7 Fan Mods That Totally Transformed The Game

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  • Mods are usually limited in their scope or ambition, adding just a handful of levels, characters or items. Some mods, though, transform the titles they are based on so comprehensively that you’d probably need access to the original game’s dental records to identify it. Consider these seven such fan mods that made the games they are based on totally unrecognisable, and subscribe for more videos like this from Outside Xbox!
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  • @Michael_Lindell
    @Michael_Lindell Před 3 lety +2763

    I once modded a fan. It blew me away.

  • @joelhaggis5054
    @joelhaggis5054 Před 3 lety +1484

    "Half-life" mod is basically an entire genre of video games

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety +84

      The Source engine is surprisingly reliable, considering the existence of Black Mesa, Garry's Mod, The Stanley Parable (still waiting for the Ultra Deluxe Edition), and Nightmare House 2.

    • @EmployeeJoe630
      @EmployeeJoe630 Před 3 lety +34

      Dude my childhood was half life mod based. All those hours on Zombie Panic! Well wasted

    • @etlttc353
      @etlttc353 Před 3 lety +15

      Same with doom mods

    • @Chrono-bo4zc
      @Chrono-bo4zc Před 3 lety +19

      @@michaelandreipalon359 titanfall and apex legends are made in the source engine as well

    • @cheezysauce4963
      @cheezysauce4963 Před 3 lety +7

      Does anyone in this reply thread remember the mod for HL that was based around The Matrix, you could slow time while dodging and jumping around... the name has escaped me, I need to remember

  • @thecheddaravenger4084
    @thecheddaravenger4084 Před 3 lety +1480

    You know they mean "completely transformed" when they don't have to provide spoiler warnings for the original games.

    • @tiredadmiral6758
      @tiredadmiral6758 Před 3 lety +58

      Idk how people can be so creative its really insane

    • @jaredmoore9537
      @jaredmoore9537 Před 3 lety +26

      I laughed REALLY hard at this for some reason! Thanks!

    • @bene8168
      @bene8168 Před 3 lety +32

      Spoiler warning for the following MODS

    • @eveescastle5866
      @eveescastle5866 Před 3 lety +9

      I mean there would only be two spoiler tags because this list is basically Half Life and Doom Mods

    • @chee.rah.monurB
      @chee.rah.monurB Před 2 lety

      All of you should consider HEDON:BLOODRITE,cause it really is "castlevania as a DOOM mod"

  • @Ceece20
    @Ceece20 Před 3 lety +217

    Basically everything Valve has ever made is just a mod of another game: Portal, Counter Strike, Dota (2), Left 4 Dead.
    Literally Valve just got them to make a stand alone and published it as a game.

    • @amahashadow
      @amahashadow Před 3 lety +34

      Yes, counter strike and team fortress would like a word with this list. Now Stanley went through the door on the right.

    • @laurenbastin8849
      @laurenbastin8849 Před 3 lety +34

      I don’t know about left 4 dead but portal wasn’t strictly a mod, it started out as a student project at DigiPen called Narbacular Drop. At a presentation Gabe Newell and some other Valve figures were invited to, the group of students showed off Narbacular Drop and its wholly unique Portal mechanic, and Valve hired them on the spot. It’s very much a similar story to the mods Valve got turned into games, which did indeed include Counter Strike, Team Fortress and Dota, only here it was an adaptation of a student project and not a mod

    • @jordanferrazza8700
      @jordanferrazza8700 Před 3 lety +9

      Isn't Gary's Mod also a mod in itself?

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii Před 3 lety +2

      Recently Dota Underlords (Auto-chess)

    • @slayer0235
      @slayer0235 Před 2 lety +2

      Don’t forget Team Fortress

  • @hiwrenhere
    @hiwrenhere Před 3 lety +529

    7 times we can't help but think the developers actually hated us?

  • @andymcp4752
    @andymcp4752 Před 3 lety +444

    Next OutsideXtra video: “7 mods that totally transmorphed the game”

    • @muhammadyusoffjamaluddin
      @muhammadyusoffjamaluddin Před 3 lety +9

      Can't disagree, include transformers in that spin off! 😂

    • @julianbueno699
      @julianbueno699 Před 3 lety +10

      And is the PlayStationAccess people poorly imitating OX

    • @cthulhufhtagn2483
      @cthulhufhtagn2483 Před 3 lety +3

      @@julianbueno699 YES.

    • @SWProductions100
      @SWProductions100 Před 3 lety +3

      @@cthulhufhtagn2483 Tis more a friendly competition between Outside xbox and Playstation Access.

    • @Crisjola
      @Crisjola Před 3 lety

      @@julianbueno699 god please I would pay for that from the team XD I know that's not how Team OX/Eurogamer work but it'd be hilarious.

  • @steelfist3956
    @steelfist3956 Před 3 lety +321

    I would like to suggest The Stanley Parable, which was originally a mod of Half Life 2.
    Amazing how you can turn a FPS into a game about existentialism.

