Quote from: Erik Lehnsherr on May 05, 2014, 11:43:58 AM
When it comes to games like Skyrim it seems to me the people who fix the game or have to add/invent mods means it's acceptable to release an essentially at vanilla dull game, or even broken in some cases.
In short rather than the PC Master-race they become the PC Servant-class.
It seems kind of ridiculous to me.
Um, have you
played Skyrim? The game is by no means dull, but every game has it's limits.
The mods can make a great game incredible by doing things that no company would have the time, money, or manpower to achieve. It's all built on the excellent Skyrim framework and couldn't exist without it. Because there are mods doesn't mean the game wasn't successful. In Skyrim's case, it actually means the game was wildly successful.
It's true that some games are broken on release and the mod community largely fixes them, but this is just a circumstance and definitely the exception, not the rule. These games are outed and vilified for what they are: broken.
I think you look at it with a backwards perspective. When you play a great game, it will inevitably lead you to imagine the possibilities beyond it. That's part of what great games do: allow us to dream of even better ones.
Mods are an expression of people's talent and passion, along with the freedom of the internet.
