# The hated exploit some developers actually want you to use

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-hated-exploit-some-developers-actually-want-you-to-use/
- Published: 2026-08-17T07:37:38+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/video/the-hated-exploit-some-developers-actually-want-you-to-use/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, Software, Technology

## Summary

The way game saves are implemented in a game can affect everything from the difficulty, to the narrative, to the gameplay itself. And save scumming, that much-hated exploit that makes it possible to brute-force games like XCOM 2... or avoid consequences in Mass Effect... is now being built into games like Desperadoes 3, as a…

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