Since mods are creations made by fans, they also have the capacity to exist outside of what's feasible for some developers and to improve upon games long considered 'past their prime'. RELATED: Beyond Skyrim Mod Team Presents First Look At The Black Marsh If you wanted to play Dragon Age: Origins, but really don't like a companion's outfit, you could install a mod to change it. If you were to play Skyrim, for example, and decide you'd like to make your character a master chef, there are mods to install to make cooking more robust.
Obviously you may be limited to the mods that exist if you can't make them yourself, but what you choose to install out of any given number of options is still all up to you. The truly fantastic thing about mods is that they allow you to customize your experience with a game, completely and utterly. What's more, they're easier than ever to install, whether it's using mod managers like nexus or simply doing it manually by following a video guide. They can range from lovingly crafted tweaks meant to feel right at home in the base game to silly item or creature replacements and god modes. Mods can do a lot for the games you know and love - revitalize the graphics, add hours of new gameplay, or even make wholly new games on the same engine. If you play a lot of games on PC, you've probably installed at least a handful of mods before.
