Welcome to another edition of me advertising mods that I think are full of greatness.

Today, I'll tell you to go play Empires.

.
/* */
Empires is a Half-Life 2 Mod. Meaning it's completely free, as long as you own a Source game (Half-Life 2, any of it's episodes, L4D, TF2, Portal, etc..).

In Empires you have the two teams: Northern Faction (redish team) and Brenodi Empire (bluish team). The objective: Kill the enemy's command vehicle.

The game is an RTS/FPS blend. Think Savage. One commander per team that plays the game out as an RTS, while everybody else is a soldier. Soldiers get to pick one of the four classes (Engineer, Grenadier, Rifleman, and Scout), as well as different skills for each class (you unlock/pick skills when you get points during the game). During the game the commander will research different weapons/armors/engines/chassis for the team to use. This means tanks are fully customizable, which is awesome.

That's the very basics of the game. There's a lot to it (:

Granted, it has a steep learning curve, but once you learn the basics it's just full of fun. I've been playing this game since 2.0 (released last year). The game is up to 2.2 right now. 2.2 was just released a couple of weeks ago, with many updates to come.

So, if you have any Source game, why not try it? Just download, install, and play! It's fun! I guarantee it!

Also, unless you know how to play pretty well, don't command. Noob commanders are not fun (:

So, go download it!
Screenshots
Download!

PS: My Steam name is Kill3rTomatoNG. So if you see me playing, say something! (:

(Brenodi Empire Heavy Tank shown)