[Kelathin]

What's your opinion of cheating? Do they ruin the game?

Cheating as in bots, 3rd party programs, cheat codes.

[DragonShadow]

Depends...sometimes good cheat codes can revitalize a game (giving you hilarious new powers or stuff, unlocking easter eggs, just letting you do new stuff period)...stuff like invincibility is just boring...

[Mizu]

Cheating before a game is beaten is for noobs but cheating after you beat the game is fine. If you cheat in any online games then your a noob. Cheating only in singleplayer and when you beat the game is when its right to cheat in my opinion.

[lord hobo]

preaty much so, its more fun on games like GTA to cheat

[Nevets]

Cheating and using codes in games is alrite.

And using codes in games like GTA can actually make the game better.

But, cheating in online games shouldn't be allowed on any level.

[MarbleRye]

It depends, some games like GTA and Tony Hawk are pretty much designed for cheating. Is strange though its almost like the game idustry does that on purpose, the faster you beat the game the faster you go buy out and buy another game.

In my opinion cheating ruins a game. I have cheated before to beat a game as well. An example Warcraft3, I got real far almost ending orc campain then I went and cheated, I felt terrible and even after I beated it by cheating I still felt like the game was never truely complete. After I knew the story and all I felt I didnt deserve to know it. I am ashamed for doing that.

[Luga]

I never ever use cheats unless for some reason, the computer is messing up (as in, I just beated a campaign, then it freezes and I need to do it over) or I have beated the game.

Though I absolutely never use it online. EVER. That's just lame and ruins the game for everyone

[Bittah Commander]

Cheating is against my moralities

Seriously though, I don't even cheat when I've beaten a game (used to do it a couple times though, but I found it quite boring). This is also the case with GTA San Andreas... You really don't need to cheat, even if you've beaten the game. If I want some fun after I've beaten the game, I'll start rampaging and fighting cops, steal a tank and do the vigilante missions while I'm at it. Or I enter a hydra, fly over a forbidden zone to get the cops after me and start a dogfight with other hydra's. When you cheat and won't have to fight to stay alive and dodge things, it takes away the fun in my opintion.

[Kelathin]

Bittah Commander, on Oct 16 2006, 08:26 PM, said:

Cheating is against my moralities

Seriously though, I don't even cheat when I've beaten a game (used to do it a couple times though, but I found it quite boring). This is also the case with GTA San Andreas... You really don't need to cheat, even if you've beaten the game. If I want some fun after I've beaten the game, I'll start rampaging and fighting cops, steal a tank and do the vigilante missions while I'm at it. Or I enter a hydra, fly over a forbidden zone to get the cops after me and start a dogfight with other hydra's. When you cheat and won't have to fight to stay alive and dodge things, it takes away the fun in my opintion.

I agree on this. I hate those noobs on Diablo II and Runescape using bots, maphack and other conceived ways of becoming better at the game. It prevents increasing of skill and lack of skill. People always said you got maphack, we no donkey behind I didn't, I played enough to memorize the layouts of the maps and looked for key features to find and direct me.
I always hated when my sister cheated in Age of empires, I ended up loving rts cause I built skill up, she just went on and meh.

[Ben]

Aimbots, Speedhacks, Wallhacks, If you need to use these to win at a Videogame, you fail at life...as they are primarily used for FPS.....I have to ask, Is it really that hard to point and click your mouse? I mean, aim, shoot. Easy, doesn't matter if you suck at the start, sooner or later your going to start getting better...Cheating Single player can be fun, and i have no problem with it....cheating in multiplayer is, well, pointless.

[MarbleRye]

I agree if you cheat in Multiplayer, your skill level just goes down and down.

I hate when people use aimbots...you seriosuly have no life if you use them.

[Kelathin]

I hate on unreal Tournament 2004, joining a german game they all had invincibility cheat. Let's just say I lost...

[Master of Tofu]

I only use cheats AFTER I have beaten a game...

[Rapier]

Jedi Master Tofu, on Oct 17 2006, 03:18 AM, said:

I only use cheats AFTER I have beaten a game...

Ditto I plus I wouldn't use Invincibility or Unlimited Ammo I prefer the more Random Cheats that can actually extend a games life

Edit: Though I have to agree that cheating online is just sad

[DonutArnold]

Actualy cheating is bad, it ruins the fun and makes other players mad.

I highly agree with that online cheating is not good and it's for N00bs.
I know there's a lot of cheaters who just want to win all, but they don't understand that it's noobish. I own Call of Duty 2 and I've been playing it for a while. It has a online-gaming protection called PunkBuster. Some cheaters knows how to hack trought it and then they spoils the fun. I've seen them using "wallhacks", "aimbots" and "speedsimers". They are not fair players, they're no elites, they're just a noobish hacking cheaters.

PS. I don't cheat online. Only in SP after playing it.

[Corsair]

DonutArnold, on Oct 17 2006, 07:00 AM, said:

Actualy cheating is bad, it ruins the fun and makes other players mad.

I highly agree with that online cheating is not good and it's for N00bs.
I know there's a lot of cheaters who just want to win all, but they don't understand that it's noobish. I own Call of Duty 2 and I've been playing it for a while. It has a online-gaming protection called PunkBuster. Some cheaters knows how to hack trought it and then they spoils the fun. I've seen them using "wallhacks", "aimbots" and "speedsimers". They are not fair players, they're no elites, they're just a noobish hacking cheaters.

PS. I don't cheat online. Only in SP after playing it.

Aliens versus Predator 2 was almost an anti-hack on its own... unless, of course, a n00b had invincibility