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Have you ever cheated to beat a boss?
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hell yeah
played FF9 on Steam last year and the last boss or two were crazy hard, maybe I was underleveled a bit.
used the built in boost stuff to get past them, what a great feature. so many times before ive just had to quit games because i dont enjoy grinding out XP to get strong enough
played FF9 on Steam last year and the last boss or two were crazy hard, maybe I was underleveled a bit.
used the built in boost stuff to get past them, what a great feature. so many times before ive just had to quit games because i dont enjoy grinding out XP to get strong enough
Dark Souls 2 was my first game in the series, i accidentally knocked that first boss off the edge as soon as he attacked me and I thought I was the absolute greatest.
not exactly cheating, but i ended up fighting ornstein and smough with a co-op friend just because i happened to be testing the co-op that day
and considering how many people dtruggled with them, it feels like chating that i had a pretty good time with them 2 vs 2
and considering how many people dtruggled with them, it feels like chating that i had a pretty good time with them 2 vs 2
the problem when playing co op in a soul game, the boss also will get health boost.
All is fair in Soulsborne games, I say.
I haven't ever used cheats to advance in a game, but I have exploited glitches to get more resources or EXP, which I suppose is functionally the same.
I haven't ever used cheats to advance in a game, but I have exploited glitches to get more resources or EXP, which I suppose is functionally the same.
No.
If it's something within the game itself, whether intended or not, then it's fair game.
I only define cheats as something that requires outside 3rd-party tools/programs
Me too. My general aversion to playing online kept me from doing it in the first Dark Souls (as well as pretty much being hollow the whole time), but I started to see the appeal once time became more precious. It does kind of feel like cheating because most bosses don't have a means of taking on players from two directions at once.
Maneater w/ a bow through the fog gate.
I got no shame. It was NG+
Yes. On repeat playthroughs of Pokemon Platinum, theres a level gap between the 8th gym and the Elite 4 and eventually Cynthia. I have no desire to play honestly at that point so Hi Ho Hi Ho to Action Replay I go
dont' think so..you need to be in human form and that costs resources..also as far as i can remember AI doesn't help that much in that game other than drawing aggro
Not "cheated" exactly... but, definitely have used what is in game (such as poor environmental design) to defeat bosses in some games... such as hiding behind a tree or a wall or another environmental feature and hitting him through the wall.
But, I don't know that this is necessarily "cheating", like using a Game Shark or something like that.
But, I don't know that this is necessarily "cheating", like using a Game Shark or something like that.
I didn't know it was cheating at the time, but I used ancient arrows on those minotaur beasts in Hyrule Castle in BOTW. By 1 hit KOing them into a black whole, it made the journey smoother.
i never cheated during a boss, but i've defnitely cheated during a level
in call of duty 4: modern warfare, there's a level called "one shot, one kill" where you have to wait for a helicopter at the end (i think). it's a bitch on veteran, but i wouldn't know. on my first try, i clipped through some geometry and was untouchable for that whole section.
in call of duty 4: modern warfare, there's a level called "one shot, one kill" where you have to wait for a helicopter at the end (i think). it's a bitch on veteran, but i wouldn't know. on my first try, i clipped through some geometry and was untouchable for that whole section.
I remember punching the cheat codes for health and ammo on the fly during the last GTA missions, especially Vice City. Other than that, for other games, no.
I don't count summons in Souls as cheating. The devs made that mechanic an actual part of the game. On the other hand, I still avoid Sephiroth in KH like the plague. He's too OP for my liking.
I don't count summons in Souls as cheating. The devs made that mechanic an actual part of the game. On the other hand, I still avoid Sephiroth in KH like the plague. He's too OP for my liking.
this is a soulsborne thread, right?
yeah I'd summon with zero shits given on chalice dungeons in bloodborne
With main game bosses, I'd try a bit harder but that stupid fire/stone dog in the dungeon that takes half your life bar, I summoned immediately, beat it and be one and done, fuck that "moral duty" to beat random side bosses solo.
yeah I'd summon with zero shits given on chalice dungeons in bloodborne
With main game bosses, I'd try a bit harder but that stupid fire/stone dog in the dungeon that takes half your life bar, I summoned immediately, beat it and be one and done, fuck that "moral duty" to beat random side bosses solo.
