The Cheating Confessional

[Extra-Ordinary]

I finished Doom 3 with a god-mode cheat.
But now that I have the BFG edition I'm going to see if I actually needed it or not.

 

[squid5580]

There may or may not have been some save scumming in X-Com (especially in the last level)

 

[thesilentman]

I used a guide for some parts of Dark Souls (haha, Blighttown!). Others were old fashioned trial and error techniques of mine.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I used the spam enchanted daggars and detect life spell to power level my Enchanting and Illusion skills in Skyrim. In my defence I never before have ran a character that used those skills in an Elder Scrolls game because they seemed to take way too long to become useful previously and here was a method that allowed me quickly to get good skill in those areas.

I used the add $1 million in Mercenaries all the time. Though I don't think that's cheating myself, I mean if anything not giving yourself millions and setting off about 20 artillery bombardments you are cheating yourself out of so much hilarious enjoyment.

 

[Verkula]

Last time I used a cheat was In the first Driver game on PS1. Even then I played it through again without cheats few months later.

Though I dont count the cheats I used for GTAs for when friends came over to just have some fun with unlimited ammo and shit.

I dont count exploits that I can trigger without any outside help as cheats either. I gladly used my bow to get the last boss first half of heath down in Demons Souls in NG+. Although I made sure I never have to use cheap tactics like that on the next playthroughs.

Now with guides I have a little "rule". If I cant get past somewhere for hours because I cant figure out a puzzle or something, I might use a guide. Same thing if I cant find the last few collectibles to finish the game on 100%.

So with these things in mind..yeah Driver was the last time. Cheating just ruins games completely for me.

 

[pirateninj4]

Cheated in items in Baldur's Gate 2 to become the most badass Mage/Thief/Warrior this side of Amn.

 

[skywolfblue]

I didn't even know you could cheat in Starcraft II, I take it, it's just the single player campaign? Not mp surely. I once wrote "Laluune has left the game" as a joke but the person I was playing against took it seriously and left... so I won... I felt bad.

Yes, just the single-player. And it disables achievements (which is good).

I think it would be funny if they turned cheat codes on in multiplayer for a day. Two opponents both using God mode fighting a never ending battle forever and ever and ever...

Actually some of the non-god-mode cheats might make interesting Mutators (game variations). Like both players start with fast build, or fast unit healing. Or even a mode where every 10min a random cheat enables! It's probably been done already in custom games which I sadly haven't played much of.

 

[orc1231515]

I'd never cheat in PVP or any form of multiplayer where I'm against another human. But when it comes to single player games my rule is simple, games are for having fun! as soon as some thing starts to frustrate me that something needs fixing and cheats do the trick quite nicely.

 

[madmatt]

jedi outcast... it was a while ago, but it was quite hard without a helping hand every now and then

 

[shadyh8er]

I like to brag that I beat the Elite Four in Pokemon Ruby on my first try....with a Gameshark that gave me infinite Master balls so I could catch the high level Pokemon in Victory Road.

 

[Satan]

I cheated lots during warcraft 3, and in jak 3 I used a friends save to play that mission in the catacombs in the vehicle thing.

 

[Aabglov]

I've never been able to beat Morrowind without cheating. I love the game, but man is it hard.
I also cheated through the combat of Mass Effect 1 on PC. The Super Armor and Super Gun makes it sort of like running through the game as Captain Kirk.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Cheating? Yeah I've done that.
I went through the campaigns of Warcraft II and it's expansion with cheats on. Of course it was like the first RTS I'd ever played so I was none too good at it.

I used the Command Console in Oblivion to essentially turn my character into a god. Which I found made the game rather boring, so I resolved not to do that in Fallout 3 and Skyrim.

 

[Hargrimm]

I tend to use cheats when I get bored with a game and just want to get to the end or skip grinding or fetch quests.

Recently, I cheated my way through the Empire campaign in Disciples 2, because that game just fucking drags on and on. I don't think I'll try any of the other campaigns any time soon.
Back to HoMM 3 for me.

 

[IamLEAM1983]

Skyrim and Oblivion. Whenever I start a sneak-thief, I head for the nearest inn, hunker down behind a chair somewhere in the farthest corner I can find, and set myself to auto-walk with my head butting against the wall. I weigh the W key down and unbind the neighbouring ones temporarily. Then I unplug my speakers and headphones, turn my monitor off and head to bed.

Six hours later, tada. Master Sneak is in the hizzouse, with its corresponding bunch of perks and/or experience points to invest.

 

[Saviordd1]

I cheated myself gold in Kingdoms of Amalur, I regret nothing.

[small]188 coins for a fucking minor health potion my ass[/small]

 

[Pink Gregory]

I only recently came to Fallout 3 on PC (played about 200 hours on 360).

The first thing I'm going to do is use console commands to create a character with 1 luck.

Dis gon b gud.

 

[SweetShark]

I recently cheated in the adventure game "Deponia", but I don't have regrets!!!!
I only did this cause I didn't understand a puzzle cause of a English word I didn't know...

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Batman Arkham City, abusing the clock to do all of the Calender Man bits.

 

[AgentLampshade]

I think I've memorised the GTA Vice City health, armour and weapon set 2 cheats off by heart. I ALWAYS used cheats in the old GTAs.