"If this game had been released by a less respected company than iD folks would be ripping it a new one."
Isn't that what you're doing right now?
"I don't want to play it as intended I want to play it so I can see it. It's my $50."
Fair enough. Thank goodness for the quick mod availability.
"iD dropped the ball on this one. "
Have to disagree with you on that one. Now, if they made modding the game impossible...then THAT might be dropping the ball. But delivering a game that they (as well as quite a lot of us) enjoy, isn't dropping the ball, in my opinion.