Playing darts with Goro in-game will never stop amusing me.
First of all, he picks the hardest version of the game, 701. This leaves very little margin for error, since you still only have five turns. What gets me about it, though, is that he’s not trying to be cooperative with you like everyone else is – he’s deliberately forcing you to show how good you are while showing off.
Goro’s AI is programmed to hit a bull’s eye every shot. Specifically, he hits in the black area that requires even more precision than hitting anywhere in the bull’s eye area. Here’s the thing: a bull’s eye is NOT the highest-scoring shot on a darts board.
A bull’s eye is worth 50 points. 50′s the highest number if you look at the numbers on the board, but a bull’s eye doesn’t have the option to get double or triple the score like the rest of the board. So while you can get 150 points by getting three bull’s eyes, you can score a maximum of 180 points by landing three darts in the triple 20 area, each worth 60 points.
Goro gets a bullseye in the black dot area every time he throws – he is obviously VERY GOOD at this. What we can glean from that is that if he really wanted to, he could get three triple 20s for a total of 180 points easily. This would make the game you play with him winnable in 4 turns:
Turn 1 (Ren): 701 - (3*60) = 521
Turn 2 (Goro): 521 - (3*60) = 341
Turn 3 (Ren): 341 - (3*60) = 161
It is possible to score 161 points in one turn in darts:
First shot: Triple 17 = 51
Second shot: Triple 20 = 60
Third Shot: Bullseye = 50
51 + 60 + 50 = 161. Game won in Turn 4 (Goro’s turn.)
But despite CLEARLY SHOWING that he is perfectly capable of that, Goro doesn’t do it. He chooses the flashy move to make it clear he knows what he’s doing, but he also forces you to make the final move to win. Goro gets two turns in your game. Since he always gets 150 points, you’re responsible for getting 401 points. Even if you play the best shot in the game for 180 points, you still mathematically have to go to a 5th turn:
Turn 1 (Ren): 701 - (3*60) = 521
Turn 2 (Goro) 521 - (3*50) = 371
Turn 3 (Ren): 371 - (3*60) = 191
Turn 4 (Goro): 191 - (3*50) = 41
Because of how he plays, he forces you to seal the deal. He’s not being as helpful as he could be - he’s frankly playing in an adversarial way, because he’s showing you he’s got damn good accuracy all WHILE not being as helpful as he could be.
If you want him to really be helpful, you have to prove you’re better than him even when he’s actively trying to look out only for number one.
What a douche. I love him
