Players angry at Bethesda for disabling achievements in Skyrim with mods
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One thing that keeps Skyrim alive to this day is its great compatibility with mods. Skyrim mods are in high demand, especially after the release of its Special Edition, with hundreds of available for players to enhance their experience.
Almost anyone who’s ever played Skyrim has tried at least one game mod. But, there’s one problem: Bethesda has disabled achievements on all modded games. Even the smallest mod will disable Steam achievements. Although the company never clarified why it disabled achievements on modded copies, users have a couple of reasons in mind.
Allegedly, Bethesda sees mods as a kind of cheating. Therefore, mods are presented to make the gameplay easier and the company wants achievements to be earned 100% legitimately. Also, there’s fear of system abuse in the case a mod can automatically unlock all achievements for players who install it.
While the situation doesn’t bother some Skyrim players, others are pretty angry because there are no achievements in modded games. Passionate users of Skyrim mods claim that Bethesda is disrespecting the entire community of modders by not allowing them to hunt for achievements.
This turned out to be a serious discussion on Bethesda forums where one user threw rocks at the company. According to him, Bethesda is not being fair towards players who use mods. Skyrim mods rarely, if never, make the game easier according to players. Mods can only make gameplay harder says the community. Because of that, certain players feel like they’re being punished for using mods.
Unsatisfied players suggest Bethesda enable achievements for modded games in order to make things right. However, the company is still silent, with mods still locking achievements when installed.
For all those who feel this is unfair, there’s actually a way to enable achievements in modded copies. Guess how? By installing a mod! As its name says, the Achievements Mods Enabler mod for Skyrim makes achievements available for everyone.
How do you feel about the lack of achievements in modded copies of Skyrim? Do you think it’s unfair or do you simply not care? Let us know in the comments below.
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