10 More GENIUS Ways Video Games Fought Cheaters

5. Support Characters Guilt-Trip You During Battle - Persona 3

If all else fails, there's always straight-up guilt-tripping players and making the very act of cheating so annoying that they might decide against it.

And so we have Persona 3, which had a bizarre-yet-brilliant surprise for players who used cheats to access party members or Personas who weren't yet legitimately available - prolonged complaints from your support characters.

You'll likely hear the likes of Mitsuru and Fuuka say things such as, "You're cheating... I'll have to punish you," "I trusted you. I can't believe you cheated," "I'm very disappointed in you," "Cheaters never win!," and "*gasps* You're cheating!"

Other than this, the game doesn't do anything to prevent you from hacking away to your heart's content, but after a good while of listening to your buddies chide you for being a dirty little cheat, it might start to actually get to you.

When nothing else works, psychological warfare it is.