that was currently
overflowing with rocket jumps and rail
guns at one point the most popular
multiplayer game in the world
counter-strike soon outgrew its humble
beginnings as a mod for half-life
half-life 2 then shipped with the
updated counter-strike source which was
in turn followed by global Offensive in
2012 much like dota and dota 2 its
popularity has only increased as the
eSports genre has taken off csgo is
currently sitting as the most profitable
fps in the international competitive
scene not too shabby for something that
essentially began in a basement do you
agree with our list no that’s not
possible I can’t believe it what mods do
you think deserve a full game release
more blockbuster top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com yes
enhance their favorite games but some
mods become whole new games in and of
themselves welcome to watchmojo.com
and she’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 games that started as
mods number 10 chivalry medieval warfare
originally a mod for half-life 2 as age
of chivalry half-life 2 is an
indisputably classic first-person
shooter pitting players against an alien
threat so it’s no surprise that it
spawned a number of FPS mods based
around shooting but the age of chivalry
mod went medieval with a whole lot more
focus on bludgeoning and stabbing the
mod implemented both multiplayer and an
original storyline in which knight
factions clash and half-life 2’s arsenal
of guns and crowbars were naturally
swapped out for pointy ER instruments
eventually this concept would get a
retail release as chivalry medieval
warfare number 9 natural selection 2 mod
for half-life as natural selection take
the aliens franchise add a dash of
Starcraft set it in the half-life engine
and you got a pretty good idea of what
we’re dealing with here
the original NS mod introduced a new
game type with a unique asymmetrical
approach to multiplayer gamers divided
up into one of two races and the human
team has a marine commander this
commander views gameplay as a top-down
realtime strategy rather than a
traditional first-person shooter and
supplies the team with tactics buffs and
upgrades coming gutter bag panic thank
you with this interesting team dynamic
and a passionate fan community demand
for an updated standalone version was
fierce
2012 natural selection to did deliver
upon most of its promises and even
included a commander mode for the alien
faction – but the community didn’t take
off quite as well as somewhat hoped
now Breit the Stanley parable mod for
half-life 2 but you need to understand
there’s only so much that machine can do
the Stanley parable is notorious for
making a mundane situation extraordinary
but the mod began doing the opposite
Stanley entered the lodge he was
horrified to find not a single person
here uninspiring background props from
half-life 2 science labs became a
foundation for Stanley’s office space
however clever scenery changes a
multitude of paths choices and great
narration transformed the dull setting
into a humorous rabbit hole for players
to get lost in I’d like to apologize on
showing where I was going with all that
despite fairly simple gameplay the mods
concept proved a witty critique of
traditional game conventions in its
first two weeks of release it saw more
than 90,000 downloads and an equally
successful standalone remake launched
two years later or did you just assume
when you saw that timer that something
in this room was capable of turning it
all since then it keeps on making number
eight on all the WatchMojo lists its
eligible for because someone won’t stop
pushing that damn eight button eight
eight eight eight eight number seven Red
Orchestra Aust front 41 to 45 mod for
Unreal Tournament 2004 as Red Orchestra
combined-arms
as the winning entry of an Nvidia
modding competition Red Orchestra
quickly spawned its own standalone title
which gained a number of mods of its own
set in world war two the Red Orchestra
games aim to create a more realistic FPS
experience the original instituted
bullet drop and pared down the heads-up
display switching the aiming reticle for
functional gun sights which was a novel
idea at the time and eliminated the ammo
counter a splash debut for developer
tripwire interactive the game prompted
the genre as a whole to reconsider
shooter UI and ammo management at large
if you’re hoping to get a taste of this
sort of realism nowadays you can check
out the latest iteration rising storm
set in the Pacific Theater of world war
two nuts old item number six killing
floor mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 the
original killing floor mod released in
2005 had at co-op horde mode barricade
mechanics and a unique gun upgrade in
perk system sounds familiar now but this
was 2005
praise as a guilty pleasure a standalone
version published by tripwire
interactive came out four years later
this timeline unfortunately resulted in
dated visuals but the infectious
gameplays snagged Killing Floor a brief
top seller spot on Steam and a number of
awards a sequel with better visuals and
a more complex enemy system was released
on Steam early access last year boasting
some of the most impressive gore effects
you’ll ever see number 5 Garry’s Mod mod
for half-life 2
an introduction course to modding and
the Val fandom Garry’s Mod is a sandbox
game with its own special potential the
mod granted easy access to the source
engines library of objects allowing
players to spawn and populate custom
maps of their own gamers
enthusiastically took advantage of the
modification producing machinima videos
big builds replicating known game types
and creating all new ones in fact
trouble in terrorist town and prop hunt
– famous user created game modes were
made available with the final retail
version as of 2015 more than six million
copies have been distributed and a
sequel is currently in production number
4 dayz early access mod of ARMA 2 as a
game dayz puts the survival back in
survival horror as a mod it drops a
zombie apocalypse into a military sim
while the ARMA games themselves still
struggle to find mass appeal
dayz took off like wildfire throughout
the gaming community not so much for its
awesome zombies but more so for the fact
that the freedom that the game allowed
helped create an innumerable amount of
tents and potentially hilarious
situations as players interacted with
each other oh just want dead hit they’re
coming down look out with such wide
audience appeal the mod inspired many
similar games and catapulted ARMA 2 to
the top of steam charts three years
after the game’s initial release
although it seems to be stuck in early
access hell the standalone version is
still trucking along as are the ARMA 3
versions if you’re into that number
three Team Fortress classic and Team
Fortress 2 mod of quake as Team Fortress
many mods change games objectives but
the Team Fortress mod changed the player
as one of the earliest examples of
classes in a multiplayer shooter Team
Fortress transformed quake from mindless
mayhem to team-based extravaganza
overnight years later valve would hire
the team behind team fortress to build a
standalone version on their half-life
engine gold source though this
standalone version dubbed team fortress
classic was successful in its own right
it wasn’t until the cartoony sequel that
the series would see runaway success now
free to play on Steam bring your hats
number 2 dota 2 mod for Warcraft 3 rain
of chaos as defense of the ancients
defense of the ancients is one of the
earliest and most enduring examples of
the MOBA genre the original mod was
developed using Warcraft threes World
Editor but its innovative game type was
based on a modded map for Starcraft
called Aeon of strife
for more than a decade dota has been
developed by mostly anonymous map makers
and modders with new heroes maps and
modes introduced by the fandom and now
with even more successful dota 2
developed by valve the game has in turn
become one of the biggest eSports today
with the largest prize pool ever for an
eSport set at a whopping 18 million you
to be wise then come closer and I will
unlock your inner and as for the MOBA
genre that dota essentially created it’s
here to stay – hmm before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
number one counter-strike stand-alone
mod for half-life one of the most famous
FPS titles of all time counter-strike
was the perfect storm of real-world
weapons and crushingly competitive
permadeath arriving smack dab in the
middle of a genre that was currently
overflowing with rocket jumps and rail
guns at one point the most popular
multiplayer game in the world
counter-strike soon outgrew its humble
beginnings as a mod for half-life
half-life 2 then shipped with the
updated counter-strike source which was
in turn followed by global Offensive in
2012 much like dota and dota 2 its
popularity has only increased as the
eSports genre has taken off csgo is
currently sitting as the most profitable
fps in the international competitive
scene not too shabby for something that
essentially began in a basement do you
agree with our list no that’s not
possible I can’t believe it what mods do
you think deserve a full game release
more blockbuster top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com yes
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