Long-time mod makers are not happy about the latest trend to take over their corner of the internet - the "bullshit 'trend'" of AI-generated, or "vibe-coded", mods.
As first reported by IGN, the backlash is building after a number of modders - including some who openly admit to using generative AI to help write their mods - opened up about mashup mods splicing entirely unrelated games together.
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"I mod games and I'm not shy about the fact that I use AI to do it. I hate this bullshit 'trend'. Pure slop, there's nothing creative about this at all," modder kran27_ posted, adding that "the shit that's getting the clicks is this jingling keys bullshit".
Another, discountmodder, added: "If this becomes the permanent state of modding, this may be my last project. I don't wanna be involved in an AI slop-factory".
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What's got them so riled up is the huge surge of mods that bring unrelated games together, from World of Warcraft into Call of Duty: World at War, to Escape From Tarkov into Skyrim, and a version of Insomniac's Spider-Man that lets you swing around Batman: Arkham City's Gotham.
The trend has snowballed just over the course of a single week, driven by Claude Opus 5.5's cheaper tokens and improved code generation making it easier than ever to point the model at a game, decompile it, and add in something else entirely.
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