10 Video Game Exploits We All Did

4. Backwards Hopping - Half Life 2

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Bunny-hopping is a well known exploit used in plenty of older games to gain a little extra speed and Half Life was no exception. In Half Life 2 they tried to address the exploit and instead accidentally created a different one.

For the sequel, Valve added a force to push you backwards when you hit a certain speed so you couldn’t get crazy fast as was the case in the original. The loophole that players discovered here was that while they couldn’t bunny-hop any more, they could backwards hop incredibly fast by jumping and rotating 180 degrees, causing them to zip at Sonic speeds through the levels.

You had to go backwards the entire time but when you can move that quick, who cares.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.