Where Have All the Cheats Gone?

[TerribleAssassin]

I think GTA is the only franchise that openly boasts cheats these days. Though it's a bit odd the way that it works, they'll give you the fastest car in the game, but a chopper stops the chance of you getting an Achievement. Anyway, let's not deny the hours spent fucking around on Saints Row, Just Cause or GTA compared to hours spent on story is like 17:1.

 

[honestdiscussioner]

It's now called using the "console command" on a PC. Don't know about consoles.

 

[Dr_Steve_Brule]

Cheats are dead, long live the trainer master race!

 

[Yopaz]

i remember the days when cheats were programmed into almost every game. now no one wants you to cheat. i always get people complaining that there are cheats and being angry about cheaters. i counter with this: If the game developers and designers did not want us to cheat they would not program in cheats! sadly the days where cheats are no longer programmed in are coming all to soon. i only wish that the days of no cheats could wait until it is past my time.

Cheats Forever!

Well, there's still Saints Row, Saints Row 2 (Hopefully Saints Row 3) and GTA IV.

The Grand Theft Auto series have always included cheats. They've actually just improved their policy on cheating with the newer games.

If a cheat isn't game breaking and just meant to be fun. I mention Banjo Kazooie's cheat code that turned you into a washing machine, Saints Row's Pimp slap, giant player, low gravity and several others they can be quite fun. Unlimited hp and things like that gets old very quickly though.

I also think that cheat codes get replaced with new game plus to some degree. Resident Evil 4 would yield a rocket launcher with unlimited ammo, a magnum pistol with unlimited ammo, and enough money to upgrade every weapon all you wanted. So when you pull out your automatic shotgun in the middle of the starting village and get ready to rock and roll who really needs cheat codes?
You've already played through the game once and felt the real challenge once. Why not let the first playthrough be sacred while the next one is just for laughs and the next one is for the higher difficulty.

So when I blow off the heads of the first zombies with the sniper rifle and manage to get 2 before they even get time to shout it will feel all the better because I earned it.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

I don't know whether to cry, meh or laugh. Seeing as how I enjoyed button-cheats myself yet it feels good to work hard and then get a good achievement for it.

 

[MordinSolus]

Good luck in the afterlife, Cheat Codes. We knew thee well.

 

[SQN Leader 095]

i remember the days when cheats were programmed into almost every game. now no one wants you to cheat. i always get people complaining that there are cheats and being angry about cheaters. i counter with this: If the game developers and designers did not want us to cheat they would not program in cheats! sadly the days where cheats are no longer programmed in are coming all to soon. i only wish that the days of no cheats could wait until it is past my time.

Cheats Forever!

Well, there's still Saints Row, Saints Row 2 (Hopefully Saints Row 3) and GTA IV.

The Grand Theft Auto series have always included cheats. They've actually just improved their policy on cheating with the newer games.

If a cheat isn't game breaking and just meant to be fun. I mention Banjo Kazooie's cheat code that turned you into a washing machine, Saints Row's Pimp slap, giant player, low gravity and several others they can be quite fun. Unlimited hp and things like that gets old very quickly though.




I also think that cheat codes get replaced with new game plus to some degree. Resident Evil 4 would yield a rocket launcher with unlimited ammo, a magnum pistol with unlimited ammo, and enough money to upgrade every weapon all you wanted. So when you pull out your automatic shotgun in the middle of the starting village and get ready to rock and roll who really needs cheat codes?
You've already played through the game once and felt the real challenge once. Why not let the first playthrough be sacred while the next one is just for laughs and the next one is for the higher difficulty.

So when I blow off the heads of the first zombies with the sniper rifle and manage to get 2 before they even get time to shout it will feel all the better because I earned it.

yes this is true the first playthrough is usually done without cheats but i do have to say i am very very very familiar with saints row 1 and 2 and gta 4 and if volition has gone away from cheats in saints row 3 i will be very disapointed in them and probably play the game only once. for some people the cheats can get boring but i for one relish the cheats they allow me to make my character do what ever i want. i have already played through saints row 1 and 2 38 times each (but enough about my lack of a life) and i enjoyed every cheatfilled moment! until i crashed my fav car and got it stuck in a wall never to apear back in my garage! lol

 

[Rawne1980]

*hugs PC, Cheat Engine 6.1, Hex Editor and Console Commands*

Sorry you were saying what about cheats?

