Everyone is entitled to have their own opinion, and I respect that, and since you haven't said, I don't know if you have played this game, but there is a replay gallery and it's been in (to quote your last line) since "DAY ONE". The reason mods do not work with Faerin's games is because they are heavily stat driven, and any modification to that completely breaks the game for people who use them. That's not to say modders can't keep making mods for them, no one is stopping them. No one is stopping the players from using them, either. That doesn't mean we have to support them. We're not cleaning up someone else's mess.
And besides, the last two games of Faerin's HAS a cheat console. Or have you ever played them before? Oh, and they also have replay galleries as well. So I guess you're 0 for 3 on that.