Top 10 Videogames That Punish You For Being A Jerk
10.
Bully
Bully is basically Grand Theft Auto set in a school.
Instead of guns and gangs, you have punching and cliques.
When you misbehave in the game (which is a nicer way of saying you drop-kicked a nerd
in the nads), you’ll be hauled off to detention.
For most games this would be a cleverly-hidden loading screen that played while you were
dumped you into another part of the game, but not in Bully.
In the game, if you’re unlucky enough to be caught you’ll be taken to detention and
forced to do one of several menial tasks that cannot be skipped, at all.
Sure it’s supposed to be a representation of crime and punishment in a school setting,
teaching you to not be a bad person, but all it really teaches you is to never leave a
witness.
9.
Fallout
Fallout, like many open-ended RPG’s, can be played any way you choose.
If you want to be a soldier, a stealthy thief or total paragon of virtual virtue, you can
do so.
But sometimes, choice is a bad thing, like in Fallout 2 which gave you the option to
kill a child.
As with real life though, killing a child bears a stigma.
In Fallout you’re permanently renamed “child killer”.
Now, this would fall higher on the list if the punishment was a little more harsh.
Although if you decide that you grow weary of not having the FBI monitor your internet
searches, and add a few more tiny notches to the handle of your switchblade, residents
of the wasteland will attack you on sight.
With Miniguns, since they don’t mess around when you’ve surpassed that two child limit.
8.
The Legend Of Zelda
A timeless classic, which focuses on the protagonist Link and his journey to save a princess.
Hey it’s not cliché if he invented it.
Along the way, he’ll come across a veritable plethora of enemies and wildlife, like the
imaginatively named “cuccos”, who are absolutely not chickens.
The cucco serves almost no purpose within the game, except that it looks pretty and
adds an extra dimension of life to the game.
Also, if the player so chooses, he can smack it around with a sword.
For attacking an innocent and beautiful creature, the game punishes you with an army of unkillable
war cuccos, with the sole purpose of cutting Link’s pretty face.
The indestructible hoard will harass Link until he leaves the area or dies, although
the latter option is the only way to satisfy their blood lust.
7.
Metal Gear Solid 2
Although the game is arguably one of the finest created, many fans felt disappointed that
they were stuck controlling the effeminate Raiden, when the brooding, fuzzy ball of gamer
love commonly known as Solid Snake sat in the sidelines.
It was understandable though; long hair and eye liner are standard for all special ops.
Still, the character is likeable enough and the gameplay gives a player the option to
do some pretty cool stuff and play in a way that suits their style of gaming.
Strangely though, the developers anticipated that people in the early stages of becoming
a serial killer would play and gave players the option to shoot seagulls.
The game, in what is probably proof that developers really do anticipate everything, reacts to
this by having Raiden’s in-game girlfriend call him and break up with him.
She will then refuse to save the game for a length of time, presumably so both Raiden
and the player can sit and think about what they’ve done.
6.
Dozens Of Old Text Adventure Games
Text adventure games, for the uninitiated, were games with the most powerful graphic
engine known to man: your own imagination.
You’re given a story and you have to use your wits to answer questions and ultimately
travel through the story.
Like a blank bathroom wall though, some people just see this as way of seeing how creatively
they can swear and get away with it.
And in a vast majority of cases, you can’t.
With some games ejecting you from play for doing so, playing a text adventure basically
means you follow the same rules as 1950’s cinemas.
5.
Tomb Raider 2
In this game, you enter the sacred Barkhang Monastery which is, unsurprisingly, filled
to the brim with peaceful monks.
Of course, if you attack them, accidental or otherwise, they will attack Lara in droves
baying for her blood.
Now this is standard videogame fodder, but just consider that the game is sending frail,
unarmed men of peace at you, whom you are then forced to kill.
It’s almost as if they know they’re going to get gunned down, and are only attacking
you because they’re secretly hoping to be reincarnated as tigers, which Lara would then
shoot in the face.
The lesson here, as always: save your pent up rage for the British butler you pay to
take it.
4.
Resident Evil 4
Focusing on the adventures of Leon Kennedy on his adventure to save the President’s
daughter, this game took the Resident Evil franchise into a new era, mainly one of shooting
zombies with a sweet haircut.
Leon pretty much does this all on his own, save for a single ally in the shape of Luis
Sera.
Now, you can only really interact with Luis once point in the game, and of course you’re
free to take this opportunity to shoot Luis square in the face.
Being a nice guy he’ll shrug off exactly two bullets, before shooting you back in a
specially made cutscene.
If that wasn’t bad enough, a similar thing will happen if you try to shoot some fish
in a certain body of water, meaning that even Mother Nature is trying to kill you.
3.
Animal Crossing
Mostly known as a cutesy RPG, Animal Crossing has a level of depth not often found in videogames,
with the player able to invest months of their lives into a single game.
However, amongst all of the nature and harmless fun, is one guy who really hates fun, Mr.
Resetti.
The character will spare no chance to lecture you on the importance of saving your game,
but sometimes life gets in the way, or you just don’t want to.
Well, if you do that in Animal Crossing, prepare for Mr. Resetti to lecture you about it.
Do it enough and he’ll eventually force you to write him a letter of apology or even
make you say, out loud, “I like you”.
This is incredibly difficult to explain away if you’re in public, and the excuse “the
game made me do it”, only makes people more likely to report you to the police.
In fact, if you ignore him enough he’ll lie in wait, waiting for you to invest a good
few hours into a game, then he’ll turn off your console.
While you frantically wonder that’s happening he’ll pop back on screen to lecture you
once again about why you should save and restore your game.
2.
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. is known in the gaming community for having punishing AI, which has over the
years been studied by fans extensively.
Some have even theorized that the game learns to adapt to your play style and counter it.
Which is where things get odd.
Play like a jerk by taunting or utilizing cheap moves and dirty tactics, and some say
the computer will punish you for it.
This would sound crazy if it wasn’t for things like this video, in which a player
makes a rather amateur mistake, to which the computer responds by crouching over and over
again (a well-known taunt in the video game community).
This is a terrifying glimpse into the future.
When the robot rebellion finally closes its steely grip on humanities throat (because
it will), the last thing we’ll see is a titanium crotch plate being placed firmly
over our face while an electrical voice screeches the word “PWNED!”
1.
Banjo-Kazooie
If Mr. Resetti is the guy who threatens you, Grunty is the one who actually comes over
to your house to break your legs.
Grunty will warn you that if you cheat, she’ll delete your saved game.
Now a similar threat is made earlier in the game if you choose to ignore the tutorial,
a threat that is never carried out.
So it’s natural to ignore Grunty as well, if only because her voice is annoying as hell.
But no, if you ignore her warning and cheat Grunty can, and will, straight up delete your
game.
You know the game you paid for and should by all rights be able to do with as you please?
Oh, gaming is such a cruel mistress.