does unlocking a character make it just as easily boring?
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Yeah, the irony is that most of these games lack much of a single player mode too, so it seems like video games are more shallow than they've been in 25 years.
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I don't think I've used a cheat since the PS2 era.
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I would say using cheats absolutely makes a game boring.
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Cheating/console command almost always ruins a game for me. GTA being one of the few in which it's fun. Recently I ruined Torchlight 2 because of console commands lol. I don't do it for games I am super interested in though until I beat the game.
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I don't see the problem at all with playing a game with cheats every now and then. I guess if that's the only way you're going to play then sure, it would be pretty pointless but I've always just looked at them as a fun diversion from the real game.
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I don't see the problem at all with playing a game with cheats every now and then. I guess if that's the only way you're going to play then sure, it would be pretty pointless but I've always just looked at them as a fun diversion from the real game.
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Same. I remember good ole' CheatCodeCentral was the resource to go-to too look up cheats. I find cheats pointless, unless you've already finished the game and you just want to mess around for shits n' giggles.
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The last time I used cheat codes was probably in a THPS game, or in Vice City to spawn race cars for stunt jumps.
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When I was a kid I liked to screw around but now I really only play games for the story or the challenge. I can't imagine the point of cheats in a game like Dark Souls or the Witcher.
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I tried unlocking jenna jameson on thps4 but I'm 1500 bucks short. I know she can unlocked with the (o)(o) cheat but it's not the same.
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It's fun to cheat once you already did everything. Having things to work for to unlock is kind of fun. If you cheat and get everything right away it gets boring. Play GTA with unlimited Cash, Cars, Tanks, and it'll be kind of boring after a much shorter length of time then just playing normally.
Although now that I'm older I just play for fun anyway, I refuse to grind. It's all gameplay and story for me, so cheating really only takes fun away if it takes away from gameplay. I won't grind to unlock anything or to beat a game 100%.
Although now that I'm older I just play for fun anyway, I refuse to grind. It's all gameplay and story for me, so cheating really only takes fun away if it takes away from gameplay. I won't grind to unlock anything or to beat a game 100%.
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I used to use cheat codes in PC games all the time as a kid. Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, Crusader No Remorse, Star Craft etc. Cheated my way through them all. I regret it now, because I wish I had played through them all without cheats. I haven't cheated at video games in years now, and have played through some really tough games like the Ninja Gaiden games and the Soulsborne series.
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Well yeah, they give you the option to pay money for instant access to the entire game's options, or they say 'you can earn them one-by-one by just playing the game.... for hundreds of hours.'
Remember in Goldeneye when earning cheats was just as fun as using the cheats? Those were the days....
...before DLC and microtransactions.
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If you find cheats improve your experience with the game, go for it. Unlocking characters is usually fine because if you want to save hours to get access to all of the content quickly, I don't see a problem with that. It can be annoying if you're trying to play a fighting game at a friends and the character you use isn't available because they aren't unlocked.
That being said, I can't say I've really done it recently, as cheat codes tend to be far less common than they used to. It probably was a few generations ago console wise that cheats were much of a thing.
That being said, I can't say I've really done it recently, as cheat codes tend to be far less common than they used to. It probably was a few generations ago console wise that cheats were much of a thing.