    • @senritsujumpsuit6021
      @senritsujumpsuit6021 Před 3 lety +13

      Holy shit the acting in that was top notch beauty

    • @fenexus404
      @fenexus404 Před rokem

      ​@@senritsujumpsuit6021especially that of Stanley himself

  • @violetmoon1587
    @violetmoon1587 Před 3 lety +176

    *Distant Thomas the Tank engine music plays* Oh no....

  • @alexthunderbrand
    @alexthunderbrand Před 3 lety +493

    What about Enderal: Forgotten Stories? They turned Skyrim into what is essentially a completely new Elder Scrolls game, one that arguably has a better story.

    • @bullettrain2224
      @bullettrain2224 Před 3 lety +41

      Ikr? Unless they are doing these chronogically and in multiple videos starting from the beginning of time (when computer gaming started) then it's just criminal to leave Enderal off this list.
      For Shame...
      Shame 🔔
      Shame 🔔
      Shame 🔔
      Shame 🔔
      ...

    • @foofoo3344
      @foofoo3344 Před 3 lety +16

      It had better story and perk system

    • @UBN6
      @UBN6 Před 3 lety +36

      Enderal has to go into the commenters edition of this list

    • @persephoneunderground845
      @persephoneunderground845 Před 3 lety +24

      Technically not an Elder Scrolls game at all, since it's set in Vyn not Tamriel/Nirn, but yes it's truly amazing!

    • @connerhuntington6094
      @connerhuntington6094 Před 3 lety +10

      It’s a new game set in its own universe and still one of the best RPGs I’ve played to this day

  • @gNetkamiko
    @gNetkamiko Před 3 lety +142

    Let's take a look at Enderal: Forgotten Stories. That mod overhauled Skyrim to a point where it became its own game, though admittedly a game that requires Skyrim to be installed to even launch. It still had its own voice actors, its own story, hell even its own world. Just needed the engine that was specifically designed for Skyrim and all of its assets.

    • @crow__bar
      @crow__bar Před 3 lety +11

      Actually with Forgotten Stories you dont need to have Skyrim itself installed anymore, its a totally separate download on the steam store.

    • @PhilBoswell
      @PhilBoswell Před 3 lety +2

      @@crow__bar you got a URL for that? I'm looking and it's telling me that I need Skyrim.

    • @russellpesek7903
      @russellpesek7903 Před 3 lety +10

      @@PhilBoswell You don't need Skyrim installed, but you have to own it

    • @jaapuitroepteke2750
      @jaapuitroepteke2750 Před 2 lety +1

      There is now “the forgotten city”

    • @Joksa999
      @Joksa999 Před 2 lety

      What about nehrim for oblivion

  • @TheUnapologeticGeek
    @TheUnapologeticGeek Před 3 lety +48

    “There’s some irony there.”
    Man, that took me a little longer than I should admit, but it did make me chortle.

  • @roguishpaladin
    @roguishpaladin Před 3 lety +164

    I have two suggestions for the almost inevitable sequel to this list.
    First, there was an arcade flight simulator mod for Quake called Air Quake There were planes and, for some reason, tanks that you could control. I had quite a few dogfights in that mod in the olden days.
    Second, there was the Warcraft III mod which launched a genre - Defense of the Ancients, aka DotA, which all future MOBAs can trace some aspect of their lineage to.

    • @jimmyjohn6504
      @jimmyjohn6504 Před 3 lety +4

      I feel like a funny memeish one is the Equestria at war mod for Hearts of iron 4.

    • @mrhonrer
      @mrhonrer Před 3 lety +6

      Wasnt counter strike a mod too? I was waiting for it to appear but it didnt

    • @MrsMusica
      @MrsMusica Před 3 lety +9

      Yeah, I find it weird that DOTA didn't come up in this list, to be honest.

    • @PrinceSilvermane
      @PrinceSilvermane Před 3 lety +1

      I remember this one old mod for Half Life that turned it into a Dragon Ball Z 3d fighting game.

    • @justanotherviewer9643
      @justanotherviewer9643 Před 3 lety

      Mega man 8 bit deathmatch, a doom mod made in zandronum.

  • @geordynbloom8521
    @geordynbloom8521 Před 3 lety +77

    Honestly surprised that Day Z wasn't brought up.
    Someone looked at Arma 2, a tactical military shooter, and decide there wasn't enough zombies in it. or basebuilding. or survival mechanics.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety +2

      How about the Arma III mod that includes content from Cold War Assault, I, and II?

    • @speedingoffence
      @speedingoffence Před 3 lety +1

      Not just that, the first battle royale mode (well, at least as we know it today) was an ARMA II mod.

  • @jacobszczygiel3588
    @jacobszczygiel3588 Před 3 lety +148

    There was this minor mod for half life that some people kind of enjoyed called counter strike wonder what happened to it

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety +15

      It's still going well, although there's a debate on whether 1.6 or Global Offensive is the better game.

    • @Johnny_Cash_Flow
      @Johnny_Cash_Flow Před 3 lety +9

      Never heard of it.

