#The ten greatest Half-Life 2 mods you want to attempt proper now – Destructoid

For its superb twentieth anniversary celebration, Half-Life 2 lastly received baked-in mod assist. Although the traditional – and now refined – model of the traditional stays an all-timer, there are some mods on the market that enhance or change the expertise in unexpected and superb methods. Let’s take a look at one of the best of them.

Keep in mind how the unique Half-Life had expansions the place you bought to play with somebody aside from Gordon Freeman, and it nonetheless rocked? We received none of that with Half-Life 2, by the official means, that’s. If you wish to step into the footwear of a utterly totally different character in that world, then take into account giving Entropy: Zero 2 a shot. This time you play not as a the hero, however as an particularly nasty member of the Mix.

Zero 2 is so good it has its very personal mods.

Should you’re in search of one other mod that might play as one of many totally different POV expansions Half-Life 2 by no means received, Swelter is one other nice decide. This time you play not as Gordon Freeman, however as a daily resistance fighter. Swelter follows a film’s three-act formulation, and can be as enjoyable as a very good Hollywood blockbuster needs to be. There’s no scarcity of enjoyable fight and, better of all, it by no means overstays its welcome.

And should you’re a kind of who received into Half-Life since you preferred the concept of lastly attending to play as a scientist, solely to be taught that this scientist was additionally all about weapons, then perhaps that is the mod for you. Analysis and Improvement doesn’t promote itself as one thing that it’s not, and has gamers really investigating the intricacies of the Half-Life 2 world. It’s a very totally different sport from Half-Life 2, although an equally attention-grabbing tackle its world. Creator mbortolino describes it as a “some extent’n’click on journey in an FPS engine.“, and that was greater than sufficient to get me hyped.

Should you’ve learn just about something I’ve ever written, you’ll possible perceive that I really like Silent Hill. Should you’re into Half-Life 2 and Silent Hill, I guarantee you Alchemilla is sort of the hidden gem so as to add to your assortment.

It’s simply unbelievable to see how the closest factor we received to a tremendous modern-looking Silent Hill Remake was made by a bunch of followers, however you may go examine for your self.

Whereas it doesn’t characteristic the highs of the best video games within the sequence, it’s higher than any non-Workforce Silent title within the franchise, and makes nice use of the FPS POV that helped make P.T. the unforgettable expertise that it’s.

Whereas I really like Workforce Fortress 2, and Counter-Strike 2 I can’t assist however really feel unhappy that Half-Life 2: Deathmatch didn’t catch the love I imagine it deserved. To resolve that, Workforce Jabroni got here up with a mod that mixes all of the enjoyable current within the authentic Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, provides extra, and offers you a whole bunch of unbelievable maps to fiddle in. Jabroni Brawl exhibits simply how enjoyable HL2 may be.

And, nicely, should you fail to seek out the enjoyable in any of it, at the least take pleasure in having one thing even tangentially linked to Half-Life that includes a “3” in its identify.

Should you’re a kind of who, like me, someway finds the environments of Half-Life 2 to be surprisingly soothing, then Minerva would possibly show a fantastic expertise for you.

Although it was launched means again in ’07, Minerva’s nice consideration to element and massive emphasis on ambiance and environmental storytelling makes its authentic marketing campaign one of the crucial immersive experiences within the Half-Life prolonged household.

Half-Life 2 lends itself rather well to the horror style, who would have identified. Nightmare Home 2 tells an authentic story that sounds so much just like the plot of the unique Silent Hill, however, in contrast to Alchemilla, is its very personal factor.

Although it makes use of Half-Life 2 and Silent Hill as its almost certainly inspirations, Nightmare Home 2 has a really distinctive, virtually mesmerizing, look. There’s one thing about this one which simply feels very nostalgic to me, although it was made at a time lengthy earlier than video games had been chasing that prime.

This one is a no brainer. After the discharge of Half-Life 2, Valve launched Half-Life: Supply, a remake of the unique sport within the supply engine. Although it had a couple of cool parts, the entire thing proved the very uncommon letdown in Valve’s catalog. To make issues proper, a bunch of followers received collectively to create Black Mesa, a full conversion of the unique sport in Half-Life. The result’s so unfathomably good that even Valve proudly shows Black Mesa as a part of the Half-Life household in its sequence gross sales. Should you’ve by no means performed Half-Life and wish to have your first go on the sequence by way of a modernized setting, then you need to severely take into account Black Mesa.

Sure, although you possible understand it as a massively unlikely hit these days, The Stanley Parable started its life as a Half-Life 2 mod. The ultimate sport is unquestionably higher, however we’d be doing the neighborhood a disservice if we had been to snub this one.

In a world stuffed with bold mods, The Stanley Parable dared to simply inform the story of an workplace employee who decides to — or doesn’t — exit of his means. The result’s a stupendous homage to Valve’s out of the field mind-set, in addition to one of many funniest open-ended video games ever made.

Garry’s Mod is, in essence, a mod that opens the floodgates of Half-Life 2 content material and invitations you to create no matter you may with the various items.

On prime of offering a unbelievable sandbox, Garry’s Mod additionally hosts a myriad of free video games created in its sandbox, and lots of of them are simply as enjoyable as any actually enjoyable trending sport that you just’d should pay full value for.

There’s a case to be made about Garry’s Mod being not simply one of the best Half-Life mod, however one of the best mod, interval. Oh, yeah, it’s additionally the primary cause why we received Skibidi Rest room, whether or not that counts pretty much as good or unhealthy.