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Do you cheat in games? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 days ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 1 point 4 days ago

i play how the game was intended. mainly to understand and appreciate the vision the devs intended. there are certain games ill mod for more enjoyment. kenshi, project zomboid, etc. but that was also the intention of the devs.

i dont see the point in cheating. it ultimately robs you of the intended experience and raw fun of the struggle with the challenge at hand.

i loathe cheaters in online games almost as much i loathe billionaires, pedophiles, scam callers, and landlords.

however, if the game offers fun cheats, like old school games did where you can input a series of codes with your controller and suddenly you can make every car fly, or go god mode. sure. however, i noticed in my youth that after doing that for a while it became a difficult thing to stop doing, and ultimately would ruin the game for me. so it became a thing i might do after 100% completion. and eventually stopped doing altogether.

im a lil slut for acheivments.

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