Finally! A thread where I can talk trash about Gamebanana! :V
Gamebanana is utter trash when it comes to mod distribution, quality control, and general moderation within the community.
It's UI is clunky and cluttered. The site itself takes up a lot of memory with the tons of intrusive ads not helping on the matter.
It's points system is a joke. Rewarding free games to those who can spam as many mods as possible onto their respective pages without getting banned for doing so. A feature that promotes quantity over quality.
As for its community, I am genuinely shocked at how much bad content exists on the site compared to other mod sites. ModDB is the same concept as Gamebanana, but much better executed in nearly every fashion.
Minor mods aren't a problem, but it sometimes it's so minor that the change is miniscule to the point of being irrelevant. This also ties into the points system (as explained earlier).
If you want good mods, Gamebanana ISN'T the place to go.
Want good DOOM mods?
Go to the Doomworld forums, ZDOOM forums, or the /idgames archive.
Want good Half-life mods?
Runthinkshootlive has you covered.
Want good Sonic mods/rom hacks?
SFGHQ, and SSRG is a good way to go
Mario Stuff?
MFGG, or SMWCentral
Not to mention most of the above is on ModDB.
Had it not been for the Releases system awhile back, we would've ended up the same way as GB. Don't do GB, kids.
I've heard about Gamebanana but never went to the srb2 section and the first thing that caugh up my attention was a dumb mod called Sex in SRB2.... I... I just.....what? Oh wait, i checked it and now the mod is trashed but seriously , who would want sex in a sonic fan game ?!
b r u h