Growing up when I was gaming in the 90s and on, I knew of the stigma of cheating in video games. You were seen as stupid, someone incapable of completing challenges on your own. You were seen as lowly, someone who can never go through life without cheating. Like, it was a pretty big deal as I grew up, hearing all of this for years on end.
I’ve been able to beat games without cheating, of course. But during my late teens and early adulthood, I just tried going past the stigma. Cheating in video games don’t necessarily reflect how you handle life and don’t translate. I’ve found it quite fun to cheat in video games. Probably not in multiplayer and especially on the receiving end.
I even use cheats just to beat games anymore, who the hell cares. People only care if you want to make a big deal about it, by showing it to everyone and boast how you’ve beaten a game in record times. I’ve tried beating some games head on without cheats but there just comes a point where you ask yourself if it is fun dying a hundred times at some part of a game. I don’t think so, personally.
So yeah, I don’t have the stigma anymore. I kinda like how gamers today only care about cheating if it was done in multiplayer or if you’re trying to beat a speedrunning record or some score record. Fun is meant to be how you find it.
Single player games, it’s to be expected. Some games even build it in. Multiplayer, you have a special circle of hell just for you.
I’ve recently played a bunch of Valheim and Enshrouded, and modded both a bit.
The mods I’m seeing in these games are overwhelmingly cheat mods. Not like aimbot in counter strike, but like… Many different flavors of trying to get to creative mode without being in creative mode. It’s all just cheating. And most of it is AI slop. SOOOO much AI slop.
Mostly with Sega genesis, n64, etc when I was kid. It was fun. And one and only time I used in multiplayer was Diablo 2 in hardcore when I was a teen, I used those tppk program for a bit, just messing around and pk’d a couple of players. And I haven’t since then.
I don’t see point in cheating in PvP games, I want to develop a skill. But nowadays I avoid most multiplayer PvP games anyway because of cheaters. I enjoy solo, pve and group play more than PvP.
I grew up typing IDDQD and never once felt bad about it. Single player is your sandbox. Online is the only place cheating actually costs someone else their fun.
Single player = absolutely
Multiplayer = absolutely not (unless we all unanimously agree to cheat, confirmation is required)
I can’t wait until my group finishes the actual content of Valheim so we can turn on cheats and build giant castles
Valheim rules. I just want to farm all day, I don’t need enemies.
cheat in local games only because I only have an hour or so of game time and I just want to have an enjoyable experience and not a challenge.
Singleplayer? Who cares. Cheat mods can be fun. You’re not messing anyone else’s day up, and as long as you’re not making any claims about your skill based on cheating it’s not even worth discussing.
Competitive multiplayer cheaters can get fucked, though.
Yes. Mostly Money and Inventory Space. I’m already grinding and at full capacity in real life. Why should it follow me into my hobby space? Health, mana, legendary weapons/armor, levels/experience points, one hit kill… Almost never. Only if the game starts to become unfair. But I still like to have a challenge.
singleplayer doesnt matter in any way.
for multiplayer, if you can buy a ressource/item/perk for real money ingame, i am totally fine with it being cheated in as well
Generally no, multiplayer hate it with a passion(you suck if you do), single player only if dying to bugs and it’s clearly a bug. Like being launched of a motorcycle through 3 concrete buildings onto landmines in 7 Days to Die. (thanks game/s)
I cheat when the game pisses me off. Stuff like turning off carry weight limits because I don’t enjoy the inventory management. Maybe infinite lockpicks because we all save scum that shit anyway. Sometimes I’ll turn off fall damage because it’s faster to fall than tediously climb down 8 ladders. Quick save mods in any game that restricts saving in any way; fuck that noise (looking at you: kingdom come deliverence). If I really get hard stuck on a difficult section for more than 1 day I’ll just Google the answer or Godmode through it just to keep the game going.
Just little stuff. The equivalent of if you’re reading a book, skipping the parts that don’t interest you
Does the game cheat me?
Working on an SL1 run of Elden Ring, but I won’t cheese a fight unless it’s unrewarding. FromSoft usually gives you enough to make due in any situation. I’ll absolutely cheese something if I’m frustrated and only invested in the game for the plot.
I don’t. I noticed that when I do I completely lose interest in playing. And I really enjoy starting a game over to do things better the second (or third) time around
Skill issue
Singleplayer? Sometimes. If you have game mechanics that annoy me too much, I’ll find a way to skip them.
