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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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 🔔 ...
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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
@@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.
@@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
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
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
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.
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.
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 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)
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
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
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 😳)
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 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!
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
@@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.
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!
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?
* 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.
@@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
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.
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!
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.
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!
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
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
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'
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!
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
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
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.
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...
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."
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.
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.
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.
Has no one mentioned Portal Stories: Mel yet? Basically an entire sequel created in the Portal 2 engine, with new voice acting, new levels, new characters - I know it's not transforming the genre but come on you guys, you have to give them credit. Maybe '7 Video Game Mods That Were On A Whole Other Level' could be your next video? PS loved this! Might have to go get top hats on my mudcrabs now.
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.
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.
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.
There's a free Half-Life 2 mod downloadable on Steam called Bear Party: Adventure where all the characters are care bears, all of the weapons are unique & weird, none of the original assets are used, & you can hold the jump button to repeatedly bunny hop to gain momentum to jump ridiculous distances but the enemies can jump ridiculous distances too so they can always chase you. It's surprisingly awesome.
2 Game mods that I would consider: Arma's DayZ Mod - (significantly changing enough to get it's own game developed) Skyrim's Enderal Mod - (Basically made skyrim into a new game with a much better story)
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!
You *need* to mention SureAI games. Used the Oblivion engine and assets to make "Nehrim", and then turned around and used Skyrims engine and assets to make "Enderal". Both of these games are total conversion mods that have totally reworked mechanics, deep lore, and provide *hundreds* of hours of top notch RPGing for completely free. Not to mention completely new soundtracks and voice talent.
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
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.
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.
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
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)
I miss playing Neotokyo with the boys, and lets not forget that soundtrack man.. Ed Harrison went on to do the soundtrack for a Deus Ex game. Mans got real talent and the soundtrack for Neotokyo is easily proof of that, it's amazing from start to finish.
I would suggest looking into Rome Total realism. The base game of Rome Total war heavily modified to be far more historically accurate. T Bows were made it extremely weak, slings and javelins were brought into the forefront, cavalry wasn't overpowered anymore, and the map was almost totally redrawn.
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.
"Half-life" mod is basically an entire genre of video games
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.
Dude my childhood was half life mod based. All those hours on Zombie Panic! Well wasted
Same with doom mods
@@michaelandreipalon359 titanfall and apex legends are made in the source engine as well
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
You know they mean "completely transformed" when they don't have to provide spoiler warnings for the original games.
Idk how people can be so creative its really insane
I laughed REALLY hard at this for some reason! Thanks!
Spoiler warning for the following MODS
I mean there would only be two spoiler tags because this list is basically Half Life and Doom Mods
All of you should consider HEDON:BLOODRITE,cause it really is "castlevania as a DOOM mod"
I once modded a fan. It blew me away.
I once modded a hoover. It really sucked...
I modded a fruit cocktail. It was bananas...
🚨 you're the worst😂
Booooo! Boo.
Booooo get off the stage!!!
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.
Yes, counter strike and team fortress would like a word with this list. Now Stanley went through the door on the right.
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
Isn't Gary's Mod also a mod in itself?
Recently Dota Underlords (Auto-chess)
Don’t forget Team Fortress
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.
Holy shit the acting in that was top notch beauty
@@senritsujumpsuit6021especially that of Stanley himself
7 times we can't help but think the developers actually hated us?
Could be filled with u-play alone
@@Storiaron And Rare easter eggs
Dark Souls?
EA
..... the developers of BotW 2?
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.
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...
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It had better story and perk system
Enderal has to go into the commenters edition of this list
Technically not an Elder Scrolls game at all, since it's set in Vyn not Tamriel/Nirn, but yes it's truly amazing!
It’s a new game set in its own universe and still one of the best RPGs I’ve played to this day
Next OutsideXtra video: “7 mods that totally transmorphed the game”
Can't disagree, include transformers in that spin off! 😂
And is the PlayStationAccess people poorly imitating OX
@@julianbueno699 YES.
@@cthulhufhtagn2483 Tis more a friendly competition between Outside xbox and Playstation Access.
@@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.
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.
Actually with Forgotten Stories you dont need to have Skyrim itself installed anymore, its a totally separate download on the steam store.
@@crow__bar you got a URL for that? I'm looking and it's telling me that I need Skyrim.
@@PhilBoswell You don't need Skyrim installed, but you have to own it
There is now “the forgotten city”
What about nehrim for oblivion
*Distant Thomas the Tank engine music plays* Oh no....
So, Skyrim or Resident Evil?
@@eddmario yes
Or the distant sound of .. snapping into a Slim Jim.
@@eddmario Breath of The Wild
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.
I feel like a funny memeish one is the Equestria at war mod for Hearts of iron 4.
