More than two weeks ago, News for gamers already had gamers reporting that cheating on in GTA IV blocks your achievements. Now, I am just coming out of an intriguing discussion with my esteemed neighbor Max, who has spent some 18 hours of game time with GTA IV and to whom I am indebted to regarding this information. It seems as though cheating affects not only your XBOX Live score, but gameplay elements as such: Upon cheating, vigilante missions, which by default can be taken on when capturing a police vehicle, are no longer accessible.
So first of all, there is an in-game consequence to cheating and second, it lies in something at least I have not yet heard of: Whole elements of the game will not be revealed to gamers who choose to use a feature of the game itself, provided by designers. In my opinion, this constitutes a moral judgment on the nature of cheating on the part of the game’s designers, the consequences of which the gamer has to suffer. Which I find precarious. What do you think?
May 14, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Thou shallst not judge, my dearest Prosch! Isn’t it a bit early to decide who is playing by the rules? I am wondering whether this whole thread of yours is a rather harsh pretique? Let us face it: We both have not been playing GTA IV so far – but we will. That is for sure.
May 17, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Granted – I haven’t played it, yet here I am, making out its shortcomings. Still, I have absolute faith in the credibility of my source. Thus, my pretique may be harsh, but as long as it is well founded, it is legitimate. Or, with reference to the undying words of Randal Graves: I’m blunt, but I got a point.