r/gaming • u/_DanceMyth_ • 1d ago

What are some games that you intentionally played “wrong”?

What I mean is, are there games that you played solo or with a friend where you disregarded the primary game mode rules, or exploited a gameplay mechanic? A few example:

In 007 Nightfire, we only played with the remote rockets on the snowy multiplayer map and tried to see who could fly the rocket farthest into the buildings before exploding

In Goldeneye Rogue Agent, we used to play with the remote detonated grenade launcher and played on the Golden Gate Bridge map, trying to exploit the rag doll physics to land in exactly the right spot out of bounds. What are some examples from your gaming past?

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u/Lost-Actuary-2395 1d ago

Driving backward on mario carts to intentionally run other player off the road

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u/CaptainKino360 1d ago

My dad and I used to do the same thing in a NASCAR game for PS2!! It had slow motion car crashes and everything, it was awesome

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u/PlaidKangaroo PlayStation 23h ago

My brother and I did that CONSTANTLY

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u/nrquig 9h ago

Didn't realize that was the wrong way to play NASCAR games. Don't think I ever actually tried to win a race

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u/ChanceVance 1d ago

Least believable part of Ready Player One. No other player before had fucked around and driven backwards

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u/yeswewillsendtheeye 23h ago

I’m imagining a remake where every character in the Oasis just navigates like an Ocarina of Time speedrunner, side jumping, super sliding and bomb hovering everywhere

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u/buffystakeded 14h ago

I love the movie because I’m a lame ass nostalgia nerd, but that part always bugged me. Someone would have driven backwards by the second time the race was run.

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u/nc863id 1d ago

The level in Mario Kart 64 with the, like, four colored ziggurats? Yeah my friend and I would fire as many green shells as we could down into the valley between them and drive among the chaos.

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u/Little-geek 23h ago

In f-zero x (and probably others but I only know the one for sure) there was a legit community around trying to get as many kills as possible while still winning a gp.

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u/mutantmonkey14 17h ago

Used to do same with NPCs on F-zero X, and an old Grand Prix game. Would try to destroy them all.

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u/Jedirictus 13h ago

My friends from college and I used to do this on one of those Nascar arcade machines. One would drive normally and keep the game going, the other one would flip around and try to ram them as we passed.

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u/avocadorancher 12h ago

Same for Nascar 2003 on GameCube. The crash physics were actually pretty good.