295: Sometimes, I'm a Cheater
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I agree that sometimes a little bit of cheating can really improve the experience of a game. I forget whatever the first game I looked up on GameFAQs was, but their guides have helped me get through some of my favorite games ever. When I was younger I also loved to read Expert Gamer, they had great guides that were fairly compact and spoiler free.
Absolutely true. Cheating can tell you a LOT about yourself. Particularly your taste in Games.
I only ever cheat when the combat and usual going-ons of the game become mere drudgery and i can't wait to get to "better bits", in my case plot-progression and, in RPGs, Opportunities to Role-play.
I had to stop playing Dragon Age: Origins because the gameplay had become....boring, for lack of a better word, and I couldn't find a right and proper trainer anywhere. So i just quit, without finishing the story. I wish it didn't have to be that way, but what was i to do.
I only ever cheat when the combat and usual going-ons of the game become mere drudgery and i can't wait to get to "better bits", in my case plot-progression and, in RPGs, Opportunities to Role-play.
I had to stop playing Dragon Age: Origins because the gameplay had become....boring, for lack of a better word, and I couldn't find a right and proper trainer anywhere. So i just quit, without finishing the story. I wish it didn't have to be that way, but what was i to do.
Kudos to the writer; this article reflect my opinions as well, and is well written! On a personnal note, I usually cheats when I find the challenge unhealthy for my appreciation of the content.
I cheated so much in video games growing up, but I don't really think it ever spoiled my challenge-seeking nature. Most of the cheats I used were for entertainment purposes and were never employed until after I had already beaten the game without cheating. However, I see your point and admit to falling victim to the same kind of cheating seduction in more recent years. This is precisely the reason why I opt for Morrowind on the Xbox over the PC. If I play the PC version I can't keep myself from cheating D:
I love the existence of cheats in single player. Sometimes I've had a rough day and I don't want more challenge I just want fun. So depending on what game I'm playing I can either scale down the difficulty and feel like God of the wasteland (Fallout 3/vegas) or I can make the game silly by adding big heads, shooting paintballs etc.
I'm also not ashamed to admit that I will sometimes have been staring at a puzzle for hours before checking online to find that I just needed to hit a switch or something equally silly.
Multiplayer however is a different story. It's bad enough that due to reward systems a lot of multiplayer games are elitist and favour those who have been playing the longest even though those players are more likely to have memorised where everything spawns let alone having to deal with getting sniped from the whole map away through several walls.
p.s Right, Down, Left, Left, Down, Right, Right, Down, Left, X, Square, Triangle ~Ion Cannon!
I'm also not ashamed to admit that I will sometimes have been staring at a puzzle for hours before checking online to find that I just needed to hit a switch or something equally silly.
Multiplayer however is a different story. It's bad enough that due to reward systems a lot of multiplayer games are elitist and favour those who have been playing the longest even though those players are more likely to have memorised where everything spawns let alone having to deal with getting sniped from the whole map away through several walls.
p.s Right, Down, Left, Left, Down, Right, Right, Down, Left, X, Square, Triangle ~Ion Cannon!
I don?t like using cheats that alter the game, unless they are just for fun but I do use walkthroughs. Even when I end up overusing them a bit they have never really ruined my experience of the game.
I did use them a bit when I was younger, on the PlayStation mostly.
I don?t think they really ruined the experience then because I used to open levels I would otherwise have never made it to. Crash Bandicoot and Rayman where the main ones I did it with.
I did use them a bit when I was younger, on the PlayStation mostly.
I don?t think they really ruined the experience then because I used to open levels I would otherwise have never made it to. Crash Bandicoot and Rayman where the main ones I did it with.
I've been guilty of overusing the walkthrough for games before. I ashamed to admit it, but I never actually "beat" Monkey Island 3. I got stuck early on and had the walkthrough guide sitting next to the computer, so I thought "Just this once will be ok." I ended up keeping that book open and doing everything exactly as it said. I know I missed out on a lot of opportunities and experiences that way and I wish I could go back and re-do it. The funny thing was, I knew I was cheating, but I wanted to get to the end so much that it didn't matter. Nowadays I try to limit my use of such things until I've already beaten the game and I'm trying to find all the hidden things that I missed the first time.
Or if I want to have some chaotic fun in GTA. No gravity mode, instant tank spawning and instant Army stars is SO much fun in Vice City. Good times, good times.
Or if I want to have some chaotic fun in GTA. No gravity mode, instant tank spawning and instant Army stars is SO much fun in Vice City. Good times, good times.
I rarely cheat to win. I prefer to cheat to have fun. I probably don't need extra lives in most games, but give me the option to screw around and I'm happy. That's why I love sandbox games so much. I use the free roam ability to blow off steam, and cheats help that greatly. But I don't use them in the story mode, unless they're unlockables like Saints Row 2's options. And then, it hardly feels like cheating to use unlimited ammo. I earned it and it's right there proudly listed in my crib. And some of those were a pain in the ass to earn.
