8 Video Games That Let You Win In The Worst Possible Ways

8. Defeating Your Opponent With A Joke Weapon - SoulCalibur

Fighting games, on paper at least, are meant to be the ultimate test of skill, strength, and combo memorisation. With the amount of moves available to every fighter, it becomes a real showdown for the ages when you watch players respond to situations with such speed you'd swear they had precognition.

One need only glance over at the MLG fighting tournaments all around the world to see scraps of such brilliance that they completely stun the crowds watching them. However, as with all fighting games, there's definitely a tongue in cheek air to the whole affair, and in recent years SoulCalibur has gone absolutely barmy.

From its outstanding character creator mode which lets you make absolutely atrocious combatants, the franchise offers up weapons that are... let's just call them less than practical. These joke weapons, which can be unlocked for each character, do an absolute pittance of damage and often come with stock sound effects that trigger with each hit.

So of course, these are the weapons that pros of the game routinely use to absolutely batter you into submission, along with your sanity. There's nothing like being slapped to death with a giant hand on a stick. Brilliant.