I can remember exactly what got me into playing and using modifications, it was the original Half Life, it was not too long released and I was new to PC gaming and the internet in general. It began with small changes and I quickly broadened my horizions to large mods and to trying out total conversions. I then got Morrowind which is an incredibly moddable game, slowly and surely as various games came out and time past I would check out each of their modding scenes and that influenced by choice of purchase. To this day my favorite games are the most modable, Bethesda Games, The Total War games by CA, X games by Egosoft and the Half Life games by Valve.
Now, why do I like Mods, that is easy, you can use them to improve on the origional game design, add what was missing, make it look better or even change the game intirely, converting it into something new. The possibilitys moding can bring to a game are limited only by ones imagination and as some may argue the game engine used. Good examples of what a can be done are;
Rome Total War / Medieval 2 Total War
Fourth Age Total War
RTR VII: Fate of Empires
Third Age Total War
Call of Warhammer Total War
X3 Reunion / X3 - Terran Conflict
X-Tended
X3-TC Babylon 5
Morrowind / Oblivion
MGE - Morrowind Graphics Enhancer
Connary's Texture Compendium
Tamriel Rebuilt
Honestly I could go on and one all day with the list, but that would be pointless. The best way is to look for yourself, pick a game you like and search if it has any mods, Modb is good for that and so is google or any other search engine.
You probably noticed most of what I posted are role playing, stratagy or openended games, I will admit my tastes do often fall into those catagories, but that is not all I like. I do enjoy a good shooter every now and then but it can not be all the game has to offer or I bore of it quickly. I love tactical games involving stratagy, but beyond a certain complexity it frustrates/bores me also, for example Total War is great, but Galactic Civilizations II has me running for the hills. Basically I can enjoy anything within moderation so long as it has sufficient depth, decent gameplay and if that game happens to be moddable then all the better.
I have plenty more to say on on the subject of modding in general, and if I get around to wrtting another journal entry I think I will focus on this topic again, but till then;
Stay Frosty!
