You are aware Fallout 2 was not made by Bethesda right?Therumancer said:Other games like "Fallout 2" allowed you to kill kids if you wanted to, and really we've been seeing the game industry backpedaling from things like that. At one time Bethesda was one of the edgier game developers.
Ugh, I can't say I'm happy with myself for this but when the theme music just burst in and he began his transformation, I started laughing so hard that I cried.Easton Dark said:
If anything, it makes tag more believable.
Maybe if the kids weren't such jerks people wouldn't make these as quickly :/
It's not just a moral thing. It's that Bethesda is afraid of really bad press. I mean look at Mass Effect for Chrissake and how Fox News overreacted to a 5 second sex scene. Skyrim being marketed as a "Babykiller simulator" is not the kind of press they wantThe_Blue_Rider said:The devs at Bethesda are people, people who probably arent comfortable with children dying.
I recall a news story a while back about this man who murdered someone, and they blamed Manhunt since it came out recently. When they searched his house they actually found out the man didn't play video games and never even heard of Manhunt. But surprisingly the victim owned a copy of the game.creationis apostate said:In all likelyhood, they'd kill someone anyway, game or no game.
I'd say so; not everyone is playing it on PC. I'm sure that there are plenty of console players who are very annoyed by the fact that children can't be killed.kyogen said:I'm fine with Bethesda drawing a line with its internal development and letting modders do whatever they want. I suspect most people think the same, including the modders. Is this really an issue?
Well of course, no one wants to be associated with a game where you can kill children, its still not being afraid of controversy, its being a smart person, how exactly would killing children actually improve the experience in any way, apart from stirring up controversy?LordRoyal said:It's not just a moral thing. It's that Bethesda is afraid of really bad press. I mean look at Mass Effect for Chrissake and how Fox News overreacted to a 5 second sex scene. Skyrim being marketed as a "Babykiller simulator" is not the kind of press they wantThe_Blue_Rider said:The devs at Bethesda are people, people who probably arent comfortable with children dying.
It's the same reason why Grand Theft Auto games dont have children, schools or animals in them.
Exactly.Azure-Supernova said:I stopped reading here. I don't want to kill kids, neither does my tolerant Nord sword swinger or my lazy Imperial ranger. My slightly insane pyromaniac Dunmer however does not discriminate.
It's not about being able to kill children, it's about not being able to kill them. If that makes sense? I can hunt dragons, deer, rabbits and slaughter entire communities of bandits, townsfolk and tribals. I can wipe every NPC off the face of Skyrim, but children will always be there to put limitations on what I can do.
I'm just as pissed off about not being able to kill virtual children as I am about not having a seperate hotkey menu for my spells and shouts. It's a game mechanic and what I do in game has no reflection on my personality. That and I can differentiate between reality and fiction...