Re-hear the call of Pripyat
The problem with game of the year lists, if your feet are suitably submerged in the PC Gaming swamp, is that they don’t tend to highlight anything you won’t have already heard about. That’s less true for ModDB’s Mod of the Year Awards, which can shine a light on experiences that may have slipped under your radar.
This year’s publicly voted for crop (as with most year’s crops) was heavy on mods for old-school shooters, though mostly not too old-school for me to skip them. Second place was won by impressive S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat overhaul Anomaly, while first place went toHalf-Life 2mod Entropy: Zero 2. Check ‘em out below, along with the runner ups.
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I won’t list all ten winners, so I’ll instead leave you to peruseModDB’s full list, which includes a mod stuffed with Half-Life 2’s cut content and aCS:GOmod that makes it more like CS classic. Let’s hone in on the top two.
Entropy: Zero 2, meanwhile, is an overhaul mod for Half: Life 2, jazzing up the combat with new effects, enemies, weapons and enemy AI while dispatching you on a custom campaign as a combine officer. Being the bad guy also means you get to boss around “a small army of Combine synths and soldiers”, in a campaign the creators describe as “a narrative driven experience with a fully-voiced and choreographed cast”. You can download it straightfrom Steam.
Mods! Here’s to another year of ‘em.
