Major_Why

Ross, if you weren't working on any videos or other creative projects, as in, you had finished Freeman's Mind and just halted your output there indefinitely, is there any one game that you think you would be putting 12 hours in to each day? Do you sometimes think "Man, I wish I wasn't so busy with creating things, because then I could play this awesome game all night long!" ? Also, this is a subject that I'm surprised doesn't get a lot of attention and I was wondering if you had any thoughts surrounding it. Fewer and fewer AAA games are being released with mod tools available, and these days it seems rare for games using proprietary engines to include any sources or assets that allow players to create things like maps, model replacements, and other clientside changes. Despite the popularity of the Steam Workshop and dedicated modding sites, developers like DICE and Infinity Ward have long since pulled the plug on both server and clientside mods, under guises such as "The engine's workflow is too advanced for users to ever learn" and "Custom content users would gain an unfair advantage". These are valid, but it's been widely speculated that the three main reasons for this shift in to vanilla lockdown are: 1: It extends the life of any release, making it less likely for custom content users to purchase the next release in the series. 2: It would be unfair to those who own the game on a console, as they would be missing out on any custom content, so the developers would instead pander to nobody instead of just PC users. 3: It would allow people to take DLC content and repackage it in to a mod format, giving people access to DLC maps without actually purchasing the DLC. Which are all valid from a business standpoint. In short, have you ever been disappointed to hear that a series of games that you've enjoyed the user-made content of will no longer support these types of mods for future releases? Also, I recall you mentioning something along the lines of setting up an organized petition against games being killed off. have you considered http://gamercongress.com/ ? It seems to have been made for this sort of thing. A petition revolving around games being killed off by EA has even been brought up already and since met its mark (And the resulting cries and calls were ignored by EA of course) http://gamercongress.com/opinion/save-crysis-multiplayer-support