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However, bending the game to their will is one thing that almost every gamer enjoys regardless of their usual preferences. Over the years, people have found many fun ways to break the games and discovered ways to fool the game’s artificial intelligence. Here are some of the most notable and common ones.
10 Stand At The Edge
The first time everyone ever lays their hand on a Dark Souls game, they expect a challenge. After all, the popular FromSoftware action RPG series is famous for being some of the most difficult titles on the market. From challenging boss fights to unforeseeable traps, Dark Souls games do everything to punish players as soon as they tie their gothic boots and traverse through the fog to experience what’s next.
Fortunately, there are some downright dirty ways to play the Souls titles, and one of them is standing at the edge. By luring difficult enemies to a cliff, players can cause them to plunge themselves into the abyss and clear the path. While the developers may not have intended that, it’s good that the players have the creative freedom to do such things.
9 Kill Them From Range
Another thing many gamers do while playing a Souls-like title is to fool the game’s artificial intelligence from a distance. Yes, even in the latest Elden Ring, many players are guilty of picking up overly-powerful mythical bows to take enemies out from far, far away.
The idea is to buy a lot of arrows or bolts and pick a nice vantage point. The game’s A.I. does little to nothing to avoid such behavior; hence, players can be imaginative and punish difficult enemies from a safe haven where nobody can disturb them.
8 Jump
Super Mario 64 was a reimagination of the classic Mario formula in 3D for the first time. Hence, it was a highly experimentative title for a console capable of playing low poly three-dimensional games. Despite the developer’s best efforts, old 3D games were mostly a bit clunky due to the limitation of the hardware and technology at the time.
The same was true for Super Mario 64, which was full of many issues, some of which helped the players with their speedrun attempts. As most would know, there’s a famous Reverse Long Jump glitch in the game that lets players fool the game’s artificial intelligence to skip major sections of the game in their entirety.
7 Point A Gun At Them
The Last of Us Part 1 is the latest entry in the franchise, which is a kind of remake/remaster of the original PlayStation 3 title. In the game, developer Naughty Dog completely overhauled the visuals to make it on par with the second game. However, the gameplay changes are bare bones, and most of The Last of Us Part 1 is the same as it was a decade ago.
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While Naughty Dog boasts that they have made some amazing A.I. changes, the gameplay proves there are still cracks the developers haven’t filled. In many scenarios in the game, just pointing a gun at a human enemy will cause them to evade and hide with their back to Joel. So much for next-gen artificial intelligence.
6 Circle Around
One of the weirdest ways people have beat the original Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls games is by locking on to enemies and circling them until they get the perfect backstab. However, this trick works in many other similar games, as artificial intelligence usually fumbles when the players closely run around enemies without a break.
In hindsight, this is the most terrible way to experience the game, but it is a method that gamers can use to their advantage in tight situations. Unsurprisingly, developers did fix part of this game-breaking mechanic in modern Souls titles.
5 Vantage Point
Vantage points have had various use cases in video games over the years. The popular Mega Man 2 used it in the intro to highlight the game’s epic adventure. At the same time, Crysis used it so players could scout the best path and embrace the visuals.
Still, there are titles where in-game vantage points are highly underthought and can be used to fool enemies who don’t know how to climb up. One example is Dead Rising, where players can climb up anywhere to dodge the hordes and take their time to plan the next move.
4 Spam Same Attack
Over the years, games have implemented features to prevent players from using the same methods and shake up their gameplay style. Still, there are many titles where gamers can use the same approach to win every challenge.
One such game is the good-old Pokemon, where players can spam the same attack without the worry of gameplay penalties. Another game is Batman: Arkham Asylum, where pressing a single button allows the Dark Knight to leap around, punching everyone into a coma.
3 Let Friends Kill Enemies
As times have progressed, developers have evolved video games to seem more and more life-like. This upgrade means that the enemy’s artificial intelligence has become more powerful. However, it also means that the friendly A.I. has seen a similar fate.
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While some games feature intensive measures to ensure that players are at the forefront of the action, there are a few where players can hide behind and wait for their side characters to take down the enemies. Some examples are Grand Theft Auto 5, Metal Gear Solid 5, and more.
2 Reloading Save Games
Video games are complex applications where hundreds of things fire up at once to bring the right outcome to the screen. However, there are times when players have used this nature of video games to fool artificial intelligence and exploit them. One such way is to meddle with game saves, reloading and rebooting in a specific situation to see what happens.
An example is in the popular cinematic game Heavy Rain, where gamers can cause the main character to glitch out the clothes by reloading the save in a love scene between Ethan and Madison.
1 Using External Apps
Lastly, outside apps and trainers are the ultimate way to beat the game’s A.I. and gain every item for free. As most players know, Cheat Engine is a freeware memory scanner/debugger which allows people to change specific values in a running application. An easy-to-use app like this can also help gamers level up fast, change cash value, and gain infinite ammo to beat any game with ease.
While using Cheat Engine will surely ruin the game’s core experience, it can come in handy for players who don’t have enough free time. Warning: using an app like this on online games causes a permanent ban.
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