What ever happened to Cheat Codes and cool little Secrets in games?

I miss cheat codes in games. I know GTA4 still used them but its hard to find games with them anymore. Do any current games still have them? I also miss secrets. Something like kickin the can into the bakery in Mega Man Legends. Stuff like this used to make games more fun in my opinion. What happened? Do you also miss these things?RyanShazam

There was money to be made, that's what.

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[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

I don't know nor have any idea what you are talking about.

The games I play still have quite a bit of fun little hidden easter eggs and cool cheat codes to use.

Goyoshi12

Can you give me some examples of a few?

Sure, the Sims always have some kind of cheat codes in all games and the Sims 3 was no exception, Portal 2 has easter eggs pertaining to the game itself and other Valve games, over the weekend I played Pay Day the Heist and given that it was based off of L4D you can probably guess that there are some little nods in there as well (heck there is an entire scenario dedicated to the L4D story that even has a cameo appearance of Bill himself), Saints Row the Third has cheats as well (though they are built into the game), same as the Lego games.

I guess cheat codes are a little stagnent this generation but easter eggs? Psssh, no they're there, you just gotta go find them.

By Easter Eggs do you just mean like cool little hidden things refering to other games or stuff like Megaman Legends where you kick a can into the bakery and get Zenny?

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[QUOTE="RyanShazam"]

Can you give me some examples of a few?

RyanShazam

Sure, the Sims always have some kind of cheat codes in all games and the Sims 3 was no exception, Portal 2 has easter eggs pertaining to the game itself and other Valve games, over the weekend I played Pay Day the Heist and given that it was based off of L4D you can probably guess that there are some little nods in there as well (heck there is an entire scenario dedicated to the L4D story that even has a cameo appearance of Bill himself), Saints Row the Third has cheats as well (though they are built into the game), same as the Lego games.

I guess cheat codes are a little stagnent this generation but easter eggs? Psssh, no they're there, you just gotta go find them.

By Easter Eggs do you just mean like cool little hidden things refering to other games or stuff like Megaman Legends where you kick a can into the bakery and get Zenny?

Yes. Heck there are channels on YouTube DEDICATED to that stuff. The most famous one (though it is not dedicated to finding Easter Eggs they do spotlight them from time to time) would probably be RoosterTeeth/Achievement Hunters. They primarily focus on achievements, gaming in general, and their "machinima" series Red vs Blue but from time to time they also signal out cool little easter eggs in video games.

Trust me, Easter Eggs as far as I'm concered are still alive and well.