Posted October 04, 2012
BEST thing about Desura over steam and many other regular game retail sites (even GOG) is that Desura actually puts up their own hosting space for quality game mods - they even do that for games which are not listed or sold in their catalogue!
So not only are they a great online distributor, but they also distribute MODs for FREE. I think its fantastic and its something I wish GOG, Steam and the others would get onto. There's nothing like finding out about a great Mod for a game, only to find that because the game is more than 3 years old the mod team itself has disbanded and the download was somewhere on Mega-Upload or any other big online hub that has been shut down; or its only living on a handful of random computers around the world (it is thus lost or very hard to come by).
I'm sure the mods must help Desura too - many quality mods can effectively make a game purchase 2 for 1 with what they add and change.
So not only are they a great online distributor, but they also distribute MODs for FREE. I think its fantastic and its something I wish GOG, Steam and the others would get onto. There's nothing like finding out about a great Mod for a game, only to find that because the game is more than 3 years old the mod team itself has disbanded and the download was somewhere on Mega-Upload or any other big online hub that has been shut down; or its only living on a handful of random computers around the world (it is thus lost or very hard to come by).
I'm sure the mods must help Desura too - many quality mods can effectively make a game purchase 2 for 1 with what they add and change.