Frisson_Studios is version 0.4.2 a good time to start the game or are you still ironing out bugs? been waiting to get the game, but I've been waiting for it to come out of beta early access. Also are cheats necessary if you are going corruption path, or is the game balanced without cheats?
I think it is a good time to start now. If you have the willpower to wait, I would suggest waiting until the game has even more content, since most of us dislike unfinished content. The game is playable, even if some people say it is full of bugs, which is not true. Of course, some bugs exist, and we always try to fix them as soon as we can.
Cheats can shape your experience, for better or worse, depending on how you use them.
You get extra skill points, which makes the game easier since you can unlock all skills from day one.
You get extra money, so you can buy luxury items, rest better, get stolen from less, and make more money.
You can also tweak some gains. If you want to progress faster, you can increase exhibition or arousal gains, and if you want it slower, you can reduce them.
The next update, 0.5, will likely include HJs, BJs, and more, so that could also be a good version to start with.