Discussion Do you cheat on video games?

[girl from mars]

not too sure if this counts as cheating, it's more of getting extra help in difficult parts of games... I usually try to figure out puzzles in games by myself, but sometimes I just CANNOT figure it out. I like to skim a small walkthrough of the game and if that's too hard for me, I'll search up a walkthrough on YT.

I had to do this for a game I'm playing now called Secret Little Haven. It's a good game, but the random complex puzzle out of nowhere in a game where you mainly read was a shock to me

 

[coldworld]

only in minecraft ;p

 

[descending]

Yes, on most games but I never play online and tend to play games on older consoles. I've always had anger management issues and get easily frustrated dying repeatedly, missing a jump or fighting with bad controls/camera etc.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Yes, on most games but I never play online and tend to play games on older consoles. I've always had anger management issues and get easily frustrated dying repeatedly, missing a jump or fighting with bad controls/camera etc.

Me too. I'll usually try 2 or 3 times and then watch a video tutorial. Thank goodness for YouTube! The most frustrating for me is when I can't find something. A way to turn off the laser fence or something. It always seems obvious when it's pointed out.

 

[deny_conformity]

I never cheat in online games, but I'm happy to cheat in offline games to avoid a tedious grind (going to the point of using cheat engine to manipulate values in memory to give myself extra resources).

 

[InversedShadow]

Atleast once a year

 

[Unsure and Useless]

Now, I wouldn't say I cheat, just that I prefer to make use of the resources available to me as a PC player hehe (๑`꒳´๑)

Most of the games I do play are simulations, so while I do play vanilla for a while, I eventually mod the game so that I can skip the more tedious aspects of it. Although, this is only for PC; on console, I tend to play games as they're meant to be played unless I've unlocked game-breaking DLC (read: Persona 5 Royal on Switch with Izanagi no Okami(?) and his Myriad Truths)

For the most part, I cheat to save time on games so that I don't waste my free time grinding longer than I want to