8 Broken Video Game Areas You Weren’t Supposed To Access

8. Resident Evil 4's Shotgun Glitch

Resident Evil 4 is no stranger to bugs, exploits, and glitches - no doubt as a result of its extreme popularity in the speedrunning community. If it can shave 0.2 seconds off a run, you better believe people will go out of their way to abuse it.

One particular trick allows players to clip through a very specific wall just before one of the El Gigante boss fights in Resident Evil 4, using a popular speedrunning trick that allows the player to move at 1.5x walking speed.

The player can then clip through a wall next to the merchant and loot an entire slew of items, from ammo to herbs and even a shotgun that isn't featured anywhere else in the game. The items presumably belong to the merchant, and transfer into your inventory should you purchase them from him - but why bother when they're free?

Supposedly this bug only works on European and American versions of the game, but attempting to equip the unique shotgun on any version of the game EXCEPT the remastered version can lead to softlocks and possibly save data erasure. Don't say you weren't warned!