Essential Linkage: Discover the best user-made PC game mods of all time over at the ModDB.
There are many reasons we esteem our beloved PC as the platform of choice for serious gaming. For one, it's the most powerful way to game, but, in every sense of the word, it's also the most open. And that openness is perfectly expressed by the vast modding community that keeps many a classic game fresh.
We love mods at Atomic, but the guys over at ModDB - or the Mod DataBase, for uninitiated - love them even more. And they've just created a Hall of Fame to celebrate the creme de la creme of 14 years of modding history.
Every mod on this list has earned its spot be it via commercial or critical acclaim and has influenced gaming in some way. Over 3,000 mods have been released so whilst we cannot list them all, we attempted to pick the standout mods spanning various genres and games.
The list, as it currently stands, has 12 classics forever enshrined, but more will be added each year. So if you want the best of the best... get clicking!
Issue: 137 | June, 2012