Cheats: Yay Or Nay?

[DDR_HEAVY_PLAYER]

i sometimes use cheats, but only for fun not the real game. mostly tomy hawk for fun. so do u use cheats, and should they be used?

[Afrobean]

Cheats should never be used under any circumstance.

The only time it doesn't really bother me is when the retards at Nintendo decide to leave certain things oout of the game*mewandpokemon* Seriously, those bastards have left something out of every Pokemon game since the beginning. Cheating for any other reason is just retarded in my opinion and I refuse to play games with people who arbitrarily cheat. For example, a person who used to live down the street would always want to play THPS2 with me. The only way he played was with the fly code or moon physics on. All of my other friends suck at Tony Hawk games too, so they always want perfect balance on. I hate that.

OK, I'm done ranting now.

[Freak83]

I always use the GTA cheats. Besides that, no.

[Mainbutter]

It totally depends on the game. My general rule of thumb is multiplayer = no, single player = yes only if there is no other way to progress through the game. I can't remember ever using a gameshark or cheat code or stuff like that since I was like 12 or 13 though.

[ad0gg]

I say cheats are bad, except when you are just using them for fun, not to progress in the game (single session or free skate in the THPS series).

[vashthestampede0987]

Cheats, again, should only be used for fun and not against others in mutliplayer. Game shark and those other cheating softwares are for n00bs. GTA cheats are fun because it doesn't either way your having fun while progressing. Or after you beat the game may you use cheats to do stuff lol

[Wayfaerer_]

If you suck too much to beat the game, then too bad. The only cheats I use are graphical manipulation for amusement.

[chopper123]

i think that using cheats on multi player r ok if both agree but if u r playing each other in a competitive i can beat u game i think that they either both should use em or no one should. i think that using cheats on a game u can never ever beat in ur lifetime without cheats u can use them, and if u want to use em just for fun, like on gta which is the only reason the game is cool. without cheats for it i would throw it out. it also depends on how good u r or watever ur preference is. either way i think they should have cheats for games like gta but cheats would ruin a game like halo, which is why there is only one cheat for it and its not really a cheat. ok im done

[zildjian133]

Originally Posted by Freak83

I always use the GTA cheats. Besides that, no.

Exactly the same as me, unless I can't beat a game.

EDIT: Never have used cheats in Multiplayer, and anyone who does should die. Especially Tasselfoot.

[Tasselfoot]

WTF... i didn't even post in here.

you seriously have issues zild.

[SergeXtreme]

i dont care. its cheat or get rid of the game.

[vashthestampede0987]

Serge go post in the n00b forums first and umm that didnt seem to correlate with anything said but then again i dont even care

[Brainmaster07]

Only for fun, never for progression or multiplayer.

[StarOceanFanboy]

I don't like to use cheats, anytime, unless they're for graphical manipulation, like Wayfaerer said. An example: the first person mode in Tony Hawk 3.

[Squeek]

As much as my close friends will disagree, I cheat after I've beaten the game OR if the game is impossible to beat. No, I mean IMPOSSIBLE, OK? Meaning like Malcolm on the hardest difficulty. I want to see someone beat him without cheating because the fact is, you can't. I had a hard time on that guy on rookie.

I would agree that MMO games should remain cheat-free. Single-player games where nobody cares, it's a rule of thumb to beat the game first, then cheat. Tales of Symphonia made a perfect system where you spend "grade" you earned in the game when you complete it to buy "enhancements" to use your second time through. Luckily for me, I had enough to buy almost everything in the shop and MORE than enough to buy everything I wanted. Roughly 7,000 in the end.

But I will admit right here and now that I cheat quite often in video games. I cheated in UT2004 to beat Malcolm on the final level. I cheated in Sims 2 as soon as I got it because the game is retarded otherwise. I cheated in Animal Crossing after the second house upgrade because I didn't have the time or the patience to play the game for a year to collect everything. I cheated in every THPS game because it got boring and repetative after two levels.

Cheats are there to either help you when a game is far too hard, add in some enjoyment to a crappy game, or play it a second time through with some real fun stuff.

~Squeek

PS - Using the hover cheat in Ocarina of Time was awesome my second time through it. I got the Biggoron Sword in 2 minutes and endlessly fell about a dozen times when I went over the boundaries of the map.

[StarOceanFanboy]

Oh? How do you do the hover cheat?

[Squeek]

Gameshark.

You have to hit L to start hovering and hit it again to stop. The best part was getting out a bomb, begin hovering, letting it explode on you (heck, you have invincibilty, it doesn't matter), and even though you're screaming and flashing from the damage you took, you look like superman. If you try to go over the edge of a wall on a map, you'll just fall endlessly and have to restart the game.

~Squeek

[Kenzya]

Cheats are there for the programmers as was their original use. But anyway..

The only cheats I use are for GTA and THPS (Tony Hawk.. like no gravity and that stuff).

[Ganondorf3000]

Gameshark is like a virus only your the virus.

[vashthestampede0987]

Originally Posted by Ganondorf3000

Gameshark is like a virus only your the virus.

That was possibly the gayest comment I have ever heard in this thread. Never speak/post again.