Do You Cheat in Your Video Games?

I cheat in some FPS game, like Bioshock Infinite, Metro 2033, Metro Last Light, and Inquisitor. I use Cheat Engine to get the memory location of money then I give myself lots of money so I can buy all the upgrades and ammo I need in a game. Right now, I'm stuck at a scene in Metro 2033 where a bunch of monsters attack me and they kill me everytime. I have the best weaponry and ammo yet they overwhelm me, so I got to do a God Mode cheat.

I didn't cheat in Far Cry 3 or any Crysis game, and I didn't cheat to get to level 48 on Euro Truck Simulator 2. I some games you get more satisfaction not cheating, like in ETS 2.

But when you get stuck in a game or if the game has expensive gear and it's hard to come buy with money to get the good gear, then I cheat. Like in the Inquisitor game, a tough but stupid game.

So do you cheat in your games? What other programs are used for cheating?

 

I myself never cheat, If i get stuck in a game I leave it for a few days, then go back to it fresh and I always pass the level,
Also I play on the hardest setting

 

Many games these days are a bit too easy, even on the hardest difficulty setting. I've used mods to make the combat in certain games more challenging. For example, ASIS and Deadly Combat are two mods for Skyrim that greatly improve the enemy A.I. and make the game tremendously challenging on Master difficulty.

Sadly, the most difficult part of most recent games is not the combat encounters but instead annoying mini-games or unskippable quicktime events - I'd be happy to cheat to avoid those types of problems.

 

Cheat to avoid stupid grinds and unreasonable mini game stuff.

 

In grand theft auto, b/c that's what it's there for. Big fan of modding (borderlands) after I beat it a few times and things start to get really stale.

 

Games are about having fun. So if a game isn't fun, and a tweak might make it fun, then I will tweak it. It is not really cheating, since I don't brag about beating the game. And games need some challenge to be fun, god mode is just not fun at all. And it can be very satisfying to beat a level that seems almost impossible.

The other thing is, after I finish a game I may hack it to make it interesting to play again. This can be in various ways, like changing the graphics so enemies look like cows, or the gun only shoots thirty feet, or whatever...

So it all depends on the game.

 

I usually don't cheat, unless I get really bored. Money cheats are what I go for first if possible. Then I get to find and buy cool crap.

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Nah, I never actually "cheat," as in type some console commands to give me infinite ammo or health (God Mode). Call me old-school, obstinate, idealistic, or whatever, but when I cheat I just don't get the satisfaction that comes with overcoming a difficult part through hard work, repetition, cunning, and twitch reflexes. I've been extremely frustrated at times but never caved in to the temptation to cheat.

The most I'll ever do if I get really stuck on or keep dying in one section (as in I've been hammering at it for a few days to no avail) is go online and look up a walkthrough to get myself unstuck or find an easier approach. For instance, some sections in Metro 2033 are nearly impossible to complete in Range Mode without knowing the stealth approach or finding a secret ammo stash. Metro 2033 was one of those bloody difficult games on the hardest setting that took me well over 6 months to complete. Ranger Mode in Last Light was a cakewalk in comparison.

I've noticed that games have only been getting easier over the years. For instance, Far Cry 1 was brutal at highest difficulty while I felt overpowered in Far Cry 3 no matter what. Same thing with CoD, it automatically became 100x easier when regenerating health was introduced in CoD2. Halo 1 on Legendary was probably the hardest and most cuss-inducing game I've ever played. I think that took me about a year to finish, and about 75% of that time was spent in the last half battling the insanity that is the Flood.

 

Cheat is kind of a biased word, who are you cheating in a single player game, especially if you don't brag?

 

I used cheats in old GTA games to get some fun stuff and in one GBA game on an emulator because the gameplay was way too punishing and luck based.

 

Sandbox and Semi-Sandbox games, I usually cheat. Just to discover every bits of the story or the map. For example in GTA, Sleeping Dogs. As for FPS games? I don't. At first I play on easy or normal just to enjoy the game. If the game is good and worth the second run, turn it all the way to the hardest setting and try to outperform myself. For example I finished Bioshock Infinite on easy first then I walk through the whole game again on 1999. It was pretty funny.

