I felt the same until I modded the shite out of Skyrim this year and now my mod list hit critical mass and I‘m having an absolute blast with it. Starfield runs worse and looks worse for me so that game needs some time in the patch and mod oven before I dive into it… I‘m patient.

[–] tal@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I don't disagree that the mods for Bethesda games are cool, but problem is that the barrier to getting a massive mod list set up and working after years of mods have come out is considerable.

I feel like, given the sheer size of the mod library, mod managers need something like a list of base, curated set of mods to start with, kind of what Wabbajack does, but then have the ability to add mods to it. That way, to get you most of the way to a heavily-modded game, you just pick from among a few popular modlists.

Choosing that curated set to start with would let you avoid spending hours poring over reviews of different mods and culling obsolete information to determine what you think the current-best, say, lighting mod is.

And have the ability to update to the latest version of the modlist, or roll back to an earlier.

Once that's up and going, then if you want to go tweak it or add or remove a particular mod, you can.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

This is the way to be. I won't be buying Starfield for at least a year, likely longer. By that time GPUs will be able to run it easier and I'll be due for a new one. The game will have also seen its most significant bugfixes in that time.I haven't bought a new game hot off the press in almost a decade. #patientgamers

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