HipMaestro wrote...
Using the console to control the environment rather than via what the designers intended, I can only perceive the role of an ineffectual personality (i.e. "weanie") that prefers others in the party to do all the "dirty work" (i.e. normal combat). Or perhaps... a god-like personality steeped in the vicarious thrill of altering their environment at will. Dunno. I was hoping to get KooKoo's reasoning for the comment, but instead sparked mommie's ire. It happens. 
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Perhaps the original console-using comment was more an attempt to be humorous rather than lend some alternative viewpoint to the OP's question. If so, the humor-detection part of the brain was excised from this skull long ago. And in that case, I offer my apologies for attempting to glean some topical information from a jibe.
Hello.
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It was
entirely a joke.
Honestly, it felt like you were being quite nasty, which is why I dropped out of the thread. The truth is, I really don't care much for battle. I like playing games with stories, much as I enjoy reading a book.
When reading Jean Auel's books, I skip over the parts where she talks about plants. When I play modules, I go through the battle most of the time without ever cheating. However, there comes a point where many module builders make a battle too difficult or too long and it just doesn't interest me, so at times I do cheat to get through it.
My standard gaming routine is this:
1. Play the game/module with no cheats and without looking at a walkthrough.
2. If the module is unreasonably difficult, or for some reason I just can't figure something out, I'll cheat/look at the walkthrough.
3. If I play a second time through, I'll likely cheat through battles. The way I figure it, the author intended the story to be finished if the player makes it past that battle. If I get through that battle, I get to see the ending sooner.
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4. I almost always play rpg modules and games instead of action modules or first person shooter type games.
5. I love Final Fantasy stories, but the incessant need to level up drives me bonkers.
6. When I do cheat, I fix it so that I can get through as quickly as possible, then go and change everything back.
Another thing is that most of my characters have slight flaws . . . (no comment necessary, amers & shia)
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Out of all of them, my sorcerer is awesome. Everybody thinks so. Just ask him.
I play games to have fun and usually succeed whether I cheat here and there or not. I always do my best to back up my co-players although sometimes I don't succeed, and I make my modules in a way that I hope others will enjoy. I even tell them they can cheat if they want to.