 

The only time I hacked a game was NBA2k12 so I can get max out the character skills quick lol. But in online games I never hack, only in singleplayer and that's very rarely.

 

I do, usually only for the older games, right now I cheated on final fantasy 8, so that I don't need to draw magic from enemies, which means a good 5-10min per battle, though I haven't cheated on XP for the GF and characters, nor money

basically I cheat to get out of boring situations

 

Not much, unless it's GTA. In Fallout New Vegas for example I never cheat. Same goes for Fallout 3, Bioshock Infinite, Metro 2033, Sleeping Dogs, Crysis 1, Warhead and 2, Mafia 2, Borderlands 1 and 2 etc. Cheating feels so cheap to me (unless the cheats make the game tons 'o fun, GTA SA for example).

 

Not until I beat the game legit on the highest vanilla difficulty setting.

Most of today's games I usually end up installing mods to make them more challenging.

 

I don't cheat but I will set the difficulty to easy so I can finish the game reasonably quickly. When you have a toddler, any free time you have for gaming is precious so I want to make sure I'm using it to the fullest.

 

Don't forget, OP also wondered what programs you are using to "cheat". I just google the game name and see what mods are built into the game.

 

I have a great barbecue recipe for toddlers, the meat is still tender

 

Game Genie FTW!

 

No, I never cheat in games, simply because I have never tried. If I fail I usually leave playing the game and back to it when I have inspiration.

 

I never cheat in RPGs and Action RPGs, because that's the main idea of the game - getting stronger, acquire more money, etc.

Same as in Turn Based and Real Time Strategy games, cheating on those simply ruin the gameplay completely and then I just can't touch the game again for months.

But in wacky GTA clones a la Saints Row and Sleeping Dogs, I most definitely cheat in some form or another, either through a trainer, the game's built-in cheat mode or the game's DLC which basically turn these games into a cheat fest (especially rampant in Sleeping Dogs).

I once cheated in Far Cry 3's really annoying stealth mission which I kept failing over and over, because I honestly loathe stealth mechanics in games, but after that I felt almost ashamed of myself and never cheated on this game again

 

I don't get it, you basically skipped a part of the game you didn't like, so why feel bad about that? I would feel ashamed if I wasted time playing a game or level I didn't like. Cheating in a solo player game is not cheating. After all, who are you cheating, who was cheated? This is not a moral issue in single player gaming.

 

The reason I felt bad for it, is because I spent time leveling up my main character to handle different scenarios, and then couldn't handle it and cheated my way out due to frustration. I just took the easy way out in a (semi) RPG game and that kinda bummed me out.

 

Well, if it bothers you that much, why not just go back and play it again without cheating?

 

Not in a million years

I really despise these so-called 'stealth mechanics', and this was an especially annoying section for me. It was the principle that bothered me, that's all

 

QFT.

I cheat in single player games quite frequently if a section is just too annoying or impossible to pass without perfect timing or requires the same monotonous mechanic to be employed for thirty minutes straight. Many games these days are just interactive movies anyhow, so you're more or less watching thing unfold with you pressing a few buttons here and there.

 

Let's add realism to RPG games so you can only carry 1/10th of the loot available so you have to come back 10 times to the same area to get all the loot. That's annoying.

I always look for mods or cheats to give myself unlimited bag room for loot. So I can pickup 1000 pieces of loot, metals, coal, jewelry, materials so I can sell em.

 

But that's the main point of the weight system in RPGs, to force you to make choices: of course you want take that super weapon/armor with you, but then you wouldn't have room for the loot that will get you that extra bit of gold. If you could just carry everything with you, you would get an unfair advantage the more stuff you lumber, have any type of weapon or armor prepared for any situation, and generally make the whole game too easy.

Granted, as a packrat myself, I fully understand the urge to carry anything that isn't bolted down to the floor, but the weight system has its reasons and really help balance out the game. The Honest Hearts DLC in Fallout: New Vegas forces you to drop most of your loot before you continue, and that was one of the toughest choices I've had to do in this game, I felt like a kid all over again and the neighborhood bully just took away my toys. But it also forced me to think which weapon/armor combo and which items would be best suited for the task, and it really improved the whole gameplay for me, as it forced me to make priorities, which is the main idea, and that's basically what they're trying to achieve.

