Poll: Cheats: Do you use them?

Recommended Videos

Gralian

Me, I'm Counting
Sep 24, 2008
1,789
0
0
Do you like to use cheats to beat a game when you're stuck? Do you consider cheats to be... well, cheating? Do you find them 'unethical'? Do you use them just to mess around the game with for a laugh?

Personally, i don't like using cheats, even for fun (god mode to wreak havoc in the game world for example) although i'll admit that i don't necessarily see the problem in using cheats that have been labouriously earned, such as the infinite ammo cheats in RE5 - assuming i'm using them to assist in getting some tough achievements, since i care most of all about 100%'ing a game.

Although i think RE5 is the only real game to offer cheats if the player is actually willing to put the time in to earn them in the first place. And of course, using infinite ammo by no means guarantees success - i've still died plenty times on Professional!

I suppose my stance is that "i don't mind cheats, as long as they're not cheap". What do you guys think about this? Anyone hark back to the Action Replay days on the N64, for example?
 

TheFacelessOne

New member
Feb 13, 2009
2,350
0
0
Only bored or really really really stuck.

On the bored example: In Saints Row 2, either becoming insanely small or insanely tall and flying a plane/blowing crap up.
 

delet

New member
Nov 2, 2008
5,090
0
0
I use cheats after I've beatin' the game legit the first time through. After I've beatin it once, I'm just playing for fun so why not turn on God Mode so I can rape everyone with a crowbar?
 

Johnnyallstar

New member
Feb 22, 2009
2,928
0
0
Are they funny? I only use cheats that have some humorous result, and I haven't seen many in a long time that wasn't just big head mode, or tiny body mode. Or big head tiny body mode.
 

TheYellowCellPhone

New member
Sep 26, 2009
8,617
0
0
First, I never use them on online play.

But only if a game has lost its interest after countless playthroughs, or if I'm stuck on a part.
 

King Kupofried

New member
Jan 19, 2010
347
0
0
Only for added replay value because sometimes...you just wanna be able to run and jump and empty out every last round of ammunition you have into a handful of enemies without having to worry about if you are gonna pick up enough later on.
Go go Impulse 101!
 

Gardenclaw

New member
Jul 12, 2009
501
0
0
I never use cheats when playing against other people. I will use them after completing a game though as they can bring different aspects to it. They can also be good fun, such as in GTA vice city giving all the padestrians guns and making them fight each other and then making all the drivers go apeshit bonkers.
 

Marter

Elite Member
Legacy
Oct 27, 2009
14,276
19
43
I'll use cheats after beating the game. There aren't as many as there used to be though. Shame, as they can really enhance a gaming experience.
 

Sibbo

New member
Mar 6, 2008
176
0
0
Yeah basically whats been said already, I'll only use cheats after a legit playthrough or if I want to liven up a game.
 

cryogeist

New member
Apr 16, 2010
7,782
0
0
after iv beaten the game or when i need cheap luaghs is when i use cheats....like god mode!
 

moose_man

New member
Nov 9, 2009
541
0
0
Only if I beat the game legit. Or playing a sandbox. Then fuck it, I'm just screwing around...
 

DividedUnity

New member
Oct 19, 2009
1,849
0
0
The infinite ammo in RE5 is not a cheat. Its a bonus feature and you actually have to play a good bit of the game to get it and even then its not for all weapons.

The only time ive used cheats is in GTA games and thats cause I often hit extremely boring patches
 

Jennacide

New member
Dec 6, 2007
1,019
0
0
Only time I used cheats was when the game put them in there for thier usage, and mostly for laughs. Like a lot of the random stuff in Tony Hawk 2 you could do.