Dmod

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Dmod is a single player simulation game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Dmod is a sandbox game for android

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71%Audience ScoreBased on 700 reviews

graphics22 positive mentions

monetization59 negative mentions

Highly accurate recreation of Garry's Mod on mobile with good graphics and physics.
Includes a variety of maps, NPCs, nextbots, vehicles, and weapons providing fun sandbox gameplay.
Active developer updates and responsiveness with potential for multiplayer and mod support in the future.

Frequent crashes, lag, and performance issues especially on certain maps like big city and sh_town.
Excessive and intrusive ads block UI elements, affecting gameplay experience.
Lacks important features such as respawn button, mod workshop integration, item rotation, sprinting, better NPC AI, and multiplayer mode.

monetization
64 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
6%
2%
92%
Users widely criticize the game's monetization due to excessive and intrusive ads that frequently block essential menus and gameplay controls, severely hampering user experience. While some acknowledge the need for ads to support multiplayer servers, many request fewer or removable ads, better placement, or a premium option to improve playability. Persistent performance issues and crashes related to ads further frustrate players, overshadowing the game's potential and quality.
- “I like this game because it has no ads and is free to play. You can enjoy it without interruptions, and it features many maps similar to Garry's Mod.”
- “It was great in February 2021 with no ads, and from March 2023 there remain no ads, which makes the experience better. Please add multiplayer for more fun.”
- “This game is really like Garry's Mod on mobile and is epic because there are no ads to disturb your gameplay.”
- “The ads constantly block half of the weapons menu and the lagging also makes it hard to play.”
- “Ads appear on the corner where the menu is and block most of the options, making it almost impossible to spawn anything.”
- “This game is a nice mobile recreation of Gmod, but I can't stay on the menu for more than 5 seconds because ads show up and I can't close them; no close button is present.”
graphics
46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
48%
45%
7%
The game’s graphics are frequently praised for being close to the original Garry's Mod, with good visual detail and smooth models, even on low settings. However, many users report significant lag and performance issues, suggesting a need for better graphics optimization and more adjustable graphics settings to improve playability. Overall, the visuals are well-liked but hindered by technical challenges affecting gameplay smoothness.
- “Good graphics, good controls, and good gameplay. The map is like PC GMod and the guns are awesome. It is a very great game.”
- “Just like GMod, it's the best I've played. I'm in love with the graphics and controls.”
- “Amazing graphics, it looks just like GMod. Nice job!”
- “The game is barely playable even on the lowest graphics possible!”
- “The game is too much lag, I'm trying to lower the graphics but it still lags like nothing changed. When I go back to settings and force the graphics lower and apply it, it goes back to default settings instead of staying lowered to reduce lag. I can't play the game when lagging too much even after trying to smooth the game; it still lags.”
- “I own Gmod, and it's similar, but the graphics are bad, the physics are broken, and the multiplayer doesn't work.”
stability
26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from frequent bugs, including severe freezing when selecting maps, crashes, and lag, making it often unplayable or frustrating, especially on low-end devices. Users also report issues with poor optimization, glitchy NPC behavior, and intrusive ads causing freezes. While the concept is praised, stability problems significantly hinder the overall experience and require urgent fixes.
- “Too many bugs and glitches; literally unplayable. The buttons are way too small, please make them larger. Sensitivity is terrible and sometimes goes crazy. Nextbots are poorly made—they glitch through walls, run faster than you, and don't fight together but just team up. Overall, I don't recommend this game.”
- “Absolute disappointment: when you click on a map to spawn, the game freezes. Your whole phone locks up, and you have to power it off just to get back to the home screen. Don't bother downloading; it's a waste of time.”
- “Whenever I click on the big city or town map, the game freezes and crashes. Until you fix this, I don't want to play because the other maps are too small for me.”
gameplay
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
29%
21%
The gameplay closely replicates Garry's Mod with accurate mechanics, good graphics, and enjoyable controls, enhanced by map sharing and modding features. However, it currently lacks a multiplayer mode and has some issues like lag, glitches, limited animations, no respawning, and occasional ads that detract from the experience. Players appreciate the potential and fun but desire more content, smoother mechanics, and online multiplayer for greater engagement.
- “The game mechanics and graphics are truly amazing and accurate to the original, plus the feature for map sharing makes it much more enjoyable, as it includes maps made by the player base.”
- “Now it replicates Gmod more perfectly and the mechanics too!”
- “Probably the best port of Garry's Mod for mobile devices, the gameplay is nice and there's so much to explore and do.”
- “I couldn't rotate any items, I couldn't spawn active mobile mobs, and anytime I flip a car or try to get out after flipping it, I fall through the map and have to restart. The game is extremely laggy with almost nothing spawned and skips frames. The preview pictures look like real GMod, but the gameplay doesn't feel like it. There's no health system, and apparently you can't fly. The PC experience should be transferred over, and custom skins should be added.”
- “Please add respawning to dmod. When you die to zombies and nextbots, you can't respawn and have to restart the game to play again. It has almost all the mechanics from GMod, but this lack of respawning hurts gameplay.”
- “Ads appear before even entering a level. The first ad has a stolen Chainsaw Man song playing over subpar gameplay footage of a stock T-Rex being shot to death. Closing the ad results in the game having no sound.”
optimization
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
The game's optimization is inconsistent, with many users reporting significant performance issues such as lag, crashes, and FPS drops, especially on certain devices or when loading maps. While some find the performance surprisingly good, the overall consensus highlights a need for substantial improvements and fixes to achieve smoother, more stable gameplay.
- “It has surprisingly good performance.”
- “I've played Garry's Mod before; this is an impressive fanport, but it needs a lot of improvements, fixes, and optimization.”
- “It's pretty good, but for some reason the FPS drops hard; when I ride a vehicle the FPS stabilizes and the game runs smoothly, other than that I couldn't do anything because of the FPS drop.”
- “I have enough storage, but the performance has some difficulties and it crashes when I load a map that I downloaded.”
- “I'm aware that it is a very early build but it is really bare bones in its current state and performance is below serviceable.”
- “You really need to fix the performance; it's really laggy and looks like I have a Nokia phone.”
humor
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is appreciated for its playful and quirky elements, such as the amusing use of a crowbar and ragdoll physics glitches. However, some users find the humor somewhat derivative, likening it to a GMod rip-off, and express a desire for more humorous content like nextbots with funny or scary commentary. Overall, the humor adds a lighthearted and entertaining dimension but could benefit from more variety and unique features.
- “The crowbar is kind of funny.”
- “Some nextbots say funny stuff, please add nextbots to the game, I would appreciate it.”
- “I did a glitch where some ragdoll people fly, it's so cool and funny.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The music aspect received mixed impressions, with some users appreciating recognizable tracks like the Half-Life 2 theme that encouraged downloads, while others criticized the use of unauthorized songs in ads and noted a lack of in-game sound. Overall, music contributed both positively and negatively to the experience.
- “At first I was like: 'Maybe I should download this, let's take a look at the trailer first though.' Then I heard the Half-Life 2 music and downloaded it instantly.”
- “Ads before I even get into a level, the first ad I see has a stolen Chainsaw Man song playing over subpar gameplay footage of a stock T-Rex being shot to death, and when I close out of the ad the game has no sound.”
- “Oh lol but the musicians who you want we were just kids tell she's really agree it's just that the desired command with the specific label and show you the strength of the program to set up a time to think about it nahi hoti to is omitted from you the program and sister u”