Games that Cheat

[Saltyk]

I've played some games that flat cheat. They break their own rules. Deal far more damage then is possible. Or pull off things that just can't be done normally. Think of Guile preforming his attacks instantly, despite the fact that you have to hold back/down for 3 seconds.

The game I'm thinking about right now, is Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2. Think what you may, but I enjoy it (It was also advertised on this site I noticed). But there are some just flat cheap and cheating things the game does. One of the most annoying is that there are battles that start you at 1 health and yet you have to survive for as long as you can or even defeat multiple enemies. Almost adding insult to injury is the inclusion of items that should negate those effects and yet don't. Worse yet, I beat an enemy in a survival battle and got a poor grade because I beat him fast. Seriously, who thinks making you survive for two minutes with one health without killing an enemy is fun?

Some other annoyances:
~Hitting me with Super Attacks when I am beside or even behind them (though I noticed this in PVP, too)
~Transforming while I am actively attacking them
~Switching characters while I am actively attacking them
~After switching characters or transforming, instantly attacking me before I even have a chance to act
~Blocking/Evading attacks despite the fact that I knocked them off balance (rare, but it happens)
~Punching me when I charge at them, as soon as I come into range (especially annoying when I couldn't see them due to a bad camera angle)

Yeah, the computer can be pretty broken at times, in this game. It's at the point that I don't try to interfere with it when it wants to switch characters, because it's own form of ESP seems to prevent me from acting fast enough to do anything.

Now, despite my complaints, I do enjoy the game. I think that the computer's outright cheating has pushed me to a new level. I almost always finish the missions with a minimum of a S rating, but more often than not with a S++ rating, for example. And I did find a way around not having items to negate the start at 1 health battles, by equipping regenerative items.

So Escapists, are there any games that cheat, that you can think of?

 

[MonocleClaire]

Pokemon (H)G/(S)S/C. Lance and his god damn Dragonites.

 

[Gigaguy64]

Fire Emblem.
Fire Emblem Fire Emblem FREAKING FIRE EMBLEM.

I don't care that RNG means RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR.
If have a unit with a HIT of 92% and a CRT of 34% ant yet i MISS my opponent, but my opponent who has a HIT of 21% and a CRT of 4% GETS A FREAKING CRITICAL ATTACK.
THAT IS FREAKING BULL SHIT.
YES I MAD.

 

[Zedayen]

Seth from SF:IV and Azazel from Tekken 6. Cheating bastards the both of them.

 

[Lieju]

I was just replaying Tales of Symphonia, and many bosses can use the same spells you can with far less incantation time you do, and don't get stunned while preparing for it. I don't have anything against it, as it makes the battle more challenging, though and usually you have the advantage in numbers.

But any RPG where the opponent has the luck on it's side. Or knows what you are going to do.

 

[RaphaelsRedemption]

Every RTS game ever...

Bloody AI. It cheats! It frickin' CHEATS! No one can build a factory that fast. I know, because I've tried!

 

[necromanzer52]

Status effects in pokemon. Specifically being confused. If you're confused you'll hit the opponent about 1/10 of the time but if he's confused he'll hit you about 9/10 of the time.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Minesweeper pre-vista cheated. If you set it to custom max, clicked a random square it will say 8. If you flag all 8 surrounding squares then click somewhere else you lose. But the game says there were no mines under the ones you flagged.

 

[Merkavar]

in my expirence games cheat to make up for bad AIs etc

 

[Purple Shrimp]

mario kart?

 

[khiliani]

in my expirence games cheat to make up for bad AIs etc

Supreme commander does this, its ais suck bad, so they give you the option of "cheating ais"

Fire Emblem.
Fire Emblem Fire Emblem FREAKING FIRE EMBLEM.

I don't care that RNG means RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR.
If have a unit with a HIT of 92% and a CRT of 34% ant yet i MISS my opponent, but my opponent who has a HIT of 21% and a CRT of 4% GETS A FREAKING CRITICAL ATTACK.
THAT IS FREAKING BULL SHIT.
YES I MAD.

I also agree with this, i have seen some realy bullshitty things happen in those games

 

[OceanRunner]

Seth from SF:IV and Azazel from Tekken 6. Cheating bastards the both of them.

Don't forget Jinpachi and his cheap-ass fireball.

 

[viranimus]

I really dont feel like games cheat. If there is an advantage that the game is using, it was coded to be there, and thus intentional.

Closest thing Ive recently seen that might be considered cheating is Demon souls as if you are on a stain run the mobs seemingly become more aggressive and do things they would not normally do. Like in 5-3 in the stairwell before the first encounter with the blue dragon. At the top of the stairs is a red eye knight. Now if you have your souls... every time he will stay at the top of the stairs, However if you do not, he has this nasty tendency to fall off the edge of the stairs on top of you when your killing the 2nd archer on the first platform, even though it costs him roughly about 25% of his health from fall damage.

That said... Its coded into the game, it is supposed to be there and it is there to make it more challenging as well as infuriating when you fail, which will encourage you to come back and do it again to prove you can do it.

My take on it is... It doesnt bother me when a game "cheats" because really.. my brain is still more advanced than any AI, and I am not yet resigned to letting AI beat me.

 

[ethaninja]

Every RTS game ever...

Bloody AI. It cheats! It frickin' CHEATS! No one can build a factory that fast. I know, because I've tried!

I reckon. They can control every single unit at once were we can only control one! Tis most bullshittits

 

[ZombieGenesis]

No game cheats worse than Age of Empires in my experience, especially II. If the AI players don't have something they need, they just spawn it. Need 5000 food to create an army to ambush a player after a prolonged battle? The AI just generates it, and you're dead.

 

[Gather]

Civilization 4. On higher difficulties the AI's get wonderfully free technologies (Think the best my father reported was one guy was sped-up from mid-medieval to late renaissance), units and what have you. Personally, I don't know why people find it so frustrating. Sure you might think it's a sign of a bad AI but when your talking about competing with a human freaking mind. A computer has nothing on that when your playing games as advanced as the ones that come out today.

Also:

Seriously, who thinks making you survive for two minutes with one health without killing an enemy is fun?

For the same reason why people play Demon Souls, the masochistic cult that they are. They play it to be able to say they did it; the sense of accomplishment you get from getting a AAA+ ranking.

 

[Ultress]

Mario Kart and it's damned rubber band A.I, I swear if the games weren't fun I'd end up smashing the disc/cartridge half the time.