    • @floofbirb4436
      @floofbirb4436 Před 3 lety +4

      sounds neat. maybe i'll try it some time.

    • @Phelixc
      @Phelixc Před 3 lety +5

      What a silly name, no wonder no one has heard of it.

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo Před 2 lety +2

      My favorite obscure game mod is DOTA, it's defense of the ancients, a mod for Warcraft 3.

  • @bobthesnotling8647
    @bobthesnotling8647 Před 3 lety +46

    This is mostly just "mods so good they became their own game".

  • @Tiglath-Pileser3
    @Tiglath-Pileser3 Před 3 lety +156

    Mike has a Macho Man shirt on. If I don't see the Skyrim mod that replaces dragons with Macho Man...

  • @RobinBonhomme
    @RobinBonhomme Před 3 lety +63

    I mean you could do a whole video on half-life mods. Garry's mod, Chivalry, Stanley Parable

    • @rabidredpanda2888
      @rabidredpanda2888 Před 3 lety

      Chivalry servers are empty 😭

    • @eddmario
      @eddmario Před 3 lety +2

      Stanley Parable is a Half-Life mod?
      TIL

    • @Twiganut
      @Twiganut Před 3 lety +1

      @@eddmario same - but not surprising really

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 Před 3 lety +2

      @@rabidredpanda2888 that is the crux of the problem with multiplayer games, most gamers just jump to the next hot multiplayer game and let the older ones die and rot.

    • @Lanka0Kera
      @Lanka0Kera Před 3 lety

      Natural Selection..

  • @talynhastime9343
    @talynhastime9343 Před 3 lety +50

    Cry of Fear is such a good horror game. I’ve been hard-pressed to find another game that replicates the same amount of Scandinavian-flavored dread and isolation you feel while playing.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety +2

      Why hasn't Kilian Experience tried this?

    • @senritsujumpsuit6021
      @senritsujumpsuit6021 Před 3 lety +1

      I saw a hour and a half in depth video of it and OMG

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety +1

      @@senritsujumpsuit6021 Hard to think a mod like this has a riveting story.

    • @LordSluggo
      @LordSluggo Před 3 lety +1

      I just wish you could make a private server and not have to go through freaking Hamachi or some such

  • @doreenbrandt3697
    @doreenbrandt3697 Před 3 lety +153

    Can we have "Dinosaurs hate fascism!" on a t-shirt?

    • @MrDalisclock
      @MrDalisclock Před 3 lety +12

      I don't understand how this isn't already a thing

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 Před 3 lety +7

      i mean, our grandparents are sometimes equated with dinosaurs, and due to their efforts during a certain time period i personally am not fluent in German, not that there's anything wrong with the language

    • @MouldMadeMind
      @MouldMadeMind Před 3 lety +3

      @@CorvusCorone68 you say this like ww2 having an open ending.

    • @theforeverchild1191
      @theforeverchild1191 Před 3 lety +1

      Not all of them could T-Rex has tyrant in the name, maybe herbivores against it???

  • @youarewinner93
    @youarewinner93 Před 3 lety +84

    Surprised at the lack of DOTA, got to be one of the most iconic mods given that it spawned an entire genre, the MOBA

    • @DarkestSabata
      @DarkestSabata Před 3 lety +7

      And then after becoming a standalone game, DOTA got the mod Autochess which also spawned a new (admittedly smaller) genre of autobattler.

    • @stone5against1
      @stone5against1 Před 2 lety

      Seriously.. I expected it to be in there for sure

  • @claratalbot7613
    @claratalbot7613 Před 3 lety +32

    No mention of the Silent Hill mod for Fallout 4? The one that blankets the entire game in fog & randomly sets off a siren to warn u before dragging u into the otherworld to fight an endless horde

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 Před 3 lety

      Based on what I saw online it still uses some of Fall Out 4 assets, and did it changed the Fall Out 4 gameplay totally or is just a reskin?

    • @claratalbot7613
      @claratalbot7613 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Argoon1981 It's kind of like a reskin that increases the difficulty of the game as u can get dragged into the otherworld randomly. So u could be on ur way to complete a quest, hear the siren go off, get dragged into the otherworld, & end up fighting of an endless horde of feral ghouls, Silent Hill like nurses, mutant dogs, twin head screamers, & they even updated it to include Siren head that are set to ur lvl. It also gives u some of songs to play on ur pitboy & overalls most of the music of the game (Mod is called Whispering Hill)

    • @theblackwidower
      @theblackwidower Před 2 lety

      That's a thing? Name!

    • @claratalbot7613
      @claratalbot7613 Před 2 lety

      @@theblackwidower Whispering Hill. Not sure if it's on PC but it's on Xbox & sadly I don't think it's on PlayStation

  • @Jedi_Spartan_38
    @Jedi_Spartan_38 Před 3 lety +174

    Halo: Custom Edition - Cursed Halo.

