Poll: Quit or Cheat?

[p3t3r]

i didn't even know there were cheat codes for games now days. maybe for pc were you can just open up the files or whatever

 

[dante brevity]

Games are for fun. If I'm playing something that is otherwise enjoyable, but becomes frustrating (in a bad way), I cheat, minimally. No one gives you no-cheating cookies.

 

[I Resurection I]

I use to cheat all the time until on my ps1 and then i got my ps2 and became very stubborn with the games getting the best of me

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Shouldn't there be a neither option? I just peservere. I did that on the Epilouge of COD 4. I did use cheats for certain games that would allow them as a child, but I used them for fun purposes only. I didn't use them to progress through the game.

 

[Urgh76]

Cheat? I could never do that! Too high, honor sense have I

 

[13thforswarn]

I never cheat unless I'm just screwing around like in GTA. Spawn a tank and rampage through the city. I would have picked "neither" if that was an option because i never quit a game forever, only temporarily, and cheating makes the game boring.

 

[open trap]

Neither, i stick with it untill i get better. The only games i have not finished are Assassins creed Because i got bored and Medal of honor allied assult Because it is old and i lost interest

 

[Podunk]

I'll cheat on older games when the only other option is to play through the entire game again to get back to where I was. Modern games tend to be more 'fair' and 'balanced'.

 

[matsugawa]

If by cheat, we mean not just codes, but walkthroughs as well, then I'll definitely cheat before I quit (I mean, I bought the game, I want my money's worth, at least to get through the story). More often than not, I'll just put the game down for a while, sometimes several months or even years, before I pick it back up again. Strangely, that tends to work more often than not, even if I haven't been working out a strategy in the meantime; Maybe it's just to do with mindset. If however, putting it to bed for a short time doesn't change things, then I'll go to the guides.

 

[Robert632]

if i can't get past one part after 3 hours of throwing myself at it, then i look how to do that one part, and then i go and continue. ussually it's omly the broken bits that force me to this, but even then i sometimes get nothing.

 

[Earthbound Engineer]

If a game is too hard for you do you quit playing it or do you cheat?

I used to cheat when i was younger, but now i can beat most games easily. With the exeption of Starcraft. Was never good with RTS

Well, as a hardened gamer, I'll have to say neither. Although I didn't have the same mentality when I was younger, I memorized every cheat code on the GameShark.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

I don't bother cheating anymore. I force my way through in sheer stubbornness instead.

 

[mindclockwork]

"this stupid thing wont beat me...." and then i play it until i get past it.

 

[Omikron009]

I used to cheat. But now I don't because I like achievements. I PERSEVERE, MUTHAFUCKA!

 

[teisjm]

Neither, i just try harder and beat it without cheating.

 

[wordsmith]

If I need a little shunt in the right direction (read: I'm stuck on LoZ for the 43rd time, and this time the answer doesn't hit me in between the eyes whilst I'm eating breakfast), then I'll use a guide.

Achievement hunting on the other hand... There's nothing saying you can't have a hand with something I got the Cr0wned achievement by spawning a witch with 1hp and shooting her with a pistol

 

[Who Dares Wins]

Before I actually played every game with cheats, every single one, but now I just ramp up the difficulty slider to the top and off to the massacre. (without cheats )

 

[crudus]

I only cheat (the first way through) if I absolutely need to (like to the point of no other way out ex. I was playing an emulator and I save stated and I couldn't back track because the door was locked and couldn't go forward because I was vastly under leveled for it. So i gave myself infinite health for 5 minutes to get out). I play games for the story mostly and gameplay second so I naturally want to get the story first.

 

[magicmonkeybars]

I used to cheat but now I just (rage)quit and comeback to it later.