Report Which do you play more?

Poll started by INtense! with 3,242 votes and 58 comments. Browse the poll archive.

 45%

(1467 votes)Mods

 10%

(309 votes)Indie Games

 44%

(1435 votes)Commerical Games

 1%

(31 votes)Flash / Phone Games

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JustDaveIsFine
JustDaveIsFine - - 1,545 comments

Indie games!
Of course I would say that.

I don't have a large library of commercial games, so I can't even play half the mods. I can, however, play any indie title that shows up. :)

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Daystranger
Daystranger - - 327 comments

0%
Mods

AHAHAHAHA
Hello, MODDB!
Jesus, people...
The worst thing, I'm one of you :D

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RainbowWAR
RainbowWAR - - 65 comments

What are you talking? mods are right behind commercial games.

I mostly buy a commercial game and play it while, then I start looking for some cool mods and usually I play them way longer than the vanilla game.

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SIGILL
SIGILL - - 1,157 comments

Same here.. or sometimes I buy a commercial game just for some mods. But I play commercial games a little more.

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NewMessageN00b
NewMessageN00b - - 234 comments

I don't take chances before I get assured that the stuff I'm buying is indeed good.

'Play commercial games that are 9.0+ and play mods that seem to be equally as good.

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SirMordred
SirMordred - - 133 comments

Well then it's easy to miss out on great games that don't get a 9+, because I have played many - I assure you...

It's like others say - I play Commercial games first - then I look for great mods to make it better than before...

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StoneCrowUK
StoneCrowUK - - 308 comments

i buy comercial games SOLELY to play mods generally (except for the battlefield series)

how is it that with some comm. games something better and more playable gets released by a nobody, wtf, E.G. "user made L4D careers" and "research and development"

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Megadave2003
Megadave2003 - - 780 comments

now mods are at the top

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Broadsword530
Broadsword530 - - 156 comments

Probably the reason "Dead Before Dawn" won the best unreleased mod...

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nopushbutton
nopushbutton - - 719 comments

Mods by a long shot, because I'm a cheap bastard and proud of it! :D

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Ennui
Ennui - - 420 comments

Mods... including mods gone commercial like CS and DOD.

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LoneWolf6:16
LoneWolf6:16 - - 173 comments

Mods, but it's pretty close with commercial games. When it comes to commercial games I usually stick to my tried and true favorite series', where as with mods I'll generally try anything that seems the least bit interesting, since they're free. ;) I don't play very many indie games since more often than not indie games end up being puzzle or platform games which I'm not into. But if I do find an indie game that peaks my interest I'll usually buy it since they're cheap, plus it's always good to support the little guys. I don't have a single game on my phone and I only play flash games when I'm extremely bored. I'd like to note though that one of my favorite games is a free, non-flash browser based game, so that doesn't really fit into any of these categories.

I've always argued that mods are really more "indie" than indie games. Indie game developers at least have some money to either buy a game engine or develop their own, and they might be able to do a little advertising. Mod makers are just people in their rooms and basements with no money, a computer, and a dream. :) Indie game developer is kinda the next step up.

It usually goes one of three ways:

Mod maker--> Indie game developer--> Commercial game developer
Mod maker--> Commercial game developer
Mod maker--> Indie game developer

Please don't think I'm trying to say mod makers have less skill than the other two. They just usually have the least amount of resources. At any rate, I have respect for anyone, mod, indie, or commercial game developer who makes a good game that they put their heart into.

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SaintDaveUK
SaintDaveUK - - 1,040 comments

"Mod makers are just people in their rooms and basements with no money" -

I don't necessarily agree with that. Most mod makers are more hobbyists; it is just something they enjoy doing. Alot of mods cost alot of money believe it or not (although, indeed, not as much as indie or commercial).

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LoneWolf6:16
LoneWolf6:16 - - 173 comments

I think I came off sounding the wrong way when I said mod makers have no money, etc., etc. I meant that I think a lot of mod makers would make indie games and try to make a living off of them if they had the money and resources to do it. But you're right, a lot of mod makers are just hobbyists who do it for fun and not because they necessarily hope to sell a game of their own some day.

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Wasper
Wasper - - 102 comments

Mods. When a new commercial game has been released (which is worth to buy it, the last commercial game I played was GTAIV...), I play it through once without mods. Then I have some fun with mini-mods which only change some code values and then later I play it with total-conversions.

"Mod makers are just people in their rooms and basements with no money"

I don't agree with that either. For me, developing mods is a hobby (I'm a 3d- and texture-artist). I have fun with being creative. But sometimes I need a break from modding (like now :D). I can't imagine to archive the status of a commercial game developer. Indie dev, maybe. But I don't want to earn money with mods or games.
Also, even mods are expensive. Many people don't know that. You have to rent FTPs and probably buy some software. But the most expensive part is, you have to spent time - a lot of time :o)

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Cookie_Dough
Cookie_Dough - - 68 comments

I mostly play commerical games,i am a Teamfortress 2 addict but play mods when i spot a good one

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Lt.SnoWolf
Lt.SnoWolf - - 1,035 comments

I have a ton of games i finished and i only ever play mods of them now. Mods 100% sure.