    • @hallofguns8174
      @hallofguns8174 Před 3 lety +20

      He just released another mod that turns DS1 into Halo.

    • @eveakane6563
      @eveakane6563 Před 3 lety +1

      No? I think he rebalanced the game and added maps.

    • @jimmyc3030
      @jimmyc3030 Před 3 lety +10

      @@eveakane6563 He also made ds1 into halo
      More accurately, he made ds1 have functioning matchmaking and pvp gamemodes. The halo part was actually just porting the Blood Gulch map into ds1, and filling it with enemies. All in all it was pretty cool, aswell as being hilarious

    • @hallofguns8174
      @hallofguns8174 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jimmyc3030 I would not call it just porting in the blood gulch map. In his video he explains how he had to make thousands of edits to make the code work just for the base map.

    • @jimmyc3030
      @jimmyc3030 Před 3 lety +3

      @@hallofguns8174 I know that, but in basic terms its porting over. Besides, compared to everything else he did thats just a drop in the ocean of pain and suffering xD

  • @Bigswinn
    @Bigswinn Před 3 lety +34

    Hearts of Iron : Darkest Hour. The mod team literally rebuilt the game, and now the modded version is (well, was) officially supported and is the main purchasable version on steam

    • @TestTestGo
      @TestTestGo Před 3 lety +5

      On that note HOI4: Equestria at war. Play my little pony at the brink of world war. Not a gimmick mod, genuinely a detailed total conversion and arguably a better game than the standard version even if you don't care about ponys.

    • @Vaprous
      @Vaprous Před 3 lety

      @@TestTestGo Yeah, I honestly wish a lot of the changes were ported over to base HOI4, particularly the changes to nuclear weapons.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety

      Still waiting for the Templin Institute to make vids of these mods and their lore.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety

      @@TestTestGo I care about ponies, magical girls, and Western animation, so don't fret.

    • @ComissarYarrick
      @ComissarYarrick Před 3 lety

      Whats even funier that darkest hour have it's own total conwersions mods like kaiserreich or fallout doomsday.

  • @nymphomata69
    @nymphomata69 Před 3 lety +49

    There is a godawful mod for Quake called X-men: Ravages of Apocalypse, where you play as maybe Bishop or Cable and you murder wave after wave of clones of X-men characters. It had a weirdly hopeless and creepy vibe to it, and the death screams where bloodcurdling. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me wobbly.

  • @Tinyvalkyrie410
    @Tinyvalkyrie410 Před 3 lety +30

    Man, Mike doesn’t get enough love. He’s great.

  • @HeavensBrook
    @HeavensBrook Před 3 lety +48

    Is everyone forgetting that we got a whole genre from a mod, DotA was a Warcraft 3 mod the original MOBA

    • @denniswijker7162
      @denniswijker7162 Před 3 lety +2

      I remember playing that at a LAN party. I thought we were just gonna play some WC3, but some of the guys had a cool mod, which let you play as one of the heroes. Which could lvl up and you'd do objectives in teams. I didn't particularly like it, and I had no idea this was the basis for all MOBA games untill MUCH later :P

    • @someguy1ification
      @someguy1ification Před 3 lety

      I think you mean "Aeon of Strife was a Warcraft 3 mod, the original MOBA"

    • @charlesolarte7104
      @charlesolarte7104 Před 3 lety +1

      Because DOTA was still recognizable as a mod for WC3. Most models/meshes were re used. The mods presented in this vid are totally unrecognizable i.e. you would have no idea what base game it came from unless you knew the mod

  • @GOTHICLORD69
    @GOTHICLORD69 Před 3 lety +12

    Actually, You can dance in Unreal Tournament 2004, its done via the chat/emote menu

  • @Epic1138
    @Epic1138 Před 3 lety +27

    Not a video game, but technically d&d started as a fan mod of the table top war game chainmail.

    • @Metal_Slyme
      @Metal_Slyme Před 2 lety

      I know this is like a year old, but just want to point out that both games share a founder so I don't think it can really be called a fan modification

  • @rosskwolfe
    @rosskwolfe Před 3 lety +25

    Back in the 90s we called these "Total Conversions".

    • @justdags6611
      @justdags6611 Před 3 lety +2

      That's a name I've not heard in a long time.

    • @ironized
      @ironized Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah I recall heading over to Moddb every time I bought a game, filtering by total conversion and getting elbow deep in some troubleshooting.

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 Před 3 lety +1

      they still are called that on the Nexus

    • @QueenOfTheSea101
      @QueenOfTheSea101 Před 2 lety

      Ark Survival Evolved *STILL* calls it that with one if it's free DLCs

  • @inahara7937marcus
    @inahara7937marcus Před 3 lety +10

    Surprised that Team Fortress wasn't mentioned, as the original Team Fortress 2 was just a modded version of Classic

    • @descent3031
      @descent3031 Před 3 lety +2

      And the original before that was a quake mod. Crosses two of the most modded games in history but doesn't warrant a mention. Weird.