I don't begrudge gamers, though, for cheatng anyway, long as it's not cheating in a way that harms others (multiplayer is a real good example). Games really shouldn't be all that frustrating. Not as a default, anyway. I mean, I like games like Super Meat Boy that sell themselves on challenge, but that should be the exception, not the rule.
I don't begrudge gamers, though, for cheatng anyway, long as it's not cheating in a way that harms others (multiplayer is a real good example). Games really shouldn't be all that frustrating. Not as a default, anyway. I mean, I like games like Super Meat Boy that sell themselves on challenge, but that should be the exception, not the rule.
I admit i cheated in rpgs using strategy guides. At some point you have to if you want to get everything. Then again I may stop now. I recently went for a throwback and started playing final fantasy X. I had the guide and i got so incredibly bored because i was grinding using the guide. I wanted to find out why i had so much fun in the past. so, i threw out the guide except the item sections and winged it. I began having fun again, not having that sense of clairvoyance actually brought back the mystery in the world i was playing in. I feel now i may need to still look at guides, but only item sections. Item section because these bloody fuckers who make games now say that if you open "this/these" chest in the game now you won't get something way better earlier.
I remember the rosebud cheat on the original Sims. The first few times I played I made so much money that I built crazy houses and did anything I wanted...until I realized how freaking bored I was. Since then I never used the cheat and built up from the very bottom. Despite a bad encounter with a clown the game was much more fun. Personally I think all cheats should be difficult to find. I know I found the starcraft campaign incredibly difficult the first time I played through, but until I played it without cheats I got almost no feeling of accomplishment for the game. On the other hand, I may not have had the same sense had I not used the cheats in the first place.
This. I, too, quit Dragon Age (and Mass Effect). Honestly, I like finding out the story without having to drudge through hours of (sometimes) pointless running back and forth to slowly progress the story. This is why I've been watching a lot of walkthroughs on youtube. I can fast forward through some of the boring parts to get to the cut scenes.GrizzlerBorno said:
Right now I'd love a money cheat for Gran Turismo 5. I work a 56 hour week and have a career to worry about. I really don't have enough time to spend hours and hours grinding credits on GT5 just to be able to unlock the final 2 or 3 cars that I want to have a test drive of for historical/sentimental reasons.
I don't want to cheat online, or to show people how l33t I am. I simply want to be able to access content (in a product that I paid good money for) that I personally am unlikely to get a shot at otherwise.
I don't want to cheat online, or to show people how l33t I am. I simply want to be able to access content (in a product that I paid good money for) that I personally am unlikely to get a shot at otherwise.
In regards to using FAQs and Walkthroughs, I really take no shame in using a guide for games I simply just don't get. Plus, most walkthroughs have (or should have) a getting started guide complete with controls and how to play the game, plus any tips or tricks that the game may not otherwise directly point out. This is doubly beneficial in your complicated JRPGs, where battle systems are typically written in a more simplified or summarized form. They also do wonders for games that involve a lot of crafting. I don't really consider it cheating in that case, since I'm only using the guide to reference back to things I already know.
Mass Effect? Really? It had good combat. Inventory management was a right pain in the ass, but I never felt that the combat lacked much especially if you play tactically (use that pause thing a lot to micro-manage) against Hard opponents with Biotics! Fuck yeah for Biotics!maddog015 said:
But, oh well, different strokes.
I use walkthroughs quite a lot. Sometimes it's to help me when I'm stuck and other times to simply save me from having to do paperwork. For example I'm playing through Muramasa: The Demon Blade atm and there's no way I'm writing down where the enemy lairs are when I can just bring the guide up on my phone.
Cheating I don't really do although I understand the feeling of wanting to get revenge on a game. Take Resident Evil 4 - I take my time playing through the game, death seems to be coming from everywhere and I'm scared sh*tless (hey, I scare easy). Enter New Game + and suddenly it's payback time. Oh joy, it's the village, I can't wait to show the Dr. Salvador my Broken Butterfly. Oh hey Mr. Garrador, unfortunately I bought the Chicago Typewriter with the spoils from my last playthrough and... oh your dead. Oh hey Mr. Iron Maiden, nice keycard. Would you mind if I borrowed that for a... you see where this is going.
Cheating I don't really do although I understand the feeling of wanting to get revenge on a game. Take Resident Evil 4 - I take my time playing through the game, death seems to be coming from everywhere and I'm scared sh*tless (hey, I scare easy). Enter New Game + and suddenly it's payback time. Oh joy, it's the village, I can't wait to show the Dr. Salvador my Broken Butterfly. Oh hey Mr. Garrador, unfortunately I bought the Chicago Typewriter with the spoils from my last playthrough and... oh your dead. Oh hey Mr. Iron Maiden, nice keycard. Would you mind if I borrowed that for a... you see where this is going.