Playing with cheats vs playing with no cheats (Singleplayer)
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:58 pm
Playing with cheats
Pros:
- Relaxing
- Mindless FUN
- Always a new experience from playing without cheats, especially on harder/unfair games
- If even developers play most of the time with cheats on (debug mode), why can't we? Do we not own the game?
- Better flow and concentration to keep track of the story
- Better chance to explore everything or do 100%
- Waste less time, but still enjoy the game to its fullest
- Appreciate just the pure content of the game, no bullshit of repetition over and over again just to make you waste time.
Cons:
- Some games with some cheats on may glitch out causing softlocks or crashes in certain parts of the game
Playing with no cheats
Pros:
- Challenge can get some players a sense of fulfilment that can be pleasurable
- Players can feel good about themselves if they're really good on a game and don't have anything else to feel good about on real life.
Cons:
- Countless hours wasted just to get good, or in some games, just to see the ending.
- Players can feel bad and shitty if they're not really good on a game even after spending countless hours.
- Can be rage inducing, therefore, bad for your (mental) health.
- Lose more time looking at walkthroughs if you're stuck.
- More money wasted on broken controllers (oh, sweet childhood)
- The way developers intended you to play is often just to waste your time and test your patience. ( If you own the game you should be able to play it your way, fuck the rest)
What about you guys. What do you think? Anything you would like to add?
Pros:
- Relaxing
- Mindless FUN
- Always a new experience from playing without cheats, especially on harder/unfair games
- If even developers play most of the time with cheats on (debug mode), why can't we? Do we not own the game?
- Better flow and concentration to keep track of the story
- Better chance to explore everything or do 100%
- Waste less time, but still enjoy the game to its fullest
- Appreciate just the pure content of the game, no bullshit of repetition over and over again just to make you waste time.
Cons:
- Some games with some cheats on may glitch out causing softlocks or crashes in certain parts of the game
Playing with no cheats
Pros:
- Challenge can get some players a sense of fulfilment that can be pleasurable
- Players can feel good about themselves if they're really good on a game and don't have anything else to feel good about on real life.
Cons:
- Countless hours wasted just to get good, or in some games, just to see the ending.
- Players can feel bad and shitty if they're not really good on a game even after spending countless hours.
- Can be rage inducing, therefore, bad for your (mental) health.
- Lose more time looking at walkthroughs if you're stuck.
- More money wasted on broken controllers (oh, sweet childhood)
- The way developers intended you to play is often just to waste your time and test your patience. ( If you own the game you should be able to play it your way, fuck the rest)
What about you guys. What do you think? Anything you would like to add?