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Skulltag is a mod for Doom 1 or 2 that let you play Modern Warfare 2! Well, not the entire MW2 game

You have to download Skulltag here and  put it in your Doom 1 or 2 directory. Pull the 4 wad files into the Skulltag.exe to load the mod.

If you want to play with standard Doom enemies you may not pull the monster wad. You also might want to turn Freelook to TRUE in you skulltag-YOURUSERNAME.

Here is the mod:

http://www.filefront.com/17204619/mw2v12.rar

http://www.skulltag.net/download/

(Source: Robbaz)

Half-Life 2: Short Stories has developed a mod for Half-Life 2: Human Error and has released an update. Human Error was released on May 31st, 2010 but the team has decided to improve your experience and releases an extension: 2 traitor mode maps. It’s a coop – Beta which let you play up to 4 metrocop characters from Human Error EP1.

The traitor mode is a pretty fun mode with a cool and simple rule: in the beginning of each round one of the players is selected as the Traitor, while other do not know who he is.

The second episode of Human Error will be developed around the co-op concept picking up where the first episode left off. Don’t forget that at the moment it’s a Beta: the developers team is looking for feedbacks about the concept, the network…

The beta includes currently two maps: Backbone and Leech, both utilising Traitor Mode.

Two others are on their way with will feature slight variations on the core concept.

Here is a description of the Traitor Mode by the developers team:

What is Traitor Mode

Traitor Mode is set firmly within the established Human Error world, with players taking on the roles of main characters Anders, Noah, Eloise and Larson. The civil protection team are pitted once again against the rebel forces, but this time there’s an additional danger: one member of the team is a traitor. It’s up to players to figure out who the traitor is before they allow the rebels to complete their objective.

You can download the Human Error coop Mode here on ModDB

This new mod is particularly interesting: it changes Crysis Wars or Crysis engine with a cel-shading look. Crysis was visually exceptionnal but this mod has decided to turn the game’s graphics to a new visual experience. If you have enjoyed Borderlands for example, this is perfect for you! I have installed the mod and it works perfectly. It is very cool and proposes a new visual experience. If, like me, you enjoy the cel-shading technology, you will love this mod.

The cel-shading transformation is truelly impressive: really cool and precise. It can run with DirectX 9.

You can download the Cel Shader Mod for Crysis here (on Crymod.com). The installation is pretty easy: go to your Crysis game folder -> Electronic Arts -> Crytek -> Crysis -> Game and copy the downloaded file zz_ ***. pak into the current game folder (Game).

Here is top 5of Half-Life 2 multiplayer mods!

5 – Age of Chivalry

Age of Chivalry is a total conversion for Half-Life 2 which is currently being developed by Team Chivalry. This is a famous mod which proposes a fun story driven multiplayer experience set in a fantasy world in the medieval ages! Yep you did read it,well: Half-Life 2 is ported in a medieval world! I did tell you that mods could bring you anywhere!

It is violent and it is a deep immersion within the game. The Masons and the Agatha Kingdom fights for glory. Agatha knights left the kingdom for the crusades and when they return, they realize that the nasty Masons have taken control of their kingdom! You play a multiplayer experience through a tense storyline organized through several maps (always in the same order to respect the story). You can play as an archer, a knight or even a soldier and each faction offers distinct classes.

The players will be able to take part in sieges, town raids and open wars in a story driven game.

The mod can be downloaded on their official website (click here).

4 – Insurgency

Insurgency is an ambitious multiplayer mode which is a free total conversion. It takes you across the modern battlefield, engaging in intense firefights and battles as a member of either an organized and equipped conventional force (US Marines), or as an unconventional Irakian fighter that uses a combination of firepower and bravery to take on their sometimes overwhelming opponent (Insurgents). Insurgency is a brilliant mix of Counter Strike and Armed Assault.

Intense realism will keep you alert as you and your team try to accomplish the mission’s objectives. Specified roles are included in order to have a complete squad experience. The point system is brilliant and combat veterans will be rewarded for their leadership and tactical abilities so that they can rise through the ranks and command.

