Game modifications are one of the great advantages of PC gaming. Should a modifiable game become a bit boring in its vanilla state, then one need simply hop on the internet and discover a cool modification that refreshes the gameplay.
Of course, there are good mods, and then there are the best mods. Respected game modification website ModDB has operated as a gathering point for modders and players for many years, and they have just wrapped up the voting for the best mods of 2010.
The Mod of the Year awards just ended their ninth iteration. For the first time, members of various respected gaming press outlets have contributed their expertise to the editors choice modification categories.
Below is the list of winners, with thanks to ModDB and its community for all the hard work. Be sure to click through on each category for more detail on the runners-up.
ModDB Editors Choice Mod of the Year 2010 Awards
The Call of the Fireflies – A puzzle-based singleplayer mod for Crysis.
There are no guns, explosions or nanosuits involved. Just an old man who follows mysterious fireflies through mountains and dark caves, sleeping villages and frozen woods, and has to use all kinds of mechanisms to open his path, while battling to stay alive in the winter cold.
Best Original Art nominee video
Dear Esther – An award-winning, critically acclaimed, experimental first-person game.
Built in the Source engine, it abandons traditional gameplay, leaving only a rich world soaked in atmosphere, and an abstract, poetic story to explore. Dear Esther was originally launched in 2008 and is currently being rebuilt by Robert Briscoe.
Best Upcoming Mod nominee video
Eastern Front – A mod for Company of Heroes.
Following the ethos of mimicking a Relic Entertainment expansion pack, Eastern Front has succeeded in adding a full Soviet faction to the existing armies, packed with unique and exciting units – a feat never before achieved in the Company of Heroes world.
Best Multiplayer Mod nominee video
Nehrim: At Fate’s Edge – A total conversion for RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
It is a self-contained game that is based upon the Oblivion game engine, but has no relation to Oblivion’s lore. It is a world in which neither Tamriel nor any other TES based name exists. The continent itself on which the game is situated is called Nehrim – it is completely independent from the base game.
Best Singleplayer Mod nominee video
Discuss the ModDB editors choice for mods of the year 2010 on the MyGaming forum.
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