17 Video Games That ROAST Cheaters

Summary

This video explores 15 video games that humiliate players for cheating. From South Park's hilarious in-game roasts to Donkey Kong 64's game-breaking glitches, these games take unique and often embarrassing measures to punish cheaters. Whether it's a public trial in RuneScape, a lightning strike for stealing in Zelda, or being locked in a ‘serious room’ in The Stanley Parable, each game offers a creative way to shame players who try to bypass the rules. The video showcases how developers use humor, frustration, and surprise to deter cheating and keep the gaming experience fair.

Takeaways

• 😀 Cheating in South Park's game results in Cartman roasting the player for attempting to cheat.
• 😀 In Banjo Kazooie, using cheats too many times leads to Gruntilda deleting your save file as punishment.
• 😀 Mirror's Edge punishes pirated copies by making the player move extremely slowly, rendering the game unplayable.
• 😀 RuneScape creates an event called Botney Bay where cheaters are put on trial, and players vote on how to ban them.
• 😀 In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, stealing items from shops causes the character to be renamed 'Thief' and triggers in-game punishments like lightning strikes.
• 😀 Guild Wars features a Grim Reaper execution event for cheaters, executed publicly in front of other players.
• 😀 Metal Gear Solid punishes players using modded controllers with Ocelot warning them, and the game refusing input from the modded device.
• 😀 Donkey Kong 64 reacts to GameShark cheats with glitches, including character actions like constantly spamming bongos, and permanent game-breaking consequences.
• 😀 The Witcher 3 introduced a patch called Bovine Defense Force to counter the infinite cow farming money exploit, spawning an overpowered monster to stop players.
• 😀 In Silent Hill 3, attempting to use the Konami Code results in a character wearing boxers for the rest of the game, embarrassing the player.

Q & A

What is the unique feature of the South Park game related to cheating?

In the South Park game, if you cheat by Googling the passcode for Cartman's secret basement, Cartman will roast you for cheating, making it a humorous punishment.

How does Banjo Kazooie punish players for cheating?

In Banjo Kazooie, if a player uses cheats multiple times, Bottles will warn them, and if they continue, Gruntilda will delete the player's save file, causing them to lose all progress.

What happens to players who cheat by pirating the game in Mirror's Edge?

Players who cheat in Mirror's Edge by pirating the game will experience a glitch that causes them to move incredibly slowly, making it impossible to progress, which is a clever anti-cheat measure.

How do RuneScape developers deal with cheaters?

In RuneScape, cheaters are sent to Botney Bay, where they are put on trial in front of other players. The community votes on the punishment, which can include being crushed, eaten, or disintegrated.

What consequence does stealing in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening have?

If a player steals an item from a shop in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, they are renamed 'thief' and face increased guilt from every interaction. If they steal again, a lightning bolt kills them.

How does Guild Wars punish cheaters in the game?

In Guild Wars, cheaters are publicly executed by the Grim Reaper in front of other players, creating a spectacle and adding to the community's punishment of the cheater.

What does Metal Gear Solid do when players try to use a modded controller to cheat?

In Metal Gear Solid, if players use a modded controller to cheat during a button-mashing sequence, the game will disregard the inputs, allowing the machine to kill the player, thus punishing them for trying to cheat.

How does Donkey Kong 64 respond to the use of a GameShark cheat device?

Donkey Kong 64 punishes players who use a GameShark by causing severe glitches, including the inability to collect items and constant dying, along with the game's soundtrack being hijacked by random bongos.

What is the 'Bovine Defense Force Initiative' in The Witcher 3?

In The Witcher 3, the 'Bovine Defense Force Initiative' was a patch added to counter an infinite money exploit where cows were farmed for leather. This patch spawns an almost invincible monster to fight players exploiting the glitch.

What happens when players use the Konami Code in Silent Hill 3?

In Silent Hill 3, entering the Konami Code causes one of the characters, Detective Douglas, to wear only boxers for the rest of the game, which is a humorous and embarrassing result of attempting to cheat.