From there, support for Valve’s wider catalogue of games like Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life 2 was added, allowing people to mix elements found in those games together to do whatever the hell they wanted, like create comedic videos. Garry’s ModĬonceived in 2004 as a mod of Half-Life 2, Gary’s Mod saw development until 2006 when it was released on Steam as a standalone title. Now, League of Legends has become the catalyst of the eSports craze, spawning multiple teams (some owned by NBA legends and teams), and even introducing certain people to the world of video games.
Seeking to improve upon the gameplay seen in the original DOTA, Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill co-founded Riot Games in 2006, partnered with various DotA: Allstars developers and the rest is history. League of Legends‘ origins can be traced back to a Warcraft III mod called Defense of the Ancients. No, League of Legends was a mod of a mod. League of Legends is essentially an anomaly on this list, because it wasn’t just a mod.
The remake went on to sell more than 100,000 copies in its first 72 hours on Steam. His secondary objective was to explore the ways stories could be told through video games.Īfter the mod was downloaded more than 90,000 times in its first two weeks, Wreden worked with award-winning environment artist William Pugh to create a remake for Steam. Originally designed as a side project to show to prospective employers, The Stanley Parable developer Davey Wreden started making this game as a Half-Life 2 mod in 2011. Today, we’re looking at five games that started off as simple mods, but after some TLC (tender love and care), blossomed into full-fledged games.
I wish someone could make it even better!” Or maybe you just want to play your favorite mod without being tethered to an unnecessary game? Well, lucky for you, you’re far from the only one whose mind has wandered in such a direction. Have you ever been playing a game and thought to yourself “Man, this is really good.
0 kommentar(er)
