10 Hidden Ways Video Games Punished You For BREAKING The Rules

Video games are highly interactive, and most of the time developers know if you're going to do something unexpected

You might think you're clever for disobeying some orders, but if you push a developer's buttons a little too hard, they're going to retaliate

If you're the type of player who likes to test boundaries, beware of the following. I'm Scott from WhatCulture.com, and these are 10 hidden ways video games punish you for breaking the rules

Children are non-combatants. Call of Duty Modern Warfare Call of Duty doesn't shy away from showing the horrors of real war alongside its typical action-packed first-person shooter fare

But there is one line that even Activision isn't willing to cross. Child murder

The Mission Clean House is a unique operation in the game where you participate in a raid on a house suspected of secretly hosting Alcatala members

The residence is indeed a safe house for the terrorist group, but as you explore, it turns out there are also some innocent civilians living inside, including a mother with a baby

When you stumble upon the woman, the game expects you to let her run out with the child, but you can choose to be evil and try to shoot the kid instead

At first, the game will let you off with a game over screen and a message reminding you that children are non-combatants

However, if you still keep shooting them afterwards, the message will turn into a series of disappointed comments

until the game finally gives up and quits the mission itself. Alien Bodyguards

Duke Nukem 3D. Duke Nukem is a pretty simple character. He hates them alien s, loves guns, and enjoys the company of hot babes

These three character traits, if you can call them that, remain consistent throughout his career

But that said, since you're actually in charge of his actions at all times, you can make the Duke do something that violates his code

During the iconic level at the strip club, aliens aren't the only type of NPCs you can encounter

At every corner of the level, there are also strippers dancing away like they just don't care

It seems even an interstellar invasion can't keep them from earning their paycheck

so you might choose to interfere and shoot them instead. As soon as you do, though, the game will spawn an army of mutated pigs

that will swarm you to punish you for defying Duke's love of women. The punishment is actually a larger hidden mechanic where the game keeps count of all the female NPCs

and if one of them goes missing, it replaces them with a beefed up enemy instead

Either way, they're just trying to get paid, don't shoot them. A gentleman never looks

Dishonored. Dishonored is a game set in a world based on Victorian England

aka the period when forgetting basic etiquette was equal to social suicide This may seem like an unrelated note seeing as the game is about a supernatural steampunk assassin but in reality there is one instance where the game will punish you for indecency In between your missions to assassinate the city corrupt leaders you get to unwind at

the loyalists' hideout in the Hound Pits pub. The location has many explorable areas, but don't

look around too much or you might walk in on someone who really wasn't expecting it. Yes

by peeking through one of the keyholes, you can rudely interrupt Callista's private bath time and

then immediately get caught in the act. The woman will angrily tell you to stop, at which point you'll

be given the option to turn away or disobey her command and just keep looking anyway. If you go

with the latter choice, the game will actually refuse to let you act like a creep. The screen

will fade to black and then you'll get a game over screen describing how the rebellion ended

because no one was willing to work with you anymore. Captain Keys is off limits

Halo Combat Evolved. Master Chief from Halo is the savior of humanity and their main line of

defense against the alien covenant. However, this doesn't mean that his fellow humans will let him

get away with anything. In fact, in Halo Combat Evolved, they'll actively hunt you down if you

decide to turn Master Chief into a menace. The scene where you receive your first weapon in the

game takes place aboard a ship where Captain Keyes personally hands it to you as he briefs you on

your objectives. As soon as the interaction ends, you're supposed to walk out of the bridge and

begin your mission. But as is usually the case with gamers receiving firearms while in front of

a helpless NPC, it's possible you might have a different idea. Just shooting your commanding

officer right in the face. Using your freshly acquired pistol, you can kill Keyes, but this

treachery doesn't go by unpunished. As soon as his body hits the floor, the ship will raise an alarm

and an army of invincible marines will descend upon you to make you suffer the same fate as their

beloved captain. And while many have tried to take them on, rest assured each soldier is impossible

to kill. No firing in the shop. Enter the Gungeon. Enter the Gungeon is a gun-crazy roguelike. Every

weapon is a gun, every dungeon is gun-themed, and each and every enemy is either a gun or a bullet

And yet there's one place in the game that strictly forbids the use of any firearms

Should you disobey this rule, the owner will make sure to give you a taste of your own medicine times 100

The shop is the only place of respite in between all the dungeon crawling. Although it sells weapons, it doesn't allow using them inside

So if you try out any of the merchandise right after purchasing, the shopkeeper will warn you not to shoot your weapon again

