Best PC games for modding?

daninthemix · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:15

What are the PC games with the best mods?

I like single player games - FPS and RPGs and am interested in graphics mods etc.

What are the best games to get which have lots of mods available, and where's the best place to get those mods?

mithrandir · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:17

Oblivion
Stalker

Kosmiche · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:19

Half Life 2

www.moddb.com

Tefal · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:24

HL2 for cinematic.

Oblivion for masses of mods including huge total conversions (lotr, and a german one called nerhim)

Stalker also has lots of excellent mods.v

TheCenturion · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:34

HL2 as above, especially the cinematic mod.

I've modded gta iv and crysis, there seems to be a big modding community for these two games. I'm experimenting with crysis atm.

sorn21 · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:38

I've NEVER been able to get the cinematic mod to work on HL2!

~>Dg<~ · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:38

hl2 and cod series like cod4 are very good.

Kosmiche · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:40

Fallout 3 has a plethora of mods

TheCenturion · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:42

If it's on pc and it's popular, you'll find mods for it

PC games are moddable, unlike their console brethren.

anty1 · 29 Jan 2011 at 13:55

Total War games!

Calneon · 29 Jan 2011 at 14:03

Oblivion
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas
Morrowind
Stalker Series
Half Life 2

@ TheCenturion: A game has to be designed in a way that makes it moddable. There are some games where it's very hard to change stuff.

TheCenturion · 29 Jan 2011 at 14:12

Calneon said:
@ TheCenturion: A game has to be designed in a way that makes it moddable. There are some games where it's very hard to change stuff.

Yeah, you're right, but most games especially modern ones are designed with community developments in mind.

Tefal · 29 Jan 2011 at 14:17

TheCenturion said:
Yeah, you're right, but most games especially modern ones are designed with community developments in mind.

not really.

Less and less games are supporting it as they're console ports.

Deific · 29 Jan 2011 at 14:19

anty1 said:
Total War games!

not including empire/nap

badcompany · 29 Jan 2011 at 14:55

QUAKE(s)

HangTime · 29 Jan 2011 at 16:31

Quake is still one of the best games for mods, from simple things like graphics or weapons tweaks, through to total conversions (driving games, flight simulators) etc.

Parky · 29 Jan 2011 at 16:41

Was having a look at some GTA4 mods last night, quite a good selection tbh.

Kosmiche · 29 Jan 2011 at 17:06

Plenty of mods for UT 2004

From a zombie shooter to a ww2 realistic fps. Oh and a driving game.

JTrickle · 29 Jan 2011 at 17:53

Unless DLC dies out I think we have passed the golden age for mods.

Very few from the last couple of years are modable. And the culprits are all sporting DLC.

lokiss · 30 Jan 2011 at 13:28

There's a lot more out in the wild than you, me or anyone is aware of. I find it great the effort people put in to keeping the greatest of the pc's golden era games fresh and alive.

Big for me would be Homeworld, but a list of where not to start from the top of my head:

St Bridge Commander, Battlezone, Forsaken, Freespace 2, CC Renegade, Mount and Blade, Freelancer, Darkreign.

Thats just my favourite genre, chances are if you google search anything half decent in the last 20 years on the pc, something will spring up