Is this Video game tactic cheating ?

[bogan_blue]

Recently I got myself a PS2 with a game (Maximo and what a game it is)

Unfortunatley, not only is it great, but it's as tough as a rottweiler's nut (you get the idea)
Basically you start off with 4 lives and one credit, but after you pass the relatively simple level one, the game heats up and in one level I spent all 4 lives plus the lives in the remaining credit (thus GAME OVER)
Then I came up with a solution.
I simply went back to stage 1 and picked up the bonus lives scattered there plus the extra coins and armour in there, giving me an advantage (I repeat this process 5 X over, thus giving me 10 more lives that I wouldn't have otherwise)
However I kinda don't feel right about it, it does feel a bit like cheating, or at any rate, using the best of your resources.
The game is an hard one however, and you do need at least 100 coins to save a game, so what do you guys think ?

 

[jerry springer]

its not cheating because the extra lives and coins are there to be collected,even though you have gone and done it 5 times.if the game is that hard I would keep doing what you are doing until you have mastered it and dont need all the extra lives.

 

[Seb]

You struggled on the second stage of Maximo?

Wow.

EDIT: I didn't think much of Maximo, but no, you're not cheating.

 

[bogan_blue]

Originally posted by Shaitan
You struggled on the second stage of Maximo?

Wow.

EDIT: I didn't think much of Maximo, but no, you're not cheating.

Actually no, the 2nd Level is the portal/save world, I meant the 3rd or 4th level (Dead Heat)


I'm surprised you didn't like Maximo it's an awesome game.

 

[fatmike]

Is this Video game tactic cheating ?

You would cheat at any given opportunity. Don't pretend to be alarmed about it.

 

[hans moleman]

i guess stuff like this happens in a lot of games - whereby you can do something out of the normal flow of the game to gain an advantage. Yeah, it's pretty close to cheating, but i prefer to call it "the method".

When in trouble "the method" will always help.