Games could well be gaining more use than they currently are by developers building in map editors to the console based FPS and Third person shooters etc that are coming out these days.

There were a few, where did they go, they were popular, and gave length to games .. come see what one person thinks of the whole lack of map making facilities on consoles.

One day I was sitting at my primitive five-year-old computer playing the classic Age Of Empires when I came across a simple scenario maker that was included in the game.

I started using it and got hooked into the scenario making for hours- even days. It became just as fun as the game. Suddenly I was drawn into the wonderful world of user-created gaming.

But when I got my Xbox 360 there were no such scenario makers or map editors. I was sorely disappointed.

Yes, since then there have a been a couple, which I discuss later, but compared with PC gaming it is pathetically lacking on sophisticated consoles like the 360 and PS3. Why?

The PC Modding Scene

Neverwinter Knights

Age Of Empires on PC has one of the most simplest scenario making editors around because all you pretty much do is drag and drop troops into the maps. There are even more complicated ones that take hours to do ten minutes of game time.

Some of the games released for the PC include the tools that the creators themselves used to create the game itself

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