Insurgency is available on Steam and works with  any Source-based game: Half-Life 2 (or any of its episodes), Portal, Counter Strike: Source or Team Fortress 2: Insurgency will be listed under your “My Games” list on your Steam client

You can visit Insmod.org for more details on this mod.

3 – Pirates, Viking and Knights II

Pirates, Vikings and Knights II is an amazing total conversion of the Half-Life 2 Source engine which opposes 3 teams with objectives and total domination!

It features an intelligent Combat System: melee-based with directional charged attacks and blocks. Each class has their own set of unique weapons and play styles, as well as specific special classes attack that can be unleashed once the meter is filled. Each class offers its own play style which is most effective in different situations. It features 18 planned classes, 6 for each team! This mod offers a unique and rich atmosphere.
Each map features a game mode that you’ll find both unique and entertaining. Game modes include Booty and Holy Grail,

Not only has it got a good gameplay, it also has several interesting modes such as: Last Team Standing, Territory, Objective Push and Team Deathmatch.

You can find more information about Pirates, Vikings and Knights II Half-Life 2 more on Pvkii.com or you can directly download this inescapable mod here.

2 – Zombie Panic

Zombies… do you know anything funnier in FPS?? I love zombies and this is why I love this mod! This Half-Life 2 mod features a classic zombie outbreak scenario. Close to Left 4 Dead, the living dead are coming to eat the last humans and you have to survive and live through the day!

The deal is rather clear: zombies want to eat humans and humans want to survive as long as they can. Among that struggle, you will get objectives. When a human is caught by a zombie: he becomes an undead!

Humans can move 20% faster than any zombie (however, they do get slower according to their weaponry and ammo), they also have a large selection of weapons to defend themselves such as firearms, explosives and melee weapons. But you spawn with a melee weapon and a handgun, which is not bad! You will then have to run around to find the best weapons: that is why teamwork is important.

Each match starts with 1 zombie on the map who will infect other players. The zombies can regenerate their hit points and have a Z-vision which ables them to see in the dark. It also allows them to track down humans by leading them right to their target thanks to a blood trail. As you see, this is a complete and tense mod awaiting for you! This is the 2nd ultimate mod for Half-Life 2! It can be downloaded on Steam (here).

1 – Dystopia

Dystopia is one of the oldest mods of this Top 10 Half-Life 2 multiplayer mod but what a mod! It is a cyberpunk total conversion of the Source Engine. It offers tense combat situations in a high-tech world spanned by computers networks. You can choose to play a punk of a corporate mercenary in order to gain access, via Jack-in Points, to cyberspace: a 3-dimensional representation of the world’s network! In this virtual world you will be able to fight off enemies hackers and launch programs to gain control of critical systems and to affect the physical world.

The gameplay evolves whether you are in the physical world or in the cyberspace, and your objectives will change. Players will have to work altogether on both dimensions to achieve victory. This is the ultimate mod for Half-Life 2: tense, totally immersive, hardcore set in a deep, rich universe.

You can find many more details on their official website (click here). Dystopia can be downloaded on their website and requires Steam and a Source powered game such as Half-Life 2.

So what do you think about our Top 10? It was pretty hard not to talk about every mods I loved so here are those for whom I wanted a special mention: Neotokyo, WWI Source, Battle Grounds 2, Massaker, Resistance & Liberation, D.I.P P.I.P: Warmup, The Hidden, Fistful of Frags, Eternal Silence, Source Forts, JailBreak!, Prop Hunt, Kreedz Climbing, and Dreamball. There are more on our forum here (you can help us to complete to list).

Give us YOUR top Half-Life 2 multiplayer Mods?

Half-Life 2 has opened and impressive gate for mods. Source Engine is fluid, is “friendly-use”, is accessible, powerful and allows anyone who has spare time and the will to create a huge mod as desired. This is how the Source Engine seduces thousands of young developers and showed many gamers the professional aspect of video games: the creation. Mods are a benediction for gamers: easy to install (some of them are exe files, other must be unzipped in …/steam/steamapps/sourcemods), it enhances the experience and increases (or improve sometimes) the game’s life. Steam offers some mods that you can download directly from the client! and the main point is that it’s free!

