10 Secret Exploits That Ruined Your Favourite Video Games
6. B+X+RT (Halo 2)
Halo 2 – despite its tremendous appeal – was plagued with exploits, including the aforementioned super bouncing.
B+X+R was another oversight, allowing players to melee and shoot simultaneously, bypassing opponents’ shields completely, granting a guaranteed assassination with minimal exertion. It was utterly infuriating, ruining many player’s online experiences, and encouraging everyone to adopt the irritating practise for themselves.
Performing the exploit involved performing a melee (B), reloading (X) and firing (RT) in quick succession, thus cancelling each animation prematurely and beginning the next.
That said, the exploit required a full magazine – because otherwise the character would actually attempt to reload the weapon – but even this minor drawback could be side-stepped by pressing B+Y+Y+R which would caused the character to swap weapons midway, thus avoiding the issue entirely.