<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
team-based	O
,	O
objective-driven	O
,	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
total	O
conversion	O
modification	O
on	O
the	O
Valve	O
's	O
proprietary	O
Source	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
cyberpunk	O
literary	O
and	O
aesthetic	O
genre	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
somewhat	O
based	O
on	O
popular	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
,	O
created	O
by	O
an	O
amateur	O
development	O
team	O
and	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
full	O
version	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
,	O
Version	O
1	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
after	O
3	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
on	O
February	O
25	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
has	O
been	O
received	O
positively	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
being	O
given	O
for	O
its	O
graphical	O
quality	O
,	O
unique	O
meatspace/cyberspace	O
gameplay	O
,	O
overall	O
polish	O
and	O
its	O
representation	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criticisms	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
were	O
aimed	O
at	O
how	O
inaccessible	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
at	O
first	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
learning	O
curve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
won	O
several	O
awards	O
,	O
including	O
Best	O
Mod	O
for	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
from	O
the	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
's	O
Modding	O
Competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
high-tech	O
futuristic	O
world	O
spanned	O
by	O
computer	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
either	O
the	O
Punks	O
or	O
the	O
Corps	O
,	O
players	O
battle	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
physical	O
world	O
(	O
known	O
commonly	O
as	O
meatspace	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
virtual	O
world	O
(	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
with	O
actions	O
in	O
one	O
having	O
an	O
effect	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
is	O
objective-based	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
both	O
the	O
Punks	O
and	O
the	O
Corps	O
fight	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
to	O
complete	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
objectives	O
within	O
a	O
set	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
round	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Castle	I-Application
Wolfenstein	I-Application
,	O
Enemy	B-Application
Territory	I-Application
and	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Tournament	I-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
Assault	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
dual-layered	O
gameplay	O
means	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
complete	O
objectives	O
in	O
either	O
the	O
realworld	O
(	O
meatspace	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
virtual	O
world	O
(	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
objectives	O
on	O
maps	O
in	O
Dystopia	B-Application
require	O
the	O
co-ordination	O
between	O
both	O
players	O
in	O
meatspace	O
and	O
players	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
is	O
class-based	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
classes	O
is	O
unique	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
weapons	O
,	O
implants	O
,	O
and	O
overall	O
performance	O
during	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
classes	O
must	O
choose	O
from	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
primary	O
weapons	O
that	O
are	O
only	O
available	O
to	O
that	O
class	O
,	O
the	O
classes	O
are	O
also	O
outfitted	O
with	O
a	O
semi-silenced	O
Machine	O
Pistol	O
,	O
a	O
mêlée	B-Application
weapon	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
hand	O
grenade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
class	O
that	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
utilize	O
the	O
stealth	O
implant	O
and	O
has	O
the	O
most	O
implant	O
space	O
out	O
of	O
all	O
three	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
player	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
middle	O
class	O
out	O
of	O
all	O
three	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
player	O
classes	O
with	O
average	O
speed	O
,	O
armour	O
,	O
and	O
implant	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
give	O
players	O
special	O
abilities	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Stealth	O
"	O
,	O
an	O
active	O
camouflage	O
suit	O
that	O
gives	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
sneak	O
by	O
unnoticed	O
or	O
a	O
"	O
Cyberdeck	O
"	O
implant	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
Jack-In	B-Application
to	O
Cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
a	O
cyberpunk-themed	O
mod	O
,	O
Dystopia	B-Application
naturally	O
has	O
some	O
sort	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
access	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
player	O
must	O
equip	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
"	O
cyberdeck	O
"	O
implants	O
and	O
find	O
a	O
Jack-In	B-Application
Point	O
,	O
or	O
JIP	O
(	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
Brain-computer	B-Application
interface	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cyberspace	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
3D	O
representation	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
certain	O
actions	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
will	O
trigger	O
events	O
in	O
reality	O
( 	O
 '	O
Meatspace	O
