[HN Gopher] Dark Messiah modding community got Ubisoft approval
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Dark Messiah modding community got Ubisoft approval
Author : retro_guy
Score : 51 points
Date : 2023-08-28 16:37 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| saiya-jin wrote:
| I am still waiting for such a game since I played it back then -
| FPS with magic, good bow shooting etc. and actual AAA quality.
| For proper RPG experience there are skyrims of these days, but
| something lighter, with just missions and not endless bugged
| half-empty open worlds, something I can easily pick up for few
| minutes, progress just a bit and then ignore for a month. Or play
| in one go if possible. Somehow, they nailed playability just
| right, in Half-life style.
|
| I am overfed with same looking and same experience modern
| warfares, just like few years ago WWII oversaturated the market.
| Another potential direction may be say Vietnam-like games.
| where-group-by wrote:
| If you're listing all the fun features you have to mention the
| ragdoll psychics with inventive ways to dispatch your enemies
| using the environment.
|
| I was very disappointed, when this facet of the game didn't
| really catch on, and other games did not copy it.
| kmfrk wrote:
| Last I tried playing the game, it kept crashing with a DirectX
| error, so this might be the best way to keep the game working.
| selimthegrim wrote:
| Will they do this for Thief next?
| Cthulhu_ wrote:
| Sounds like they're eyeing up a remaster or sequel, and wait for
| the free labor mod community to produce candidates to do so.
|
| I mean it makes sense, they probably won't find someone easily if
| they put out a job advert, the original developers will have long
| gone, and you cannot beat someone training themselves over the
| span of years.
| dogma1138 wrote:
| This is an RTX remix mod so this is a de facto remaster.
|
| A sequel maybe.
| simlevesque wrote:
| Such a great game !
| boomboomsubban wrote:
| Am I understanding this correctly? Ubisoft is allowing third
| party mods of their 17 year old game that still requires a legal
| copy to run the mod? While good for the developers and fans, that
| hardly seems like a concession from Ubisoft
| ramesh31 wrote:
| >While good for the developers and fans, that hardly seems like
| a concession from Ubisoft
|
| In the world of AAA game studios, this is about as good as it
| gets. EA or Activision would have told them to kick rocks.
| lelandfe wrote:
| Nintendo would have sued them
| capableweb wrote:
| > EA or Activision would have told them to kick rocks.
|
| Or worst case scenario (like what Rockstar and Nintendo
| sometimes does), suing the 3rd party developers.
| DarkNova6 wrote:
| I've been modding games of EA for over 10 years. I even
| helped out with a project associated to Battleforge, which
| was shut down in 2013. But when people tried to go near
| Microsoft oh wow... they go nuclear and they do it fast.
| dogma1138 wrote:
| REMIX is a bit different it extracts resources from the game so
| you could rework and replace them.
|
| Additive only modding is arguably easy, however mods in which
| you extract and rework assets are more tricky since those
| assets are protected by their own copyright.
|
| There could be cases in which the licensing agreement that
| covers those assets may not be compatible with modding since
| the license the publisher and developer have received is rather
| restrictive - speedtree generated assets come to mind as
| Autodesk(?) has or had a rather restrictive license on those,
| store bought art assets these days also probably have a non mod
| friendly license.
|
| Then there is the whole thing around using trademark names in
| your sites and content.
|
| Overall you want an approval especially for a large scale
| remaster mod.
|
| And publishers/developers that may appear hostile to modders
| may actually have a valid reason rather than doing it just out
| of spite.
| zote wrote:
| Wow Ubi gave their full approval, also props to them for their
| hard work
| suprjami wrote:
| Good. It's heartbreaking to see modders pour years of love and
| effort into a game, only to get a cease and desist or DMCA
| takedown a week after launch.
|
| Looking at you Nintendo. Iwata rolls in his grave.
| gambiting wrote:
| For all the great games that they are making, Nintendo
| absolutely hates its most passionate fans.
| chaostheory wrote:
| Nintendo is Japan's Apple. Everything has to be done their
| way, which is both their strength and weakness
| chongli wrote:
| I'd say they're more like the Disney of video games.
| Nintendo absolutely loves using the "vault" strategy
| pioneered by Disney: sell your games for a limited time and
| the put them in the vault, only to bring them back again
| later when the hype has built up. It's a pretty infuriating
| strategy for anyone who just wants to buy their favourite
| Nintendo games.
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