PSA: Video Games don't cheat

[AccruedExpenditure]

Doesn't mean they cheat.

/end thread.

 

[dighn]

they do

/thread

 

[dethman]

who cares.

/thread.

 

[FrogDog]

Yes, Mario Kart for the SNES would cheat.

 

[jiwq]

killer instinct in the arcade noticeably cheated.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

True. But 99.9% of the time they do, because lazy idiotic game developers decide that OMGUBERSM3.0SHADOWSLOLOLOL is more important than fun and stability.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: dighn
they do

/thread

 

[dugweb]

they cheat to make it more fun... in theory

until you get up to the really really hard levels than it'll just piss you right off

 

[Coquito]

Tell that to the other civs in Civ3.

 

[wfbberzerker]

yah they do. especially in rtses.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
Doesn't mean they cheat.

/end thread.

You suck at the coding.

 

[Mrfrog840]

when they do super moves and your stuck with crappy ones

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: Coquito
Tell that to the other civs in Civ3.

No kidding. Someone told me they don't cheat at the upper levels in Civ 4 though.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: dighn
they do

/thread

Yep, any real gamer knows that some games cheat.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: Crazyfool

Originally posted by: dighn
they do

/thread

Yep, any real gamer knows that some games cheat.

word

 

[sygyzy]

Some do. For example, the Warcraft 3 AI was so good that it was impossible to win against it. It was good because it cheated (ie it had no Fog of War for instance). They toned it down before shipping.

 

[Scouzer]

all need for speeds they cheat... they have built in catch up so they can never get too far behind

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: FrogDog
Yes, Mario Kart for the SNES would cheat.

yup. whenever you are first place, 2nd and 3rd place magically gets unlimited red turtle shells? Also, I used to always wait for 2nd place person to pass me near the finish, and then attack them with a turtle to bring the points down. Most of the time all other players slow down so that the 2nd place person gets the most points possible. if that's not cheating, i don't know what is.

 

[So]

Yes, they 100% do cheat, so long as you define cheat as 'are normally given abilities and bonuses that the player does not have access to / would have to use cheat codes to get"

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: dighn
they do

/thread

definately! Try 5 on 1 with expert bots on CSS or 7 brutal armies on RA2

 

[juiio]

Many games cheat. In racing games, it is called Rubberband AI. Also, numerous sports games have bad things happen to you at a much higher percentage when you get too far ahead.

 

[Syringer]

Ha, OP got pwned in this thread.

 

[Jack Ryan]

ROBO QB

 

[Shadowknight]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Some do. For example, the Warcraft 3 AI was so good that it was impossible to win against it. It was good because it cheated (ie it had no Fog of War for instance). They toned it down before shipping.

Pretty much any RTS game cheats. You're stuck with handling multiple units all over the place, moving them around, building secondary bases, fending off attacks on multiple fronts, etc. The computer can easily multi-task all of its units simultaneously.

 

[Leper Messiah]

"cheating" is a way to make an AI competetive.