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"Cheats"

Before I start, you notables leave me alone, I'm generally interested in this.

How many of you think that cheats should be put in games? Alot of developers do it, even though it can ruin enjoyment of a game. Nintendo NEVER put cheats in their games, thats a fact, and I respect them for that and wouldn't want to cheat anyway. I have never cheated in a game but the cheats are there, so some people must do.

So what do you think? Should developers keep putting button-codes in games or is it time for a change?

-M-

the only reason nintendo don`t put cheats into most of their games is because it comes out in japan first and they think cheating is unmanly. Nintendo can`t be bothered to add them in for us lot.

Nintendo games aren't free of cheats. F-Zero X springs to mind straight away with a cheat to unlock all the tracks and vehicles.

I'm sure there was a cheat for Mario on the NES to get loads of lives too.

If anyone has played Counter-Strike on an unprotected server, they will know how frustrating cheats can be. And my name is not based on a PlayStation thingy, I actually wanted MessiaH as that's my name all over the internet but someone already had it :(

Cheats shouldn't be in games unless they are like Goldeneye, you can't complete levels with them and you need to complete levels to get them :D

Very fun are cheats especially with action replay on goldeneye:D

Prodigy wrote:
They don't
> bite...



...Hard;op

AfroJoe wrote:
> Why did you tell notables to leave you alone?

They don't bite. It's ok.

Yes they do, if they see a pound of flesh they bite right into it quicker than you can say Charlie

Why did you tell notables to leave you alone?

They don't bite. It's ok.

Cheats do not have to ruin a game. Certainly when cheats allow you to skip levels, gain an unfair advantage over a human player or generally miss the point of the game then cheats are certainly not worth implimenting.

However, when cheats are used to give you more variation in a game, have comical effect or prolong games then they are definately a good thing. The addition of the cheats menu in Goldeneye was ingenius. Not only did each cheat add some dimension to the game, but just getting the cheats required lots of replay... which was never a chore!

Sonic

messiah_4_ever, is your user name based on a certian playstation 2 modification device, if so good for you. Even though notables will prob kill you for it

messiah_4_ever wrote:
GoldenEye
> and Perfect Dark did it best, where you actually earn the cheats.

Exactly - it took a year and months b4 anyone got a hold of these cheats! my my it was a revelation