    • @MrSquark
      @MrSquark Před 3 lety +1

      I played so much tfc

  • @benrgrogan
    @benrgrogan Před 3 lety +12

    The one I instantly thought of was the Day Z mod for Arma 2; a mod so popular ARMA 2's developer hired the mod maker to turn it into its own game.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety +2

      Sadly, the official product sucked, though.

    • @benrgrogan
      @benrgrogan Před 3 lety

      @@michaelandreipalon359 ah did it, I never played it. What was wrong with it? Were people over zombies by then I know it was in development for years?

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety

      @@benrgrogan For an official product, it was pretty much buggy compared to the mod version.

    • @LordSluggo
      @LordSluggo Před 3 lety +1

      @@michaelandreipalon359 it's probably dead by now but there was a mod called Breaking Point. I never played Day Z but everyone I knew said Breaking Point was better than DayZ, either version

  • @MrNextchannel
    @MrNextchannel Před 3 lety +18

    I also love enderal. It's a Skyrim mod that has it's own world, characters, voice actors and crucially competent writers.

  • @TheLonalriis
    @TheLonalriis Před 3 lety +3

    For the commentator edition. The Enderal mod for Skyrim. New interface, new story, new music, new everything. The bard songs are beautiful.

  • @Deathproof73
    @Deathproof73 Před 3 lety +22

    Cry of Fear is so great that I always forget it's a mod until someone mentions it again. One of the best horror experiences in video games for me and still can't believe it's free!

  • @vitorta6696
    @vitorta6696 Před 3 lety +15

    I hope to see a "7 more" edition of this video, great theme!
    For example, didn't someone make a Age of Empires 2 scenario that is a Lord of The Rings co-op RPG?

  • @zJoriz
    @zJoriz Před 3 lety +10

    * ahem * All versions of Unreal Tournament have gestures you can have your character do. Not exactly silly dances (for the most part), but close (and definitely silly) enough imo.

  • @AnomalyArcadie
    @AnomalyArcadie Před 3 lety +36

    Wicked Whims for the Sims 4 definitely transforms that game into... Something else entirely lol.
    (Not that I have any experience with it, or anything 😳)

    • @AnomalyArcadie
      @AnomalyArcadie Před 3 lety +8

      Also surprisingly The Sims 2 still has a fairly active modding community. Just last week someone was finally able to make a neighborhood wide story progression mod. Clean UI is a mod that updates the entire game UI to something more modern and sleek looking. The game runs better now than it ever did years before despite originally having major issues running on current PCs.

    • @RediRoc
      @RediRoc Před 3 lety +4

      Going from Sims on console to Sims on PC was an, um...eye opener.

    • @AnomalyArcadie
      @AnomalyArcadie Před 3 lety +4

      @@RediRoc It becomes an entirely different game once mods come into the picture. Between Wicked Whims, Basemental Drugs, Slice Of Life, and countless other mods and CC your Sims can become degenerates, lol. But I love it. I especially love Basemental Drugs since I'm a recovering addict IRL. I love having a sim hit their rock bottom only to have then go to Rehab and rebuild their lives 😂 I've actually talked with Basemental about ways to improve the "recovery" aspect of the mod, and they said they had very similar ideas in mind. I hope they can implement them!

    • @rockzs74r
      @rockzs74r Před 3 lety +4

      The best part of it that Maxis and EA is completely aware of it and its enormous popularity to the point they put an Easter egg with furniture named after the infamous mod. But they don't give any trouble to that mod neither put any lawsuit despite the questionable morality in the mod.
      And in the era where a lot of fan made custom content is paid. a mod this huge and constantly updated is still available free is amazing

    • @jaapuitroepteke2750
      @jaapuitroepteke2750 Před 2 lety

      @@rockzs74r It’s pretty much a win win for them. People that use the mod get it for free and might actually consider buying expansions which they might have never bought if the mod was banned. At the same time they get to keep it at the favored age rating as the mod isn’t part of the product you buy.

  • @abbewinter9249
    @abbewinter9249 Před 3 lety +32

    I'm sorry, but if the next edition doesn't cover Enderal: Forgotten Stories, then what even is the point? The story is deep, the soundtrack is a master piece, and the world itself is gorgeous beyond belief. I will be stanning this game from now until the end of time.

  • @TRMica
    @TRMica Před 3 lety +14

    Natural Selection mod for Half-Life was the best back in the early 2000s

    • @LordSluggo
      @LordSluggo Před 3 lety

      NS2 still has a small but active community

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 Před 3 lety

      and the fact it did so well led to the birth of one of my favorite underwater exploration games, Subnautica

  • @Smoldar
    @Smoldar Před 3 lety +6

    Honestly, with the amount of Half Life mods, there could be 4 lists just featuring those xD

    • @mathewvanlonden8310
      @mathewvanlonden8310 Před 3 lety

      how about skyrim mods

    • @redwes1
      @redwes1 Před 3 lety +1

      Hell-- Skyrim even had a Castlevania mod (soundtrack included) and it, too, was awesome! :D

  • @Ifrit8054
    @Ifrit8054 Před 3 lety +8

    The castlevania one looks like it’s a whole new game. Just with the same engine.

