Mods
There are several mods developed by Half-Life 2 mod teams. These include partial conversions which allows players to manipulate the physics engine or control Striders; mods which expand the story from different points of view; total conversions which introduce completely new settings; and multi-player mods.
Partial modifications
- Bullet Time - A configuration file that adds a bullet-time effect to HL2 and Half-Life: Source.
- HL2 R8 HDR Bloom - a mini-mod which adds an High Dynamic Range lighting Bloom effect.
- Strider Mod - Allow players to control several vehicles, including a Strider, a Combine Helicopter, Combine APC and a Combine Gunship, as well as an Antlion Guard. A multiplayer version of the mod, known as Titan Wars, allows players to play as a Strider on multiplayer.
- HL2: Substance - A mod which changes the single player story by adding more enemies and events to the levels, vastly increasing the difficulty.
- Sven Co-op 2 - A co-op mod, allowing two players to play the original Half-life 2 campaign with each other, as well as custom maps designed for Coop.
- HL2CTF - A multiplayer mod based around a capture the flag gamemode. The mod also includes new models and sounds.
- Deathmatch Classic: Source - a fan-made Source engine version of the mod, which is essentially a remake of Quake.
Physics-based modifications
- AARG - Allows users to rotate objects held with the Gravity Gun. The singleplayer levels can be played with this mod installed.
- Garry's Mod - Garry's Mod essentially allows the player to spawn virtually every NPC or item from the game, and manipulate these according to the physics rules.
Total conversions
Single player Mods
- Black Mesa: Source - A planned complete remake of the original Half-Life, with graphics up to HL2 standards. The mod is also planning to incorporate a multiplayer component which essentially is HLDM remade in the Source engine.
- Opposing Source - A single-player modification that is co-operating with the Black Mesa: Source team in a attempt to recreate the critically acclaimed expansion pack Opposing Force for Half-Life.
- Dark Forces Redux - A Star Wars inspired mod that seeks to remake the original Dark Forces that was released by lucasarts in 1995.
- Rogue threat - a single-player modification that depicts the life of Combine soldier Rion Abbott. The mod will add 11 new chapters to the game and will include a number of new environments such as a revisited Xen, the alien world from the original Half-Life.
- No Name - A french single-player mod that is set in City 17 but in a alternate universe. Many of the characters and enemies from the original Half-Life 2 appear, but have completely different roles and personalities. English version
- Return To Mana - Return To Mana is a Source engine powered modification. The mod seeks to bring the original SNES game to the Source engine, and to recreate it in every way.
- Nuclear Dreams - A single-player mod set in a post-apocalyptic world.
- City 7: Toronto Conflict
Multiplayer Mods
- Sands-of-War 2 - Realistic tactical combat simulation in near future desert environments.
- Plan of Attack - A modern warfare modification with Attack and Defend based gameplay. The mod also features a class based system as well as the option to chose between different objectives which in turn give different advantages. Attacking one objective, which is easier to capture, the team will earn currency for which they can buy upgrades, while if the team decides to directly attack the enemies base they will be in for a harder challenge, but if they succeed the opposition will be bankrupt for the next round. The first public beta was released 1 April 2005.
- Chitan: Hardboiled Killers - A mod inspired by Hong Kong Heroic bloodshed movies.
- Invasion From Mars - A comical multiplayer mod based on movies such as Mars Attacks!. The gameplay pits Martians against Earthlings in several gametypes such as Take Me To Your Leader, where the Earthlings has to protect the "leader" from the Martian team, and Cattle Run where the Martian team attempts to steal cattle while the Earthlings defends them.
- Dystopia - A cyberpunk themed total conversion, Dystopia depicts the ongoing war between two factions, the Punks and the Megacorporation. Players can also hack into consoles and fight in cybernet (functioning like an alternate map). Fan wiki
- Empires mod - A total conversion mod which blends first-person shooter and real-time strategy gameplay elements.
- Forsaken - A three-way teamplay mod based on urban warfare, set in the year 2009, 3 years after a virus nearly erases human life on earth.
- Snipa Wars - A total conversion with the main focus on sniper warefare.
- SourceForts - A multiplayer CTF, fort building game.
- Valandil - A Total Conversion set in a fantasy-themed world.
- Bushido - Bushido is a Total Conversion set in the feudal Japan. Gameplay is melee based with weapons such as katana and other weapons of the time period.
- The Last Great War - A World War II mod that plans to include every major nation that fought in the war. A single-player component has also been announced.
- MechMod - A mod based on Mecha gameplay.
- Zombie Panic: Source - The Source engine version of the existing Half-Life mod which features Zombies vs Humans multiplayer.
- Goldeneye: Source - A total conversion that attempts to recreate the game Goldeneye 007 for the Source engine.
- Operation Shadow Phoenix - A mod set in the Shadow Phoenix world, with a planned single player version.
- Over The Top - A World War I mod.
- Insurgency - A modern infantry combat mod that will depict clashes between conventional forces and insurgents.
- Resistance and Liberation - A Total Conversion based on World War II which plans to incorporate class-based multiplayer.
- The Battle Grounds: Source - A remake of the Half-Life 1 mod.
- Fortress Forever - A Team Fortress inspired modification that is based on Team Fortress Classic and Team Fortress.
- Fueled - A singleplayer and multiplayer mod inspired by GTA.
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