History PlayingWith / TheComputerIsAcheatingBastard

** [[StoryAndGameplayIntegration The PC-controlled hero knight puts importance in his honor and chivalry. The NPC villain does not hesitate to fight dirty.]]

** The CPU can dodge attacks. ''You can't''.

* '''Downplayed''': A CPU player's numerical stats are slightly higher than for a human player, but the A.I.'s simplistic behavior is easy enough to exploit for experienced players.

* '''Deconstructed''': The CPU is so freaking cheap that the poor saps who bought it rally together and boycott the company that made it, who then lose millions.
** The CPU cheats so blatently that players start using exploits, glitches, and generally act like a {{Munchkin}} to gain an edge.

* '''Implied''': In the game, your goal is not to beat the equal, CPU characters but different enemies who don't play by the same rules. During one level, your "enemy" challenges you but is interrupted by said force. Even once all his gathering methods are cut off, he manages to supply you with items despite having no "fair" way to get them.

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** The computer prioritizes wrong things. in ''Troper kingdom'', Your goal is to defeat the army of the enemy. Bob, the A.I. commander, is seen to always prepare attacks against your camps, even if there is no reason to, and never sends any units on resource gathering trips. Because of this, the A.I. automatically gains material even when they logically shouldn't. Due to the A.I. this makes the game fair rather than unbalancing it.

* '''Lampshaded''': During the characters' single player loss dialogue, they point out that they shouldn't have lost; not because of pride, but because the enemy was breaking the rules of the fight!
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* '''Played Straight''': In the hit FightingGame ''Troper Wars'', the CPU always manages to kick your ass due to the fact that his character has projectiles. When that character is human controlled, it doesn't have a projectile attack.
* '''Exaggerated''': The CPU can dodge attacks. ''You can't''.

* '''Justified''': [[UnwinnableByDesign The dev team wanted to make the most difficult game ever.]]

* '''Parodied''': The game flat-out tells you that it will cheat to win.

* '''Deconstructed''': The CPU is so freaking cheap that the poor saps who bought it rally together and boycott the company that made it, who then lose millions.
* '''Reconstructed''': There are large rewards for beating the cheap-ass AI, encouraging the gamers to rally together and find a way to win.

* '''Exploited''': Whenever you notice the CPU cheating, [[InstantWinCondition you can press a button to have him arrested]].
** The computer blocks every one of your strikes. There is nothing, however, keeping you from using a slow moving projectile and then turning it around by attacking it from the back, leaving it open. It ALWAYS falls for this.
* '''Invoked''': It's much cheaper to give the A.I. inherent advantages than to make it competent.
* '''Defied''': (During development) "Okay team, make sure the CPU fights fair. If it doesn't, well, it could hurt sales a ''lot''."

* '''Justified''': The dev team wanted to make the most difficult game ever.

* '''Zig-zagged''': The CPU cheats to varying degrees (including none) within the same game to adjust for the player's skills in order to keep him engaged. If the player is breezing through, it'll turn up the difficulty; if the player can barely get out of the starting spot, it'll ease up.

* '''UpToEleven''': The CPU can attack. ''You can't''.
* '''BeyondTheImpossible''': The CPU can actually ''move''. '''[[ObviousBeta YOU CAN'T]]'''.

** '''UpToEleven''': The CPU can attack. ''You can't''.
** '''BeyondTheImpossible''': The CPU can actually ''do stuff''. '''[[ObviousBeta YOU CAN'T]]'''.
*** Or when you start or are about to win the CPU opens up a cheat menu during gameplay and types in "[[GodMode GOD]]" or "[[InstantWinCondition WIN]]"

* '''Zig-zagged''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': During the characters lose quotes, which only appear in single player, they point out that they shouldn't have lost; not because of pride, but because the enemy was breaking the rules of the fight!

* '''Invoked''': It's much cheaper to give the A.I inherent advantages than to make it competent.

* '''Defied''': (During development) "Okay team, make sure the CPU fights fair. If it doesn't, well, it could hurt sales a ''lot''.

* '''Enforced''': (During development) "Hey, this section is a little too easy. I think I'll turn up the accuracey of the enemy snipers juuuuuust a tad..."

* '''UpToEleven''': The CPU can attack. ''You can't''.

* '''Inverted''': The game is on equal footing between human players and the CPU, but you can imput cheats to improve your performance.

* '''Exaggerated''': The CPU can attack. ''You can't''.

* '''Justified''': In the context of the game, the characters are all robots that can be controlled by either humans or robots. Since the robots are mentally and physically superior to the humans, that gives them an unfair advantage.