I played all these games for years without using cheats. I used what was in the game to make their lives easier or harder. But when I branched out into machinima many years ago I had to use some mods and some cheats to make the poses and or events etc. or to loop animations etc. But normally I rarely use cheats in any of them unless they get stuck. I might use motherlode in the other games or family funds if I'm playing a particular character and story so they can live in a particular building that is their story.