Cheating in online games has been a scourge since time immemorial, but the methods developers use to deal with malicious players continue to evolve and innovate. Impasse, heroic shooter Valve quietly takes over Steam in its closed betais the latest multiplayer game that advances the art by giving innocent players the chance to turn their cheating opponents into frogs.
Although it hasn’t been released yet, or even barely announced, ImpasseThe community has already had to deal with a framework of cybercrime cheaters among the first guests to the beta. But the MOBA-themed shooter, which is still in the wild experimentation phase, has received regular updates and balance changes. The latest patch tests a new anti-cheat detection system to distribute bans:
“When a user is detected as a cheater, during the game session, opponents will have the choice between banning the user immediately and ending the match or turning the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game and then banning them afterwards” , patch notes from developer “Yoshi” to read. “The system is set to conservative detection levels while we work on a more extensive v2 anti-cheat system. We will enable banning users in a few days after the update is released. When a match is completed this way, the results will not count for other players. »
Anti-cheating magic has already been spotted in the wild. Once a cheater is transformed into a frog, all he can do is jump around helplessly while the other team draws bloods from him. It’s very similar to Cloud and company turning into frogs in Final Fantasy VII Renaissance. Fortunately, this is not an obligation. Anyone who is fed up or just wants to move on to a new match that will actually count can refuse to shame cheaters in this way. I don’t know if there is a voting system where all players on a team have a say, that would also be fun. It’s a 6v6 game so who knows how the tiebreaker would be settled.
In the meantime, Deadlock still has no timetable for a full release or even an official open beta. I’ve had a chance to play it a bit myself and it’s a lot of fun, although it’s definitely aimed a bit at RPG nerds. Dota 2 the influence is unavoidable, from the crawling waves to the progression of upgrades, but it’s one of the best 3D MOBA shooters I’ve encountered. We’ll see how it develops as Valve continues to test what could be its next big multiplayer hit.
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