Do You Use Cheats In Games

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This is a single player poll and not a multiplayer poll.

Do You Use Cheats In Games? Whether a Trainer or a Walkthrough or whatever you consider to be cheating. I have and I will continue to do so in some circumstances.

This is an anonymous poll so you won't have to be concerned about any judgement from fellow members here.

 

[freeagent]

I used to but got sick of all the shit. It's just easier to buy the game now

erm...

Well now that I own the games I play, I still don't use cheats. My Steam record is as clean as a whistle

But when the internet was the wild west, sure..

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Can you edit poll to allow multiple responses? If the game becomes too grindy or I hit a wall, I will start with a walkthrough. If that doesn't work, I will go for a cheat or just can the game altogether.

 

[sam_86314]

Options 2, 3, and 5.

In games like Skyrim, sometimes I'll cheat just to mess around with things, but I mainly do it if I get stuck somewhere. Like if my character gets stuck on some geometry, or a quest fails to progress to the next stage.

In mobile game ports for PC, I'll gladly cheat to get around microtransaction nonsense. As an example, Fallout Shelter and Bloons Tower Defense 6 are so much better when you mod unlimited premium currency into them. It's also great for getting around time-gated content.

Also, does "cheating" include abusing exploits in games? That's something I do very frequently; for example, using the resource duplication glitch in Fallout 4 or constantly enabling and disabling hard mode in Dragons Dogma (which resets the game but lets you keep your stats and items).

 

[rethcirE]

Some games yes, others no. Typically in the past, once I beat a game, I'd replay it with cheats for fun. Or if I get 100+ hours into a never-ending type of game I may start using cheats to just keep it entertaining and try new things without wasting hours picking berries or whatever the grind scheme is.

 

[tabascosauz]

Not in multiplayer games. That's just slimy.

Trainers are fun in campaign/singleplayer games though, just to mess around and test the limits of the game/engine. Risk of Rain 2 is one where I liked going for the late late game to see how game mechanics and scaling behave (stage 50+). Devs really didn't envision people surviving past round 25, most enemies stop spawning by 35.

In mobile game ports for PC, I'll gladly cheat to get around microtransaction nonsense. As an example, Fallout Shelter and Bloons Tower Defense 6 are so much better when you mod unlimited premium currency into them. It's also great for getting around time-gated content.

I was told that Bloons devs don't care about in-session cheats (I used one a lot, to survive early game/set up for round 200+ late game runs), but not to touch Monkey Money because that's apparently gotten people banned in the past. Makes sense that it's where they draw the line, gotta make money somehow.

 

[sepheronx]

Back when gameshark and game genie existed I would cheat the ever living hell out of games. Tried to find the nude cheat for Tomb Raider when around the time 3D pyramid titties were super hot.

Also loved using cheats in Doom, Quake, Daikatana, etc.

Game Shark when trying to find a way to add Sephiroth to my team and revive Aeris. Or also trying to find hidden stuff from the dev room.

 

[sam_86314]

I was told that Bloons devs don't care about in-session cheats (I used one a lot, to survive early game/set up for round 200+ late game runs), but not to touch Monkey Money because that's apparently gotten people banned in the past. Makes sense that it's where they draw the line, gotta make money somehow.

BTD6 has a cheater pool which is indicated by some leaves appearing on the settings button if I remember. I'm pretty sure that all it does is lock you out of multiplayer and timed events (neither of which I care about). I've cheated tons of Monkey Money into the game with no issues both on PC and on Android.

It's been a while since I played it. Maybe I need to get back into it.

EDIT: Here's a screenshot of my profile on my old LG V40. Note the leaves on the settings button and the insane amount of Monkey Money. I would move my Android save to the PC version, cheat money in, and then put it back on my phone. I don't log into an account or anything, but I can still play singleplayer.

 

[Courier 6]

in general no, somethimes yes

 

[caroline!]

Never, I like to suffer being stuck in a level for days until I figure it out on my own.

I also consider watching videos or reading guides as soft cheating, not as bad as using literal cheat codes but still.

Not in multiplayer games. That's just slimy.

But everyone -well, mostly everyone- cheats in multiplayer, that's why mp games are so rancid. Imagine trying to play after work just to find a lobby full of cheaters oneshotting you while flying through walls, devs clearly don't even care about it hence the lack of proper anticheat solutions.

 

[R-T-B]

But everyone -well, mostly everyone- cheats in multiplayer, that's why mp games are so rancid. Imagine trying to play after work just to find a lobby full of cheaters oneshotting you while flying through walls, devs clearly don't even care about it hence the lack of proper anticheat solutions.

This is why I prefer cooperative multiplayer games. The incentive to cheat really goes way down when you are all on a team with the same goal vs many NPCs.

 

[cvaldes]

I'll preface my answer by saying that my goal when playing games is to have a good time. Pounding my head against a brick wall for hours/days isn't my idea of having fun.

Same with tedious chores, crafting, and other grinds. I don't see the point in weeding a virtual garden. I have a real garden with real pests. That requires real seeds, real compost, real watering, etc.

I'll use a cheat/walkthrough/whatever when I start having less fun. Admittedly I'm a lousy gamer and I'm constantly getting killed in boss fights so that's an example where I'll soon consider using a trainer.

My gaming sessions aren't long so I'd rather see some progress rather than get nowhere over 90-120 minutes.

 

[Steevo]

Either after I have beaten it, or when I can’t progress any further on the hardest setting, then I might use a chest to see what Im missing.

