Cheating or not cheating!
what a strange question.
As a creator
it seems to me that someone who sing a song, tell a story (via a game or a film as you want) should be free de tell the tale as he wants. If someone has any complaint, try to tell a better story first then come back later.
As a creator, the story is like our little baby so i think it's really not fair to disrespect the baby. Try to say to Eminem you find one of his tenses shitty on one of his song .. If he has some time to loose to answer to your complaint, maybe he would made a song just for you that i'll be happy to listen
Creator are not all like Eminem but their baby should be respected at least.
I think if all the time Violet kitten take to the anticheat was used for the story we would be more pleased (for playing more)
In short it should not be part as his worktime on a game, but sadly it was.
As a player
One of my 1st game i finished proudly was Baldur's Gate .. with a dwarf warrior left with 6/104hp at the end. It was tough but fun. as BG3 came i tried to replay BG but this time i give up. Done it once and was not feeling to play as long as the first time and drop it.
Then i thought it would be fun to cheat a little to look after what i didn't see the 1st time but don't want to loose time on some part i have already done many times. So i guess sometimes cheating could avoid "boredom"
If you played skyrim or other games, you know there are many mods which are not very balance so could possibly be called cheats.
but these mods gave more sparelife to skyrim ( as well as some better textures ).
The Core is respected and mods give other options without killing the game (you could put them off as you want and play the basic game as wanted)
Mods arent/shouldn't be made by the creator but by community fan. They are evidences to the fans liked the baby and want more.
So ..
Sometimes i want some hard stuff, sometimes i don't feel to take time, wanting some "light" play (like hack'n'slah vs roleplaying game and vice et versa).
Having a cheatmode you can earn after playing the game and finishing it could be rewarding. And more the difficulty was set up, the more cheats you earn.
No Pain no Gain, but if we go through all the hard way, why don't give up/us some cheese/cheats
Well as i said before, 1st job for the creator is to tell the tale, don't feel compelled to it ^^
and happy new year everyone <3<3<3