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I don't review that many games on Steam. But I will not be giving this game a thumbs up.

With Valve and Bethesda looking to make some serious dough under the guise of "helping content creators," we now have a bit of segregation in the modding scene. Modders who list their mods as paid are only seeing 25% of the money despite doing 90% of the work. We also have stolen mods that are free from their original source being posted as paid mods for some quick cash. Worse are some modders adding nag screens to the previous free version bugging players to pay for the mod.

I am personally okay with modders making some money off their work, much like I'm in favor of YouTubers making money. But if any YouTuber were to paywall their channel, they'd be shafted because it disturbs the ecosystem so much. Modders, you should consider asking for donations instead, and not let Valve and Bethesda rob you of those contributions. It's very much like how YouTubers use Patreon and other services to help pay for the time and effort put into their work. Make that the standard, and I'm sure people will gladly toss some change your way. But paywalling your content, and worse, nagging people about why they haven't paid for the new version yet, is really low and tacky.

This is more of an ethics review than a review of the actual game, I know, since I don't have much playtime on the PC version. But since it is a decision that was endorsed by the developer, I think it belongs here.