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The reason why cheats were commonly used in the past are actually for some of the reasons you mention: I know when I go through a second play of a game, I used to cheat the hell out of it. Hell, I won't lie: I own a Gameshark for N64 and GBA. It gets fun to mess with your games.
The problem with "cheats" in modern games is that every title is also a "social" game, due to things like trophies and achievements. Cheating against a computer is one thing; cheating against actual people is a whole different deal.
That being said, I know when L4D still had a lot of crazy bugs (360 version), a group of us used to play in a private match and cheat like crazy for the fuck of it. But I know when I hit public games were people were using cheats to WIN as opposed to just mess around...well, that juts annoyed the shit out of me.
The problem with "cheats" in modern games is that every title is also a "social" game, due to things like trophies and achievements. Cheating against a computer is one thing; cheating against actual people is a whole different deal.
That being said, I know when L4D still had a lot of crazy bugs (360 version), a group of us used to play in a private match and cheat like crazy for the fuck of it. But I know when I hit public games were people were using cheats to WIN as opposed to just mess around...well, that juts annoyed the shit out of me.
cheats are still alive, but the only games I've been able to find them is in sing devoplers console on valve games. You have to turn cheating mode on with a series of code, which in turn turns acheviemnts of but hen you can use any cheat you want. Besthesta's oblivon and fallout games also have a dev console with some cheat liek commands like kill, kill all specfic item codes transport codes ressurct codes stat advacnements , but as far as i've seen thers is no anit cheating thing for acheviemnts.
... what nintendoll said!
Additionally, cheats are still huge. All you have to do is check out any game on YouTube and you'll find all kinds of cheats and often how to do them.
Oh... and the gameshark has come a long way... now people use hacking or modded controllers to cheat - it's gotten much more technical and much more expensive... but when you come across some idiot in an online game with a rapid fire modded controller - you know it. (the pistol is basically a machine pistol) It also ruins the game because the playing field is no longer even. It doesn't take increased skill to use a modded controller... it just takes a willingness to cheat... so cheating is alive and well in gaming, it's just more advanced than entering a code. :(
Additionally, cheats are still huge. All you have to do is check out any game on YouTube and you'll find all kinds of cheats and often how to do them.
Oh... and the gameshark has come a long way... now people use hacking or modded controllers to cheat - it's gotten much more technical and much more expensive... but when you come across some idiot in an online game with a rapid fire modded controller - you know it. (the pistol is basically a machine pistol) It also ruins the game because the playing field is no longer even. It doesn't take increased skill to use a modded controller... it just takes a willingness to cheat... so cheating is alive and well in gaming, it's just more advanced than entering a code. :(
Cheat codes are obsolete on current games because they'd rather sell you extra features as DLC. People complain but if it keeps the core price down, it's probably the lesser of two evils. I'd rather be able to get a basic game for $60 than have to spend $70 or $80 for a version with stuff I might not even want.
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I used to love cheat codes as a kid but for some reason they don't interest me anymore. I truly can not remember the last time I played any game and wished I had a cheat code.
ACTUALLY that's a lie. Kind of. When I was playing Doom 3 I used the 'flashlight mod' extensively, and would never have played the game for more than 15 minutes if I had not. I wouldn't call that a cheat so much as a fix to a design decision I strongly disagreed with and would have ruined the game for me, but I suppose you could call it a cheat. Unofficial mods and cheats will always be there for PC games at least.
I used to love cheat codes as a kid but for some reason they don't interest me anymore. I truly can not remember the last time I played any game and wished I had a cheat code.
ACTUALLY that's a lie. Kind of. When I was playing Doom 3 I used the 'flashlight mod' extensively, and would never have played the game for more than 15 minutes if I had not. I wouldn't call that a cheat so much as a fix to a design decision I strongly disagreed with and would have ruined the game for me, but I suppose you could call it a cheat. Unofficial mods and cheats will always be there for PC games at least.
I rarely find the need or desire to cheat in modern games. Games have gotten easier but I've also gotten better at them so i rarely feel the need. I do miss the fun cheats like big head mode, unlock everything or paint ball. I don't see the harm in adding a few fun modes like that. Uncharted 2 and CoD have some fun extras. You have to do some work to unlock them but they're there.
