10 Times Game Developers Intentionally LIED TO YOU

Part of the fun is getting taken for a ride.

0:00 Intro
0:21 Number 10
1:52 Number 9
3:32 Number 8
5:23 Number 7
6:57 Number 6
8:16 Number 5
9:34 Number 4
10:55 Number 3
11:59 Number 2
13:17 Number 1

[Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

The Day Before. Those devs _really_ fooled everyone.

[iamskyfall]

I still love the video game tycoon one. Top tier trolling there.

[sacredsock]

regarding number 5, a long time ago a game called operation flashpoint released. it was one of the first "gritty realistic" FPS games, but if you pirated the game then all enemies became super snipers and would one shot from across the map. funny how many peeps complained the game was too hard

[NguyenWinSituation]

Remember when we thought we would be playing as Snake for the entirety of MGS2?

[benjohncarlso]

On the subject of calling your company "Very Positive" I had a friend in high school that was in a band and he wanted to call his band "Free Beer" to fill the crowd up. Too funny.

[Animechargeblog]

The Counter-Strike story is similar to something that happened to Pillars of Eternity 2, were players were complaining taht the firearms (pistols, arquebus, etc.) was too weak, so the devs said they buffed the weapons, when in reality they just changed the sound effect to make a bigger boom, no numerical change at all, and suddenly people were praising the changes saying that now the firearms were OP.

[Skateandcreate]

That lag story is hilarious. Goes to show how easy it is to dupe people.

[luketurner]

An honorable mention: Detroit Become Human's "oops, save data corrupted... jk" (paraphrased) more of an Easter egg/jumpscare than trying to actually fool/gaslight you

[dylanmcgregor]

I like it when they fool us with micro-transactions for a single player game, f***ing hilarious!

[williamyoung]

"Known Liar, Todd Howard..." I still have a T-Shirt that says, "16X The Detail..."

[xGuyBattersonx]

"Removed good ending due to popular request" two weeks later is brilliant.

[LegendaryDorkKnight]

Hey, FFXIV veteran here. Yes, you explained it perfectly and a LOT of players shit bricks and even went to the forums crying about how cruel it was. I haven't made a relic weapon since my WAR weapon WAY back in the day, but I don't think they ever changed it. It's still causing soiled pants to this day if I'm right.

[Comedymakesmelaugh]

Bethesda intentionally keeping a game that they're going to release soon (in game development time, at least) a secret feels so foreign now that it's been 6 years since they announced the existence of Elder Scrolls 6 and we still know absolutely NOTHING about it.

[foxmind]

Gameranx does these lists the best. I actually learn something about video games and their history watching these.

[sixgat]

The longer i watch gameranx the more i love falcon

[joeykerr]

I was thinking about when MGS2 told me to turn off the console and I almost did it because it was 5am and I hadn't slept.

[DarkForce]

He's talking about 56k modems and lag. I used to multiplayer with "Decent" and "Descent II" by dialing up my friend a few towns over... on a 14.4k modem. With only two players, it wasn't really that bad, actually. For early 90s technology anyway.

[TheZoenGaming]

I remember the Game Dev Tycoon piracy gag. I had the actual game and wanted to experience the piracy as an actual in game mechanic.

[Cyrus_Milani]

0:21 Counter-Strike Lag Manipulation: #10
1:52 Final Fantasy 14 Relic Weapon Trick: #9
3:32 Secret Zoo Level in Accounting Plus #8
5:23 Todd Howard's Elder Scrolls 5 Lie: #7
6:57 The Stanley Parable: #6
8:16 Game Dev Tycoon Piracy Prank: #5
9:34 Riot's Placebo Nerf #4
10:55 Very Positive Dev Name #3
11:59 Path of Exile Fishing Joke #2
13:17 Immortal Planet Good Ending Troll #1

[wolfwing]

the FFXIV one would have worked on me, I remember the days of ffXI where there were ite4m drops that people literally spend months getting. I would go out and get in 5 minutes. had JUST got mine, my friend asked if he could help as he couldn't get his...I got it for him in seconds.

Another one I got a high level friend to help me farm the enemy that drops a rare item, 2 kills in. It was just so silly I couldn't get normal items to drop, but a quest item that other people could never get, I could get in seconds. Used to joke I had treasure hunter V.