4. Fallout 3 - Infant Escape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lifXN5rZLj4 While undeniably pointless, this is one small glitch which has caused no end of laughter from players who accomplished it. With the introduction to Fallout 3 starting with the Lone Wanderer's days as a toddler, players were given the opportunity to briefly control him or her as a child. While only a fleeting part of the game, it featured one or two different mechanics; making child noises by hitting the interaction button, and placing the camera roughly a foot off of the ground. A few determined players then found out that with the right timing and speed they could race past their father and out the door, immediately starting events in the Vault eighteen years later. Should they manage to survive the onslaught of radroaches, violent guards and the havoc which tore the Vault apart and reach Megaton alive, the game will then allow them to start picking up guns and attacking people. While being lumbered with a few distinct shortcomings such as having the character's face clip through their own pipboy and moving at an extremely slow speed - it's all worth it to play as a gun-wielding baby fighting super mutants.
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