7 Genius Game Ideas That Started Life as Fan Mods

Fallout 4's base building takes its cues from Fallout 3 base-building mod Real Time Settler and Fallout New Vegas mod Wasteland Defense. Neat! Now ponder these other six genius ideas that started life as mods and subscribe: http://www.tinyurl.com/SubToOxbox

Homebrewed game modifications such as these are how skilled gamers can tinker with their favourite games, typically on the PC. Fan mods range from the ingenious to the NSFW to the downright bizarre (take a bow, the Skyrim mod that turns all dragons into Macho Man Randy Savage). On occasion, they ascend to actual gamehood, most famously with a little Half-Life mod called Counter-Strike.

Other mod ideas later appearing in games include Just Cause 2's bolopatch mod for multiple tethers, a first-person mode for GTA 4, Fallout New Vegas' hardcore mode and the Cold Stream campaign for Left 4 Dead 2.

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