 

i cheated on sonic 1 and 2 when i was 7. and gta iv when i was 25

 

I never cheat. I find that being too lazy and destroy the whole challenge aspect of a game.

Playing Diablo 3 now, and if I wanted to I could buy a really good weapon and armour in the marketplace and just meh myself through the game. But I intend to play through Hell and Inferno with the challenge

 

Sort of OT, but I play few recent big "Action/arpg" title and they seem to all have AC/darksider style ledges to climb. WHY?

 

Be glad you are only trying to do this now, instead of at launch. It was impossible to get TO inferno, let alone through it, without gearing up. The abysmal drop rates forced you to 'cheat' which was to use the auction house. I may give d3 another go, but when i logged in a few weeks ago everyone on my friends list had been offline for over 100 days.

 

I see. To be completely honest, I`m not getting many good drops now either. It may be because I`m not using any % drop gems or any equipment with that booster available.

I just reached Act 2 Hell with my Demon Hunter and its going well despite dying a few times on those superfast elites. Both Skeleton King and The Butcher went down on first try so looking good so far.
I`m doing solo of course, without hiring help from town, to make it a little more challenging. I know Act 4 will be pretty difficult with those falling angels everywhere. Really hate them.

Also, was quite dissappointed with Whimsyshire. Nowhere near as challenging as Secret Cow level on D2 where you had thousands of crazy cows around you at any given time. Have only tried Whimsyshire on Nightmare though, maybe Hell and Inferno is worse?

 

I also tend to use weight cheats if I keep having to stop and decide what to keep or not keep, ir what will sell for the most, or etc. When you bag is full you have to stop and decide for each new piece of loot. The game becomes stop and go, stop and go.

As for the unfair advantage, I don't change out my load out based on situations. So it is not like I keep a good fire suit, and a seperate ice suit, and swap between them. It might give me more gold, but I usually don't spend much gold, I just use what I find. So I always have excess gold. So no real advantage to the way I play. And even if it did, who cares? I decide the difficulty level I want.

There have been games where if I couldn't change the weight requirements, I would have never finished the game. It would have been to frustrating and not fun.

 

I used to before I was like 11 years old. Also there were quest games where you had 3 lives and you could get killed by some roaming critter, that's like the most stupid thing to implement in a quest game.

 

Not too many cheats in Metro Last Light, and there is no God Mode! So my only cheat is bullet money and cheating on machine gun ammo when I run low on it. The machine gun seems to be the best gun on creature but you run out of ammo quickly.

 

The only game I've ever really cheated in is GTA, because sometimes it's just not as fun without doing so.

 

Yes. For me it makes the game more enjoyable. After working 10 hour days I just want to play the game my way. I've spent the 50-60 bucks for the game, so why not. I used to use one of those hacking programs, until a friend told me about cheathappens site and I joined.

 

Back in the days when I used to play Runescape I would leave a few accounts botting while I was at school, and then when I got home sold all the stuff gathered on the bots and transferred the money to my main character lol. Those were the days lol

 

Depends on the game. Usually I'll wait until I've pretty much finished everything else in the game and am on the verge of getting bored of it. Back with GTA San Andreas, my cousin and I would use the cheat to make our car faster and heavier, then just drive down the streets smashing up cars. But for the most part, I feel like if you just outright cheat before you even finish a game, then what was the point of the dev putting in the (usually) well-thought-out content that you just breeze through effortlessly? So typically, no, not until I'm already basically done with the game.

 

I typically cheat a few times a game with walkthroughs to ensure that I make the right decisions to get the optimal endings, but I'm trying to get out of that habit. Otherwise, I typically just play at a difficulty level where there's some challenge, but the game's not so hard that I feel the need to cheat.

I also try to avoid games where I can't make it without cheating. I remember repeating some bosses on Metal Gear Solid dozens of times, but missing some button press here or there and having to start over again and again and again. Skipping those games altogether is usually the best response for me...