What's the meaning of "Vanilla"?

ICEx21 · 6 Mar 2008 at 09:20

Just what the thread title says, what do developers mean when they say a game/mod is the vanilla version?
Just wondering if somone can clarify this for me please.

Cheers

TheDome · 6 Mar 2008 at 09:22

basic game with nothing fancy on it. just the bare game / mod

Jingo... · 6 Mar 2008 at 09:29

I believe Vanilla refers to as Plain... as in vanilla icecream being 'standard/plain icecream'.

It can also be used by very kind tutors to describe a particularly dull or boring piece of work

Jon33 · 6 Mar 2008 at 14:53

Basic/Nothing added to it/Plain

4T5 · 6 Mar 2008 at 14:56

Vanilla BF2 is out the box no add ons, map packs etc. Just BF2 out the box & patched up. I'd take Vanilla as the Original version.

snowdog · 6 Mar 2008 at 15:06

Basic game, no expansions, no mods, no add ons, just the basic game.

Inazuma · 6 Mar 2008 at 15:11

^Best description.

Trill · 6 Mar 2008 at 15:56

Factory Stock.

HAz · 6 Mar 2008 at 17:24

Some ppl even brag about it!

nikebee · 6 Mar 2008 at 17:48

Vanilla... i.e. Plain.

snowdog said:
Basic game, no expansions, no mods, no add ons, just the basic game.

Pretty much

FerociouS · 6 Mar 2008 at 17:51

You guys got it

Jon33 · 6 Mar 2008 at 18:06

What would a chocolate game be then?

sosrandom · 6 Mar 2008 at 18:41

vCoD (aka Vanilla) means CoD1 as in the first one with the basic CoD stuff. Although I just call it CoD1

Zogger · 6 Mar 2008 at 18:47

More to the point what would modded ice cream be called?

Alexrose1uk · 6 Mar 2008 at 18:55

chocolate

Shamikebab · 6 Mar 2008 at 19:01

I remember the FM demos used to be called vanilla for just the English league, then Strawberry for many more leagues.

ordinaryjoe · 6 Mar 2008 at 19:50

trickyj said:
I believe Vanilla refers to as Plain... as in vanilla icecream being 'standard/plain icecream'.

Sarcasm? I always thought it was called vanilla ice cream because it is meant to taste of vanilla

Zogger · 6 Mar 2008 at 20:04

vanillajoe said:
Sarcasm? I always thought it was called vanilla ice cream because it is meant to taste of vanilla

yes.. but vanilla in terms of games refers to standard / plain. Everyone thinks of vanilla as being the plainest ice cream.. or the one you expect to get if something was just listed as ice cream.

(even though vanilla ice-cream is actually not that plain if you get a good one)

Lyon85 · 6 Mar 2008 at 20:37

Vanillas' name has been scarred for eternity. Vanilla isn't "Vanilla".

4T5 · 6 Mar 2008 at 20:56

Jon33 said:
What would a chocolate game be then?

Kind of Dreamy & the very last bit of the game would be the Best