Is EB the best mod for any game of all time?

[Blxz]

there's no something like "best mod evah", just like there's no best game... All those stupid "best evah" rankings are just meaningless

I wrote something similar in this thread before deciding that ripping into some fans having a bit of fun wasn't in the best spirit of EB. Having said that though, I still agree with your sentiment. It is a pretty meaningless thing but I am sure it passes the time for them.

[vartan]

*cough*Cynics too lazy to develop metrics for awarding accomplished mod teams.*cough*

(Audio and Visual art fields do it all the time here in Hollywood. They're no more entitled in their endeavors than those developing video games.)

[Blxz]

*cough*Cynics too lazy to develop metrics for awarding accomplished mod teams.*cough*

(Audio and Visual art fields do it all the time here in Hollywood. They're no more entitled in their endeavors than those developing video games.)

Well, we could blantantly copy the same criteria used in the oscars, etc. Most amount of money secretly 'donated' to the organiser of the ceremony wins. Second place goes to the organisers wife's favourite contender. In the case of music we simply let Kanye decide based on his own infallible logic...after he lets us finish of course.

[Ibrahim]

I will have to second the suggestions people have voiced, and say that it is really up to one's taste.

EDIT: this is not to dispute or deny the excellent quality and effort that is part of, and went into, the making of Europa Barbarorum.

[I_damian]

I will have to second the suggestions people have voiced, and say that it is really up to one's taste.

I'm not sure I agree with that. For example I absolutely can't stand a single song that Elvis ever wrote or sang, but there's no denying his awesomeness based on the impact he made and the amount of fans. Same goes for Citizen Kane. I can't stand it, I don't know what people see in it, yet it's widely regarded as the best film of all time or at least in the top 5.

So if I were to put myself in the mind of someone who hates EB, it would still be difficult to deny the fact that it's one of the biggest and most proffessional quality mods for any game, ever - if not THE no.1.

[SoFarSoGood]

I'm not sure I agree with that. For example I absolutely can't stand a single song that Elvis ever wrote or sang, but there's no denying his awesomeness based on the impact he made and the amount of fans. Same goes for Citizen Kane. I can't stand it, I don't know what people see in it, yet it's widely regarded as the best film of all time or at least in the top 5.

So if I were to put myself in the mind of someone who hates EB, it would still be difficult to deny the fact that it's one of the biggest and most proffessional quality mods for any game, ever - if not THE no.1.

Basicly you have to decide how it's decided? I mean more people have probably seen Star Wars (for example) than Citizen Kane and if you had an opinion poll no doubt Star Wars would beat Citizen Kane for 'best film' by popularity. Is that how things should be decided though? Because more people think the earth is round it must be? Used to be that more people thought the earth was flat... did the 'reality' change or just peoples understanding? Clearly in the case of the earth being flat the latter.

Is EB better than Rome TW and the other mods of it might be a better question as if you're not into any of the Total War series then clearly the question doesn't matter or make sense (since all TW would be a waste of time). On that basis I say yes it's the best TW mod there is of any of the games.

[Blxz]

People do NOT know about this mod to the scale you are talking. It is a big thing in some circles but don't make the mistake in thinking that because you like it that suddenly makes it an undeniable gold classic art piece. Its a niche mod of a (pretty popular I'll admit) strategy game and you would be hard pressed to find people who can appreciate it for its innate 'goodness' without having actually played it and enjoyed the gameplay first.

[vartan]

Stating the obvious here, but there is a categorical difference between what you like or appreciate, and the objective measure of how a video game mod performs in terms of gameplay, replayability, reward/punishment, balance, etc.