Why Are There NO Kids In Sandbox Shooter Games?

[Natdaprat]

You wanting to kill kids is probably the reason they're not in games like that. They play an awesome role in Fallout 3, with their huge presence and roles, even making them swear and threaten you, but eliminating all possible controversy. I think that is the limit and that is enough for gamers. The day we WANT to be able to kill kids, even though it falls under freedom, is a sad and unnecessary day.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Because despite developers making "art", they still have their limits.

Honestly, I enjoy slaughtering insignificant NPCs in games, but if some of them were children I seriously would feel a lot less human. I guess us gamers still hold some human compassion even in our games.

You don't have to kill them, you see. There is nowhere in the game where it tells you to kill children. I don't really see a difference at all. I mean, they're animated people. They're not real. They have no significance in any form and if they were children, that wouldn't really be different from me driving over the old ladies in Saints Row 2. This also might come from me being a teenager myself and my hatred for teenagers and children, but whatever.

 

[Sky Captanio]

Games already get enough bad rep. Do you really want Atkinson to have more ammo?

Well why not, games have touched everything else why stop now

I'm afraid I have to answer your question with another question. WHY would you want to be able to hurt them?

 

[ShroomMinus]

Actually in Saints Row 2 you can make your character look like they're 16.
More on topic: Well the last time I checked killing kids was socially unacceptable, and just shy of totally fucked up.

I think that's a good enough reason.

Because killed old people is what run-of-the-mill people do anyway, yes?
I for one would love to beat the head of a teenager to a pulp simply because it would be funnier than an elderly person.
Customise them into your everyday chav, problem solved.
After all, chavs don't get classed as humans... it'd be the RSPCA coming to their defence.

 

[Jackalb]

If you want to kill kids so much guy why not just use the AK-47 cheat on Bully and massacre them all!

 

[SpireOfFire]

i guess being a possible child-killer is where a lot of developers draw the line.

i dont see the point though. its ok to slaughter adults, set them on fire, blow them up, cut them to pieces, etc... but its not ok to do that to kids?

i understand the moral dilemma, but what about equal treatment?

EDIT: mowing down civies in "no russian" is i think where the last line was crossed. so developers should allow everything now.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Isn't the answer incredibly obvious OP? You even touched upon it yourself.

It looks bad, it makes us look bad, and it fuels the crowds of middle-aged mothers and fathers with nothing better to do except complain about something.

 

[Someperson307]

More game should let you kill kids. Seriously, whats wrong with that? They're virtual kids. It seems like a lot of uninformed non-gamer people don't undertsand that virtual = Not real.

 

[headshotcatcher]

The Deus Ex games had a few killable kids. One of them had it coming.

Let me guess, the kid in the chinese market?

 

[Undeadpool]

Fallout 1 and 2 had murderable kids. This was back in the heady days when the media wasn't even really aware of videogames.

 

[Srdjan]

I don't see big deal, why is little pile of polygons less acceptable to kill then a larger pile. If game wants to deliver you freedom, they must deliver you the option of doing whatever you want, and if you really want to be pitch black evil you must have wide range of options for accomplishing that.

 

[Skullmaster123]

In the first 2 fallout games you could beat orphans to death with your feet, that kicked ass.
(DAMN YOU BETHESDA, FALLOUT 3 SUCKED DOG TESTICLES!)

 

[Skullmaster123]

Wow...people really would have a hard time killing kids in games?

You can mow down thousands of innocent civilians, some even old ladies. But when it comes to annoying kids suddenly you feel "less human"?

Seriously ?

My thoughts exactly.
And another thing, why is it not perfectly fine with most gamers to have games where you can rape people? I mean seriously guys, murder is worse than rape/sex.

 

[Indecizion]

BECAUSE YOU WOULD SHOOT THEM THEN PEOPLE WOULD CRY ABOUT IT and then it would get banned and it would be pretty awesome for all the 1 month it would be out.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Games already get enough bad rep. Do you really want Atkinson to have more ammo?

Well why not, games have touched everything else why stop now

I think for the same reason why you shouldn't be able to rape anyone in a game.

And by the way there are more than enough child deaths in games. Look at the first GoW or Heavy Rain.

 

[Padfoot13]

Probably something almost every sandbox shooter has to cut in order to keep an M rating. It wouldnt be a stretch of the imagination for a game to get an AO rating for simply having killable children.