History GameBreaker / WideOpenSandbox

** Anyone on horseback, from the perspective of footsoldiers. [[FragileSpeedster Khergit horse-archers]] ([[PlanetOfHats which is to say, all Khergit troops]]) and [[LightningBruiser Swadian knights]] are particular offenders. TruthInTelevision.

** ''GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'': By taking over a few businesses, building High-Rollers and doing their missions early on, you can easily get 5-digit income every day... and you can speed through time by repeatedly getting Wasted or Busted. Combine this with the Minigun (although in all fairness, you can't get this until near the end of the game, but before that there are many other great weapons too), which thanks to your high income you can easily afford, and the game becomes a walk in the park.
** The automatic shotgun in ''GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony''. All of the stopping power, no limited range and explosive shells means you can blow up a car or helicopter in just two hits. Far and away the best weapon in the game, and available early.
* Beating the Hitman missions in VideoGame/SaintsRow2 will cause you to have unlimited rifle ammo. The Sniper Rifle can destroy a car in 2-5 bullets. Beating Corporate Warfare will give you unlimited RPG ammo, and can make those hard as hell car battles end in a few shots(did I forget to mention that getting the Annihilator will make things easier, and it still applies in a new game even if you didn't beat CW on the new save).
** That is ''nothing''. Saint's Row 2 will also give you, as a present for defeating certain ''minigame missions'', an infinite ammo shotgun that can shred tanks and infinite ammo dual-wielded fully-automatic magnum pistols that can shred ''deities.'' This is just for beating minigame missions. Which are available the moment you step into the world. Meaning, in effect, the moment you leave the StarterZone, you can beeline for these specific minigame missions and ''become a God of Death before embarking on the storyline missions.''
** But what about some of the trickier vehicle-based missions, you say? Well, apart from those dual-Cobras devouring anything in the universe, you can also pretty easily get your Wanted level up to the utmost and look around - not too hard, honestly, they will be everywhere - for one of those Spec Ops APCs(the 'Bear') with the mounted gatling guns on the top. Jack one (also easy, as most of them are being used for barricades instead of chasing you, for some reason) and get it to a safehouse. Voila! Problem permanently solved. Get it to a garage and soop it the fuck up and you're basically golden, what with having an armor-plated death engine with a mounted gatling cannon with default infinite rounds on the top. There is basically nothing in the universe that can stand against you. Haaaave fun!

*** And later, you get a [[spoiler: VTOL]] on demand. The boss sums the vehicle up as being like "a helicopter that doesn't suck!"

** [[BribingYourWayToVictory One DLC allows you to purchase a jet.]] An incredibly powerful jet that you can use to navigate the city at high speeds. It's only deployable in a very small number of areas (anyplace you can deploy a chopper), but it allows you to reach any destination in record time. Just don't forget where you parked.
* Early in ''RedFactionGuerrilla'', Sam will invent the Arc Welder. Buy it, upgrade it, and never look back. This thing will not only fry the three nearest enemies (either killing them or setting them up for a hammer blow), it can somehow distinguish friend from foe, making it safe to use around valuable [=NPCs=]. Most important, it'll kill the driver of ''any vehicle'', from the humblest car to the mightiest tank... leaving it undamaged for you to use. Many missions that would otherwise be tough are a snap with this glorified power tool.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' has the various Dungeon Chest weapons, all of which are PurposefullyOverpowered due to the incredible rarity of finding a key for the chest.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' manages to avert this fairly well. Some mods, however, don't. Like the Bedrock Items mod. The armor makes you almost completely invulnerable(we're talking 1 half-heart taken per every hundred hits or so), it never breaks, and the tools and sword are insanely powerful, also never breaking themselves. Somewhat balanced by the effort needed to create them, but when you do, the challenge vanishes instantly. And then there's stuff like Equivalent Exchange, which, while being nerfed through the ages, allows you to fly through the air, become immune to lava, shoot explosives, dig huge tunnels with little effort, launch a RainOfArrows... and that's the basic stuff.

** ''GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'': By taking over a few businesses, building High-Rollers and doing their missions early on, you can easily get 5-digit income every day... and you can speed through time by repeatedly getting Wasted or Busted. Combine this with the MiniGun (although in all fairness, you can't get this until near the end of the game, but before that there are many other great weapons too), which thanks to your high income you can easily afford, and the game becomes a walk in the park.

* The Hunter chopper. Vigilante missions are a lot easier when you have a death-spewing military attack helicopter to do them with. Play the mission for thirty minutes without resetting and you end up with more money than you can ever possibly spend.

