Garry's Mod (2006)
Build stuff. Destroy stuff. Spawn so many dominoes that the server crashes with a "no free edicts" error. Such is life in Garry's Mod.
First released
Nov 29, 2006
Aliases
gmod, gmod 9, gmod 10, Garrys mod
Developed by
Facepunch Studios
Published by
Facepunch Studios, Valve Corporation
Platforms
Mac, PC, Linux
Genres
First-Person Shooter
Rating
BBFC: U
Releases
- 5200 - dieman United Kingdom
- MAC - Garry's Mod United States
- PC - Garry's Mod United States
Community reviews
Weird but satisfying piece of software.
In the beginning, I never understood Gary’s Mod or why it existed. This was a time that the memes spawned and many freaks of nature were created here and thrown all over the internet.
When I finally decided to give it a go, it was still as weird and silly as I imagined, but a lot of fun. It is just one big sandbox in which you can spawn different mobs and objects and interact with them in any way you want. You can position mobs somewhere, freeze them in place and drop a million crates on it for example.
You can think of something really weird in your head, and make it happen in Gary’s Mod.
Graphicly, this game has recycled assets from Valve and its games. It looks fine and the texture quality is fair. What makes Gary’s Mod shine is the physics and ragdoll of objects and characters.
This is a game/piece of software that was made for modding and fan base content. The amount of stuff you can add, tweak and modify is infinite. This makes Gary’s Mod even more ridiculous than it already is.
You can also play various created maps and game modes in which you can actually play Counter Strike clones and engage in online combat. The possibilities are endless with this game and that is the whole charm of it.
There is some controversy of course. When you give players total freedom of creating stuff and uploading it to Steam, you can get some vile creations,
extremists sh!t like Nazi symbols or sexual violence. These creations and servers are blacklisted however by the developers, showing that they care.
Although really fun and creative, Gary’s Mod is one of those games in which there is no endgame, end goal or completion. It goes on forever and is only over when you make it over. This is fine, but for me, I get bored really quickly and I get my only satisfaction from the game modes and created maps to play.
In the end, I think Gary’s Mod is a hilarious program that offers endless creativity and possibilities, and I think it is worth trying out.
When I finally decided to give it a go, it was still as weird and silly as I imagined, but a lot of fun. It is just one big sandbox in which you can spawn different mobs and objects and interact with them in any way you want. You can position mobs somewhere, freeze them in place and drop a million crates on it for example.
You can think of something really weird in your head, and make it happen in Gary’s Mod.
Graphicly, this game has recycled assets from Valve and its games. It looks fine and the texture quality is fair. What makes Gary’s Mod shine is the physics and ragdoll of objects and characters.
This is a game/piece of software that was made for modding and fan base content. The amount of stuff you can add, tweak and modify is infinite. This makes Gary’s Mod even more ridiculous than it already is.
You can also play various created maps and game modes in which you can actually play Counter Strike clones and engage in online combat. The possibilities are endless with this game and that is the whole charm of it.
There is some controversy of course. When you give players total freedom of creating stuff and uploading it to Steam, you can get some vile creations,
extremists sh!t like Nazi symbols or sexual violence. These creations and servers are blacklisted however by the developers, showing that they care.
Although really fun and creative, Gary’s Mod is one of those games in which there is no endgame, end goal or completion. It goes on forever and is only over when you make it over. This is fine, but for me, I get bored really quickly and I get my only satisfaction from the game modes and created maps to play.
In the end, I think Gary’s Mod is a hilarious program that offers endless creativity and possibilities, and I think it is worth trying out.