10 Manipulative Gaming Tactics You Fall For Every Time

Game developers want you to buy their products, and they're going to say whatever they can to get your sale. But we are competent at spotting their misleading ways - though, we still fall for them from time to time.

Honestly, a lot of entries on this list can be considered forms of false advertising, such as graphics and limited quantities; they just stem into their own forms of manipulation. Other times, this will be the mention of a totally immersive world or something that has never been done before.

Enter Peter Molyneux. From the Fable franchise to Godus, he lives and breathes with his mouth running over-exaggerated statements about his games. But he isn't the only one. Hello Games had proclaimed No Man's Sky as this massive, game-changing experience, only to fall flat on release. It's awesome right now, but that's not when the statement was made. Too often we sit around and watch as companies over-inflate their games, promising features that are either not there or are not properly implemented. But we believe them because there's a little bit of hope that they're telling the truth.

Except for Peter Molyneux. We know better than to believe him.