Would you consider modding a form of cheating?

[Danja]

I just reinstalled Oblivion on my fancy new 2TB HDD and started playing again. My previous playthroughs of Oblivion had been mostly vanilla, but this time I got some mods.

At first I got fairly basic ones; "don't close my gates", "quest reward leveler", "no psychic guards", but then I started getting mods that substantially changed the game's core mechanics, such as a mod that changed the levelling system and removed level scaling from the game world.

Would you consider this kind of modding, which sometimes makes a game easier or more convenient while adding user made content, to be akin to cheating?

Video game ethics are a huge deal, I personally think that they should have a dedicated branch of the FBI.

 

[ambershee]

It's your game experience. You can do what the **** you like with it, it doesn't affect anyone else.

 

[Rohit]

It's a single-player game. Who cares?

such as a mod that changed the levelling system and removed level scaling from the game world.

See, this kind of mod is pretty much required, so not having it is cheating yourself.

 

[Jacks:Revenge]

the kind of mods you're talking about are not cheating.

now if you downloaded (for example) a new helmet that gave your character 10 million hit points and infinite mana, that's probably cheating. but aside from that, it sounds like all you are doing is customizing the gameplay experience to your liking. and since it's a singleplayer game, that's totally kosher.

usually the only "mods" that can be considered cheating are the ones you might employ during a multiplayer game. unless everyone on the server is running the same mods, you're cheating by making use of something that others cannot. you need to maintain a level playing field.

with singleplayer games, almost anything goes.
it's a matter of how you enjoy the game, and there's no wrong answer.

 

[dotnetbeast]

It's your game experience. You can do what the **** you like with it, it doesn't affect anyone else.

This.

 

[Staward]

As long as it doesn`t involve creating a custom 100% transparent material to apply to a character and use it online or anything like that, then no, it isn`t cheating.

 

[bbecham]

I didn't played this ever.

 

[SleepyHe4d]

It's just a matter of opinion, I personally don't think it's cheating, but my girlfriend does.

 

[Big-Al]

It's just a matter of opinion, I personally don't think it's cheating, but my girlfriend does.

only cos you have better conversations with the chicks in your games

 

[FragTastic]

If its offline and it makes the game good for another playthru its nothing but win IMO
Who cares if gf thinks its cheating? You had already finished the game so its just lolitics really.
Ya beat it their way, now your going to beat it your way. More importantly the game still gets played rather than sitting there collecting dust

 

[BITE_ME]

What is the other game your cheating on?

 

[tomcat ha]

usually the mods i get for games make the game more challenging and more fun.

 

[BITE_ME]

Usually the patches i get for games make the game more fun.
Except UT3

 

[Peavey]

I mod chicks all the time, my girlfriend doesn't give a damn. So I don't think so.

 

[Darkdrium]

It's just a matter of opinion, I personally don't think it's cheating, but my girlfriend does.

That's Oblivion, isn't it?

Oh and why not (again):

[M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lo0qD6rOz8[/M]

Now with mod list in annotations. Sweet.

 

[Animus]

Oh and why not (again):

[M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lo0qD6rOz8[/M]

Now with mod list in annotations. Sweet.

whats with the weird character?

 

[Darkdrium]

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=8623

 

[-Jes-]

A friend of mine once called ALL modding 'cheating'.

Then I pointed out to him that his favourite game Counterstrike started out as, and still is, a mod.