Aspies more likely to cheat in video games?

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One of my aspie friends was playing final fantasy 10 and he got this disc that gives you all these cheats I told him that is just dumb play the game normally and he doesn't realize hes ruinin the game by cheating

I told him if he was going to cheat then im not going to bother watchin him play

I beat GTA3 without using a single cheat code, and without a single death or arrest on my record.

FFX was just a horrible game, anyone who played it for "fun" is just a masochist.

Yeah, i hear aspies are also more likely to brush their teeth upside down while playing Bohemian Rhapsody on a violin.

I think cheating in videogames makes it more fun to play. If a game gets too hard and you can't beta it, time to cheat.

I always felt it took the challenge out of it

though some cheats make the game silly and funny

I'm not in the habit of cheating... I don't find it fun. It defeats one of the main purposes of the game, which is to be a challenge. The only time I cheat is when I get stuck and every possible solution seems to fail.

i liked FFX and FFX-2....Yuna and Tidus is my favorite game couple... (I like Link and Zelda too...but I'm not sure you can really call them a couple...LOL) I don't use cheats... I like to try and figure it out for myself... but if I get stuck or killed for the 20th time...then i refer to the walk through for HINTS

I have never cheated in video games. Would take the fun out of it.

Well, I DID once make a game give me an extra ship everytime one got destroyed. That was before all these cheat books.

I was bored and angry at the game! Outside of that, NOPE! I never cheated.

I used to cheat, but now when I cheat, I never save the game, I just have fun. When I want to play properly I go back to my last saved non cheat assisted save.

I also cheat when I've completed the game on all skill settings or the hardest available, then I can have fun, maybe modify a few files too... I've completed it as it was designed so I am allowed to

I don't cheat. Except old Ultima 9 when walking was too slow I used a cheat code to fly everywhere. But to make the game easier? No way. What's the point?

LOL@ Prillix. They are, aren't they.

I haven't cheated because then it takes the fun out of playing. I like the feeling of finishing a video game after working at it the way it was designed.

The only video games I cheat in are:

The Sims 2, if I get bored

Civilization IV, if a civilization p**ses me off and declares war on me for no reason. So the Inca have decided to sneak-attack me after centuries of good relations? Fine, I'll just go into world builder and give myself a few tanks... so what if it's the medieval era.

Usually though, I don't like to cheat... it's like giving away the ending of a good book.

I cheat at video games all the time. Sometimes, I even play them with a print-out of cheat codes in front of me. Why? Because I'm horrible at video games, and it's the only way I can see how a game ends. I know some people might say that it's supposed to be challenging. But I play video games to relax and take the edge off, not to be challenged. I get plenty of challenges in real life, so I don't want any when I'm trying to play a game. They're video games, not video challenges, for crying out loud.

Most importantly, there is a fine line between challenging and frustrating. And way too many game manufacturers cross that line. So their products end up being nothing more than a source of frustration.

Perfectly acceptable in a few circumstances:

You've finished the game at least several times; its no more challenge.

The game is buggy; Splinter Cell double agent is an example. I had to step around a corner shooting and killing a friendly NPC or the game locked up.

When you are playing alone in an open ended game.

Remember that what you are doing is playing a game. If you start modifying game files and things, thats a game... a different game. Think of Civilization, the Sims, Rogue-likes, and the exciting and soon arriving spore!

Some of the very most fun I have ever has was exploring hard to get to areas.. areas that the author thought you'd never be able to go. For example, in the first splinter cell, (without cheating) I found that I could do things out of order to ease the game later on. I also managed to climb things that were outside the coding of the enemies; I was too high for them to get at.

As long as its working your brain in new exciting ways, its still gaming, still fun. As long as its not taking advantage of other people.

Old style cheats were done with disk swaps; one of the only ways to get to maximum level in wasteland. It could be really fun in the goldbox AD&D games too.