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Moments where you feel rage over the AI cheating
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flintstryker
Banned
There was this Chess game I use to play on my old pc, where the ai would kick my ass for fun, now this one time I had one more move for checkmate the ai suddenly stopped making moves, I mean just literally stop the game wasnt frozen or anything but just to prevent me from winning he ai stopped playing thr cheating little shit!
Is snaking still possible in Mario Kart Wii? I remember everyone and their mother were doing it back in Mario Kart DS (and the ones who didn't disconnected during the first race), but I thought they had nerfed it to hell and back in later games.
I also remember the higher difficulty levels in Pokémon Puzzle League (N64) being obnoxious. No only would they do impossibly long chains to drop half a screen worth of blocks onto your side all at once, but you'd have to endure the chain audlio clips over and over while they piled up huge combos.
Here're two more I've remembered a while ago:
In Pokémon Gold, Lance having an Aerodactyl with Rock Slide long before it was a legal move for it to learn, and one of his Dragonites knowing Barrier in Red/Blue, which is an illegal move on the Dratini line up to this day.
All AI opponents having pokémon with perfect IVs in Pokémon Stadium 1's round two, and having one-move movesets (you couldn't delete moves back then).
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
If anything, "Puzzle Quest AI not cheating" is actually a rare notion.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Fucking Mortal Kombat.
I think I remember (not sure, but I'm pretty sure it happened) reading an interview where Ed Boon was laughing/taunting/trolling about the boss difficulty in MK9, calling it a throwback to the early days of fighting games. Which pissed me off all the more, because its one thing to play off nostalgia, but to implement gameplay that was shitty then, and is even shittier now, all for the sake of nostalgia? Fuck you. There's a multitude of shitty, douchey things Ed Boon's said/done, but making his MK reboot a frustrating, cheesedick gaming experience for no other reason than he thought it'd be funny to imagine millions of gamers chewing on the side of their controller/fightstick in rage while he settles in for a long night of jerking off into his ridiculous fucking eyebrows?
Maddening.
When the whole point of the game was to eat millions of dollars in quarters in an arcade? Yeah, input-reading, no-selling bullshit is understandable. When you're going straight to consoles and the entire industry has shifted away from that model? Pointlessly stupid. But intelligence is never anything either Boon or Mortal Kombat has worn very well.
2nd place is Blue Shell. 3rd place is those goddamn birds in Ninja Gaiden.
I think I remember (not sure, but I'm pretty sure it happened) reading an interview where Ed Boon was laughing/taunting/trolling about the boss difficulty in MK9, calling it a throwback to the early days of fighting games. Which pissed me off all the more, because its one thing to play off nostalgia, but to implement gameplay that was shitty then, and is even shittier now, all for the sake of nostalgia? Fuck you. There's a multitude of shitty, douchey things Ed Boon's said/done, but making his MK reboot a frustrating, cheesedick gaming experience for no other reason than he thought it'd be funny to imagine millions of gamers chewing on the side of their controller/fightstick in rage while he settles in for a long night of jerking off into his ridiculous fucking eyebrows?
Maddening.
When the whole point of the game was to eat millions of dollars in quarters in an arcade? Yeah, input-reading, no-selling bullshit is understandable. When you're going straight to consoles and the entire industry has shifted away from that model? Pointlessly stupid. But intelligence is never anything either Boon or Mortal Kombat has worn very well.
2nd place is Blue Shell. 3rd place is those goddamn birds in Ninja Gaiden.
Wait whats wrong with Jinpachi? He's one of the easiest fighting game bosses in recent memory. I always stomp him. Sidestep fireballs and juggle high low combos on him.
Yeah I suppose Gill wasn't his AI just his cheap ass full heal. Had to learn to get him down to a sliver then get him to use his special.
They threw more grenades in WaW than the actual war.
Damm Canary mary and that 2nd race to the darkest depths -_-
No matter what button pressing technique i tried i could not beat this 2nd race at all.
Evolution_1ne
Banned
truth
and Madden on all pro: wide receiver wide open, tosses pass, corner back magically runs 100 miles an hour, swats ball, eject game, breaks disk
Hahahah.. Exactly.
Stephen_drewz
Member
Driver San Fran.
Specifically the race where you have to
.
Good game until that point though.
Specifically the race where you have to
Race the dads 370z(I think it was this) and the daughters R34 skyline and make sure the both get 1st and 2nd. Didnt matter what happened as soon as you switch to the other car it's like the AI just stops driving. It was stupid. Stopped playing because of this mission, watched a YouTube video and copying it didnt even work. Not sure if it was glitched or just patched and broken. Either way, I raged.
