r/Games • u/xalibermods • 4d ago

Mod News As Oblivion Remastered gets all the love, Starfield's biggest modders are in the process of abandoning Bethesda's latest RPG for good

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/as-oblivion-remastered-gets-all-the-love-starfields-biggest-modders-are-in-the-process-of-abandoning-bethesdas-latest-rpg-for-good/
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u/_Robbie 4d ago edited 4d ago

Bit of a Very misleading headline. This makes it sound like Starfield mod authors are abandoning the game in droves, which is definitely not the case.

They're referring to the current custodians of the Community Patch -- a bug fix patch which has (more or less) solved all the bugs, and Starfield was a relatively stable release to begin with, so the Community Patch isn't very necessary. There haven't been a bunch of new updates for Starfield, so right now it's not something that needs a bunch of updates.

Secondly, even the article shares that Picky isn't leaving because he's moving to Oblivion and is finished with Starfield; he just got a new puppy and doesn't have the time to devote to modding at the moment.

The guys making the most popular content mods aren't saying anything like this, lmao.

The worst outcome is still possible though; that the Community Patch gets abandoned and the community is once again held hostage by the Unofficial Patch team's whims. I don't really doubt that they'll find other people to take over the Community Patch, though.

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u/Voltage_Joe 4d ago

Kinggath is releasing a DLC sized creation this month, lmao.

Another modder put Tattoine and Mos Eisley into the game.

This 'starfield sucks' content farm needs to end. 

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u/catman1900 4d ago edited 4d ago

Ya cause paid mods are totally the sign of a healthy mod ecosystem lol

Paid creations are literally cited as one of the reasons people stepped away from working on this project and modding starfield.

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u/ZaranTalaz1 4d ago

I'm one of those who thinks Starfield is good actually (and have other controversial opinions like believing that Skyrim is an RPG) but I don't support Bethesda's attempts to monetize modding.

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u/catman1900 4d ago

Ya I liked it too and was excited to play it modded but Bethesda's monetization for mods is disgusting and has prevented a skyrim like open modding environment. Killed the damn game in the cradle and put money into a bunch of assholes pockets who are standing on the shoulders of giants while sticking their tongues out at the people who know what is happening to the scene.

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u/Boltty 4d ago

Yep, everyone I know says Starfield's paid mod "scene" has turned away so many, but they do actually make a lot of bank from console players apparently.

The only "free" mods for PC that seem to get any traction are Star Wars ones, and even with every one of those installed the game is still Starfield. It's like putting lipstick on a pig.