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Half-Life 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. shake-ups top ModDB’s 2022 Mod of the Year AwardsRe-hear the call of Pripyat
Re-hear the call of Pripyat
The problem with game of the year lists, if your feet are suitably submerged in the PC Gaming swamp, is that they don’t tend to highlight anything you won’t have already heard about. That’s less true for ModDB’s Mod of the Year Awards, which can shine a light on experiences that may have slipped under your radar.
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I won’t list all ten winners, so I’ll instead leave you to peruseModDB’s full list, which includes a mod stuffed with Half-Life 2’s cut content and aCS:GOmod that makes it more like CS classic. Let’s hone in on the top two.
Dominic Tarason praised S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly to high heavenway back in 2019, but it’s earned its place on 2022’s list thanks to substantial and ongoing updates. It’s a huge and hugely detailed overhaul, combining environments from all three current S.T.A.L.K.E.R games into the irradiated wasteland of your dreams. Dominic called it the next best thing to a sequel, so it might well tide you over until the actual sequel hopefully arrivessometime later this year. You can download Anomalyhere.
Entropy: Zero 2, meanwhile, is an overhaul mod for Half: Life 2, jazzing up the combat with new effects, enemies, weapons and enemy AI while dispatching you on a custom campaign as a combine officer. Being the bad guy also means you get to boss around “a small army of Combine synths and soldiers”, in a campaign the creators describe as “a narrative driven experience with a fully-voiced and choreographed cast”. You can download it straightfrom Steam.
Mods! Here’s to another year of ‘em.