 

[Pirate1019]

Trophies and achievements ruined the high score, not cheating. That was modding and hacking's fault.

 

[Embz]

I miss the days where I could have a blue spyro with a giant head!
Bring back game cheats!

 

[Dracowrath]

Why not make games allow specific cheats once you've platinum'd the game? For instance, platinuming DA:O or DA2 could unlock a cheat for infinite mana/stamina, infinite gold, or infinite health. Platinuming Darksiders could unlock infinte Chaos mode, or infinite wrath charges.

 

[Yopaz]

i remember the days when cheats were programmed into almost every game. now no one wants you to cheat. i always get people complaining that there are cheats and being angry about cheaters. i counter with this: If the game developers and designers did not want us to cheat they would not program in cheats! sadly the days where cheats are no longer programmed in are coming all to soon. i only wish that the days of no cheats could wait until it is past my time.

Cheats Forever!

Well, there's still Saints Row, Saints Row 2 (Hopefully Saints Row 3) and GTA IV.

The Grand Theft Auto series have always included cheats. They've actually just improved their policy on cheating with the newer games.

If a cheat isn't game breaking and just meant to be fun. I mention Banjo Kazooie's cheat code that turned you into a washing machine, Saints Row's Pimp slap, giant player, low gravity and several others they can be quite fun. Unlimited hp and things like that gets old very quickly though.




I also think that cheat codes get replaced with new game plus to some degree. Resident Evil 4 would yield a rocket launcher with unlimited ammo, a magnum pistol with unlimited ammo, and enough money to upgrade every weapon all you wanted. So when you pull out your automatic shotgun in the middle of the starting village and get ready to rock and roll who really needs cheat codes?
You've already played through the game once and felt the real challenge once. Why not let the first playthrough be sacred while the next one is just for laughs and the next one is for the higher difficulty.

So when I blow off the heads of the first zombies with the sniper rifle and manage to get 2 before they even get time to shout it will feel all the better because I earned it.

yes this is true the first playthrough is usually done without cheats but i do have to say i am very very very familiar with saints row 1 and 2 and gta 4 and if volition has gone away from cheats in saints row 3 i will be very disapointed in them and probably play the game only once. for some people the cheats can get boring but i for one relish the cheats they allow me to make my character do what ever i want. i have already played through saints row 1 and 2 38 times each (but enough about my lack of a life) and i enjoyed every cheatfilled moment! until i crashed my fav car and got it stuck in a wall never to apear back in my garage! lol

Seriously. Unlimited health, check. Max notoriety, check. Unlimited rocket launcher ammo, check. 4X explosion size, check.

What does this tell you or me? A bunch of fun involving blowing up everything you see of helicopters, cop cars, FBI vans! And of course Rocket flying!

Also I am obliged to ask, what car did you crash? I have a Superiore pimped to perfection that I love very much myself.

 

[SecondSince]

Cheating isn't dead, it's just not as needed as it used to be. Most games are hella-easy these days so you don't even need extra lives, level select, god-mode, or any of the good old stuff.

Pity, i liked my games hard. Long and hard..... :O

 

[Soluncreed]

I liked Crackdowns response to this. they just made a cheat mode where you couldn't get achievements. Problem solved.

 

[SQN Leader 095]

i remember the days when cheats were programmed into almost every game. now no one wants you to cheat. i always get people complaining that there are cheats and being angry about cheaters. i counter with this: If the game developers and designers did not want us to cheat they would not program in cheats! sadly the days where cheats are no longer programmed in are coming all to soon. i only wish that the days of no cheats could wait until it is past my time.

Cheats Forever!

Well, there's still Saints Row, Saints Row 2 (Hopefully Saints Row 3) and GTA IV.

The Grand Theft Auto series have always included cheats. They've actually just improved their policy on cheating with the newer games.

If a cheat isn't game breaking and just meant to be fun. I mention Banjo Kazooie's cheat code that turned you into a washing machine, Saints Row's Pimp slap, giant player, low gravity and several others they can be quite fun. Unlimited hp and things like that gets old very quickly though.




