(04-23-2015, 05:35 PM)Desu Nee Wrote:(04-23-2015, 05:28 PM)OttoVann Wrote:Depends really. I hardly see a game with depth, lore, effort and worldbuilding like Elder Scrolls would make a Free Singleplayer. Are we really just not bothering and giving a glorified engine while we sit and let the community make the game themselves while we get money for nothing?(04-23-2015, 05:27 PM)Desu Nee Wrote:(04-23-2015, 05:25 PM)OttoVann Wrote:No offense, but that would just be an excuse for the devs to do less stuff and just let the community build the game.(04-23-2015, 05:20 PM)Casden Reeves Wrote: You could easily pay quadruple the amount for the mods as you did the actual game.
That doesn't sound very fun for me. But then again, I have the option to not buy them and do without.
So overall I just find it very "meh"
Imagine, with this new-aged system in place, what would happen if say Elder Scrolls 6 was free, or something like 10-20 dollars and they from day one they enabled modders to do w/e they want and charge w/e they want. Â The base game is good, fun, but then your shown all the mods you could buy and expand the game with - if you want. Â Mods that range from stupid shit like dildo swords to those giant mods in Skyrim that add whole new realms.
Would there be anything wrong with this? Â I wonder what kind of mods we'd get then, and how quickly they'd be made if their creators knew, from the start, that they could not starve and make something worth their time. Â Think about all those giant fucking mods we've seen over the years die out due to lack of effort, time, energy, and money. Â Now imagine people being able to try and make ambitious mods like that, especially if they are onto something people would want to buy, and know that they can live off of it.
And since you got the game for free, or nearly free, what exactly are you complaining about? Â A free game?
I'm not sure you can say money for nothing, where did that engine come from? In a sense, what your describing is royalties, roughly. And besides, if people make the content, and customers buy it - whats the issue? The only way to mod on a scale ala Skyrim is if you have those dev-released tools. Free mods are always a possibility and a strict requirement for certain XXX tiered mods.
