The definition of "broken" in gaming

[Yoshipal13]

I'm having a debate, and I need your help.


Give me your definition of the word in videogames

As in: "That moveset is broken" or "That character is broken"

Thank you.

 

[Mic_128]

Things can be broken as in they don't work, or broken as in too good (and thusly breaking the other characters/weapons/whatevers).

 

[Yoshipal13]

Anyone else?

I need as many responses as possible

 

[Spacecadet]

everything in smash 64 was broken...even the sizes of the stages

 

[Deleted member]

Broken:

It's not working as intended. Can be good or bad.

 

[Red Exodus]

It means something is overpowered. Like people say Shieks down throw is overpowered because you can chaingrab the hell out of someone easily. They also say shiek is broken for some reason, I think it's because she was never meant to be used for getting faster KOs, only combos, but most people know how to KO easily with her.

 

[Seed of Sorrow]

broken: one object having way too much of an advantage over another

 

[Yoshipal13]

Thank you. You guys are a big help.

 

[Me14k]

Broken:

It's not working as intended. Can be good or bad.

Thats what I agree with.

Fox's shine is broken..set hit back, gimps.
Peach's D smash is broken...CC and take ton of damage. Huge hit box
falco's lasers...explanation needed?
while it could be bad...

M2's foward B
falcon's Down B

 

[Crimson King]

No no no. After playing Mortal Kombat online, people usually mean, when they say something is broken, is that it doesn't conform with the rest of the game's balance. An example would be MK3's Nightwolf character who was the most powerful one in the game and allowed for cheap playing. He was broken because instead of keeping the mesh that all characters can be played by anyone if they learn their style.

I could be wrong, I just remember this is what that community unspokenly explained it as.

 

[tmw_redcell]

Yeah, I don't usually call it "broken" but I'm pretty sure it means "overpowered" in nerd vernacular.

 

[pikachun00b7]

Broken has two meanings in gaming. One is that it is so powerful it is cheap and unfair. an example of this is using Rayquaza in a Pokemon battle since his base stats are too high to consider it fair(These Pokemon are known as uber-Pokemon). the other definition is a tactic in gaming that cannot be avoided/ or escaped. Luckily SSBM is not broken.

 

[Xsyven]

I'm with CK. I always thought of Broken to be considered unbalanced.

But at the same time, it can also mean cheap beyond reason, not supposed to be able to work one way (but it does somehow), glitchy, etc.

i.e., the IC infinite.

 

[Crimson King]

So that IS an accepted definition? I kinda assumed it was just the MK community being stupid or something. Tight!

 

[h1roshi]

broken in games = too good, too cheap, to easy to use, to easy to abuse...peace

-hiroshi

 

[Deleted member]

A move is also "broken" though, if it's not good enough. Mewtwo is broken in the sense that I don't think the devs intended for him to be that bad. IMO, he's not working in the way he should be.

The reason you usually use broken for being too good though is because you usually mistakenly make someone too good more often than making someone too bad.

 

[pikachun00b7]

Broken= Screws the competitive game.

 

[#HBC | FrozeηFlame]

I've come to conclude (based on the way I've heard/seen it used) that the term "broken", with relation to gaming, means that the subject overpowered. Obviously its a pretty lenient term (as most slang terms are) but it's usually used to describe something as maybe not entirely unfair or gamebreaking, but close to it.

 

[notftomearth7]

Broken=blocky

You can see the individual frames of animation during certain movements, like Game and Watch in Melee. Also, glitches that interfere with the flow of gameplay such as getting stuck in an area where you aren't supposed to get stuck. Not like stumped stuck, like unable to move stuck

 

[Fade016]

Broken=Really Cheap and Really Easy. most like Shiek

 

[Volrec]

Broken:

Marvel vs Capcom. When you find out how to do any projectile move.

 

[dr.neo]

You guys all got it wrong.

Broken-

When I try to turn my NES on it freezes everytime. The **** thing is broken.

 

[1048576]

Broken-an unintended programming flaw in a game's development, especially resulting in a move or character that unbalances the game, is uncounterable (or very nearly so), or is overpowered. E.g. Wobbling, the offensive capabilities of the shine, etc...

 

[Obikun]

Broken-an unintended programming flaw in a game's development, especially resulting in a move or character that unbalances the game, is uncounterable (or very nearly so), or is overpowered. E.g. Wobbling, the offensive capabilities of the shine, etc...

Well I guess that definition made it all clear. Nice

 

[Crimson King]

MK2 is the definition of broken characters. Fighting Raiden and Kitana has brought me to knew rage.

 

[#HBC | FrozeηFlame]

Hahaha I hear ya CK. Weren't Mileena and Jax insane in MK3 or something like that?

 

[Crimson King]

Mileena wasn't in MK3 (though she was in Ultimate). The game died on MK3 when they added running and combos, but no combo breakers.

The problem with MK2 is after the first 3 or so people in the main game, you are faced with a serial killer-esque opponent who loves to throw. You will be thrown 10 times in both rounds and once the animation is engaged, you're ****ed. Trying to sweep? No dice. Kitana has a super powerful throw that really wreaks havoc on me.

Fortunately, I totally dominated someone online today as Sub-Zero. That made me feel better.

 

[DH_Ninja]

i believe that rain and noob saibot are broken characters too. Lets see, the chainsaw gun in gears of war is broken, the thing sucks you in.

 

[Obikun]

I believed the plasma sword on Halo 2 can also be considered as "broken". The thing can kill you with one strike. sick.

 

[The_Corax_King]

I've always thought of "broken" meaning imbalanced (like zealots in starcraft ).

Most common use I've heard on this site is describing Marth and Fox's shine...

I use the word to describe Zelda's moveset, since all her moves are so slow and disconnected...

 

[Atmuh]

snap dat snake