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MrTimm
MrTimm - - 4,994 comments

mods nothing else, and if you are working on a mod self and you get a gr8 feedback thats always nice ;)

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krizto
krizto - - 1 comments

xD hablen en espaƱol joder... saludos a fireken! xP

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mastersrp
mastersrp - - 132 comments

Mods, if that includes mods that has later gone commercial! :D

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MrCowThing
MrCowThing - - 109 comments

Hard to choose. I picked mods, but a lot of mods I play have gone commercial. I enjoy any type of game though, as long as it's fun.

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purplehaze412
purplehaze412 - - 368 comments

Hmm, I voted mods, But i really mean both mods and indie games.
I guess i play mods more, But that's because some indie games that are out don't seem to appealing to my liking, Sorry if I discouraged you, But Keep going!

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Kasplatt
Kasplatt - - 412 comments

Well, I play games that have competitiveness to them the most, mostly CS:S as is now. Used to be alot of the old cs before then, even before 1.6, which was a mod at that time. So yeah mod gone commercial really. And then I play DotA alot, which I think classifies as a mod to be honest.

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cW#Ravenblood - - 6,703 comments

Mods and commercial FTW!

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Smonocco
Smonocco - - 113 comments

Commercial Games though i do like trying out mods when they're available.

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56er
56er - - 1,253 comments

Hm, i would like to paly more indies and mods, but there still is only a little support of thses, so i will have to play commercials on and on.

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kukiric
kukiric - - 37 comments

Commercial games for story, mods and indie games for bonus gameplay features, if you get what I mean.

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LordHayden
LordHayden - - 31 comments

Commercial, although it was a hard choice between Mods and Commercial...

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Handgun_Hero
Handgun_Hero - - 568 comments

Same for me. You can't have a mod without a commercial, at least most of the time. I enjoy playing Vietnam | Glory Obscured and Battlefield Vietnam just as much as each other and ones a mod and ones a commercial...

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TwinBeast
TwinBeast - - 565 comments

Old games.. :)

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WatashivaHel
WatashivaHel - - 47 comments

Pretty much only commercial games.
L4d, RE, TF2, etc.

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elcidop
elcidop - - 55 comments

Commerical Games!

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Jesternz08
Jesternz08 - - 410 comments

I love all the hl2 mods, and I would play them, but only if there were large fan bases, especially in australia/NZ they lack players, so I cant just jump on a server let alone enough play competitively (clans ect).
So I stick with valves commercial games.

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SaintDaveUK
SaintDaveUK - - 1,040 comments

Commercial games. Even as a modder, I know that 99% of the time, commercial games are many times better than most mods could ever be. Although there are some pretty impressive mods out there.

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Jashin
Jashin - - 169 comments

Play 1 game at a time. Yea I know.

So if I play mod like Natural Selection I'm a pro. But then I stopped so now I have nothing to play.

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ChestyMcGee
ChestyMcGee - - 238 comments

Considering the amount of time I spend playing Insurgency and Garry's Mod I'd say mods... wait, but does Gmod count as a commercial game because I bought it? And what does that classify DoD:S and CSS as?

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hushpuppy
hushpuppy - - 761 comments

Hands down, commercial.

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Hawx_Fan_101
Hawx_Fan_101 - - 15 comments

50/50 on commercial games & mods. Currently playing Halo 2 & HAWX multiplayer; Championship Manager 2008 & Ballistic Weapons mod for UT2004. I wonder if editing CM2008's player database is considered modding?

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wazanator
wazanator - - 761 comments

Mods all the way :) You buy the official game (or in the case of valve a source game) and you get access to a 100 more games

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Dnst
Dnst - - 366 comments

I play HL2-mods 99% of my game-time.

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Noesis_Interactive
Noesis_Interactive - - 184 comments

Play 'em all!

But especially don't forget to play the mods!

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holyknight
holyknight - - 213 comments

TF2!!!!!!!!!
But I also play HL2 mods and IG:Warlord :)

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radutanasie
radutanasie - - 949 comments

Commercial 45% and Mods 45% :O

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SinKing
SinKing - - 3,119 comments

Wow, send this to EA!!! Of course we are Moddb, but with a little more awareness about modding we would see the same demographic outside our little elitist club, too!

Modding is the better gaming!

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Samster01
Samster01 - - 476 comments

For me it depends entirely on the game or mod in question.

Some games such as the CNC series have a history of interesting and different mods. :)

The biggest advantage of PC gaming, IMO, is mods and their potenital.

@SinKing: Haha, if only EA would listen. Then they might start releasing the full non beta versions of the game SDKS, (Software development kits) and map builders. :)

I generally buy a game, play it to death, and then after a long time peroid, find some good mods for it.

In my experience a modder is just someone who plays a game and realises that the game has flaws and that they could make the game better. Sometimes this is a smaller balance based mod that changes the stats of weapons. Sometimes this is a bigger mod that re adds things cut from the original game. And sometimes this is a total conversion mod that completely changes the original game into something new.

- Sam

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_Fungus
_Fungus - - 24 comments

oh snap, its 45%/45% for mods and commercial games. seems about right thoug, as imo, mods are supplements and or enhancements to the commercial games.

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calzo
calzo - - 17 comments

mods FTW!

:D

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Mualama
Mualama - - 238 comments

hmmmmm, odd that it adds up to 101% right now.....

45+10+45+1=101.....

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eezstreet
eezstreet - - 783 comments

I saw this too and I went 'WTF?'

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poodleinacan
poodleinacan - - 96 comments

But mods can be fun some times...

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