Easily exploitable Mirror Matches in gaming

The Mirror Match. The one enemy in gaming that can do everything you do, and with the precision of a computer AI is a daunting foe indeed.

Or not.

I almost see a pattern in this. You guys have any examples?

In the Monster Rancher Battle Card Game, you can win mirror matches easily by removing all of your attack cards and stalling til your opponent decks out.

The trouble, of course, is putting everything back after the fight.

The doppelganger in Portrait Of Ruin copies your stats when you enter the room. So, unequip everything beforehand, then re-equip after the fight starts

6:10.

It seems that most 1cc players of Cannon Dancer will resort to that.

The Ocarina of Time Shadow Link was actually really lame IMO. All the battle is is figuring out how to break his guard. Which is easy to do as long as you don't Z target.

That's not the only method of curbstomping Dark Link. I've seen people claim that using the hammer or stabbing with a broken Giant's Knife will help, but I haven't tried either of these. Instead, the first time through, I just bought a green potion and spammed Din's Fire at him. And then I learned about your trick.

He (alongside the actual boss) is probably the easiest part of that dungeon.

Fake Crash literally does everything you do in N-Tranced. It's very simple to lead him into any of the hazards laying around.

For a Mirror Match most foul:

Step 1: Acquire Command And Conquer Red Alert 2 (and/or Yuri's Revenge)

Step 2: Extract (or download) a fresh ai(md).ini file and place it in your game directory.

Step 3: Modify said INI file to where the enemy will do your favorite tactics e.g. spamming Apocalypse Tanks.

Step 4: ??????

Step 5: Rage Quit after getting your ass handed to you for the 42nd time.

Sly from Ty the Tasmanian Tiger. The "battle" consists of walking around an empty room while holding the lock on button and throwing a rang every second or so. If you grabbed the Megarangs by that point, you get to avoid the stress caused by holding the lock on button because the homing ability works perfectly.

4xWhat, is there a different way to do it? I thought that was where the challenge was: getting that pinpoint precise timing so that you don't take the hit, but he does.

Alternatively, you can use the Kaboomerangs.

The "The Strangers" mod for Freedom Force includes an optional Mirror Match for a single hero. This level can be incredibly difficult unless you pick the hero with both a lightning attack and a weakness to lightning. The AI was not built to use the lightning attack, so defeating it is child's play.

Metal Man is the patron saint of exploitable Mirror Match fights. In that he dies in one hit if you Mirror Match him.

I'm surprised he hasn't been mentioned yet.

edited 9th Oct '14 12:59:28 PM by TobiasDrake

In the original Pac-Man World, the fight with Toc-Man's second phase is very easily won by just circling around the stage, hitting the required buttons.