The thing that annoys me about game companies that are against mods is, it will boost your sales, people need your game to run the mods… I’ve started playing games I normally wouldn’t go out of my way to, just because I could mod it, let me fix your game to fit my play style, I know a dragon skinned like Macho Man Randy Savage isn’t true to the story, but it is to my story.
Why should it matter? No, seriously, why should we give up that right? If they want to disable online features like multiplayer or leaderboards then so be it - that’s understandable. Mods drive sales and interest in the very games they’re trying to sell.
I feel like mods should be protected like ‘right to repair’. I know that seems a bit extreme but seriously, these people devote their time to create insane content, more often than not for free. I played Oblivion for hundreds of hours just because there were sooooo many mods for it. ARK is another example.
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The thing that annoys me about game companies that are against mods is, it will boost your sales, people need your game to run the mods… I’ve started playing games I normally wouldn’t go out of my way to, just because I could mod it, let me fix your game to fit my play style, I know a dragon skinned like Macho Man Randy Savage isn’t true to the story, but it is to my story.
They also profit from game design that started from mods so it’s ok to take for them
The thing that annoys me about game modders is that they never seem to learn the lesson that they should just build on top of a FOSS game instead.
Why should it matter? No, seriously, why should we give up that right? If they want to disable online features like multiplayer or leaderboards then so be it - that’s understandable. Mods drive sales and interest in the very games they’re trying to sell.
And people do mod FOSS games, wdym
This bloke makes me want to buy BG3 a third time
That picture is awesome
I feel like mods should be protected like ‘right to repair’. I know that seems a bit extreme but seriously, these people devote their time to create insane content, more often than not for free. I played Oblivion for hundreds of hours just because there were sooooo many mods for it. ARK is another example.
There’s a way to do that: it’s called “build your mod on top of a FOSS game instead of proprietary shit.”
Can you give me an example of an actual modern and good FOSS game?
luanti, mindustry, balatro (ish), the amnesia series, gravity bone, quadrilateral cowboy, openttd, shattered pixel dungeon, space station 14…
What’s BG3?
Baldur’s Gate 3
Thank you