** If you know where to look hidden weapon pickups, you can obtain high-tier guns with plenty of ammunition and tons of explosives for free, long before they're available. These pickups respawn when you save or after 6 in-game minutes. When you're doing an early to mid-game mission when enemies come at you with handguns or UZI's, you can fight them with an assault rifle, an automatic shotgun or rocket launcher you didn't pay a single cent for.

** For the gta series in general if you know where to look hidden weapon pick ups can give the player high tier guns with plenty of ammunition and tons of explosives for free long before they're available. And these pickups respawn when you save or roughly 6 in game minutes. So when you're doing an early to mid-game mission when enemies come at you with 9mms or uzis you're coming at them with an assault rifle, an automatic shotgun or rocket launcher you didn't pay a single cent for.

* It's odd to say, but there really are few situations that you will find yourself not feeling like a god amongst mortals in the {{Prototype}} series. Virtually everything you can do makes you invincible, especially the use of your long range bladed tentacle, and hijacking a thermobaric tank makes quick work of any military base or installment. The sequel makes it worse, even on the highest difficulty, you'll have virtually no situation Heller can't rip thousands apart and live through.

** At around Respect 50, you can buy character upgrades that make you basically immune to everything except melee damage and being in a car when it explodes. (Although, if you're at Respect 50, there's probably not much left the game can throw at you anyway.)

* Early in ''RedFactionGuerrilla'', Sam will invent the Arc Welder. Buy it, upgrade it, and never look back. This thing will not only fry the three nearest enemies (either killing them or setting them up for a hammer blow), it can somehow distinguish friend from foe, making it safe to use around valuable NPCs. Most important, it'll kill the driver of ''any vehicle'', from the humblest car to the mightiest tank... leaving it undamaged for you to use. Many missions that would otherwise be tough are a snap with this glorified power tool.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' manages to avert this fairly well. Some mods, however, don't. Like the Bedrock Items mod. The armor makes you almost completely invulnerable(we're talking 1 half-heart taken per every hundred hits or so), it never breaks, and the tools and sword are insanely powerful, also never breaking themselves. Somewhat balanced by the effort needed to create them, but when you do, the challenge vanishes instantly. And then there's stuff like Equivalent Exchange, which, while being nerfed through the ages, allows you to fly through the air, become immune to lava, shoot explosives, dig huge tunnels with little effort, launch a RainOfArrows... and that's the basic stuff.

* [[MineCraft Minecraft]] manages to avert this fairly well. Some mods, however, don't. Like the Bedrock Items mod. The armor makes you almost completely invulnerable(we're talking 1 half-heart taken per every hundred hits or so), it never breaks, and the tools and sword are insanely powerful, also never breaking themselves. Somewhat balanced by the effort needed to create them, but when you do, the challenge vanishes instantly.

* Any [[HigherTechSpecies Polaris]] ship in ''[[EscapeVelocity EV Nova]]''. Ships built by the [[TheEmpire Federation]], the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Auroran]] [[TheAlliance Empire]], the [[LaResistance Rebels]], or the [[SpacePirates pirates]] are pretty evenly matched. One player reported he took down a Federation Carrier using a mass-modded[[hottip:*:take a freighter with a good-size cargo bay, then use mass expansions to turn most of the bay into more room for weapons]] Pirate Enterprise freighter rigged for MoreDakka. But any Polaris ship eats its analogs from the other governments for lunch. In particular the Federation and Aurorans have no counter for the Polaris Raven other than [[ZergRush mobbing it]] and hoping for the best.

** In ''[[GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]]'', collecting 30 hidden packages (which can be done right at the start of the game) gives a Colt Python spawn at Tommy's safehouse. It's a OneHitKill on most enemies, with the only drawback being a slower rate of fire.

* Several throughout the ''GrandTheftAuto'' franchise:

** The M-16 in ''GrandTheftAutoIII'' was easily the most overpowered weapon in the game. Available early on, the M-16 shredded everything that stood in its path - cars, people, law enforcement, you name it.

* Any [[HigherTechSpecies Polaris]] ship in ''[[EscapeVelocity EV Nova]]''. Ships built by the [[TheEmpire Federation]], the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Auroran]] [[TheAlliance Empire]], the [[LaResistance Rebels]], or the [[SpacePirates pirates]] are pretty evenly matched. One player reported he took down a Federation Carrier using a mass-modded[[hottip:*:take a freighter with a good-size cargo bay, then use mass expansions to turn most of the bay into more room for weapons]] Pirate Enterprise freighter rigged for MoreDakka. But any Polaris ship eats its analogs from the other governments for lunch. In particular the Federation and Aurorans have no counter for the Polaris Raven other than [[ZergRush mobbing it]] and hoping for the best.