Growing up when I was gaming in the 90s and on, I knew of the stigma of cheating in video games. You were seen as stupid, someone incapable of completing challenges on your own. You were seen as lowly, someone who can never go through life without cheating. Like, it was a pretty big deal as I grew up, hearing all of this for years on end.
I’ve been able to beat games without cheating, of course. But during my late teens and early adulthood, I just tried going past the stigma. Cheating in video games don’t necessarily reflect how you handle life and don’t translate. I’ve found it quite fun to cheat in video games. Probably not in multiplayer and especially on the receiving end.
I even use cheats just to beat games anymore, who the hell cares. People only care if you want to make a big deal about it, by showing it to everyone and boast how you’ve beaten a game in record times. I’ve tried beating some games head on without cheats but there just comes a point where you ask yourself if it is fun dying a hundred times at some part of a game. I don’t think so, personally.
So yeah, I don’t have the stigma anymore. I kinda like how gamers today only care about cheating if it was done in multiplayer or if you’re trying to beat a speedrunning record or some score record. Fun is meant to be how you find it.
As long as it’s not against other people either PvP or leaderboards, I couldn’t care less.
I get mods to turn off weight carry limits pretty often. Occasionally I get other quality of life mods too. Anytime something is harder because it’s annoying and not a skill thing, I’ll fix it.
I will occasionally use other cheats temporarily. Most recently in Tainted Grail I was not specced for a face to face boss fight in a small room with Gallahad. I tried about 8 times and even tried to google if I was doing something wrong. I had done every quest available and had to go through him. So I slapped god mode on and killed him and his goons and turned it back off. Been playing like 90 hours now and haven’t needed any other cheats but if I hadn’t had a way to get by him I’d have probably quit even though I love the game.