Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking about cheat codes in video games and how much they’ve changed (or disappeared) over the years. Back in the day, games like GTA, Mortal Kombat, or Contra had cheat codes that added fun, replayability, and sometimes pure chaos.

But in modern games, especially online ones, cheats are usually frowned upon or outright banned.

Do you think cheat codes should make a comeback in single-player games as a feature for fun, nostalgia, or accessibility?

Or have we moved past that era with mods and DLC replacing them? Curious what you all think!

 

thanks in advance for any help

 

Cheat Codes are long gone. You can use trainers now which is the same thing. Instead of typing you can just use the single button.

 

What are you talking about? We have access to the dev console in game. The level of cheatism has never been more granular as right now. Like "I want this stat upped by 0,005" "gimme this only object" etc etc.

 

But that is because, like with some plugins and in general apps that connect to internet, it's almost impossible for your crack/cheat/etc not be discovered. Otherwise, in not online games, what the fellow user said:

 

If you cheat in online games, then you're scum and you deserve to be banned & shunned. There is some nuance to this however, like the multiplayer mods to Elden Ring etc. which are in principle indistinguishable from cheating, but you're only playing with your friends. But from the server standpoint you're running modified software so how can they tell? As such, you're liable to get banned.

Offline, who cares what you do? Plenty of ways to cheat, we have Cheat Engine and a whole universe of mods to change your experience (including making shit harder!) so no issues there.

 

What I want is unlockable weapons, maps, cheats etc to come back, like in Goldeneye. Adds a ton of replayability to a game.