Bethesda's Creation Club program has entered its beta phase on PC, giving us a glimpse of what we can expect once it hits the PlayStation 4 versions of Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. For those out of the loop, the Creation Club was revealed during the publisher's E3 2017 press conference, and it basically allows players to purchase extra pieces of content for each game -- content that's authored by fellow users.
Unsurprisingly, the whole concept didn't go down too well with the community, and the Creation Club was quickly called out as a way for Bethesda to wheel out a "paid mods" program. The difference here, though, is that the stuff that you buy and download from the Creation Club won't disable Trophies or interfere with your save data. In other words, you can kind of think of them as "official" mods that Bethesda has approved and you have to pay for.
Anyway, thanks to the aforementioned PC beta -- currently only available for Fallout 4 -- we can take a look at what kind of content is coming. For the most part, we're looking at small-scale stuff right now. New weapons, armour sets, outfits, paint jobs -- that sort of thing. It'll be interesting to see how well it ends up being supported, and whether people actually take to it or not.
What do you think of the Creation Club? Are you against it, or do you see it as just another way to support Fallout 4 and Skyrim through DLC? Share your premium opinion in the comments section below.
[source steamcommunity.com]
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I just want the pilgrim mod for ps4
I'm assuming for the next Elder Scrolls game Bethesda will charge $20 for the creation kit and all mods will be paid.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi That sounds ominous. What is it?
@ShogunRok it turns it into a kind of horror themed fallout https://youtu.be/wRctTkSlBmI
I love Fallout games so they have my interest. Now it is a wait and see what is offered and how much the cost.
I plan on another play of Fallout 4 and some mods that are well tested to work could make another play more fun then my first 2. My most wanted is a weather mod that provides the option to disable all of the crappy fog. Sniper rifer scope reticles that i can actually see the center of for aiming is another of my most wanted along with a realistically powered heavy ,.50 BMG, sniper.
I think instead of paying a small percentage to the modders, they should be HIRING some of them so when their next elder scrolls or fallout game comes out, they actually work!
Paying a premium just to play with trophies seems scummy, but this is Bethesda we're talking about, so it's not in the least bit surprising. Definitely not supporting this.
This is a trap if I ever saw one. Why do console gamers have to pay for things PC gamers get for free? This is absolute garbage. I really hope people seriously consider what they're paying for when you get nickled and dimed for practically every single thing on a console.
It's gotten so bad this generation, and I think it's because Microsoft is so far behind that Sony isn't getting any competition. It doesn't matter, apparently! Where else can people go for a great console experience?
Absolute and utter garbage... Bethesda is ♋!
I don't care much about mods at all, so they can keep their stuff. Paying for user created stuff just doesn't sound right to me. But as long as there are enough paying customers, this will live on.
I love the idea. Normally I abhor mods, but with curated (one could assume, balanced) mods, sign me up. I am definitely willing to pay for the official thumbs up that this or that mod doesn't break game balance. I wish all moddable games did this with all of their mods.
This is such a travesty. A whole article could be written on how wrong this is and how people should refrain from supporting this. From the content, the pricing, the modder wage, the restrictions on mod size, it's all just bad form on Bethesda's part. Please don't support this guys
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