I also think that cheat codes get replaced with new game plus to some degree. Resident Evil 4 would yield a rocket launcher with unlimited ammo, a magnum pistol with unlimited ammo, and enough money to upgrade every weapon all you wanted. So when you pull out your automatic shotgun in the middle of the starting village and get ready to rock and roll who really needs cheat codes?
You've already played through the game once and felt the real challenge once. Why not let the first playthrough be sacred while the next one is just for laughs and the next one is for the higher difficulty.

So when I blow off the heads of the first zombies with the sniper rifle and manage to get 2 before they even get time to shout it will feel all the better because I earned it.

yes this is true the first playthrough is usually done without cheats but i do have to say i am very very very familiar with saints row 1 and 2 and gta 4 and if volition has gone away from cheats in saints row 3 i will be very disapointed in them and probably play the game only once. for some people the cheats can get boring but i for one relish the cheats they allow me to make my character do what ever i want. i have already played through saints row 1 and 2 38 times each (but enough about my lack of a life) and i enjoyed every cheatfilled moment! until i crashed my fav car and got it stuck in a wall never to apear back in my garage! lol

Seriously. Unlimited health, check. Max notoriety, check. Unlimited rocket launcher ammo, check. 4X explosion size, check.

What does this tell you or me? A bunch of fun involving blowing up everything you see of helicopters, cop cars, FBI vans! And of course Rocket flying!

Also I am obliged to ask, what car did you crash? I have a Superiore pimped to perfection that I love very much myself.

unfortunatley it was the generals limo. the limo hes always riding around in. i used an awesome glitch to get it then as i was driving it around i crashed it because i forgot i had evil cars on and i got hit by a peterliner (the mack truck) it pushed my limo into a wall and it got stuck halfways and started wigging out. i waited to see if it would pop out. (after a blew the shit out of the peterliner) and it didnt and it blew up. i went back to my safe house to retrieve it and it wasnt there :'( so i had to start a new game to get it back along with all the other one of a kind vehicles

 

[farscythe]

i can only remember one cheat code.. and it was for pc , wouldnt mind them coming back to consoles though .

still carmageddon 2's lapmylovepump was just brilliant

 

[thiosk]

Sadly, modern games are too easy to bother with cheat codes, anyway. Just turn it down to "easy" and you've enabled the built-in cheat codes.

 

[Atheist.]

I really want proper cheats in my games. Out of new games only Duke Nukem Forever has real, proper cheats (god mode BTW disables trophies).

I sometimes replay Blood on PC. Eventually it pisses me off and then I type "Lara Croft" and start firing bouncing endless napalm balls in all directions. I wish more games did that now...
I mean, you can't go wrong with a lot of napalm.
Oh, and some older cheats were delicious. Shadow Warrior anyone? Purely cosmetic cheat... That replaced your missiles with white exploding rabbits? I believe Postal 2 stole the idea later (cats instead of machinegun bullets).

No, Postal 2 used cats as a silencer for the gun. As in they stuck the barrel up the cats rear end. It wasn't a cheat, either.

 

[Byere]

See, this is why I like PC gaming. Although you can still gain achievements, you can still console-code some games. Latest example I know of is Fallout: New Vegas, and will most likely be in Skyrim too. However, the moment you activate any console coding cheat (say, TGM, aka "Toggle God Mode"), it stops the achievements from being given. This, of course, is only an example via Steam, so I can't say for anything that's not on Steam, but still.

However, I do agree that it really irks me how you cannot buy a good Action Replay or the like anymore. I'm sick of playing a game till about halfway through, finding the difficulty curve jump a few miles and then going to try to get an hex-coding device like an Action Replay or Gameshark, only to be told "Oh no, we don't do that anymore... you have to use GAME SAVES... Simply put, unless you like starting right at the final boss with max stats or starting the game from the beginning with whatever enabled stat/money changes, you're stuffed!

I love my old Action Replay devices. Allowing me to choose when I want to put on whatever cheat. Maybe I wanted to gain boosted experience or max money for just a little while. Can't do that anymore (except on the DS, thank gawd for Nintendo )

They should still make such devices, but have it disable achievements whenever it's used. I wouldn't care. I play the game for a game, NOT for some useless pixelation that says "You've done [such-n-such]!"

 

[Revolutionary]

Yeah, Console cheats are pretty much dead, and I miss them. Oh well, nothing lasts forever.