 '	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
is	O
significantly	O
different	O
from	O
that	O
of	O
Meatspace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
player	O
enters	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
they	O
merely	O
project	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
of	O
themselves	O
into	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cyberspace	B-General_Concept
inherently	O
has	O
no	O
gravity	O
and	O
little	O
sense	O
of	O
up	O
or	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
map	O
's	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
consists	O
of	O
links	O
and	O
nodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Links	O
are	O
long	O
,	O
curved	O
square	O
tunnels	O
that	O
resemble	O
the	O
fibers	O
in	O
a	O
fiber	B-Architecture
optic	I-Architecture
cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
move	O
between	O
nodes	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
and	O
launches	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
programs	O
against	O
enemy	O
deckers	O
and	O
terminals	O
which	O
control	O
meatspace	O
objects	O
such	O
as	O
doors	O
,	O
security	O
systems	O
,	O
cameras	O
,	O
phone	O
systems	O
,	O
lifts	O
and	O
PA	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
instead	O
of	O
taking	O
damage	O
to	O
regular	O
Health	O
Points	O
,	O
Energy	O
is	O
lost	O
when	O
various	O
actions	O
are	O
performed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
energy	O
runs	O
out	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
ejected	O
from	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
leaving	O
behind	O
a	O
cyber-shard	O
,	O
(	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
crystal	O
made	O
entirely	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
energy	O
lost	O
from	O
the	O
player	O
whilst	O
they	O
were	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
releases	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
contained	O
only	O
a	O
single	O
map	O
,	O
dys_vaccine	O
and	O
after	O
each	O
update	O
numerous	O
official	O
maps	O
have	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
map	O
in	O
Dystopia	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
objectives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
has	O
a	O
strong	O
base	O
of	O
third	O
party	O
community	O
maps	O
created	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phistball	O
is	O
a	O
separate	O
game	O
mode	O
introduced	O
into	O
Dystopia	B-Application
in	O
Version	O
1	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
produced	O
initially	O
as	O
a	O
fun	O
way	O
to	O
test	O
out	O
the	O
new	O
prediction	O
code	O
during	O
closed	O
testing	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
teams	O
must	O
attempt	O
to	O
score	O
a	O
goal	O
by	O
pushing	O
the	O
ball	O
into	O
the	O
opposing	O
team	O
's	O
goal	O
by	O
using	O
mêlée	B-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
has	O
received	O
a	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
reviews	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
,	O
Planet	O
Half-Life	O
have	O
described	O
Dystopia	B-Application
as	O
“	O
a	O
third-party	O
modification	O
that	O
comes	O
in	O
an	O
extremely	O
crisp	O
,	O
clean-cut	O
and	O
well-planned	O
package	O
”	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
mod	O
for	O
managing	O
“	O
to	O
combine	O
great	O
,	O
balanced	O
gameplay	O
with	O
very	O
clean	O
and	O
impressive	O
graphics	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
reviewer	O
describes	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
“	O
similar	O
to	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Tournament	I-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
assault	O
mode	O
”	O
and	O
its	O
implants	O
system	O
being	O
“	O
similar	O
to	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
,	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
was	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
modding	O
section	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
feature	O
they	O
called	O
Dystopia	B-Application
“	O
an	O
ambitious	O
conversion	O
for	O
Half	B-Application
Life	I-Application
2	I-Application
”	O
and	O
briefly	O
describe	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
gameplay	O
and	O
the	O
cyberpunk	O
setting	O
,	O
“	O
It	O
's	O
like	O
Enemy	O
Territory	O
 [ Wolfenstein ] 	O
in	O
 [ Judge ] 	B-Application
Dredd	I-Application
's	I-Application
Mega	I-Application
City	I-Application
One	I-Application
”	I-Application
the	O
article	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
map	O
dys_vaccine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
was	O
briefly	O
mentioned	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
paragraph	O
in	O
PC	O
Poweplay	O
's	O
MODLIFE	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
writer	O
opened	O
the	O
paragraph	O
announcing	O
Dystopia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
finalists	O
in	O
the	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
“	O
fingers	O
are	O
crossed	O
for	O
my	O
friends	O
working	O
on	O
Dystopia	B-Application
 [ .. ] 	O
who	O
have	O
just	O
been	O
announced	O
as	O
mod	O
finalist	O
in	O
the	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Powerplay	O
also	O
named	O
Dystopia	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
most	O
significant	O
"	O
mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
Version	O
1	O
prompted	O
PC	O
Zone	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
mod	O
coverage	O
in	O
their	O
“	O
Freeplay	O
”	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
article	O
the	O
writer	O
praised	O
it	O
for	O
“	O
translating	O
that	O
dirty	O
‘	O
hi-tech	O
low-life	O
’	O
 [ Cyberpunk ] 	O
chestnut	O
into	O
a	O