Good game until that point though.
Chrono Helix
Member
Which had a 50% chance of hitting you which you would ordinarily have survived anyway, but coincidentally also proc'd the 6% chance of triple damage critical. ARRRRGHH FIRE EMBLEM I LOVE YOU BUT I HATE YOUR RNG!!!!!!!!
Master Nairb
Member
AGE OF EMPIRES 3
Somehow - someway - my level 71 Civilization still gets ransacked whenever I have 2 opponents. THE WORLD SHOULD BE MINE!!!
Somehow - someway - my level 71 Civilization still gets ransacked whenever I have 2 opponents. THE WORLD SHOULD BE MINE!!!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ahh right, Fire Emblem's RNG suddenly possessed the PSP remake of SRW:A Portable.
One I haven't seen mentioned yet.
Halo 2 Legendary
-Elites can fire that plasma rifle about 3 times faster than you can and its cool down from over heating is about 1/10 of yours. They are incredibly accurate, have unlimited ammo, grenades and their shields are not only stronger than yours but they also start regenerating much quicker. They almost always kill you in a single melee, regardless of health.
-Brutes. 110% grenade accuracy. They pretty much home and they will hurl them from a great distance. A lot more dangerous at a distance as you don't expect a hail storm of plasma grenades.
-Heretic & Tartarus. What the hell is this shit. Not fun at all.
While most of it was adaptable/manageable once you know where the enemies are and what they are capable of it was still completely breaking the game's rules. Especially the rate of fire and cool down on them plasma rifles when combined with the damage increase. If you walk around a corner and find a silver elite dual wielding them suckers you're fucked in less than half a second.
Guilty Gear Isuka, Vs Kakusei Sol Badguy and Kakusei Ky Kiske
-Take two of the leading characters in the game, increase their attacks, defense and moves permanently and have you fight them both at the same time. The characters are cheap enough as it is and while I am used to being out numbered by this point this fight was still taking it to another level. The sheer damage either can do if they get in is stupid, if the both catch you at the same time you're fucked.
Halo 2 Legendary
-Elites can fire that plasma rifle about 3 times faster than you can and its cool down from over heating is about 1/10 of yours. They are incredibly accurate, have unlimited ammo, grenades and their shields are not only stronger than yours but they also start regenerating much quicker. They almost always kill you in a single melee, regardless of health.
-Brutes. 110% grenade accuracy. They pretty much home and they will hurl them from a great distance. A lot more dangerous at a distance as you don't expect a hail storm of plasma grenades.
-Heretic & Tartarus. What the hell is this shit. Not fun at all.
While most of it was adaptable/manageable once you know where the enemies are and what they are capable of it was still completely breaking the game's rules. Especially the rate of fire and cool down on them plasma rifles when combined with the damage increase. If you walk around a corner and find a silver elite dual wielding them suckers you're fucked in less than half a second.
Guilty Gear Isuka, Vs Kakusei Sol Badguy and Kakusei Ky Kiske
-Take two of the leading characters in the game, increase their attacks, defense and moves permanently and have you fight them both at the same time. The characters are cheap enough as it is and while I am used to being out numbered by this point this fight was still taking it to another level. The sheer damage either can do if they get in is stupid, if the both catch you at the same time you're fucked.
I have to wonder if they tweaked her in the XBLA release, or if we all may have initially made the same mistake when playing, because I struggled like hell on N64 just mashing away until my finger hurt, then when played it on XBLA I still went fast but far more casual, once I realized she was functioning off the evils of... ugh... rubber-banding.
Storm Prelude
Member
I came here to post about Call of Duty on veteran, highest difficulty on FIFA and maybe Worms.
But in 6 pages of thread this is nothing compared to all that you guys brought to my eyes.
But in 6 pages of thread this is nothing compared to all that you guys brought to my eyes.
Yeah. I find the BT type things a lot of fun, but a lot of random garbage in there. Especially since they don't let you save and retry if you get most of the way up and lose. You have to start all the way from the beginning. If you plan your team well, you can get around most of it, but it still sucks.
Where it shows the worst though is the rental challenges. I was playing the rental tournament in White 2 and it took me 8 tries to win it due to a ton of random BS. The AI specifically builds its team to counter yours. So much crap.
*restarts chapter*
I totally forgot about that until you posted it. It's so regular you just end up planning for it. If I see a Myrmidon, I assume it will crit. Either have to make sure you are out of range or have a unit beefy enough to take 2x damage. It's such a cheap thing, especially in a permadeath game.