  • @LAHFaust
    @LAHFaust Před 3 lety +5

    Kind of a shame there was no mention of Red Orchestra, which is what started Tripwire Interactive, the guys who published Killing Floor.

  • @TheFoxofKnowledge
    @TheFoxofKnowledge Před 3 lety +2

    Enderal: Forgotten Stories? The revamp of some gameplay mechanics, superb storytelling, psychological horror, amazing wordbuilding, beautiful (and terrifying locations), cool enemy designs, and awesomely composed music by Marvin Kopp is clearly a top contender for this list

  • @livingcorpse5664
    @livingcorpse5664 Před 3 lety +9

    Simon's Destiny is great, one of the best mods ever. And the guitar, I'd stop and listen to it! And the boss fights were some of the most fun I had in years.

  • @KickyFut
    @KickyFut Před 3 lety +5

    Holy crap, I remember Quake Rally!! There were several good ones, I also remember Quake Fly(Air?) a planes conversion, and Quake Navy Seals where they replaced all the guns with fully modeled pistols, rifles and grenades with realistic clips and reloading!

    • @victorpedersen585
      @victorpedersen585 Před 3 lety

      Yeah those were really cool! Had a blast with the ol' QUake Army Knife in those days.

  • @strcmdrbookwyrm
    @strcmdrbookwyrm Před 3 lety +5

    Guys, what about Mechwarrior: Living Legends? That game is a fan mod of Crysis that is not only one of the best battletech games out there, but one one of the best combined arms combat games! Dev's are still active too, which makes our small community very happy.

  • @southparkkenny2
    @southparkkenny2 Před 3 lety +3

    Fallout New Vegas had two recent total conversion mods:
    New California and the controversial The Frontier.

  • @gruggerduggerhoose
    @gruggerduggerhoose Před 3 lety +10

    6:16
    Mike “i need to start stocking up on sub-machine guns.”
    Also mike “hi gran, how you doing? Good good, listen imma need to borrow your uzi. Yeah... yep future tokyo zombies. Thanks” lol

  • @chastitymarks2185
    @chastitymarks2185 Před 3 lety +5

    UT still one of my favourite shooters to this day.

  • @otterblau5253
    @otterblau5253 Před 3 lety +4

    The Long War mod for XCOM Enemy Unknown.

    • @stealthyshiroean
      @stealthyshiroean Před 3 lety +1

      Is it really unrecognizable? More like that just overhauls and expands the base game.

  • @annavelfman1527
    @annavelfman1527 Před 3 lety +1

    Enderol- gave skyrim a deeply immersive storyline with unique fully voiced characters with hours of dialogue and quests.

  • @docette2015
    @docette2015 Před 3 lety +1

    Man, those -- those are freaking impressive. The ability of some people to actually make an entirely new game out of another game's engine and assets in their free time is nothing short of amazing. A lot of these totally deserved their own stand-alone releases. Kudos, folks!

  • @beastmode-ht8ou
    @beastmode-ht8ou Před 3 lety +6

    Enderal. That's all.

  • @rmw315
    @rmw315 Před 3 lety

    This is the best video you've ever made, not that all your others arent great, but the jokes, the research, the delivery, All excellent. Great Video!

  • @kjubus88
    @kjubus88 Před 3 lety

    that reminded my of AirBuccaneers mod for Unreal Tournament 2004. It was a mod, wher literal air ships (ships with huge baloons on top) were fighting in the air, and you would shoot cannons (also from the ground) etc.

  • @craftfredo1479
    @craftfredo1479 Před 3 lety +10

    How about a video about "ten times time was the most valuable resource". I would propose phantom hourglass. Gosh, the name giving mechanic was awful.

    • @tetov1620
      @tetov1620 Před 3 lety

      Adhesive and aluminum for fallout 4, most upgrades required them and I never had enough

    • @eveescastle5866
      @eveescastle5866 Před 3 lety

      Legend Of Zelda Majora's Mask.
      You literally have 3 days to stop the moon crashing into the earth, and it involves going back in time several times.

  • @irishjet2687
    @irishjet2687 Před 3 lety +6

    I would love to see a list of "Upcoming and Released Re-Makes of Older Games in Newer Games' Engines". The Elder Scrolls remakes, Skyblivion and Skywind, have had me salivating for years, and Half-Life: Black Mesa is fantastic.

  • @Kiss_My_Aspergers
    @Kiss_My_Aspergers Před 3 lety +1

    The music in the background of the Neo Tokyo part is really cool.

  • @hackcubit9663
    @hackcubit9663 Před 2 lety

    Oh man, the first Killing Floor was a ton of fun. It taught me that adding a class system to the basic Left 4 Dead formula makes for a great alternative. You wouldn't expect "spending a lot of time in each game soldering doors shut" to make for a fond memory but so long as servers were lively, even that more boring element was just fine.
    It also taught me that a British word for cash is "dosh," adorable!

