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Teasswill Started conversation May 4, 2004
Is this the same as cheating? I don't want to use cheats in games to make them easier, I agree that defeats the object of playing the game.
On the other hand, I have played some games where I am absolutely stumped as to how to proceed. Perhaps I haven't got the right mindset!
The trouble is, it's difficult to get one hint & stop there - you know you're only going to come up against another obstacle & need help again!
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RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted May 4, 2004
If the object of that part of the game is to get past the obstacle that's stumping you -- i.e. if you're faced with something intended to be a puzzle -- then you're surmounting the challenges presented by the game without using only your own abilities -- which looks like cheating, yes. If it's just bad design that's confusing you then it can probably still be called cheating, but possibly in a qualified sense.
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Teasswill Posted May 4, 2004
Qualified cheating? 
So long as a reasonable number of people can do the game properly, then bad design isn't a good excuse. No, I'll just have to own up to occasional cheating then!
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