

This game is greatly improved, to the point of making you do a double take, from just a few changes. A lot of small details can really change the way things look and feel. Modding games is about more than top-to-bottom improvements. We curated visual tours of well-known games that have received visual upgrades so stunning that (if you ignore the HUD) you might not be sure you’re looking at a game. Video games look better every year, and if you need that proven, look at screenshots from every iteration of Madden next to one another.īut while studios may work their asses off to provide you with the best player experience they can create, sometimes it’s a third party that really pushes things to a whole new level. Modding is a well-established part of the PC gaming world, and lately the home designers have really been outdoing themselves. Fittingly, they don't use actual firearms rather, they employ the deadly force of paintball guns to kill each other off so that they may die in a glorious display of color.Source: Bethesda Softworks and FX Samurai via YouTube As evidenced by this outrageous mod, Teletubbies and Carebears have been systematically eradicating each other for years. The most ridiculous mod: Thought mankind was the only bipedal species to engage in warfare? Think again. (Afterwards, you'd cut a really cool highlight reel supplemented by pivotal tracks such as Drowning Pool's "Bodies" or Papa Roach's "Last Resort," then upload it to FilePlanet for mass consumption.) Few things were as heart-pumping tense as holding a platoon of enemy players at bay while guarding a capture point, or piloting an aircraft full of allied troops only to bail right before purposely smashing it into the side of a mountain. The game: The ultimate warfare simulator circa 2005, Battlefield 2 is-was-a tense multiplayer shooter that mixed infantry and vehicular combat to great effect.