First time through FFT I cheated using the Square+L1/R1 trick on multi page jobs to get all the skills without grinding.
i remember cheating on the king allant for the first time i fought it. it's not really a cheat since it's a strategy the game allows you to do, but it was very cheap
Closest I've come is looking up a password and a login for a computer you find in Virtue's Last Reward. Got the game's saddest cutscene way too early as a result...
(The game gave you the code later on.)
(The game gave you the code later on.)
For sure, the first time I beat Lingering Will in KH2 in 2014 was using the negative combo cheese as seen here:
I did end up beating him normally on subsequent playthroughs though.
I did end up beating him normally on subsequent playthroughs though.
The remaster was my first time playing Dark Souls, I had a feeling I was walking into a boss room but wasn't sure. Killed the skinny one first then the big one and I killed each other with a final blow. Woke up at the bonfire to the boss defeated message. I laughed my ass off.
Fight was amazing.
Metal Gear Rising. Used either Cheat Engine or a Trainer for the final boss. And the fight was still annoying af.
Same here for my platinum run. I exhausted myself beating all the Data Organization members that I didn't have it left in me to seriously fight him that time.
I've definitely exploited AI patterns to beat a boss. I'm very hard-headed and will prefer chipping away at a boss for an hour, rather than going back and grinding or something. However, I can't recall straight up cheating to beat one.
Oh wait, I did once. In Pillars of Eternity my level was fine enough to get into the very end of the game. But apparently my level wasn't good enough to beat the final boss. With no way to return past the point of no-return. I used the in-game cheats to boost myself 5 levels to make the fight fair.
That's the only recent time in memory i've done that. Would've been mad as hell if I did that on a console with no way to do it.
Oh wait, I did once. In Pillars of Eternity my level was fine enough to get into the very end of the game. But apparently my level wasn't good enough to beat the final boss. With no way to return past the point of no-return. I used the in-game cheats to boost myself 5 levels to make the fight fair.
That's the only recent time in memory i've done that. Would've been mad as hell if I did that on a console with no way to do it.
Never cheated. But I did cheese some boss fights.
The final Optional Boss in KH 1.5. I just put Ethers on Donald and Goofy. Took all skills away from them and only had MP gift on Goofy.
Then proceeded to Strike Raid the whole time. Since you're invincible during the attack. He couldn't touch me and went down super easy. Push Triangle to win indeed
The final Optional Boss in KH 1.5. I just put Ethers on Donald and Goofy. Took all skills away from them and only had MP gift on Goofy.
Then proceeded to Strike Raid the whole time. Since you're invincible during the attack. He couldn't touch me and went down super easy. Push Triangle to win indeed
how so?
it is annoying since it's interrupted several times with dialogue and cutscenes,but the fight itself isn't really that much hard than anything that came before it
Cheating, per se, not really. But I have "cheesed" many Dark Souls bosses when I couldn't be bothered.
Is that the case, the don't. But i did use the trick of Dante attacks in DMC1 in order to defeat the first form of Mundus without almost 0 damage.
There was a bug in the original Wild Arms that's similar to the W-Item glitch in FFVII. I did the glitch on attribute modifiers and one shot the final boss. It was satisfying.
I'm not proud to admit it, but I had to cheese The Traitor Lord in Hollow Knight since I could not beat him regularly. I felt dirty afterwards...
When I fought Sif in Dark Souls she did an attack that somehow made her trapped on a rock that was slightly above my head. She kept attempting to hit me but couldn't move. So I just stood there and fired soul arrows at her.
Does that count?
Does that count?