Empire and Napoleon Total War should both have a 'decent' SDK released, there's so much potential.

Aren't there mods for DA2 on the dragon age section of the nexus?

I can't really think of any games off the top of my head I would want modding supported in that don't already but most open world world games would benefit from it imo.

I wish The Sims 3 had better/more accessible modding support. I could see it being modded into an RTS,or even a giant antfarm. The Sims 3's structure gives it the potential to be modded into almost anything really.

Yeah, that's what I meant. I know about the graphics mods, and the cars, but that's really all there is. If Rockstar actually supported modding, people could do so much more.

Black Ops. That could be fix'd.

I'm probably wrong here, but Metro 2033 with a sandbox mod. That would be killer.

All the Mass Effects. Almost unlimited modding potential - it would be amazing to take ME and give it a TES like world. The Assassin's Creeds, too.

Interesting question, Pov. There are games who would not really benefit from being moddable (a console game I have in mind since I'm playing it right now is God of War) and IMO most games which are not moddable don't really need to be.

And now that I think about it I can't quite come up with any game which needs modding capabilities. Hmmm...

Some, but no modding tools were released for it so they can't do much more than superficial changes.

Borderlands could be an awesome game modded too, now that I think about it.

Not all games have obvious flaws that NEED mods, of course, but nothing is perfect, and subsequently, there's always room for improvement.

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Oh yeah that would be nice. Imagine if that star map in ME1 could be expanded to include all sorts of new player made planets...

Mods aren't just for "fixing flaws." Mods are for doing whatever we want with a game.

This. While it's not impossible to mod Borderlands, what can be done is very restricted, and is a humongous pain in the ass to get working. Hopefully BL2 will have some sort of DK.

Far Cry 2.

Amazing open world, shame the map editor was basic and could only be used for multiplayer maps.
Mods could have turned it from a meh title to a godly one.

Absolutely! I really wanted to be able to customise my cabin - yes, there were a few in-game options, but I'm talking about the unlimited changes a CS-like kit would allow. It would have been great to have been able to build my own apartment on the citadel, or set up home on one of the planets.


Even the most "perfect" game can be improved through mods. For example, when I got the Fighters Stronghold mod for Oblivion, I was delighted, because it was exactly what I wanted. Making a mod for it by putting up new curtains and extending the bedroom area wasn't because I thought it was flawed, but my way of "moving in". I wouldn't have bothered to mod it if I hadn't loved it so much.


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I would have liked to have modded Dragon Age: Origins. I know there was a modding kit, but it all looked jolly complicated and too much to learn so I didn't try. I'd have made myself some nice living quarters in the city.

Guild Wars was another game that would have been sweet if we could have built our own custom homes at the guildhall. You technically can mod the game - retexturing, basically - but your changes only show up your side; nobody else can see them.

Pretty much all games created by startup companies. It's a great way to expand your userbase and get more attention. Not to mention that moddable games tend to live much longer than games without modding support.

Wouldn't all games benefit if they were moddable?

The Final Fantasy games would be pretty epic if they had some mod added content in .

Two games off of the top of my head that I would have loved to see modded was Arx Fatalis and Jade Empire.

Every game.

I'm in the every game camp, for obvious reasons. In particular, Mass Effect series could really use some beyond what's already possible.

I wish the Black & White series was more accessible to modding. Especially the second game. The mod tools that were released most people can't make heads or tails out of.

Arx Fatalis is open source now