The (most) Decent Mod (ever) - TDM

[Pusianka]

I have already placed a word about it here and there on the forum, but I think this is thread worthy.



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Stealth Gaming in a Gothic Steampunk World

"THE DARK MOD is a total conversion for Doom 3, turning it into a dark and moody stealth game inspired by the Thief series by Looking Glass Studios. More like a professional game release than a mod, it includes creative new gameplay features, dozens of unique AI, and a complete set of custom art assets, allowing players and mappers alike to enjoy missions in a gothic steampunk universe. The Dark Mod was officially released on October 17th, 2009."
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It's 1.07 version now and it can really be taken as a standalone game now since the Id tech 4 became opensource. If any of you played thief series in the past then you won't regret this one. It captures perfectly the atmosphere of thief games and has (and I can proudly say that) a LOT MORE as well.

The people are eagerly working on it everyday both devs and community, which was granted a reward lately:

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Dark Mod wins award for Best Mod Community!

The Dark Mod has won the 2011 Editor's Choice award from ModDB for "Best community integration in a modification"!

"Without communities mods would be nothing more then a static object on the web, communities are responsible for keeping mods relevant, motivating the developers and expanding on the mod in their own way. To win the Community Award the mod needs to support the fanbase around the modification giving the masses a chance to participate within the overall design of the mod. The Dark Mod is the most deserving this year.

"Building a community is quite a difficult and drawn out process, it first takes a good product to bring in people, then a reason for those people to stick around. The Dark Mod has an amazing collection of user created levels and theme packs built for competitions held by the developers. A shining example of how communities are important for all mods!"


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Damn, I enjoyed this mod and its even more staisfying knowing that I will keep on having fun with it for a long time because it keeps rolling and emerging and I can really tell the difference since the first release. For all those who love stealth gameplay it is a really good choice.

What I might find difficult or annoying?

- First person view. Not very typical for games with platforming elements, but it's jsut a matter of getting used to and it is really not that big of a deal.
- Amateur maps. Not all the missions show the same quality since its made mostly by amateurs but the standard at the moment is quite good. I can recommend 3 artist who make missions which are very good: Bikerdude, Sotha and Grayman

What is great?

- Over 50 missions to choose from and the number is growing
- ability to climb on everything as long as you re able to jump that high :P
- GREAT THIEFY ATOMSPHERE!

What we can argue about?

- Graphics...

About the last point now. If you can't deal with:















Then I'm sorry for you. Here is the link to the homepage and Moddb:

www.thedarkmod.com
http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-dark-mod

[NeoSuperior]

Mods are nice. And have a good chance of becoming succesful.

hmm, even Counter-Strike started off as a mod for Half-Life.

[Finrar]

The (most) Decent Mod (ever)



Dark mod is allso cool one

[knooger]

The (most) Decent Mod (ever)



Dark mod is allso cool one

Lol, yeah.

[Pusianka]

The (most) Decent Mod (ever)



Dark mod is allso cool one

Lol, yeah.

You're hijacking my thread... Just thought I'd mention.

[knooger]

You know, I have to spread this cancer in CT/PS community :D

I remember when u have played/showed some game based on UT99 engine with thief's gameplay, it was multiplayer. Do you remember name of this?

[Finrar]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=unreal+tournament+thief :D

[Pusianka]

Thievery but it's VERY CRAPPY comparing to Scct.