238: The Game You've Always Wanted

[Els Bellens]

The Game You've Always Wanted

Whether they're new textures, objects, maps or complete game overhauls, most mods take a fair amount of time and effort to produce, and their creators are rarely paid. So why mod in the first place? Els Bellens asks that question of a number of notable modders and shares their responses.

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[Irridium]

I actually played through The Lost Spires for Oblivion.

Its a damn fine mod.

 

[ma55ter_fett]

Um, a game like Starwars Battlefront but in the warhammer 40k universe instead... with 100 plus players a side... and maybe a pony (since I'm wishing for the impossable)

 

[S_K]

I'm sorry I'm not normally this immature but I couldn't read the article... I was too busy laughing at those twilight manboobs... wow... just wow... -_-

 

[Rayansaki]

I'm sorry I'm not normally this immature but I couldn't read the article... I was too busy laughing at those twilight manboobs... wow... just wow... -_-

Exactly what I was gonna say... the pic turned me off the article couldn't read it.

 

[addeB]

I'm sorry I'm not normally this immature but I couldn't read the article... I was too busy laughing at those twilight manboobs... wow... just wow... -_-

lol, i couldn't read it either... but i did have a good laugh

 

[InProgress]

Great read. It really helps me get some motivation to do some actual work

P.S: The endnote was absolutely brilliant!

 

[SachielOne]

Was Sparkles and Co. really necessary? I can't read the damned article with those abominations on screen.

 

[Twad]

Lost spires? never heard of it before, will check it out. OOO mod was the one i was using for oblivion.

 

[jimduckie]

yeah those pixel people are scary ,even bathtub girl is freaky , yes modding a game looks like fun but what do you need to start modding games , other than a pc and free time ? this would be an interesting hobby to have , i use to build models to full detail just because it could be done

 

[CymTyr]

The joy of creating something would be enough for me, if I were patient enough to learn world editors. As it stands now, I have access to a variety of editors but not a lick of patience to learn how to use them... Props to modders everywhere.

 

[Premonition]

I really wanted to pay attention as I read it, but all I could think of was playing as a vampire in a Twilight game and rip Edward to shreds and toss him on a fire ... Still, great article ^^

 

[Obrien Xp]

Its true, civ 4 bts had the best mods I've ever seen.

 

[johnman]

The best example I can think if is Oblivion lost for STALKER, that mod turned the game into what the developers wanted in the first place, a fair bit of it was simply reactivated code. Call of Pripyat boasts that it has new mutants, but they have been there the entire time. But still, I cant play that game without that mod, it jsut creates a living breathing world you can lose yourself in for hours, no idea how many playthoughs I have done, but I see somthing new everytime.

Props to you Kanyhalos!

 

[Ed.]

I'm a mapper on a mod and this article is soo true especialy with one like ours eternal silence there is no game commercial game that does the concept in a way that isnt crap the concept being an FPS and flight sim combo

 

[likalaruku]

I know one guy I don;t think actually made any mods but got a lot of praise for pick 100 of them that worked together to bring new live & plastic surgery into an old game: Octopus Overlord. I've got more mods on Morrowind than I ever did on The Sims.
Y
ou put half nakked men from Twilight on an article entitled "The Game You Always Wanted" on a site like this, & you start reading expecting the whole article to be satyrical.

Back when I was still emplyed for a company that was still not digging it's own grave, I used to offer to pay modders to make stuff, but I always suffered from being too late. I was always playing old games where the modding community had long moved on.

But yeah, modders deserve praise & respect. Some of them do so much, it's like giving you a free expansion packs. & in others, it's just the littles changes & additions that add flair to a game you're playing for the umpteenth time.

 

[dubious_wolf]

Really guys really? I just resized my browser and hid them out of the frame...
Good article but being a console tard I never got into modded content. I play warhammer for my hobby.

 

[ckeymel]

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Really? I created the artwork and I think you guys are being kinda pathetic. Man up already... yesh.

 

[Slayer_2]

I mod partly for compliments, but I also receive quite a few hate messages, because some of my mods are quite drastic. The social aspect is important, but it's usually my ideas first. This isn't always a bad thing, I once had a guy ask me to make Halo Fallout 3.

I simply mod because I like creating stuff, modding is just an evolution of my creative desires, which first started as an obsession with Lego. Gaming is pretty much Burger King for me, I have to have it my way, and mods allow me to do that.

Really? I created the artwork and I think you guys are being kinda pathetic. Man up already... yesh.

While they may be exaggerating a bit, I found the glistening, bulging guy a little distracting. Don't get me wrong, it's a good model, it just dips a little into the uncanny valley.