Skyrim I only used a cheat to finish as a NPC was not in my game and had to be resurrected to game life to let me complete a task

 

[ir_cow]

Single player sure after I beaten it to the point I am done with it forever. But it really does ruin the game and takes the fun right out in about 10 minutes. The appeal of cheating online is so you are always wining. Wining feels good, but it ruins it for other people and I can see it getting quite boring too. I never cheated on a real online match, but with CS 1.6 I would run a private server with bots and friends. We would cheat around, which can be fun when everyone has wallhacks. Not something to do against players who aren't doing the same thing. AKA public server.

 

[frankr2994]

Back when gameshark and game genie existed I would cheat the ever living hell out of games. Tried to find the nude cheat for Tomb Raider when around the time 3D pyramid titties were super hot.

Also loved using cheats in Doom, Quake, Daikatana, etc.

Game Shark when trying to find a way to add Sephiroth to my team and revive Aeris. Or also trying to find hidden stuff from the dev room.

To go on with that I also had an action replay card so I could play burnt PS1 games. Early days of pirate modding lol.

 

[cvaldes]

Single player sure after I beaten it to the point I am done with it forever. But it really dose ruin the game and takes the fun right out in about 10 minutes. The appeal of cheating online is so you are always wining. Wining feels good, but it ruins it for other people and I can see it getting quite boring too. I never cheated on a real online match, but with CS 1.6 I would run a private server with bots and friends. We would cheat around, which can be fun when everyone has wallhacks. Not something to do against players who aren't doing the same thing. AKA public server.

OP explicitly stated in the very first sentence that this poll/thread discussion was about single player not multi-player scenarios. No one here is promoting the use of cheats in multi-player games.

This is about using cheats, trainers, walkthroughs for single-player games.

 

[sepheronx]

To go on with that I also had an action replay card so I could play burnt PS1 games. Early days of pirate modding lol.

yeah, back then it was just so damn awesome especially since Internet wasn't as big then so there was ton of mystery. Pirating back then made me feel like I was Mathew Broadrick in War Games before he ran over some people.

Cheating now is just boring. Most people just cheat at FPS' so they can pretend they are good or whatever for the clicks. Otherwise, it is only neat if its the same concept - finding crap that isn't in the game or what not - easter eggs or cut content.

 

[birdie]

Over the past two decades I've cheated twice. The last time it was Doom Eternal where I couldn't defeat the last two bosses since I started playing at a very high difficulty level. Looks like I'm not dexterous and fast enough.

And before that I couldn't finish a single map in the Heroes 3 Shadow of Death add-on. That was circa 2001 or something.

 

[Ruru]

Picked this one.

I Only Use Cheats To Make A game More Interesting.​

Who doesn't use weapons code in GTA games ;D

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Vast majority of the time no. But I have at one time or another for progress or fun reasons. The former if I'm truly stuck for whatever reason (skill, brainpower, bugs), the latter when I've gone through the game clean, but am not quite ready to put it down and want to eff around. If a game is so grind-y that I feel the need to use cheats to circumvent it... I probably shouldn't be playing that game.

 

[ir_cow]

OP explicitly stated in the very first sentence that this poll/thread discussion was about single player not multi-player scenarios. No one here is promoting the use of cheats in multi-player games.

This is about using cheats, trainers, walkthroughs for single-player games.

And... this is why I started wit the single player part

 

[Sithaer]

I used to quite often when I was a elementary high school kid till my late high school years. Stuff like infinite time in Carmageddon games and the typical DOOM and whatnot cheats.

But for a long time, pretty much nope and to be honest I don't even like abusing/exploiting/cheesing a game.
The last time I had to enable a built in cheat mode in a game was Control's second expansion after wasting a fair ammount of time on the last boss in that DLC and the funny thing is the moment I enabled the cheat mode I did it w/o taking lethal ammount of damage.. 'immortality cheat but you still take damage, my HP did not reach 0 so basically I didn't even use up the cheat'

For example its almost like a common practice in the community of Borderlands games to download other ppl's save files and just take the top gear off them or ask someone to send dupes of said gear.
Yeah that I don't do cause it would ruin the entire point of the end game for me, I like to farm/grind out my own gear and finish specific builds. 'This is how I put 1000+ hours into the game over the years'

I also don't consider reading/watching guides cheating, like checking end game builds in games like Grim Dawn/Diablo/Borderlands,etc.
Thats like a part of those games imo, I always play my first char/playthrough blind but after that I check what others managed to come up with and see if I like some and then build it for myself.
Sharing knowledge is not cheating in my eyes, its like going to a library or reading food recipes.

O ye and Immortals Fenyx Rising is also full of some crazy puzzles/parkour maps that can be a pain in the ass to deal with even after watching a video, I was like yeah I'm too old for this shit so I watched what I couldn't deal with.

 

[Hyderz]

greedisgood
ive only used cheats in strategy games... but it was when i young and my micro managing skills are terrible..
i get overwhelmed before i know what was going on lol

 

[BSim500]

Option 5. To those who think "it takes the fun out of the game" I guess you all don't remember when cheat codes themselves were fun, eg:-

Age of Empires "POW" = Spawns a baby on a tricycle with a bazooka
Age of Mythology "BAWK BAWK BOOM" = Chicken Meteor God Power
Heretic "cockadoodledoo" = Transforms into a chicken
Rise Of The Triad "BADTRIP" = Magic Mushrooms Mode
Shadow Warrior Classic "swtrix" = Rocket Launcher shoots bunny rabbits

Reduce the effect of gravity in the level by 90% (set sv_gravity x)? Increase everyone's run speed by +200% (set sv_runspeed x)? This stuff WAS fun! But then this was also the era before "The cheat code in new games is your credit card number, pls buy our new booster pack. pay2cheat is not a cheat when it's, uh, evolved monetization!"

 

[lemonadesoda]

The only cheat i have ever used //*and still do *// is NOCD cheat. Those pesky DRM systems of yesteryear!