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[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Every single one of Bethesda’s fan favorite games are great games without mods.

Mods are little more than the whipped cream on top of what needs to be an already enticing sundae. Starfield was a perfect example of the fact that mods won’t save a game on their own, and that the days of the level of modability old Bethesda games had are now gone.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Are you kidding me? There's been continents with professional voice acting and 40+ hours of gameplay added to Skyrim. More than once. Not to mention all the patches and tweaks and balancing and UI adjustments.

Skyrim would have fallen off the top 100 games on steam a literal decade ago without mods and fan made stuff. Instead it's still ranked like 50th.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You realize they still sell many, many copies on all the platforms that aren't PC and don't have meaningful mod availability?

Skyrim isn't selling a bunch of copies on Switch for $30 on sale because of PC mods it can't use.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can't judge much of anything based on switch owners and third party availability of games.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Except it has the same outcome on every other platform it's on, for the exact same reasons.

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