PSYGN
Member
Haha, the computer trolled you. Damn that must've sucked.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Most EA Sports games.
In particular NHL can just be brutal. Laying checks on guys half your size and they just bounce off and keep the puck. They can snipe corners from the point and their goalie will defy physics (literally able to move faster than the puck) and will save anything and everything. It's such crap.
In particular NHL can just be brutal. Laying checks on guys half your size and they just bounce off and keep the puck. They can snipe corners from the point and their goalie will defy physics (literally able to move faster than the puck) and will save anything and everything. It's such crap.
bumpkin
Member
I beg to differ. In a 150cc Grand Prix, I saw Bowser go through the blast of a Bob-omb unscathed, and later that same race, take a red shell from meters away and not spin out. If a game is going to cheat, it should be discreet about it; do it where the player can't see.
Finn of Ooo
Member
Holy shit I remember kid me had this technique where I would almost seizure in my hand in order to beat that damn race, adult me could never handle that race
Femmeworth
Banned
This. I fucking hate it. Halo: Reach, I'm looking at you.
Boombloxer
Member
F-Zero, Mortal Kombat, Mario Kart, NBA Jam/Hangtime all have pretty blatant examples of of the A.I. doing similar shit.
I don't really like the instant awareness of one guy being shot and the whole level is now alert.
I picked up Hot Pursuit during the EA sale. It's good but not great.
Anyway, tonight I came across a bit of nonsense. I was tailing a CCX during a police challenge. At this point, I had failed the mission multiple times and was on edge a bit. Now, these later events can be a bit much -- hyper cars, spike strips, and violent swerving are the name of the game. I'd finally got myself into a good position. I was full up on boost, and the target had slowed down to take a long, sweeping turn. The plan was to hug the inside corner before letting my momentum carry me in front of the CCX. Then, I'd drop a spike strip. Simple.
I approached the corner from the outside. As I turned in, I let off the gas, tapped the brake, and got back on the throttle to begin a drift. It was rather beautiful as my own CCX slid perfectly into position. All that was left was to lay down a spike strip. I pushed down on the d-pad and my sub-systems were jammed. Just as plaWHA-WHA-WHAT?! The AI so perfectly timed its' jammer that it was as if I activated the damn thing myself. The whole thing reeked of bullshit.
Was not a happy camper.
Anyway, tonight I came across a bit of nonsense. I was tailing a CCX during a police challenge. At this point, I had failed the mission multiple times and was on edge a bit. Now, these later events can be a bit much -- hyper cars, spike strips, and violent swerving are the name of the game. I'd finally got myself into a good position. I was full up on boost, and the target had slowed down to take a long, sweeping turn. The plan was to hug the inside corner before letting my momentum carry me in front of the CCX. Then, I'd drop a spike strip. Simple.
I approached the corner from the outside. As I turned in, I let off the gas, tapped the brake, and got back on the throttle to begin a drift. It was rather beautiful as my own CCX slid perfectly into position. All that was left was to lay down a spike strip. I pushed down on the d-pad and my sub-systems were jammed. Just as plaWHA-WHA-WHAT?! The AI so perfectly timed its' jammer that it was as if I activated the damn thing myself. The whole thing reeked of bullshit.
Was not a happy camper.
There is an AI hole in Gill that is abusable by most of the cast. When you knock him down, he'll always swing on wakeup. His normals are so fast that this usually works to his benefit, but if you do something invulnerable during the startup frames he'll eat it.
So knock him down with a sweep. He won't quickrise. So dash up next to him, wait a split second after he gets up, and do something invulnerable (super, SRK, etc). Takes a little practice to get the timing, but not much. He'll parry occasionally, so multi-hitting moves are preferred. Repeat until dead.
Also, you can hit Gill out of resurrection to stop his health from increasing. Resurrection has some push back, but you should be ready for it, and keep the recovered health under 40%.
KOFXIII's boss wasn't as hard as I expected. Corner him (easier said than done) and just keep the pressure on and he'll go down eventually.
ReyBrujo
Member
Whenever I am playing Critical Strike Portable with more than 5 bots, there is one that has "look and shoot through walls" activated at all times, regardless of the settings, so he can shoot me from the other side of the map without me being able to stop him at all. I absolutely hate that.
Couldnt you take another car in oncoming traffic and take out the competition.
BruiserBear
Banned
This right here is exactly why I haven't bought a Madden game in years.