Steam is also the place were games have incredible promotions! The “Half-Life Complete” pack is actually available for about $25: Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, Episode 1, Episode 2, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Opposing Force & Team Fortress Classic! More, Half-Life 2 is now also available on Mac! so we thought it would be cool to offer to every new users the top 10 of the mods they must download!

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Mission Improbable is a singleplayer mod for Half-Life 2: Episode 2. The mod proposes 3 maps which are released seperately.  For the moment 2 maps have been released, the 3rd one is under development. The 2 first maps are entitled: Mission Improbable and Reverse Advance and are quite fun!

Part 1, named Mission Improbable was released all the way back in July 2009.  But this part has been updated for its new release with the Part 2.

I’ve tried the 2 first maps and enjoyed it. It doesn’t pretend to be a revolution of the game but it’s a pleasant way to play Episode 2 with new interesting maps.

Everything can be downloaded on ModDB – click here.

I Hate Mountains is a mod for Left 4 Dead. The ambition of the developer’s team was to develop a single player survival-horror mod. The mod is in development since January 2009. The developer’s team is composed of 3 French folks (check their website here).

The mod proposes single player campaigns in nature based levels: oppressing outdoor environments. It will feature 5 maps co-op and 5 maps versus. They decided not to create survival modes.

The 3 French developers said they worked in “the Valve Way” which means a brillant mix of respect of the original game and the fresh new ideas, amosphere they created. They promise exciting maps and complex and detailed levels. They did a real professional work which will seduce every Left 4 Dead fans.

They are considering starting to port the mod on Left 4 Dead 2 right after the mod releases on Left 4 Dead 1.

The mod can be downloaded here (click here). You can find more information about the mod on their offcial website here.

Hit more to have details on the 5 maps on the mod.

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Tales from the Galactopticon is a mod for Half-Life 2 developed by Galactopticon Media.

The mod proposes an entirely new storyline:

It is the future. Our hero, John Solomon, is a Laituurian hired gun on the Winning Smile, one of the most feared vessels in the sector. When the Smile is contracted by the transstellar Yellow Cab Company to relieve the British Empire of their most prized alien artifact, he is thrust into a world of interstellar intrigue, espionage, and alcoholism. Fortunately, the chain-smoking Solomon is just the man, as it were, for the job.

Prepare to fight hapless space pirates, mercenaries, and scumsuckers who are contracted to acquire the Argemitis Galacticus. This quest occupies the majority of the plot and  the gameplay time, as they travel from planets to planets trying to track it down.

To download the mod you need an SVN client such as TortoiseSVN. Just create a folder named Galactopticon in your sourcemods folder and download the file there.

Download the mod on ModDB here.

Some of you certainly remember Age of Chivalry. It was a fantastic mod for Half-Life 2 set in medieval times. The good news is that the mod will have a sequel: Chivalry: Battle for Agatha which will be developed with UDC as an independant game.

CHIVALRY: Battle for Agatha is a first-person medieval online combat game that seeks to deliver the intensity of epic hollywood medieval block busters to the hands of a gamer. CHIVALRY hurls the player into a fictional yet realistic medieval world where the Agathian Knights are battling against the newly formed Mason Order for control of the lands of Agatha.

Team Chivalry, the mod’s developer’s team, is going with Epic’s Unreal Development Kit (UDC) to build an entire independant game based on Half-Life 2. We can than expect an entire project!

With Terminator which was originally developed on Gears of war, this is the second mod we preview that take it independance, seduced by the UDC solution.

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3-Point Games community member, Pawn developed a mod for Team Fortress 2 which proposes to use the legendary Portal guns into the online FPS.

The Portals are very useful and imply new strategies. There is a timer for each portal in order to avoid being stuck in perpetual loops. You can also kill any active portals in the game.

However, we will have to wait a bit more: the mod still needs to fix some bugs and to be polished.

PixelatedGeek commented the mod:

After building a level 3 sentry gun, they would create an exit portal right next to the gun, go find an enemy to fight with their shotguns, switch to the Portal gun, then shoot an entrance portal at their feet.  If you can’t see what happens next in your head, I’ll spell it out for you.  The enemy gets teleported right in front of the sentry gun for a sweet instant kill for the engineer. Now, how’s that for an “engy” update?

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