What really made this game great was mods. After nearly 4 years and an expansive mod community, Skyrim was really great in the terms of value you saw added to this game, and it's really what kept this game relevant this long. While I understand and agree that some modders may want to cash in on their work, the current implementation of this is poorly done.

The fact that it's been so poorly curated (we're already seeing junk mods for $99.99 being added) is fracturing the community. Modders are seeing their work ripped off and sold without their knowledge, and some mods require other mods to work. When mods like SkyUI go up behind paywalls (it already is becoming premium only) it's breaking several other mods which rely on SkyUI as a backbone. It's turning modders against modders and modders against gamers, and to top that all off, the modders who are putting out paid mods are making Valve and Bethesda rich for their own hard work.

The current mess that the state of this game is in makes it not worth my recommendation. If the current paid mods fiasco was implemented in a way that makes any sense, I might reverse my rating.

What really made this game great was mods. After nearly 4 years and an expansive mod community, Skyrim was really great in the terms of value you saw added to this game, and it's really what kept this game relevant this long. While I understand and agree that some modders may want to cash in on their work, the current implementation of this is poorly done. The fact that it's been so poorly curated (we're already seeing junk mods for $99.99 being added) is fracturing the community. Modders are seeing their work ripped off and sold without their knowledge, and some mods require other mods to work. When mods like SkyUI go up behind paywalls (it already is becoming premium only) it's breaking several other mods which rely on SkyUI as a backbone. It's turning modders against modders and modders against gamers, and to top that all off, the modders who are putting out paid mods are making Valve and Bethesda rich for their own hard work. The current mess that the state of this game is in makes it not worth my recommendation. If the current paid mods fiasco was implemented in a way that makes any sense, I might reverse my rating.