10 Video Games That WANT You To Cheat
1. An Endless Battle - Noita
Noita is a rougelite platformer in which the player controls a hooded mage trying to explore a bottomless dungeon filled with monsters and dangers. The game's magic mechanics are ridiculously in-depth. However, if you ask any Noita veteran about what makes the game truly special, the answer will usually be the hidden secrets left by the developers.
In truth, one's adventure with Noita doesn't end or even begin when they defeat the game's final boss. It begins once they start looking into ways to cheat and exploit the game.
The game's creators are notorious for leaving cryptic messages, clues, and lore pieces for those players who find ways to break their game. It usually begins with players discovering ways to create powerful, game-breaking spells, which then leads them to secret locations, alternative bosses, and finally puzzles that become the talk of all of Noita's community.
The cat-and-mouse game between the developers and the players is seriously intense. It's gotten to the point where people discover QR codes with hints while mining the game's script or use cheats to find hidden levels inside hidden levels of other hidden levels.
Key takeaway: if you're not exploiting Noita, you're not playing it right.