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[[File:Cheating Computer 9567.png|link=Hearts of Iron|frame|Most games aren't [[Difficulty Levels|this honest]].]]
{{quote|''"Cheat wherever you can. A.I.s are handicapped. They need to cheat from time to time if they're going to close the gap... [[Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught|Never get caught cheating.]] Nothing ruins the illusion of a good A.I. like seeing how they're cheating."''
|[http://kotaku.com/5271733/the-three-or-more-or-less-laws-of-gaming-ai Jonny Ebert], lead designer of ''[[Dawn of War]] 2'' on video game A.I.}}
The computer player is a cheating bastard whenever the "rules" differ between you and AI-controlled opponents. This can be a quick-and-dirty method of achieving a "level" playing field against a skilled human player (especially in older games, where hardware and AI capabilities were limited and prone to [[Artificial Stupidity]]), but can also create [[Fake Difficulty]] when the computer has access to moves that a human player (in the same context) clearly does not.
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* You'd likely expect a xenomorph to cheat, but ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien: Isolation]]'' is a game with a clever and subtle way of doing it. Like most games of the genre, the heroine is subject to a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, where she's the mouse. Technically, however, there are two "cats", as the game gives the xenomorph two completely separate AIs; the first knows ''exactly'' where Amanda is at all times, while the second, which controls the beast's body, does not. The first AI cannot blatantly tell the second where she is, but it gives hints to point the second in the right direction. (Kind of like a game of blind-man's bluff; when the xenomorph is moving towards Amanda, the first AI gives a "getting warmer" signal to the second, and if it's going the wrong way, it gives a "getting colder" signal".) This servees to stack the deck squarely in the monster's favor.
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** ... leading to {{spoiler|Megabyte-}}Bob encouraging Matrix to break the game rules when caught in a game parody of [[Pokémon]]/DragonBallZ and the user is clearly going to win. "You're a renegade! CHEAT!!!"
** ...and Matrix shooting the player from behind. In a miniature golf game.
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