Lockpicking in Video Games

[Dooms_day]

lol i remember picking locks in morrowind, you just look at the box while holding a pick and just twist the pick at it, then eventually it opens

in oblivion it got a little better, at least we got to see the inside of the lock but...the pick is shaped weird and im wondering why the thing breaks when the pins go down lol

[baalpeteor]

I've been playing Splinter Cell Double Agent for awhile, the lockpicking is no way near reality.

There is only 2-4 pins (depending on the security of the area) and all you have to do is use w,a,s,d to make the pick move the pin up (takes like 2 hits) and it's open.

I don't think it's about the parent's finding out it teaches kids to lockpick (the game is rated 18+ so parents should know better). I believe it's because sometimes you have to pick locks very quickly and not spend 2 mins adjusting the tension etc... So they just made it for continence, and easy for people.

I say splinter cell is real. The harder you play it on the more pins you have to pick. You're probably playing it on easy. Only thing is of course you have to use your joystick to pick, but it is a game and can't get any realer. They'd have to make a real lockpick controller for that and then that would cost more money than its worth for just one game.

and also, sam is a good picker! he always has perfect tension

[Bandit_b]

Games that I played that have ''real'' lockpicking are Oblivion and Splinter Cell series. Hitman also has lockpicking but he does it automatically. It would be great if Wii had a lockpicking game

[Slyfox]

Elder scrolls 4: oblivion has a LOT of lock picking in it, pretty realistic with the exception that you break your darn pick every screw up...

[samfishers]

well, about splinter cells, that was the thing that first got me into lockpicking...lol

[Safety0ff]

well, about splinter cells, that was the thing that first got me into lockpicking...lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uKjy29546I

[unlisted]

Elder scrolls 4: oblivion has a LOT of lock picking in it, pretty realistic with the exception that you break your darn pick every screw up...

Thats pretty realistic than.. Picks break rather easily..

[Slyfox]

Well I did say with the "EXCEPTION" that your pick breaks rather easy, that and no tension wrench.

[dufresne]

I remember in the X-files game a padlock is unlocked using a pick gun but no tension wrench is used.

[rontgens]

That X-Files game got me into lockpicking...that and constantly watching them pick locks in Diagnosis Murder. I bought a pickgun, shipped from America to the U.K wondering whether it would actually get here or if customs would say "you're not having this" and was mildly dissapointed with its operation. I think it was because most of the locks I tried it on had really small keyways.

[eSTRICTLYFOREIGN]

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I would have to say Oblivion or Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell is more accurate though

[StabbyJoe]

Good old World of Warcraft... yup I'm THAT kind of nerd
Mentioned it in another thread... but WoW got me into picking... not because it inspired me, but because looking for a lockpicking leveling guide and stumbled across a site that turned out to be about real life lockpicking... couldn't stop going back to the site to look at it...

Anyway in WoW it's not very realistic, but not SO bad... you have to level it up by picking locks in order to pick harder ones... ones too easy for you will not up your skill... if your skill is only just big enough to pick something you may fail and need to retry...

Just find it interesting that if it wasn't for that mistake entering that site I wouldn't have this hobby

[weerwolf]

Safe Opening Simulator is a nice (yet very old) game for anyone intrested in opening safes.

Its actually made by a locksmith. A lot of the problems that frequently occur on safe combo locks can be overcome without drilling. If you know the problem with the lock , witch you can easely find by turning the knob 4 times , you can open it , simply by dailing a slightely different code. When I took my locksmith course about 3 years ago , most of what we saw in the safe lessons , I already knew , because of this game. I used it to practise for my exam as well.

This game gives you a random safe with a random problem , its up to you to find the problem and open the safe.
A lost combination is one of the possible problems. I did manage to open one , but it takes a lot of time.

[ToolyMcgee]

Hitman 2 has lockpicking in it. Again it is a game where you don't get to pick the lock, but I thought it was worth mentioning because of the sounds involved. Sometimes you can hear the distinct sounds of individually setting pins at the shearline, and the door opens rather quickly. Other times he will fail to set them spping and start raking the lock, in which case it takes him longer to open the door. Kinda neat.

[Clead]

It's not even slightly realistic, but I always got my lockpicking skill up in Fallout 1 and 2 whenever I play through again. It's so much easier than asking for something or buying it.