Wasnt counter strike a mod too? I was waiting for it to appear but it didnt
Yeah, I find it weird that DOTA didn't come up in this list, to be honest.
I remember this one old mod for Half Life that turned it into a Dragon Ball Z 3d fighting game.
Mega man 8 bit deathmatch, a doom mod made in zandronum.
“There’s some irony there.”
Man, that took me a little longer than I should admit, but it did make me chortle.
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.
How about the Arma III mod that includes content from Cold War Assault, I, and II?
Not just that, the first battle royale mode (well, at least as we know it today) was an ARMA II mod.
There was this minor mod for half life that some people kind of enjoyed called counter strike wonder what happened to it
It's still going well, although there's a debate on whether 1.6 or Global Offensive is the better game.
Never heard of it.
sounds neat. maybe i'll try it some time.
What a silly name, no wonder no one has heard of it.
My favorite obscure game mod is DOTA, it's defense of the ancients, a mod for Warcraft 3.
I mean you could do a whole video on half-life mods. Garry's mod, Chivalry, Stanley Parable
Chivalry servers are empty 😭
Stanley Parable is a Half-Life mod?
TIL
@@eddmario same - but not surprising really
@@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.
Natural Selection..
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.
Why hasn't Kilian Experience tried this?
I saw a hour and a half in depth video of it and OMG
@@senritsujumpsuit6021 Hard to think a mod like this has a riveting story.
I just wish you could make a private server and not have to go through freaking Hamachi or some such
This is mostly just "mods so good they became their own game".
Surprised at the lack of DOTA, got to be one of the most iconic mods given that it spawned an entire genre, the MOBA
And then after becoming a standalone game, DOTA got the mod Autochess which also spawned a new (admittedly smaller) genre of autobattler.
Seriously.. I expected it to be in there for sure
Mike has a Macho Man shirt on. If I don't see the Skyrim mod that replaces dragons with Macho Man...
Oh BOY do I have news for you...
“First name Macho! Second name Man! Check out the T-Shirt! Diggit!”
Ohhh Yeah!
Oooo yeeeeaah
Oops
Halo: Custom Edition - Cursed Halo.
He just released another mod that turns DS1 into Halo.
No? I think he rebalanced the game and added maps.
@@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
@@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.
@@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
Can we have "Dinosaurs hate fascism!" on a t-shirt?
I don't understand how this isn't already a thing
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
@@CorvusCorone68 you say this like ww2 having an open ending.
Not all of them could T-Rex has tyrant in the name, maybe herbivores against it???
Man, Mike doesn’t get enough love. He’s great.
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
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.
@@TestTestGo Yeah, I honestly wish a lot of the changes were ported over to base HOI4, particularly the changes to nuclear weapons.
Still waiting for the Templin Institute to make vids of these mods and their lore.
@@TestTestGo I care about ponies, magical girls, and Western animation, so don't fret.
Whats even funier that darkest hour have it's own total conwersions mods like kaiserreich or fallout doomsday.
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.
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
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?
@@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)
That's a thing? Name!
@@theblackwidower Whispering Hill. Not sure if it's on PC but it's on Xbox & sadly I don't think it's on PlayStation
I also love enderal. It's a Skyrim mod that has it's own world, characters, voice actors and crucially competent writers.
Actually, You can dance in Unreal Tournament 2004, its done via the chat/emote menu
Is everyone forgetting that we got a whole genre from a mod, DotA was a Warcraft 3 mod the original MOBA
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
I think you mean "Aeon of Strife was a Warcraft 3 mod, the original MOBA"
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
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 😳)
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.
Going from Sims on console to Sims on PC was an, um...eye opener.
@@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!
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
@@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.
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!
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?
Let me guess, Spirit of the Law.
What about Halo SPV3
For the commentator edition. The Enderal mod for Skyrim. New interface, new story, new music, new everything. The bard songs are beautiful.
Not a video game, but technically d&d started as a fan mod of the table top war game chainmail.
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
* 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.
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.
Sadly, the official product sucked, though.
@@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?
@@benrgrogan For an official product, it was pretty much buggy compared to the mod version.
@@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
Surprised that Team Fortress wasn't mentioned, as the original Team Fortress 2 was just a modded version of Classic
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.
I played so much tfc
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.
Words right out of my mouth.
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!
Yeah those were really cool! Had a blast with the ol' QUake Army Knife in those days.
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.
Where can this mod be acquired?
Kind of a shame there was no mention of Red Orchestra, which is what started Tripwire Interactive, the guys who published Killing Floor.
Natural Selection mod for Half-Life was the best back in the early 2000s
NS2 still has a small but active community
and the fact it did so well led to the birth of one of my favorite underwater exploration games, Subnautica
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!
Back in the 90s we called these "Total Conversions".
That's a name I've not heard in a long time.
