No.
A more directed response is as follows:
1. What do you mean by "these days"? Neverwinter Nights was released around 12 years ago, and followed a similar process of creating a strong modding community, so what time period in gaming history do you mean existed before modding was so affluent?
Yes, there was a few games out there with great modding communities..but the way games are developed open, giving access to anyone to start fiddling with the game itself before release, is more recent.
Mods being made for
Rimworld are changing the game. That game was alpha released last November..I have played the game through the transition till current build, and the Dev has \ completely supported it, and incorporated a lot of the mods into the vanilla game.
With Civ 4, there was also a massive (still is) following of avid modders. It's kinda like the training grounds for young developers to get their feet wet. Check this out
Civfanatics Civ4 mods ...this game is over 6 years old, very active still. This makes the value of the game go up.
Also don't forget we live in the internet era where communication is vastly faster, communities are filled with all types now, not just ubber-nerdcores. Now mods are easier to install as well, the knowledge is much more widespread.
