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[razor871]

Hi there! So I've been trying to look for a game that I can have fun modding with, you know just messing around it with it, being creative and cooking up some neat stuff.

Loose preferences:
- A game that encourages modding (built-in editor?)
- Roughly 4-5 GB (give or take a few GB)
- Sensible price, something roughly $25 or under will do
- An open-world first-person shooter (or just something open world)

So let me know what you guys think! 

[tompliss]

For an open world, the obvious seems the TES series (not a shooter if you don't play with a bow and arrow, though).

[razor871]

For an open world, the obvious seems the TES series (not a shooter if you don't play with a bow and arrow, though).

Ah yes! I have a Steam copy of Morrowind but it sadly doesn't contain the construction kit. Oblivion & Skyrim both have built-in editors (as separate programs) right?

[tompliss]

You should be able to access the Construction kit, with a patch, apparently :
http://steamcommunity.com/app/22320/discussions/0/620700960563780625/?insideModal=1

And yeah, both Oblivion and Skyrim have the same type of modding tool (separate from the game, able to add/modify nearly anything.

[razor871]

You should be able to access the Construction kit, with a patch, apparently :
http://steamcommunity.com/app/22320/discussions/0/620700960563780625/?insideModal=1

And yeah, both Oblivion and Skyrim have the same type of modding tool (separate from the game, able to add/modify nearly anything.

Woo! Thanks dude, now I finally have a reason to re-play through Skyrim & play Oblivion for the first time too! *thumbs up*

[Itnetlolor]

You can always play Garry's Mod, and do insane stuff like this:

Spoiler: Like a battle royale in Unreal Tournament (not photoshopped) (click to show/hide)

And yes, that is SCP-096 chilling out in all the mayhem.

[Bouchart]

Doom doesn't have a built-in editor but those are easy enough to download.  If that is too obvious of a choice you can try Descent.

Anything Civilization is highly moddable, especially 4 and 5.

If you want something open world, and aren't too timid about doing a lot of writing, you could build a non-graphical MUD by downloading a MUD codebase such as Dawn of Time- www.dawnoftime.org.  There are others available but I've used this one personally, and even without any coding experience I've had some success.

[TripJack]

ARMA - much bigger than 4-5 GB though...

[Wysthric]

Doom 2 is a good fit, I find.

[jocan2003]

Well for built in editor i would go planet explorer, multiplayer adventure mode or the campagin in single player even is pretty open world, its a kind of minecraft but you also design your own weapon and even vehicule, hell somebody made a flying mini battlestar galactica with the built in editor, is that powerfull enough? hehe.

Its third person, but you can switch first person too if you desire.

[alexandertnt]

Crysis has a fun editor.

Many UE3 games let you mod them with UDK or a modified bundled editor.

[Bohandas]

Fallout: New Vegas has the official editor available for free (there are several other free editors too) and contains many FPS-like elements and costs between 10 and 20 dollars

[Bouchart]

The new Shadowrun games have built in editors, but they are more along the lines of tactical RPGs.

[razor871]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I'll be sure to check 'em out.

[Bohandas]

Dungeons of Dredmor is cheap and highly moddable (you don't even need a special editor for simple edits; just a text editor. You may need an image editor like GIMP for more advanced stuff though).

It doesn't fulfill the other parameters from the OP however.