  • @Thufir42
    @Thufir42 Před 3 lety +4

    does Enderal count as a mod? if so .... its quite changing the game of skyrim

  • @apnourish969
    @apnourish969 Před 3 lety +6

    They should make an opposite of this video were they talk about failed fan mods like huntdown the freeman

  • @matteste
    @matteste Před 3 lety +2

    Sonic Robo Blast 2. The classic Doom turned into a 3rd person 3d platformer for all our favorite little blue blur.

    • @tjg121389
      @tjg121389 Před 3 lety

      And then that mod got a kart racer mod for it!

  • @drackar
    @drackar Před 3 lety +2

    ...I had never heard of the dark mod but it is currently installed. And that is why I watch this show. You're doing good work, folks.

  • @barrybend7189
    @barrybend7189 Před 3 lety +3

    Kotor 2 restoration mod.

  • @gabbybob
    @gabbybob Před 3 lety +4

    I never knew Killing Floor started as a mod.

  • @TurkeyMuncher117
    @TurkeyMuncher117 Před 3 lety +2

    Is that a crab with a tophat and a monocle? That's where I draw the line. C'mon Master Chief, let's get the fuck outta here.

  • @huppaduppa
    @huppaduppa Před 3 lety

    Quake Rally entry unlocked hidden memories in my brain. I played that at a friend's house approx. 20 years ago.

  • @FatCatCooper
    @FatCatCooper Před 3 lety +14

    Me: Oh dang, I'm early, I gotta think of a funny comment!
    My brain: ...

  • @marilynsparks5931
    @marilynsparks5931 Před 3 lety +8

    I'm sorry, the fact that DayZ wasn't on this list is abysmal. DayZ transformed Arma3 so much that it launched itself into a different genre.

    • @ollikoskinen1
      @ollikoskinen1 Před 3 lety +2

      *ArmA2, not 3.

    • @marilynsparks5931
      @marilynsparks5931 Před 3 lety

      @@ollikoskinen1 Ah, thank you!

    • @Zoso14892
      @Zoso14892 Před 3 lety

      Yup, DayZ took a fully functioning game, in an unheard of twist added zombies, made the experience damn near unplayable THEN released a standalone that somehow did it worse and remained in early access for 5 years before they whacked a 1.0 label on it and claimed it was done. At least most of the experiences on this list were more enjoyable than a root canal.

  • @SigmentKurosai
    @SigmentKurosai Před 4 měsíci

    My old man once rented one of the "Transmorphers" movies, "Fall of Man." He didn't realize it wasn't Transformers until he got home and I pointed it out to him. Still made us watch it for a bit, "in case it was good." Then about 15 minutes in, the robots showed up, and he said, "Okay, you can turn it off."

  • @tehhypergamer963
    @tehhypergamer963 Před 3 lety

    Man, I was prepared for the jumpscare and it STILL got me!

  • @helveteisme
    @helveteisme Před 3 lety +12

    this has to be the earliest ive ever been.

  • @rocklee7737
    @rocklee7737 Před 3 lety +1

    My favourite transformative mod is Sim Settlements 2 for Fallout 4. It added an entirely new and well-implemented city management system that completely reimagines the comparatively shallow 'Settlement system'

  • @Calmputer
    @Calmputer Před 3 lety +1

    Gunman Chronicles.
    Was supposed to be a mod for Half-Life 1. turned into a full-fledged release, with a really innovative weapon design... still wonder why more games don't let you customize your weapons like that...

  • @trinketsphinx3212
    @trinketsphinx3212 Před 2 měsíci

    4:15 I live in Seattle, shoutout to all the folks out there who have Mother Nature to thank for their soothing rainfall sounds.

  • @thelucidmuse8306
    @thelucidmuse8306 Před 3 lety

    For me it was the iNeeds and Frostfall mods for Skyrim. It was a whole different dynamic when jumping out of a freezing lake to go run around in the snow would end up killing you, or being exhausted or starving in a dungeon.

  • @LordSluggo
    @LordSluggo Před 3 lety +1

    I really hope they do a "Commenters Edition" for this one for CS, DOTA, PUBG, Team Fortress, GMod, hell if someone can think of 1 more there's an episode right there

  • @victorpedersen585
    @victorpedersen585 Před 3 lety

    Wow, didn't expect Quake-Rally to make the list! The first mods I'd saw was for Quake: Quake-Rally, AirQuake, CujoQuake and of course Team Fortress. My older brother used to get them and play dial-up modem multiplayer with one or max two of his friends (after 6pm of course, didn't want to rack up that phone bill). Come to think of it, where the heck did he get his hands on them in 1997? Anyways, cool video!

