

On Thursday, the site’s staff (of 18) announced that any mod uploaded to its catalog by anyone is going to be archived there and available for distribution, permanently. So it would seem to take a lot for that kind of a community resource to get in trouble with the public it serves. From the silly to the sublime, Nexus Mods has changed games for almost 20 years. The site is vital to a vibrant PC gaming culture whose players take pride in understanding how games are developed, and use that knowledge to tailor global bestselling franchises like The Witcher and The Elder Scrolls to their simplest taste. SAVE NOSKYRIM", writes user oxisaw.Nexus Mods is an A-list name among PC gamers, serving a McDonald’s-like 4.5 billion downloads of user-created content, changes, and improvements. "I shed a tear every time I click the "new game" button and the game actually begins. As you would expect, it's full of a whole bunch of Todd Howard memes, as well as desperate pleas for the mod to be restored on Nexus Mods. On top of the petition, the mod's author also created the subreddit r/savenoskyrim. Some are also using the opportunity to call Nexus out over its recent policy change: " While we're on the subject, how about y'all roll back that feature you added where authors can no longer delete their mods? #LetAuthorsOwnTheirMods." It sits at just under 600 signatures at the time of writing and is full of jokey comments such as: "This mod made me realize what I was missing out of life." The NEXUS prohibiting its propagation is a symptom of the capitalist hellscape we all must endure.", reads one of the comments of support left on the petition to bring the mod back.


"Finally with this mod, I was able to break my crippling addiction to Skyrim. Related: Frustrated No Man's Sky Player Is Modding The Creator's Head Into The Game To Demand Updates Now, fans are rallying behind this unique little mod, campaigning for it to be reinstated on the website. It was swiftly deleted for the very reason it exists - because it makes a game unplayable. Striking when the half-ironic Skyrim apathy was hot, NoSkyrim promised to make the game completely unplayable, saving you from sinking hundreds of hours into Bethesda's big moneymaker.Īlas, NoSkyrim did not last long on Nexus Mods. As we reported last week, fans were overjoyed with the launch of the NoSkyrim mod.
