I only cheat with money and sometimes time, and then use a save game editor to do it. Been playing SOB and BK since like forever, and both games have in common cheating on npc stats will break stuff. In case of BK it's even worse because stats of one npc can be tied to trigger event with another. Idk if that hold true in SOB or not, but could be.
People just have to realize, these games grindy as fk. But it's all about the journey not the end. If you cheat to bypass a lot of the grind, you also bypass content. If someone just want to fap, visit pornhub or just play the movie files in the assets.
A new player to these games might find them daunting because there is no real indication what to do. Back when I first tried this game I felt lost, just kept repeat the same stuff over and over, but eventually new stuff started to happen. If you played these for a while you pretty much know what to do, when to do it and the fastest way to unlock events and stuff.