  • @JrJackWest
    @JrJackWest Před 3 lety +2

    I feel like you really missed out on DayZ. It almost singlehandedly spawned multiple game genres, in the survival sim and battle royal, as well as dozens of spinoff mods

  • @vin-cc9nk
    @vin-cc9nk Před 3 lety

    some old half-life 2 / source mods that I remember really enjoying (apart from the big ones like garry's mod and the stanley parable) were the western themed 'fistful of frags' and the cyberpunk themed 'dystopia' (where you had to actually deck into the cyberspace to complete some objectives while your body stood defenseless in the 'real' world)

  • @M1lkTheF1rst
    @M1lkTheF1rst Před 3 lety

    First thing I thought of was cry of fear (the only horror game I can play due to being a wussy) and I’m really glad it got on here. Thanks outside, I’ve been watching for about 4-5 years and I’m so glad you’ve kept going.

  • @PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt
    @PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt Před 3 lety +2

    Sim Settlements is absolutely essential to have any fun in Fallout 4

    • @eveescastle5866
      @eveescastle5866 Před 3 lety

      Honestly any of the settlement mods in fall out 4 because base settlements are broken and annoying to use.

  • @dragour8723
    @dragour8723 Před 3 lety

    An older Pc game, Mount and Blade: Warband has some insane overhaul mods but one which changes everything is Warsword Conquest, it turns the medieval sandbox game into Warhammer fantasy of all things

  • @Kukijiro
    @Kukijiro Před 2 lety

    Never played Neotokyo, but fell in love with the soundtrack by Ed Harrison.

  • @mgbon2
    @mgbon2 Před 3 lety

    A great total conversation mod is MechWarrior Living Legends. It won moddb mod of the year when it was released in 2009 and has received many honorable mentions ever since.

  • @CptMagnus
    @CptMagnus Před 3 lety

    Back in the UT2004-days Epic had a contest called "make something unreal". There were all kinds of awesome projects being made from racing games and top down shooters. One of my favourites was Alien Swarm.

  • @xxlordxx6862
    @xxlordxx6862 Před 3 lety +1

    You could make just an entire Doom mod list yearly and wouldn't run dry that is how deep Doom modding goes

  • @themoelandershow2636
    @themoelandershow2636 Před 3 lety

    You should definitely some day make a video about mods, that completely restore old games, make them playable to the modern age.
    Like the superb XWAUpgrade for Star Wars X-Wing Alliance, which even adds VR Support. And maybe one day will not only include the missions and cutscenes from X-Wing Alliance, but also maybe TIE Fighter and the original X-Wing.

  • @Phelixc
    @Phelixc Před 3 lety +1

    The specialists was a great mod for Half Life, had all those action movie moments you wanted and great gunplay and bullet time from matrix. Pirates, vikings and knights was another great mod for half life. There were tons of full conversion mods for half life that was really good. Day of defeat, vampire slayer etc etc.

  • @Yuki503
    @Yuki503 Před 3 lety

    It's nice to hear someone else remembers the very good PS2 Ghost in the Shell SAC game. I still have my copy.

  • @Nokshell
    @Nokshell Před 3 lety

    One mod i loved - Enemy Territory for Wolfenstien

  • @because88
    @because88 Před 3 lety

    I miss Neotokyo. I used to play for hours every night. They still do matches, but you have to be some kind of wizard to keep up with those guys.
    Another one is Project Reality, a mod of Battlefield 2, and the predecessor of Squad.

  • @lello2031
    @lello2031 Před 3 lety

    i literally knew the jumpscare was coming and still jumped, haha.

  • @aerthreepwood8021
    @aerthreepwood8021 Před 3 lety

    HL/HL2 had tons of fantastic mods. I used to just grab random ones off ModDB and have a blast.

  • @persephoneunderground845

    Tropical Skyrim! Not a "total conversion" to a different game, but a massive transformation of the base game. I didn't get that into Skyrim when I first played it because the dark, cold aesthetic just didn't do it for me. I was hugely skeptical of the Tropical thing but once I tried it I was hooked- instead of snowy mountains think more Macchu Picchu. And it makes the jungle areas a lot more challenging, since you can't see the enemies through the trees and vines. Forsworn ambushes in particular become way more tricky and fun.

  • @littlefurnace
    @littlefurnace Před 3 lety

    Uncle Sheogorath's Really Helpful Hints and Tips - Most underrated Skyrim mod

  • @michaelandreipalon359
    @michaelandreipalon359 Před 3 lety +1

    3:10: That's "teabagging", and personally, you're doing it wrong.

  • @tyranitararmaldo
    @tyranitararmaldo Před 3 lety

    14:22 I recognise that Dino Crisis cry anywhere!

  • @Scatteredpast
    @Scatteredpast Před 3 lety +2

    Killing Floor came from a mod??? I never knew that!

  • @PanmasterAtArms
    @PanmasterAtArms Před 2 lety

    One fantastic mod was Sonic Robo Blast 2, which was a mod of the Doom Legacy port of Doom, turned into a straight up 3D sonic game meant to be in the style of 2D sonic
    Which was then modified to turn it into an online kart racer that's so insanely moddable you can race against Kazuma Kiryu as Joker from Persona 5, a mod called SRB2Kart