10 Secret Exploits That Ruined Your Favourite Video Games

10. Psycho Cyan (Final Fantasy VI)

This particular exploit – which rendered the playable character, Cyan completely overpowered – was infamous, somewhat breaking the game in the process.

Essentially, it was performed by having the character incapacitated by a physical attack during combat. Once revived, Cyan would begin mercilessly pummelling his opponents into submission – including some of the game’s most challenging bosses – until nothing whatsoever remained.

Psycho Cyan was an unstoppable monster – rendering any sense of accomplishment mute – and breaking the game in numerous and considerable ways. Trouble was: the exploit was too effective – meaning the moment you found yourself in trouble – you’d exploit the oversight, without exception.

The prospect was too enticing, the character completely overpowered, easily available and easily manipulated into an unstoppable weapon of mass destruction.