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Bytemeister, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

Depends on the game and platform really.

Been using game cheats since IDDQD and IDKFA. I’ve never used a cheat in a multiplayer competitive game, that’s like cheating at golf. No one really cares what your fucking score is, and cheating ruins any and all accomplishment and personal validation from competing. At that point, you’re just being an asshole to other people for imaginary clout, and you should really consider what is gratifying about playing in the first place.

Datz, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

When an aspect of a game is ass (usually grinding, and I tend to be tolerant), even if I try to engage with it. Or if I’m about to drop the game anyway and cheats means seeing an ending. Last time I did was Megaman ZX, the game was already tedious and expects you to then also do a boss rush with limited ways to recover between fights, so I cheated infinite lives to get it over with.

lightnsfw, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

Only if it’s single player and there’s some bullshit time consuming part I don’t want to deal with or some bug fucks me over. I wouldn’t in multiplayer. I can’t even bring myself to murder people in arc raiders unless its self defense.

ragingHungryPanda, do games w Day 503 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

that looks like a lot of fun to play with friends

Enkrod, (edited )

It’s the BEST! Project Zomboid is in my humble opinion the definite Zombie Apocalypse Survival Game with nothing else coming even close. Especially when modded, but even without mods. Had my Server running for 2 years and played with my friends, it was an absolute BLAST! It ended when we were sieged in our fortress by a horde a screen wide and somebody decided to throw Molotov cocktails at them… because burning zombies set everything they touch on fire… that includes wooden fortresses.

I specifically had told everyone that the only thing more dangerous then a horde is a burning horde. But did they listen?! Nooooo…

XD

It was such a fun ending though, the Zeds breaking through the south wall and us fighting them with everything we had until we were stranded in the garage and the doors were breaking down… so we toasted to having survived that long with bleach and died before they got to us.

ragingHungryPanda,

omg that reminds me of late nights playing left for dead 2. what a blast!

prole,

Have you seen Vein? Still early access, I think, but it’s got potential

xxce2AAb, (edited ) do games w Do you cheat in video games?

Only single player games – and usually only after they become monotonous playing the intended way.

Zephorah,

The Skyrim mod that plays Danger Zone when a dragon shows up.

xxce2AAb,

Truly the very apex of human artistic expression. Frankly, we might as well just call it quits. If you grab the chairs, I’ll turn off the lights.

Nima,
@Nima@leminal.space avatar

I need to know the name of this mod right now cause that sounds hilarious and epic in equal measure.

LillyPip,

Monotonous, or if you’re hopelessly stuck. If I can’t get past a puzzle or fight, and I’d otherwise stop playing because it’s not fun anymore, I’ll look up a solution. The alternative is not finishing the game and not seeing the rest of the content or story.

gwl, do games w A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again

Fun fact: some mechanics never came back cause they got copyrighted and the studio with the copyright went “no, we’re not doing that kind of game anymore” and as soon as anyone goes “okay, can we try?” they sue them into oblivion for copyright infringement

JackbyDev,

You mean patent. You don’t choose to copyright things or not, all media is inherently copyrighted. This comment is technically copyrighted once I hit send. It sounds like your referring to Shadow of Mordor’s/War’s Nemesis system being patented.

gwl,

Potato Pohtato

JackbyDev,

Copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and patent infringement are all very different.

gwl,

Cool, but the difference doesn’t matter for this context, the result is the same

JackbyDev,

The difference does matter. Two copyrighted games can have similar mechanics. Just look at literally any pair of games in the same genre. First person shooting isn’t patented, so anybody can make an FPS game. They patented the nemesis system. Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War are copyrighted.

gwl,

Cool. The result is the same.

To put it simply. I do not care

JackbyDev,

It’s a common misconception. It’s not a big deal. Why are you being so defensive about me correcting it?

gwl,

Vibes across as mansplaining, it didn’t add anything to the context

JackbyDev,

I’m not a man

gwl,

The term has the meaning now of “pointlessly explaining something in a way that’s intentionally trying to be detracting of the other party, like a stereotype of a man would do”, rather than being locked into gender

JackbyDev,

It wasn’t pointless of me to try and help you and others know the difference between copyrights and patents. It’s a very common misconception. It wasn’t detracting from your point, either. At no point did I argue that the game companies doing this are actually morally correct and that it shouldn’t bother you that the Nemesis System is patented or that Nintendo is patenting things like capturing monsters.

Rinzler, do games w 25 codes to give away for our new puzzle game (Android)

Looks fun

count_dongulus, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

I don’t, because I find that as soon as I do, the game feels permanently pointless. It’s like grinding to get some random chance item, and then someone gives you a magic menu enabling you to just put any items you want in your inventory whenever you want. Items mentally become zero value. And then any game mechanics built around scarcity and the intended emotional impact of that scarcity become permanently meaningless too.

It’s pulling back the curtain. You can’t unsee what’s going on back there. Any further interaction with the game just leaves me feeling “this is just a video game, the rules are pointless and with that menu I can get it to do whatever”. Even partial cheats, like infinite ammo with no reloading needed, break the illusion for me permanently and leave further gameplay even without cheats feeling unsatisfying and pointless.

For me, it’s rare that a game can survive its mechanics or overall gameplay loop being destroyed by cheats when those are what make games…games. You’re left with either a creative mode sandbox, or a movie, neither of which I care for in a video game format.

