Cheating in Video games

[Vex L'Cour]

Hey guys.

Given that everyone here is probably a gamer I wanted to ask:

Views on cheating?
When do you cheat?
Have you cheated on a game?

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personnally, I cheat, whether it be glitching or AR or w.e. BUT only if I've tried the game through before without such things (Or without trying to, so if I activated a glitch it's been an accident).

 

[[Nook]]

Views on cheating? Cheating is only when you change gameplay through an external device, not glitching. I personally don't care about people cheating to do funny stuff, I think it's bad when playing with people that are not cheating as well or to achieve something that the developers intended to be possible to achieve.
When do you cheat? I don't.
Have you cheated on a game? No.

 

[Vex L'Cour]

Views on cheating? Cheating is only when you change gameplay through an external device, not glitching. I personally don't care about people cheating to do funny stuff, I think it's bad when playing with people that are not cheating as well or to achieve something that the developers intended to be possible to achieve.
When do you cheat? I don't.
Have you cheated on a game? No.

Cheat codes =/= external device.

 

[Ricano]

It's fine when you are doing single-player or whatever. But in MP, it can be annoying. Only glitch I do right now is in Fat Princess, where you are able to shoot two projectiles at the same time, kills 'em fast. =P I don't use it too much though. Cheating can take the fun away.

 

[Sporge27]

I would avoid it in multiplayer, that just isn't fair.

Otherwise, why not? Part of the fun in games is the challenge, so you really shouldn't all the time, but sometimes games are designed to absorb way more time for what you want done in it, than you really have available. Then I think it is fine.

 

[Vex L'Cour]

I would avoid it in multiplayer, that just isn't fair.

Otherwise, why not? Part of the fun in games is the challenge, so you really shouldn't all the time, but sometimes games are designed to absorb way more time for what you want done in it, than you really have available. Then I think it is fine.

Big head mode on Tekken ftw

 

[Jake]

No. What's the point of playing a game if you're just going to cheat it?

 

[Ron Ronaldo]

The only cheating I do is through cheat codes in single player. I wouldn't want to cheat in multiplayer, but I am curious as to how people do it! o:

 

[Callie]

I'm gonna add another question to this thread, if you don't mind.

Are walkthroughs considered cheating?

My opinion on this thread, I don't cheat. One of my friends uses an AR all the time, and is always asking me if I want to borrow it, or he brags about pokemon he has because of it. He says he usually beats 2 gym leaders and then hacks the **** out of the game so he doesn't have to work hard to beat the rest of it. It just wouldn't feel satisfying to me to beat a game by cheating. The only cheating I do is using walkthroughs, but I only do that if I get really stuck. However, cheating AFTER you beat the game, or if you're so stuck the game is no longer an enjoyable experience, then sure, all the power to ya. But I think you should give a game a chance before cheating.

 

[Sporge27]

I'm gonna add another question to this thread, if you don't mind.

Are walkthroughs considered cheating?

My opinion on this thread, I don't cheat. One of my friends uses an AR all the time, and is always asking me if I want to borrow it, or he brags about pokemon he has because of it. He says he usually beats 2 gym leaders and then hacks the **** out of the game so he doesn't have to work hard to beat the rest of it. It just wouldn't feel satisfying to me to beat a game by cheating. The only cheating I do is using walkthroughs, but I only do that if I get really stuck. However, cheating AFTER you beat the game, or if you're so stuck the game is no longer an enjoyable experience, then sure, all the power to ya. But I think you should give a game a chance before cheating.

Excellent point really. Walkthroughs are basically cheating, you are gaining knowledge on how to beat something without figuring it out yourself. I mean would going to a walkthrough on a level in say starcraft really be better than activating the cheat to see all the map?

 

[Liquefy]

I consult player's guides and online FAQs (which is, technically, cheating).

 

[Psychonaut]

Views on cheating?
When do you cheat?
Have you cheated on a game?

it gives the player no real sense of satisfaction, compared to playing the game through, themselves. just about anyone can solve a puzzle game with a walkthrough. if you can't, well, that better be one ****ing hard puzzle game.

i don't, without an exception. for instance, i cheated a few times on the portal 2 arg in order to get golden potatoes that would otherwise have taken me days to achieve. 30 potatoes, still took me 2/3 days. i used a walkthrough to get them all, since, y'know, they weren't defined clearly, for anyone to achieve. (walkthrough or balls-crazy time spent figuring out puzzles and hieroglyphs were the choices, basically.)

when i was a kid, my dad used to buy me game guides for most big-title games (yoshi's island, mario rpg, banjo kazooie, etc) so i would look at them for help when i got lost, etc. i think this is about the only time that "cheating" should totally be encouraged, as it also helps promote reading, in a weird, offbeat way. i mean, you can always fumble through using pictures, but you're not going to know which door and switch combo to activate unless you can read properly, right?

i dunno. i'm against it, pretty much every time it's unnecessary.

"fun" cheats and stuff don't count, since those are plainly described: "fun".

 

[Vex L'Cour]

it gives the player no real sense of satisfaction, compared to playing the game through, themselves. just about anyone can solve a puzzle game with a walkthrough. if you can't, well, that better be one ****ing hard puzzle game.

i don't, without an exception. for instance, i cheated a few times on the portal 2 arg in order to get golden potatoes that would otherwise have taken me days to achieve. 30 potatoes, still took me 2/3 days. i used a walkthrough to get them all, since, y'know, they weren't defined clearly, for anyone to achieve. (walkthrough or balls-crazy time spent figuring out puzzles and hieroglyphs were the choices, basically.)

when i was a kid, my dad used to buy me game guides for most big-title games (yoshi's island, mario rpg, banjo kazooie, etc) so i would look at them for help when i got lost, etc. i think this is about the only time that "cheating" should totally be encouraged, as it also helps promote reading, in a weird, offbeat way. i mean, you can always fumble through using pictures, but you're not going to know which door and switch combo to activate unless you can read properly, right?

i dunno. i'm against it, pretty much every time it's unnecessary.

"fun" cheats and stuff don't count, since those are plainly described: "fun".

^ This.

'cept I've cheated on GTA whenever I've completed the game first.

 

[Jrrj15]

Cheating online is bad... Mkay
Cheat by yourself in singleplayer is fine mkay especially if you've already beaten the game

 

[iloveyou01]

I only do cheats with single player games, mostly on the computer (sims 3, etc.) does anybody know any cheats for ac?

 

[PoxyLemon]

I don't cheat all the time but when I do I have alot of fun with it ^^,

 

[Brad]

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. Moon Gravity.

 

[Yokie]

When it comes to online play, it's really stupid and just lack of skills. Otherwise I don't care. I think cheating in general is stupid.
I don't cheat at all, there's no fun in cheating imo.