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Dino D-Day: Great mod or greatest mod? photo

It finally happened. Someone made a Half-Life 2 mod about Nazis, dinosaurs, and Nazi dinosaurs. Sure, the main reason why I want to even give it a try is incredibly shallow, but even still, it's got dinosaurs who moonlight as Nazis. How can you say no to that?

If you'd rather jump straight into downloading the mod, head on over to ModDB; there's also a trailer located there too. Here's the brilliant story description:

You’ll play as Sgt. Jack Hardgrave, a renowned paleontologist who thought he put his career on hold to go to war…then Hitler resurrected dinosaurs and unleashed them on the Allies in 1942. When the Fuhrer’s monster army saw battle for the first time in North Africa Hardgrave was on the front lines – nearly getting eaten alive by beasts he spent his life studying.

We don't normally delve into the modding community too much here, but because Digital Ranch Interactive is releasing Dino D-Day as a full commercial game on Steam in 2010, and this mod is merely a way to hype up the final product and get feedback, I figured it deserved to be highlighted.








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ProperlyParanoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 19:53
ProperlyParanoid
GOTY confirmed.
Kraid's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:02
Kraid
If I can punch a T-rex on the nose and he dies from it . It will be my GOTY.
Silverback 55's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:03
Silverback 55
At 12 years old, this is what I imagined heaven would look like, only with more boobs.
AceFlibble's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:11
AceFlibble
Clearly, gaming's Citizen Kane.
J Dizzly's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:11
J Dizzly
This is beautiful *tear*
Daniel Regala's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:12
Daniel Regala
... I can die happy now.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:16
Qraze
that does sound cool when you put it that way.
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:16
wanderingpixel
"You’ll play as Sgt. Jack Hardgrave, a renowned paleontologist who thought he put his career on hold to go to war…then Hitler resurrected dinosaurs and unleashed them on the Allies in 1942. When the Fuhrer’s monster army saw battle for the first time in North Africa Hardgrave was on the front lines – nearly getting eaten alive by beasts he spent his life studying."

Greatest. Summery. Ever.
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:28
ace of knaves
What? What is this feeling? It...it feels like love.
Paul Soth's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:32
Paul Soth
Can you look down your own cleavage?
Mr Squish's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:38
Mr Squish
that.. Rules!
wobblefunk's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 20:50
wobblefunk
my life is now dare i say it.......complete
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 21:15
Los255
"Clearly, gaming's Citizen Kane."

FINALLY! We finally found it.

That header image is amazing.
Jack8274's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 23:47
Jack8274
@Paul Soth

Lol, that Jurassic Park game was so shitty yet so awesome.
Davedude's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2009 00:17
Davedude
I am speechless. (In a good way, I'm too busy smiling to think of anything to say)
ph00p's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2009 00:53
ph00p
If you actually play the mod you'll realize how amaturish it really is and how many sound files are blatantly stolen from Day of Defeat. The game has a LONG LONG way to go. The mod feels a lot more like an internal alpha then something for the general public, with sometimes broken triggers and missing animations all over the place. Play it before you hype it, great concept poor delivery.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2009 05:21
Rosseh
Seeing the gameplay was really disappointing after seeing that fantastic header. I expected comical uses of dinosaurs, punching them for miles, even strangling them. But its just a shooter with nazis and dinosaurs. Huge opportunity missed.
FatherChesz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2009 08:51
FatherChesz
I find it teriffically appropriate it is packaged in a .rar file.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2009 09:30
Face
You had me at Nazi dinosaurs.
Filipino Firecracker's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2009 12:10
Filipino Firecracker
Don't forget, this is just an appetizer. They're putting out the full game in 2010.
Ben Ford's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2009 21:13
Ben Ford
This looks awesome, I would punch a T-rex ANY day!
Confederacy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2009 22:11
Confederacy
"And then they UN-Nazied the world." Ah, good ol' Idiocracy.
FloatingCorpse's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 02:47
FloatingCorpse
"Then Hitler resurrected Dinosaurs"
Suck it Bioshock your storyline has been beat.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 04:28
Rosseh

My brothers! Nothing will stand in the way of...

Tyrannosaurus Reich!!

ACH TUNG!

KLEIDERSHANK!
Liam Allman's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 20:33
Liam Allman
DLing now.
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