HowlsSophie, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

Not so much anymore because I haven’t figured it out on my Steam Deck but ABSOLUTELY with PC games. Strictly a solo player though.

PoolloverNathan,

Your Steam Deck is a PC, by the way. Your existing methods should work.

HowlsSophie,

I used to use WeMod (they go by a different name now) but it was on Windows. Linux (Kubuntu) is my main OS but haven’t gotten into cheat software with it yet. Suggestions?

Broadfern,
@Broadfern@lemmy.world avatar

Bind one of the back buttons to tilde (~) and then pull up your steam keyboard, if you’re talking about console cheats (like in Skyrim or Fallout).

HowlsSophie,

Ahh, that makes sense. I think the only games I’d want to cheat with are like…Hades, Silksong, and some strategy games like Humankind.

linkinkampf19, do games w Day 501 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
@linkinkampf19@lemmy.world avatar

The Only Cure! What an immersive way to handle the dreaded “bitten” notice in the health panel. Having to retrain yourself in using tools with your prosthetic is such a great way to extend your playthrough when the inevitable happens.

Damn though, the mod scene for this game is just ever expanding. Rocking B42 myself so no multiplayer yet, but some fantastic modders have implemented some of the best mods over from B41.

I still can’t recommend Week One enough. Slayer has done a great job, and added some great scenarios to make the game a bit dicier at the start, and there’s some very active development on his Discord about the upcoming addition called The Ark.

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

It’s a staple of any time i play with mods. Plus i feel like it adds a bit of “lore” to the character if they lose an arm. Especially on multiplayer with friends it can build their characters “lore” too.

I’ve thought about week one, but afaik there’s no multiplayer. I love this game and the NPC mod added a lot of life to the game, but multiplayer is where i have the most fun

linkinkampf19,
@linkinkampf19@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, sorry if I push Week One so much. I feel it’s the only way I can play Zomboid anymore as it adds so much “realism” to the start of the game. I really hope The Indie Stone hire the guy sooner than later as despite the jank in the mod (he is technically replacing zed with NPCs on a limited codebase afaik), it just works so well on the build-up from days 1-7. Not having an MP option for B42 yet also sucks. I’m primarily an SP type of person, so the MP aspect isn’t high on my list.

The only other mod I could recommend, albeit a bit OP, is the B41 version of RV Interior. It changes the gameplay loop as once you find a working vehicle, it becomes your home. Playing inventory Tetris with a base that can be as small as 3x3 tiles, up to a massive truck trailer can be fun and rewarding lol.

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

RV Interior is definitely a staple of my modpack. It’s definitely OP. Though, I have heard there’s a bug with interiors spawning with a fuckton of zombies in it. So the risk of that happening is probably at least a bit of an upset

linkinkampf19,
@linkinkampf19@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve heard of that bug but never encountered it. I have had zed spawn in a few times in interiors before, but never a horde level, more of a “Surprise! I bit you in the dark and now you’re already dead.” On B42 the mod author stated it wouldn’t be out until 42 was marked stable, so a few other modders (BuchoJefe & Mickey Knox primarily) jumped the gun and added their own versions of RV Interior. I use the former’s mod, and it’s pretty solid, as it randomizes interiors. Doesn’t always make sense (like an ambulance interior in a van or box truck), but weird conversions are a thing, so I think it fits in. Adding in Vanvival makes it even more OP, unless you make it part of the lore.

Glad to see you’re playing it again on 503!

TheMinions, (edited ) do games w Do you cheat in video games?

In single player games? Yeah.

Save editors for Mass Effect to unlock squad mates early for spoken lines that I would have never heard earlier, cheating in rare candies on emulated Pokémon games or making Pokémon shiny too.

I recall using something similar for Borderlands 2 circa 2012/2013 to get certain guns to drop with the right parts as well.

Postmortal_Pop,

I absolutely love using save editors to dick around with borderlands gun drops. It’s the only game that I genuinely want a crafting system in, I wanna be able to scarp all those guns for the best parts and fuse them into an unholy abomination. Fuck balance, this is a co-op power trip not a chess match.

TheMinions,

Oh how I miss using my hacked double unkempt Dirty Harold with double nuke turrets from Axton. Was a great time.

Postmortal_Pop,

I had a mirvin’ mirvin’ mirvin’ mirvin’ magic missle on my Gage. One button and the whole county looks like the Eridium Blight.

tobz619, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

single player games? yeah, especially if I’ve already beaten the game

other times I’m just skipping tedious grinding

definitely never in mp games

TankovayaDiviziya, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

I never cheat online multiplayer. I like to be challenged and cheating ruins it.

I hate that modding is considered cheating by some games when all I want is quality of life improvement. Divinity 2 does this by disabling achievements if you installed any mods but thankfully there is another mod that re-enables achievements.

prole,

It’s easier to just not give a shit about achievements

TankovayaDiviziya,

I just go for the easy ones. I don’t bother with getting 100% achievements that needs to get the harder ones.

IEatDaFeesh, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

I cheat the fuck out of Skyrim. I add all my perk points bc I don’t feel like grinding for 200 hours to get my build.

sturmblast, do games w Do you cheat in video games?

Cheating in first player games is perfectly fine.

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