This text can be easily disregarded as maybe flavor to justify why there isn a horde of gunslinging bullet people swarming the shop at all times However if you do choose to ignore the shopkeeper warning you quickly learn his message was not an empty threat As soon as you fire a second time the shopkeeper will pull out his own piece

and flood you with a barrage of instant death bullets. The surprise attack is guaranteed to

end you, so if you don't want to lose a good run, be sure to follow the rules

Adios Leon, Resident Evil 4 In RE4, you have to take on an entire village of mutated monsters to rescue the president's

order, so you really can't afford to make any more enemies. In fact, the game will harshly remind you

to keep your allies close if you decide to mess with one of them. One of the iconic moments in

Resident Evil 4 though is the defense section where you have to fend off an army of mutants

breaking into the decrepit house you're hiding in. The fight is tough, but luckily you meet the

mysterious Luis there who aids you during the defense, provided you don't pee him off. Although

Luis might act cool like any other human, he's quick to lose his cool when someone is actively

shooting at him. If instead of aiming at your enemies, you just keep firing at Luis, the man

will eventually break and trigger a cutscene where he bids you farewell and proceeds to shoot back

killing you on the spot. Off to jail with you. America's Army 3. A series of first-person shooters

made in association with the US Army in an attempt to get people to sign up, such an official source

should take its rules pretty seriously, which is why the devs put an interesting punishment in

for those who break them. In the intro of the game, the player needs to complete a training

course at a boot camp, consisting of obstacle courses, shooting ranges, and all the other

army stuff you'd expect out of a Call of Duty clone. The section is incredibly linear, until

the player gains access to their first gun. That's when the opportunity for shenanigans

kicks in. Although you're instructed to shoot marked targets, you can turn around and fire

a few rounds at your drill instructor instead. In the original Call of Duty, a similar act

of mischief would simply prompt a game over, but America's Army 3 puts you in an interactive

jail that can only be left by quitting the game. The jail scene was even used in multiplayer when

it was still around, forcing people behind bars whenever they were caught shooting teammates

In peace with nature, or not at all. Assassin's Creed 3 AC3's protagonist, Connor, is the son of a British Templar and an Iroquois woman

Growing up in his mother's village, it's obvious that the young assassin would be raised following

the traditions and rules of his people, one of which is to not waste the body of a hunted animal

Now, it may come off as a shock to some people, but the game actually makes this a point with a

Thank you people for rampantly killing America critters In most Assassin Creed games you get desynchronized when your character dies fails to complete an objective or kills too many innocent people In Assassin Creed 3 though there is a secret fourth game over option that you can trigger while

hunting. If you kill too many animals without skinning them for materials, the game will

desynchronize, chastising you for breaking one of the core beliefs of Connor's culture

The game over is an interesting punishment that shows the devs' attention to detail

and the fact that they didn't want to treat Connor's upbringing as simple flavor. Mr. Resetti's Wrath

Animal Crossing. Animal Crossing is the OG of cozy games, a simulation of a peaceful life with cute animals

And yet, should you somehow manage to anger the game, it will punish you with something that has traumatized many a player to this day

Animal Crossing is a day-to-day experience. You boot up the game, do your chores, play with the animals

and then check in on your town the next time. To make your progress feel immersive and consistent

the game forces you to save every time you quit it. But you might feel dissatisfied with how certain things played out one day and want to redo

In this case, you can technically reset the game by turning off the console mid-session

but this will wake up Mr. Resetti. Mr. Resetti is a grumpy mole that visits the player every time the game detects it's been reset

As soon as you boot back up, he'll show up at your doorstep and lash out at you for cheating

Unlike other characters in the game, Mr. Resetti is incredibly harsh. His tone is so threatening that it led to rumors claiming the angry mole

could delete your save file entirely if you reset too many times. Thankfully, that wasn't true

Here's a goat. You don't know Jack. You Don't Know Jack is one of the most recognizable games from the Jackbox party packs

It's a trivia show with some of Jackbox's classic brand of cheeky comedy that can get surprisingly personal should you mess around with the host

Like every other Jackbox game, You Don't Know Jack requires you to put in your name at the beginning of a new round

Now, most normal people would simply put in their names, but if you're feeling rebellious, you can try writing down

f*** you. If you do this, though, the narrator will acknowledge your mean words

and immediately retaliate by telling you to do the same thing. Now, you might think this is where the interaction ends, but if you continue to input the same middle finger phrase on consecutive rounds, the host has a ton of different responses

First, he'll get angrier, but after a couple more hurtful naming schemes, he'll begin penalizing you for it by taking away your cash until he finally replaces the game with a blank screen and telling you that you don't deserve to play

Despite you, he even puts up a screaming goat on the screen, presumably because it's a fitting match for someone with your potty mouth