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| - There are many types of video game levels. Some are easy. Some are moderately hard. Some are hated by many people for being too damn hard. But some have a really easy way to beat them. A level that would normally take an hour to beat or high effort. But if you Google the level, stuff will come up, namely, people claiming that they beat it in 10 minutes tops. Tricks may include exploiting glitches or flaws. A Scrub who played through the level the hard way beforehand will proclaim that anyone who uses this method is cheating and didn't truly beat the level. Some games may hint the player in on this by having target times or scores that are far too good to get the conventional way. When portrayed in other mediums, it's usually to show that someone is really good at the game. If that person's character is friendly, they'll explain the trick to someone having trouble with the game. If less friendly, they'll take the controller, call them a noob, and do the trick themselves. Using a fictional trick in a real game is a symptom of Pac-Man Fever. Common in Real Time Strategy games, when there are levels that have objectives other than "totally destroy your enemies". Compare Sequence Breaking, where you skip part of a game's story, and Dungeon Bypass, where you can cut a lot of distance. Sometimes overlaps with Offscreen Start Bonus. Speedruns rely on these, more often than not. If this trick can be applied to any level and wasn't intended, it's a Game Breaker. Examples of Easy Level Trick include:
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