From the article: Why Use Cheats and Codes for Console and PC Games?
It varies from person to person, and while some people love them, others hate them. They're video game cheat codes, and they make games more fun and more accessible for a lot of gamers.
Now might be a good time to take the quick poll: How often do you cheat?
But if you had to choose one reason why you ultimately use cheat codes for your favorite game what would it be? Or, why don't you like it when people use cheat codes? Share Why You Use Cheats
Power Trips
- Though cheating on online games is stupid, cheating at single-player games is purely for the power trip. For example, in your favorite level based RPG, lets use Pokémon, you can raise your Pokémon up levels, battling and using strategy. It’s fulfilling and amusing for a long time. But some times, you don't want that. You want to laugh evilly as level 3 start Pokémon are crushed 'neath the mighty tread of your level 100 Shiny Legendary Pokémon. Also, with cheat devices such as Action Replay, Gameshark, Etc. not all "Cheats" are actually cheating. Example: Banjo-Tooie for the Nintendo 64. I play on an emulator, so multi-player isn't much of an option, but internet research revealed that there was a Gameshark code to activate a two player story game mode that the developers didn't quite optimize in time for release, and so they took out the activation coding. Obviously such things apply to older games more-so now, with patching so popular now, but it's fun none the less.
- —Guest Toxikk
I cheat for fun...
- Yeah sure, cheating can be looked over as "lazyness" or some form of evil, but if you look into the heart and soal of the games, you will notice that all games were made WITH cheats. Example - Oblivion (the duplication cheat) if the game was not made with such a cheat programmed into it system, how could anyone figure out such a marvellous helping hand?
- —Guest Rustypeanut
Cheats?
- I like to play games without cheats like on oblivion I have a main save which I am playing properly then I have a seperate cheat save which is for when I am bored and feel like going around and killing everything and everyone, cheats are purely for fun, variety is the spice of life. :D
- —Guest Hmm
Cheats Can Help!
- i will use cheat codes if im looking to collect those last acheivements i need for full points. like bob said, some games can take a long time to complete and when you only have a certain amount of time, cheats come in handy. The people who design these games usually allow cheats to be unlocked onced you have completed certain and most often challenging tasks within the game. i look at it like a reward. finally, cheats are a part of gaming and should be used to help with time issues or something that will make life better...not to get out of a challenge!
- —Guest Cole
Cheats are for fun
- I only use cheats for fun, after I have beaten a game(Or gotten most of the way through) I am sick and tired of those people who think cheats are only for bad gamers complaining. I just wanna say you all are idiots.
- —Guest me
Don't Use Cheats
- Doesn't feel right. Feels like steroids. I can see why you might want to cheat to get through a single-player game but not in online play.
- —Guest MDT
why i cheat
- I love gaming but I have to work and sometimes it helps to use a cheat so I can finish a game....
- —Guest Chris
Too Many Games and Too Little Time!
- For me, its not a matter of skill, or lack of, its a lack of time. I have a full time job, I go to school, and I have a social life away from my television set. I don't have the luxury of sitting in front of a game for hours on end learning every single aspect of it. If I buy a game, I want to get the most fun I can, without wasting time. For me at least, this comes easy with the use of cheats like infinite ammunition, invincibility, etc. Now, I do like a challenge, but on my own terms, and I definitely can't have a game run my life. So I cheat!
- —Guest Bob Roth
