[QUOTE="Revolution_DDM"]Plenty of games still allow modding, not sure what you're referring to.
wkd1982
Modding is different to piracy and piracy is a damn criminal offence.Huh?
Anyway, modding is great, but not just any game would have anything worth modding.
Sure I want mods and all but about your list:
Lost Planet, it's just one of those games in which modding makes no sense
Mass Effect, again I don't really see what you could mod here, except some models (which exist)
Red Faction, again, a game that wouldn't be better with mods, since you don't really have what to add to it
Bioshock, you don't just mod online features, far-fetched to say the least
Dead Space, nothing you could to with modding
Alone In the Dark....does not exist, I won't comment on a game that I don't acknowledge
Assassin's Creed...you'd kill for a mod but what mod would that be since I see absolutely nothing that can make it a better game....remember mods are small modifications on a smaller or larger scale they don't just make you a totally new game or something better of the same, I don't see what would make AC better, nothing, not even a skin
CoD 4 has maps and some game modes, it's a shame not many play them, but that's a pretty bad example of a game with mods since, those mods are fun but imo they aren't better than the standard game
Maybe you expect something from them, I don't know, or maybe you have some great ideas, that even if it had modding capabilities I doubt anyone would start working on them, but I personally don't see a reason for these games to have modding tools.
Games that could use mods have some modding tools, games like:
Oblivion
Fallout
UT3 (it needed mods, because no matter how you look at it, the UT series doesn't have such a dedicated community just because it's a great game, no UT was as good as UT 99' but modding capabilities compensated)
L4D, CS: S, DoD: S, TF 2, Portal are more of the same, because of the source engine, you can do weapons, skins, game modes, maps, new games, etc...this is pretty much the best example for games that have a reason for making mods.
Crysis, it's not that you have many options but it's fun to mess around with it, or you can do what Crytek did only better (artisticaly) Neverwinter Nights/NWN2 puts mods to good use.
Any GTA game, lots to add there, lots to experience
X3 how to fill all that space? easy mods, new ships, stations, etc
Warcraft 3
Empire: Total War, I can see lots of mods for it, and extremely ambitious ones
Console games are just too different, they feel too different and they work in a way, different, making mods for most of them would be a waste of time since they won't be that appreciated and they'll be forgotten pretty fast. Just look at your list, not a single PC game (one that had a dedicated PC version, not a version adapted to consoles), all multiplats.
Anyway, I want to tell you another thing, no game is impossible to mod, not a single one. All the games that you listed, if you want to believe it or not, are games that people consider a waste of time and moding won't bring them any personal satisfaction. ME has some mods, you probably don't even know about them, most don't know, people don't care about mods for such a game, and the others are totally not worth it since their players don't stick much around them, so the ones that would start a mod will lose their interest.
So, any game can be modded, but there are some factors that influence that...do I really want to waste my time to make a mod for this game? is it worth all the trouble? would anyone play it? will there still be players after I finish the mod? do people want mods for this game? would a mod make any difference to the game? All the games you listed are pretty much dead, Lost Planet, never had many fans, now 2 will be released, ME it's great for single player, the main quest but after somebody played the secondary quests, they wanted to get away from it fast, and there is a 2 which, form what they say, fixes all of ME's problems and is a much better game, Bioshock decent, bad from de middle, there is a 2, people forgot after they played it and most compare it to SS 2 all day, because that's what cool people do ( :/ ), AitD......AC, the games was great, but so boring after the 4th assassination that most wouldn't care about finishing it...mods? they would probably be enraged.
No modder in his right mind would waste time on trying to figure out how to mod them and make mods, there would hardly be any mods, if any, even if they had a SDK.
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