{"id":53864,"date":"2025-11-12T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53864"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:51:38","slug":"inazuma-eleven-victory-roads-anti-cheat-measures-are-a-malicious-curse-that-subtly-penalizes-offenders-says-level-5-ceo-akihiro-hino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/inazuma-eleven-victory-roads-anti-cheat-measures-are-a-malicious-curse-that-subtly-penalizes-offenders-says-level-5-ceo-akihiro-hino\/","title":{"rendered":"Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road\u2019s anti-cheat measures are \u201ca malicious curse\u201d that subtly penalizes offenders, says Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With <strong>Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road<\/strong>\u2019s release just around the corner (Deluxe Edition adopters should already have full access), Level-5 decided to drop a ton of new information regarding the game, including an announcement about how exactly its anti-cheat system will work. As spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2025\/11\/11\/159339.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>, in a special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/cRzl621L7wA?si=DISBCO9hUaygRWzf&amp;t=11984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kickoff livestream<\/a>, company president and CEO Akihiro Hino revealed that the penalties delivered to cheaters are not straight up bans, but rather work like a \u201cmalicious curse\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a cheat tool or data-altering mod is detected, the game will impose certain disadvantages on the player\u2019s characters without their knowledge, akin to a shadowban. For example, players who join lobbies with suspected cheaters will be warned before a match starts, and will be given the option to kick them out. \u00a0However, cheaters will not be directly notified that they were penalized. Additionally, those flagged by the anti-cheating system will have all of their parameters secretly debuffed and will receive a significant decrease in <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/level-5-quickly-revises-inazuma-eleven-victory-roads-platform-exclusive-bonuses-in-response-to-player-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rare drop rates for characters<\/a> and items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"486\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251112-538640001.jpg\" alt=\"Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road gameplay.\" class=\"wp-image-53866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251112-538640001.jpg 864w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251112-538640001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251112-538640001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hino reveals that the reason Level-5 chose this \u201ccurse-like\u201d anti-cheat system instead of a more conventional method was to increase the time it takes for cheaters to know that they have been found out. According to him, using a method like account banning would immediately tip off offenders, leading to a cat-and-mouse game of the developers implementing countermeasures and cheaters finding workarounds around the latest updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, the \u201ccurse-like\u201d anti-cheat system \u201cgradually tightens the screws without being noticed,\u201d disincentivizing potential cheaters and hopefully creating an even playing field for all. Hino adds that should cheaters detect that they are being penalized, Level-5 will simply devise new ways to punish them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is set to release on November 13 for the PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/inazuma-eleven-victory-roads-5400-characters-will-carry-over-to-series-potential-next-title-ceo-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road\u2019s 5,400 characters will carry over to series\u2019 \u201cpotential next title,\u201d CEO says<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/level-5s-ceo-hopes-to-make-erotic-and-violent-games-someday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Level-5\u2019s CEO hopes to make erotic and violent games someday<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent livestream, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino revealed the specifics of the &#8220;curse-like&#8221; Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road&#8217;s anti-cheat measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":53865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-53864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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