Do you use cheats/codes?

[Iamerror]

I usually use cheats codes when I've beaten a game and want to see what different codes do. Although sometimes I get frustrated with a game and I just use them to get through it. I know that some people think that cheating in games is wrong,I don't really see a problem with it. What is your guys' opinion on this topic?

[Gare]

In online games, it's wrong and you should feel ashamed for doing so. In single player games, it's your playthrough so do whatever you want.

[Iamerror]

I use them in console/handheld games.

[Warrior]

I cheat when I say screw it and just want to beat the game easier without any hassle.

Well I usually only use like slight EXP/Money Multipler to give myself a little boost but I do use some real gamebreaker stuff sometimes.

[Zaladane]

Cheats and codes nope.

I'll consult a walkthrough though for game mechanics and "how to play" I pirate everything so for something like say Skyrim it's essential. Only other times would be if I'm really stuck. Or need a location for something/direction if I leave a game and come back and forgot what I'm doing which as you all know I do way toi much

Also I'll take a peak for any item creation which I just can't be bothered to figure out on my own anymore. Maybe with revisiting a game I will too.

Yeah I know that's a lot of exceptions

[Leon8200]

I like to beat the game first, gta sa was one I beat before useing cheat's I like a challenge.

[markbarkins]

I think you should always try and experience what the developer intended, first. But sometimes cheats can be a good thing. Case in point: Agarest: Generations of War. I was really enjoying the story, but by the end of the second campaign, the combat was torture, really really boring torture. As a TRPG it doesn't hold up, and if I want a TRPG I won't be playing this game. So I started over with all the "cheat" DLC enabled and intend to play it through more like a VN and enjoy the story without suffering through the combat.

[Gypsy]

In online games, it's wrong and you should feel ashamed for doing so. In single player games, it's your playthrough so do whatever you want.

I can't argue with this logic. Pretty much what I was going to say.

Personally yeah, I'll cheat when a game wants me to do it. I'm not going to grind in a jrpg where there is nothing rewarding about the combat system and have it take more time when I can modify the experience I am getting. I'm too old for that shit.

[gamerdude211]

I'm using the mega mule save file for Dark Souls II. Its loaded with all game items and equipment. I already beat the game twice without using it. I just don't wanna replay the entire game again just to make a new character to invade people with.

[GeminiSparkSP]

Yes, but only to a certain extent. Like in an RPG, I don't want to grind just to get the money to buy that shiny stuff. Or in a platformer, I just don't wanna die, and so forth.

[Iamerror]

Thanks for your responses. I used cheats in Chrono Trigger, and wow.(it was my third playthrough). Though i tried to use a code in Milon's Secret Castle and the game pixelated. I've used them in Super Mario just to see what they do.(mostly graphic glitches). I wish my nes emulator recorded,because it was pretty funny.

[Blinker]

It depends. If you want to play seriously, then don't. f you want to feel like a game god, then cheat away.

I always cheat while playing the final stages of any Mega Man game. Except Mega Man Zero 4 (Weil was too easy).

[SOLDIERSeeD]

I often use cheats to help me grind faster (like experience points multiplier) or being able to afford everything in shops from the get-go. The point is, I am too busy nowadays to afford wasting my time on repetitive grinding, replaying from NG+ or doing challenges for the sake of it. So i try to finish all games as fast as possible while still enjoying the storyline and atmosphere.

[Coraje187]

I use them after I beat a game to add more fun to it a second time around. To mod or play as stuff I could not before.

[kirov]

I never really needed them but I have been know to use them from time.