And there are thousands of mods created for Garry's Mod. One of the best mods out there is called Prop hunt. Prop Hunt is a modified version of hide and seek , where the hiders or Props disguise themselves as objects around the map and attempt to blend in with the environment. And the seekers have to find the props and kill them within the time limit. It's extremely entertaining. Stardew Valley is an incredible achievement, all made by one person, Eric Barone , and he's still updating the game with plenty of content.
As well as that, he knows mods are an important thing to the gaming industry, so Eric goes out of his way to help them out. The base game has an abundance of content already, but those who have sunk thousands of hours into this farming sim might want something new and different. Stardew Valley Expanded is a mod created by FlashShifter , which adds new locations, characters, a new village, plus loads more additions.
So for those after something new, mods are the way forward. Ah Dark Souls 3 , a notoriously hard game by FromSoftware , many players have raged eternally over attempting to beat this game. But is there any way to make it even harder for yourself? There are three ways, in fact, and when combined, altogether will create an entirely different run through entirely but keeping the vanilla game the same.
First is an Item Randomizer mod , that every item in the game is randomized. Second is the Irregulator that changes the stats of all equipment in the game, but also the moveset of said weapons — a club could have the attacks of a rapier. And lastly, StraySouls can randomize enemy placement and the amount that appears, so that the first enemy in the game could be end game one.
GTA has been out since , and it's still one of the most popular games played at present, especially since GTA Online is continuously updating with a plethora of new content. These servers host a heavily modded version of GTA , where role-playing is necessary to play. You become that character, you have to voice that character, and traffic laws are a thing that needs to be obeyed, and as there are role-playing police on every server, and jail time is also a real thing.
It's a very immersive experience. Ever wanted to replay the Witcher 3 , but because you've completed it before, why bother? Well, how about an overhaul of the game? Two mods do this exceptionally well, Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition and Ghost mode. Enhanced Edition is an overhaul mod that focuses on immersion; not only does it change combat, but it changes most things from alchemy, the level system, to how the loot works. It changes a lot of stuff utterly different from the vanilla game.
Ghost Mode is an overhaul that tweaks the vanilla game, so it keeps as close to the base game as it can, but providing enough changes to make it a new experience. The original Deus Ex is nearing its 20th anniversary of release, as it released in June Deus Ex is a first-person action game cyberpunk game that really boosted that niche genre, and now everyone is eagerly awaiting Cyberpunk Now to fill that cyberpunk itch, why not play a Deus Ex mod call the Nameless Mod. The Nameless Mod is a total conversion mod released in , and it's still being updated today.
It adds a new story, new items, weapons, enemies, and it's not set in the Deus Ex universe. This mod is created around humor, so take everything lighthearted.
Fallout New Vegas is one of the best Fallout games released, and there are a plethora of mods to make it different from the base game. But what about a new campaign? Well, it's possible with Fallout: New California, though it had a different name before the beta release, Project Brazil.
Fallout: New Californa was released in October , but it's still currently in beta, but it is getting updated, as the one update happened Sept It adds a whole new place to explore, new missions, new enemies, the entire works.
But what's special about this mod is that it's possible to play as the Courier, but only when the Californa mod is finished, but twenty years have passed since you were last in New Vegas. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the biggest game that has been modded.
According to NexusMods , the original version of Skyrim has a whopping These mods can change every aspect of the game, from graphics to the creatures inhabiting the land, to weapons and magic. Some add new quests and even massive expansions. One of the biggest and best is called Enderal: Forgotten Stories , which is a total conversion mod. It is set in its own world, offers its own story, and completely overhauls the skills systems and gameplay mechanics. Finding mods for games is the easy part.
Regardless, there are all kinds of sites and services that host mods for gamers to download and use. Here are some of the largest repositories. The Nexus sites are primarily community-driven, with free hosting and distribution of mods made by just about anyone.
Mod DB is one of the oldest modding resource sites out there. Game developers can support the Steam Workshop for their games, which then allows communities to create and change the game, while handling all mod hosting and sorting through Steam directly. Steam Workshop makes modding dead simple. Curse , recently acquired by Twitch, is a multimedia organization that holds a wide range of gaming-centric media.
At E3 , game publisher Bethesda introduced the Bethesda Creation Club , a curated marketplace for mod creators to be able to make and sell content for Fallout 4 and Skyrim Special Edition. The idea of paid mods may be a touchy subject for some, though. Several games and series have specific community sites where most of their mods originate. The popular mods from these sources may be rehosted elsewhere, but these niche sites tend to be the primary community for the games.
Here are some examples:. On the other hand, some especially useful mods support many different games. They show you the mods you have installed, include abilities to enable or disable individual mods, and can help let you know when an update is available.
That said, there are some mod management tools available that help in specific games. If your game of choice has enough mods, chances are someone has developed a manager for them. Here are a few popular ones:. Because of that, modders also created several key Bethesda-focused management tools. LOOT helps you organize your mod list and load order, saving you the time and energy of having to learn what most of the order needs to be yourself. Additionally, LOOT can help point out opportunities for optimization in some mods, such as redundant components or dirty edits that will only slow things down.
Wrye Bash helps you get into the thick of things in terms of mod management by helping you access the parts of mods that might need cleaning or even file merging. Modding is about fine-tuning games to suit your tastes, making changes and alterations to games based on whatever you and mod creators see fit. You could change something visual, you could change how your character gains power, or you could swap out the entire game soundtrack for a fan-made orchestral version. The most popular mods for the most popularly modded games tend to be aesthetic mods that tweak the look and sound of a game.
Take Skyrim , one of the most heavily modded games of all time, and take a look for some of its mods. But a picture is worth a thousand words. Click the images to enlarge them if you want to bask in all the improvements. Audio mods are only popular in some games, but they can do interesting things. Some mods focus on decreasing visual quality, to allow games to run better on underpowered hardware or simply increase the frame rate for a more buttery feel.
Many competitive players reduce graphical quality just enough so that the important details are still visible, but the framerate can be as high as the hardware will allow it to be. Fixing bugs and enhancing system compatibility are the key reasons for technical modding.
Sure, it may feel like every classic game is getting an HD remaster this week, but not all fan favorites are so lucky. A supportive modding community can help add a much-needed layer of modern polish. Playing the older games on modern monitors results in ugly black bars surrounding the picture, or worse, visual stretching and distortion. Big difference, eh? Some mods take aim at player-discovered bugs. Other games, such as Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: The Sith Lords , may contain unfinished content, causing some weird dead ends in gameplay and storytelling.
Communities have banded together to resolve these in different ways, such as The Sith Lords Restored Content mod , which utilizes unused assets in the original game as well as original efforts to effectively close off the loose ends. Gameplay mods change how you play a game, covering aspects like difficulty scaling, character progression systems, control schemes, adding or removing certain mechanics, or even interface changes.
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