it depends if u like playing whit the game if u like it to last longer don't use cheats and play it fairly but if u whant 2 win really fast use cheats and u will find the lvls easy like I beat GTA vice city whit cheats but I bought GTA4 and I haven't used one cheat and I find it more fun without cheat so thats what I think about the topic
depends on the game i hate to use them in a game with a great story line beacause i would hate to run it and gamesharks make ur playststion catch on fire(yes that really happens)
i like the idea that you have to unlock cheat codes so that you don't kill the game until you actually complete it but it sorta depends on the game type and what cheats they are. i prefer too have cheats like Infinite Ammo and not like Invincibility as that takes the whole challenge out of the game making it a bore and that stops you from playing it later in the future when deciding what game to play, because you know you have access to cheat codes for that game and that you don't have any challenge to it. but complete the game before giving into cheats is my opinion.
It depends on how you use them. I like the Cheats in AOE 1 how you can get strange things like cars and cow flinging capapults.
It always depends on how much you use them and how you use them. If you are using them all the time then that would take every fun or challenge out of a game.