balanced	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
”	O
and	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
compare	O
the	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
in	O
Dystopia	B-Application
to	O
Tron	B-Language
“	O
the	O
Tron-like	O
representation	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
noted	O
how	O
the	O
mod	O
was	O
n't	O
“	O
instantly	O
accessible	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
makes	O
sense	O
,	O
it	O
works	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
”	O
before	O
ending	O
the	O
article	O
with	O
“	O
Get	O
it	O
before	O
it	O
goes	O
commercial	O
..	O
”	O
PC	O
Zone	O
also	O
named	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
Top	O
5	O
mods	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Minerva	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Metastasis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
review	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
Version	O
1	O
,	O
Planet	O
Half-life	O
praised	O
Dystopia	B-Application
as	O
being	O
“	O
the	O
first	O
real	O
quality	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
mod	O
to	O
come	O
out	O
after	O
its	O
launch	O
in	O
2004.	O
”	O
The	O
review	O
did	O
express	O
some	O
concerns	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
difficulty	O
,	O
“	O
it	O
's	O
still	O
not	O
the	O
easiest	O
mod	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
hang	O
of	O
”	O
and	O
how	O
new	O
players	O
could	O
find	O
the	O
mod	O
difficult	O
to	O
learn	O
,	O
“	O
the	O
chief	O
problem	O
with	O
the	O
mod	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
difficult	O
for	O
new	O
players	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
hang	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
map	O
objectives	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
Version	O
1	O
was	O
covered	O
on	O
Destructoid	O
where	O
they	O
described	O
Dystopia	B-Application
as	O
“	O
the	O
user-created	O
mod	O
that	O
is	O
everything	O
that	O
Microsoft	B-Application
's	I-Application
Shadowrun	I-Application
hopes	O
to	O
be	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
is	O
the	O
IGN	O
editor	O
Ferret	O
,	O
choice	O
for	O
Multiplayer	O
mod	O
,	O
in	O
IGN	O
's	O
Gamers	O
Arsenal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
,	O
Dustin	O
"	O
Teddy	O
"	O
Hulm	O
and	O
Robert	O
"	O
Fuzzy	O
"	O
Crouch	O
were	O
interviewed	O
on	O
the	O
Australian	O
video	O
game	O
television	O
program	O
,	O
Good	O
Game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
hosted	O
a	O
release	O
broadcast	O
with	O
DJ	O
Wheat	O
for	O
the	O
version	O
1.2	O
steamworks	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
release	O
party	O
two	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
took	O
part	O
in	O
a	O
question	O
and	O
answer	O
section	O
with	O
questions	O
from	O
the	O
listeners	O
and	O
from	O
DJ	O
Wheat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
broadcast	O
finished	O
with	O
a	O
live	O
broadcast	O
of	O
a	O
scrim	O
between	O
two	O
of	O
Dystopia	B-Application
's	O
clans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
has	O
been	O
downloaded	O
over	O
200,000	O
times	O
from	O
popular	O
video	O
game	O
file	O
host	O
Filefront	O
with	O
over	O
125,000	O
downloads	O
from	O
FilePlanet	O
,	O
40,000	O
+	O
downloads	O
from	O
XFire	B-Protocol
and	O
over	O
10,000	O
downloads	O
from	O
FileShack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
was	O
featured	O
in	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
by	O
Cyberpunk	B-Application
2077	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Witcher	I-Application
developers	O
CD	O
Projekt	O
Red	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blog	O
post	O
titled	O
"	O
Recipes	O
for	O
kick-ass	O
cyberpunk	O
games	O
"	O
covered	O
3	O
of	O
their	O
favourite	O
features	O
from	O
Dystopia	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
going	O
into	O
basic	O
details	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
finishing	O
up	O
the	O
blog	O
post	O
with	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
website	O
encouraging	O
readers	O
to	O
try	O
it	O
for	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	B-Application
has	O
received	O
various	O
awards	O
by	O
gaming	O
websites	O
since	O
its	O
original	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Independent	O
modding	O
site	O
Mod	O
DB	O
,	O
awarded	O
Dystopia	B-Application
its	O
Originality	O
Award	O
in	O
August	O
2005	O
and	O
two	O
months	O
later	O
it	O
was	O
awarded	O
,	O
Mod	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
for	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
months	O
after	O
its	O
original	O
release	O
,	O
Dystopia	B-Application
was	O
named	O
the	O
best	O
Action	O
Mod	O
in	O
Mod	O
DB	O
's	O
Mod	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
2005	O
,	O
also	O
coming	O
third	O
in	O
the	O
overall	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
both	O
the	O
2006	O
and	O
2008	O
Mod	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
awards	O
Dystopia	B-Application
received	O
an	O
“	O
Honorable	O
Mention	O
”	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
2008	O
Mod	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Awards	O
it	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
“	O
Best	O
Original	O
Art	O
Direction	O
in	O
a	O
Total	O
Conversion	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
awards	O
Dystopia	B-Application
has	O
received	O
include	O
Best	O
Mod	O
for	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
the	O
2006	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
's	O
Modding	O
Competition	O
and	O
a	O
Bronze	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Source	B-Application
mod	O
of	O
2007	O
from	O
Steamfriends.com	O
.	O
</s>
