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  • Back in the day, there were cheats in computer magazines, a sequence of key presses that would give you loads of lives or money or bullets or whatever. I used those an loved em.

    I still use those for my Nintendo DS. My dad had an extension card for his Sega genesis that did the same.

    Cheats like that are as old as games themselves, and they’re not going to be going anywhere any time soon.

    It’s just that now we have online versions, and if you’re on PC you can edit any memory address you like, directly, with any value you like.



  • Aside from it being code you don’t want on your machine. I dunno, I don’t get why people cheat. Isn’t it a better feeling when you just play and get good?

    I’ve done some cheating on GTAO, so I can speak to this a bit.

    For me, the next biggest reason after the one you listed is that their game is grindy as fuck. I want to be able to play with the cool vehicles and toys in the game, but they’re locked behind hours and hours of grinding, even just for a single item. I understand some people like that, but it’s not for me. But it’s also not just grinding that’s the problem. Their loading screens in the game are frequent, slow (1-5 minute of loading each), and are filled with shitty crews that make it impossible to do the missions.

    So back when I used to play I had a script that would just give me shit loads of money. I could buy what I wanted, have fun, and move on. Games are for fun, not for feeling like they’re a second job.

    What’s worse, is that Rockstar intentionally makes it grindy so you’re motivated to steal your mom’s credit cards and use real world money to buy fake world money that lasts you about 20 minutes. It’s very scummy behavior, and cheating is a way to get around that.

    The script kiddies that just like to fuck with other people are a whole other can of worms. Those people can get bent.