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Cheat codes, cheat devices
Topic Started: Jan 5 2013, 07:08 PM (127 Views)
The Red Shadow
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I must confess something to all of you, my gaming peers: I am a cheater. For as long as I can remember I have relied on cheat codes or devices, like GameSharks or Action Replays, to complete a lot of the games that I play. Why, you may ask? Because I suck at gaming. It is that simple.

You see, I think gamers come in one of two varieties. You are either hyper competitive and want to dominate an actual opponent or the game itself, or you want to enjoy a story, a character's plight in saving the world, etc. I fall into the latter category. I'm all about coming along for the ride in an RPG or an adventure game. I don't even really care if I'm contributing to the action on screen or if I'm just "controlling a movie", as long as I get to experience it from start to finish. Therefore, I don't mind resorting to cheating if I can't get past a level or moment in a game that I'm enjoying. Heck, if I paid $50 or $60 for a game then I want my money's worth. Sometimes that means cheating.

So why am I on about this? Well, there has been a travesty struck upon me in this current generation. It is called the achievement/trophy. This seems like a fairly innocuous addition to gaming in the 00s but what it really is is the death knell upon cheating in games. No longer do game makers include in-game codes and all of the cheat code devices seem to have fallen by the wayside. Oh, the humanity.

Okay, so now we can dispense with the melodrama and get to my point: What do you guys think of all this? I know I'm probably in the minority in my cheating ways but I've experienced some amazing games and stories via the usage of a code or two. These are things I simply wouldn't have gotten to do on my own. I'm pathetic, I know, but I do what I gotta do. Anyone else here rely on cheats in the past? What's up with implementation of achievements and trophies? Do you think that was done in order to eliminate cheating completely? It really bums me out. I will admit, though, that I'm not allowing it to keep me from braving the worlds of the current gen.
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Alice Lawless
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Dude I know that feel. When I was in middle school, I remember buying a GameShark for PS2 because I had one for N64 (I don't remember how or why or when I got the N64 GameShark, but I feel like it was always "just there") and then I got hooked. I remember booting up Vice City and I had that Infinite Money code enabled, amongst others, but immediately upon loading the save, I watched as the money counter kept racking up until it hit all 9's. It felt like magic watching this happen. I started cheating in every game from that point. When a new version GS came out, I had to get it. Then I bought a CodeBreaker, then another updated CB, and kept going. Action Replay for the GameCube? I got three versions of them. I'm telling you, it became an addiction. I wouldn't play a game without codes. When I got a new game, the first thing I'd do is look up ways to cheat. I think this died down with Saints Row on the 360. I played through it once with codes and the achievements locked. And get this, I had the game for a good six months (got it on launch) before playing without codes. When I first picked it up, I didn't even touch the stick before pausing it and looking up codes. Seriously, I remember my guy standing still in the default spot while I looked up codes. Sometime later I started a new file and was screwing around and forgot to enter codes. Then an achievement popped up and it got me thinking- I decided to try to get them all because there was nothing else to do. I already beat the game with codes, might as well go for achievements now. When I finally got 100%, I felt like I accomplished something. I beat the game without cheating, and I remember telling people in school about that. All they said was, "that's not an accomplishment. That's how you're supposed to play." So I decided to pick another game I had, one that didn't have any codes, and try to beat it. That was Dead Rising. I refused to play through the story (I'd play up to Backup For Brad and then screw around) because there weren't any codes and I always thought the game was too hard. Well holy crap man, that game was a blast to play through! Since then I became an achievement hunter (until I started getting really serious in my no ended relationship. I stopped gaming to be with her, even though she was my gaming partner and we'd play together nonstop. But it was a decision I made for myself so that if I played a game, it wouldn't be by myself, but only with her. Now that she's gone, I still haven't regained the desire to play games. I've been conditioned to have a gaming partner). Back on subject, I've weaned myself off using cheats in games, but believe me, I find it more fun to screw around with codes any day. But when playing through a difficult game with a couple friends and passing the controller around hot-potato style trying to tackle a difficult task in a game- nothing beats that. I for one am all for using codes, but nowadays I prefer to try to play through a game I enjoy legitimately, and if I get seriously stuck, I'll on-and-off a code if I have to- but only if there's no achievements involved. I don't care for trophies, and honestly I don't care for gaming in general as much as I used to. But my GamerScore on Xbox Live is pretty high from back when I used to be an achievement w***e, but it hasn't changed that much in a year now since I lost interest in gaming. Moral of the story? Don't get attached to anyone. Even if it's just a fellow guy friend. If you make promises to only partake in your favorite hobby with one person, it'll ruin you to the point that your interests start to haunt you and it'll drive you insane. But back on topic, I miss the days when games had built-in codes.
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hockeylife21
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Normally when I was a kid I did my best to use my DS/GBA/GC Action Replays after I beat the game for fun stuff. Like in SA2B for the Gamecube I would do cheats to help me get certain chaos and stuff, and on Melee I would use cheats to play as master hand. I don't think I'm an amazing gamer but most of the time if I have trouble with a game, I buy the guide. The old SNES/N64 game guides were awesome. Defiantly look into guides if you want to stop cheating haha.
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Cabanon
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i cheated alot during the n64 era. basically, i rented a game and went online to look for codes. yup. did i felt bad about it ? not at all. nowaday i do my best and plunge through the game. if i find it too hard, i look for tips and move on.

achievment/trophies are good. it does add another level of gameplay and add hours to a game that is normally too short big plus.
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yeah thats too bad. well for me i really dont cheat much(most of glitches on super mario 64 i did i actually discovered myself) because it ruins the game and its not that fun
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