There is a big difference between hacks and mods, hacks ruin a game, the thought that people are cheating online by hacking a game just kills the server and ultimatly kills the game online.
Mods however help the long term viability of a game by adding extra content and taking a game in directions the developers never explored or envisioned,and very often these mods are taken up and used in later patches by the devs.
Arma2 is a good example, moders gave us things that were ultimatly patched into later versions of the official game and now the latest mod dayz has led to new copies of arma2 being sold, this just before the release of arma3 ! This must be a nice little earner for Bohemia and totally unexpected.
Other games to are staying popular long after they have passed there sell by date simply because people want to play the modded versions ie Rome total war.
Going back to Arma2, this is heavily modded but thanks to modders making tools like sixupdater its easy to manage the various mods available and to be honest I have seen very few cheaters, although I play mostly coop and cheating in coop generally doesnt happen.
I think modding is the core of pc gaming it keeps games fresh and players involved for a very long time.
If you want to play vanilla games thats fine but you probably would be happier sticking to an xbox or playstation.
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05-26-2012, 10:40 PM
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