Mods > retail games?

Jammer · September 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">Whats your opinion</div>Look at everything we get from NS (and most big mods:) Free Message boards, interaction with Devs, quality and free games. Look at what most companies give: <i>Sometimes</i> a good game. I've gotten to the point where, at least for FPS gaming, I prefer mods to buying a new 40 game. Give me DoD over RtcW any day!

Lord_Frodo · September 2002

actually I hadn't looked at it this way before, but for the most part you're right. the majority of my gaming on PCs nowadays consists of me playing counter-strike, and I'm sure once NS gets released I'll be all over that as well.

I guess the argument really doesn't apply to consoles since you can't 'mod' games, but it seems that games which you really expect to be quality on consoles generally are, as opposed to the often huge disappointments on PCs (Daikatana, anyone?)

Bill · September 2002

Mods are nice for us broke people.

Evil_Sonic_Death_Monkey · September 2002

that is soo tru... *sniff* us broke ppl need mods to meet our gaming needs

QUAD · September 2002

Depends on the mod and game you are comparing.

the_stalker · September 2002

eerr, try $50-60 <img src="http://207.44.144.68/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>
thats more like it there.

coil · September 2002

Without games, there would be no mods.

Battousaix · September 2002

What coil says its true, mods are great, but you need a cool game to make a mod =)

Uhclem · September 2002

I usually prefer to play mods, for the simple reason that a mod team has completed their project for the love of the game, not for the money provided by release, nor for fame in the development community. While games may look better, the mods of the games take the engine and gameplay to new limits.

C0nan_The_Librarian · September 2002

I like mods because you dont have to buy them the day they come out and then the next day the price goes down 20 bucks. Just like when i bought Tribes 2 for 50 dollars right when it came out and then the next day it was 20 dollars. What a waste of 30 dollars.

Vyvn · September 2002

Gameplay aside, mods and free games almost always have a much better community than retail games, if only because people play it because they LIKE it and because they are DEDICATED to it, not because they saw an ad in a store or magazine someplace.

While it is true that going retail usually yields some benefits, like quicker updates, better graphics, and in general more polished gameplay, it comes at the cost of losing other things that used to make it special.

Take a game called RuneScape, an online RPG with gameplay more addictive than Diablo II, but crap graphics. It used to be a great game, back when the devs walked around in the game asking for suggestions and stuff, but after the community grew too big and it got a PayToPlay feature that split the community in half, it lost its appeal to me. And from what I hear, CS used to be better back in beta.

In short, retail games can be just as good as free ones or mods. But games you buy in stores become, for the most part, nothing more than "just another game," instead of a true online gaming experience.

DOOManiac · September 2002

There is a place for both.

I am definately in favor of any mod that goes retail, because the mod author's definately deserve some type of money for all the blood, sweat, and tears they put into the thing.

Also remember that we are a bit biased here. I mean its like going to the Pepsi forums and asking if Coca-Cola is better. :P

Mods > retail games?

Comments