Just to be clear though, I'm not playing with other players (so no PvP for example), just by myself.
I tried to play this game legit, and got a fair distance into the game (beat three lords of cinder, and then had to beat the dancer boss to continue to the next portion). I'd already started thinking about cheating when defeating Aldrich just felt so tedious, and I began to realize that the novelty of beating everything with 'le skillz' was no longer doing anything for me.
It's not fun having to repeat a boss fight over and over and over again; also I got sick and tired of my character looking exactly the same the entire way because it's the best armor I have, and what's the point of collecting all these armors and weapons if I can have just one build and have to choose my armor and weapon accordingly? I've now given myself a gigantic boost in each of my stats and infinite health; I can wear whatever armor I want and experiment with every weapon to see which one is fun; also now I can use sorceries/pyromancy/miracles any time I want and just enjoy the game.
The novelty of beating bosses fair and square wore off several bosses ago, and I got bored of cycling through the same 2 weapons over and over again (both strength based, one fast and one powerful). I just want to enjoy myself for God's sake.
I can't believe I've spent hours and hours just repeatedly trying to beat the same bosses over and over again, or dying to some really annoying mobs like the Pontiff knights.
I just tested out some pyromancies this late into the game and you know what? They look cool; I withheld this from myself because my character was built for strength and pyromancies weren't part of the build.
This 'difficult for the sake of difficulty' thing really doesn't do anything for me. The very first boss I fought I actually enjoyed that I beat him fair and square, but then with every boss fight after the fun got less and less and the tedium set in. I play games for fun, not to be annoyed.
But if you cheat then ur cheating urshelf /s
I have cheated in more singleplayer games than not because sometimes its the best method for learning a game that doesn't involve staring at a wiki or watching video tutorials. Every souls game the first run i use cheese and cheats to first learn the game and experiment with mechanics then rerun without cheats and every single time the rerun is much easier and significantly more enjoyable. The alternative is bash my head against a wall until i complete it correctly which doesn't sound fun to me. I know some people enjoy playing this way but I don't its like the idea of "getting lost" in hollow knight is appealing to some but is just frustrating to me.
The goal of games is to have fun and if you're having fun that isn't at the expense of others that's a win
I love Hollow Knight but goddamn, give me a linear game with a good story and I'm good too.
I do still have a cheese build saved for the second Hornet fight because it works hilariously well.
Oh God so much this; I played hollow knight but then I stopped because either I didn't know where to go or I forgot the specially locked area that I just unlocked the ability to traverse it with, etc.
I like the sense of exploration but hollow knight wasn't fun for me from an exploration standpoint.