Yeah I recall heading over to Moddb every time I bought a game, filtering by total conversion and getting elbow deep in some troubleshooting.
they still are called that on the Nexus
Ark Survival Evolved *STILL* calls it that with one if it's free DLCs
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
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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
The castlevania one looks like it’s a whole new game. Just with the same engine.
Honestly, with the amount of Half Life mods, there could be 4 lists just featuring those xD
how about skyrim mods
Hell-- Skyrim even had a Castlevania mod (soundtrack included) and it, too, was awesome! :D
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'
UT still one of my favourite shooters to this day.
...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.
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.
Adhesive and aluminum for fallout 4, most upgrades required them and I never had enough
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.
Enderol- gave skyrim a deeply immersive storyline with unique fully voiced characters with hours of dialogue and quests.
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!
I am so happy Killing Floor made the list. I still play the sequel.
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!
The Long War mod for XCOM Enemy Unknown.
Is it really unrecognizable? More like that just overhauls and expands the base game.
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
does Enderal count as a mod? if so .... its quite changing the game of skyrim
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
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.
Don't forget FreeSpace Port and Silent Threat: Reborn.
Uncle Sheogorath's Really Helpful Hints and Tips - Most underrated Skyrim mod
Me: Oh dang, I'm early, I gotta think of a funny comment!
My brain: ...
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...
Enderal. That's all.
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."
They should make an opposite of this video were they talk about failed fan mods like huntdown the freeman
That's a good idea honestly.
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.
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.
*ArmA2, not 3.
@@ollikoskinen1 Ah, thank you!
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.
HPM for Victoria II, this mod it's reason the 2010 game it's a fan favorite amongst Paradox's titles even today
Kotor 2 restoration mod.
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.
I never knew Killing Floor started as a mod.
Quake Rally entry unlocked hidden memories in my brain. I played that at a friend's house approx. 20 years ago.
this has to be the earliest ive ever been.
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Sonic Robo Blast 2. The classic Doom turned into a 3rd person 3d platformer for all our favorite little blue blur.
And then that mod got a kart racer mod for it!
The soundtrack for Neotokyo is incredible.
Man, I was prepared for the jumpscare and it STILL got me!
Has no one mentioned Portal Stories: Mel yet? Basically an entire sequel created in the Portal 2 engine, with new voice acting, new levels, new characters - I know it's not transforming the genre but come on you guys, you have to give them credit. Maybe '7 Video Game Mods That Were On A Whole Other Level' could be your next video?
PS loved this! Might have to go get top hats on my mudcrabs now.
7:18 "Nofriendo" amused me way more than it should have.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There's a free Half-Life 2 mod downloadable on Steam called Bear Party: Adventure where all the characters are care bears, all of the weapons are unique & weird, none of the original assets are used, & you can hold the jump button to repeatedly bunny hop to gain momentum to jump ridiculous distances but the enemies can jump ridiculous distances too so they can always chase you. It's surprisingly awesome.
2 Game mods that I would consider:
Arma's DayZ Mod - (significantly changing enough to get it's own game developed)
Skyrim's Enderal Mod - (Basically made skyrim into a new game with a much better story)
There's also a bunch of FreeSpace 2 mods.
Notable ones include FreeSpace Port, Silent Threat: Reborn, Derelict, and Blue Planet.
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!
You *need* to mention SureAI games.
Used the Oblivion engine and assets to make "Nehrim", and then turned around and used Skyrims engine and assets to make "Enderal".
Both of these games are total conversion mods that have totally reworked mechanics, deep lore, and provide *hundreds* of hours of top notch RPGing for completely free.
Not to mention completely new soundtracks and voice talent.
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
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.
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.
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
Terraria Overhaul mod completely changes the way the game plays and adds dynamic weather and seasons, shoulda got an honorable mention! (Good vid tho)
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)
Neotokyo was such a great mod. Fun levels, interesting classes and the ascetics were perfect. Give me a new ghost in the shell game, we need it.
I miss playing Neotokyo with the boys, and lets not forget that soundtrack man.. Ed Harrison went on to do the soundtrack for a Deus Ex game. Mans got real talent and the soundtrack for Neotokyo is easily proof of that, it's amazing from start to finish.
I would suggest looking into Rome Total realism. The base game of Rome Total war heavily modified to be far more historically accurate. T
Bows were made it extremely weak, slings and javelins were brought into the forefront, cavalry wasn't overpowered anymore, and the map was almost totally redrawn.
Dino D-Day reminds me of Dino-Riders, just need to swap the machine guns for laser cannons and put mind-control caps on the carnivores.
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.
i literally knew the jumpscare was coming and still jumped, haha.
4:15 I live in Seattle, shoutout to all the folks out there who have Mother Nature to thank for their soothing rainfall sounds.
Would the Rise of The Reds mod for C&C Generals: Zero Hour count? That's essentially a fan made sequel to the original.