Why cant you kill kids?

[BrEnNo1023]

It's okay to kill old ladies, but it's not okay to kill kids? I wish I could kill those kids from Little Lamplight.

GOD wouldn't the game be so much better if you could either A) teach them that growing up isn't a crime so that they don't constantly piss you off whenever you try to talk to them; or B) nuke their faces.

"Because, like, they're sooooooooooooooooooooooo cewt! You evil, evil meany!"

you sound like moira brown obsessing over her mole ratties ;D

you can't kill kids because they say so. what they say goes and if you rise against them you are labeled a heretic and perverted.
yet they let you kill nazis in 50 million games out there. because of course, that's okay to do that..

 

[Scarecrow38]

Killing kids crosses a line.

 

[Mr0llivand3r]

ok if we can't kill kids why can't we just beat the fuck out of them?

like the chickens in Zelda. you can hurt them but they don't die.

although having 30 screaming schoolyard kids running after you would be kind of scary

 

[letsnoobtehpwns]

Because killing kids is bad.

No, killing kids is bad, MMKAY. You forgot the mmkay part.

 

[Knonsense]

You can't kill kids in real life, either.

Although you can kill kids in Fallout and Fallout 2. Though there are a lot of physically impossible things in those games.

 

[Cuniculus]

Game developers get sued all the time for crap not even close to being as bad as killing children. I do agree that we should be able to, but I think the legal portion of it is a bigger deal then anything else.

 

[microwaviblerabbit]

However, if I remember correctly, in Fallout 3 you can kill kids, but only in the game within the game(In Vault 112, the one with the simulation). In fact that is a mission. You have to kill a kid (and everyone else).

This seems a bit inconsistent. You are not allowed to kill kids in a game, but in a 'game' within it, the death of children is recommended, if not needed.

 

[PauL o_O]

Because you will awaken Jack Thompson.

He'll hunt you down ruthelessly, losing cases all across America (Just not in Florida.. Zing!)

Too soon. Too soon.

 

[AdjectiveAnimal]

Not the case: In fallout 3, I wanted to strangle Princess in little lamplight... she's such a little *****.

You can get Princess to refuse to talk to you by making fun of her and convincing her that she is unanimously hated.

However, if I remember correctly, in Fallout 3 you can kill kids, but only in the game within the game(In Vault 112, the one with the simulation). In fact that is a mission. You have to kill a kid (and everyone else).

This seems a bit inconsistent. You are not allowed to kill kids in a game, but in a 'game' within it, the death of children is recommended, if not needed.

And in Megaton, if you set off the Nuke.

 

[Rigs83]

Because killing children is wrong unless it is done someplace far way and the children look nothing like you.

 

[Rigs83]

Children of the Corn
Village of the Damned
Pet Cemetery
Don't Go to Sleep

 

[Name Not Found]

To keep all the soccer moms and David Grossmans of the world from freaking out.

But its not a huge issue for me. I don't want to kill children in games.

You got this idea form a certain video on this website.

 

[Nannernade]

It's okay to kill old ladies, but it's not okay to kill kids? I wish I could kill those kids from Little Lamplight.

It's ok to kill old ladies because they're going out the door anyway. =P
You're just speeding up the process.

 

[fulano]

You could waste kids, hobos and prostitutes in the original Deus Ex. They'd run like hell trying to survive and you could chase them and kill them with a knife. Fun times.

Really, if I'm gonna be evil, I wanna have a choice in the matter. It's a game, people, not real life. Just the same as I'd like it for there to be animals in GTA to make things realistic...and also to shoot them, or stab them, or whatever. Again, it's a game, and I want the freedom to be morbid.

And, again, it's been done before in Deus Ex, and people remember that game for its kickass storyline and gameplay, and not because you could ax innocent people whenever you damn pleased.

 

[Trentdaddy]

Why can't you kill kids? Maybe because you're not strong enough. Har Har! But seriously, you should have already known the answer before you got 4 pages worth or replies, the debate is whether or not you should be allowed to kill kids in video game. Most of those games that would involve a player killing a child would be meant to adults and that adult should be able to make their own choice. The problem is that those games always get into the hands of children and eventually their parents/guardians learn of the issue too late and they become offended. Parents start whining, game companies get bad press (possibly sued?), politicians start making anti-video game violence laws.

Yeah, it's almost absurd you can't kill the kids in Fallout 3 (those Little Lamplight kids are annoying), but it was Bethesda's way of covering their ass. What would you rather have? A few angry gamers or a a bunch of angry parent complaining about it, making noise on Fox News and getting politicians to make laws hindering video game creativity. I can allow this small "breaking of immersion" in the game, especially considering F3 had so many glitches in the first place. And I think you could kill children in F1 and F2.

 

[WillItWork]

In some countries I think there are laws, but yeah, it's culture. If you don't like it, well that's your business, now go convert a few thousand.

Personally, I tend to be more upset at plot bludgeons: I don't miss killing children, but I would have given everything to shoot Reaver dead in Fable 2.

 

[Ghadente]

If you really want to kill some kids in video games, just think of it this way, you already are when you kill a regular person ("adult"):
1. All an "adult" is a Big Kid
2. the majority of the adult people carry the seed of potential children inside of them
3. Pretend that everyone has gone to the gypsy machine from the movie "BIG" with tom hanks and all wished to be grown-ups

so there just think of the adults you kill in video games as kids and then your sicko need for killing youths will be satisfied (to an extent).

... if all else fails, start your own game developing company that only makes AO rated games in which you can do all the nasty kid killing your blackened heart desires until your soul is skewered by the righteous spear of karma and then plunged into a dark abyss of insanity.

 

[Davidmcawesome]

Have you SEEN half the kids of our generation?

 

[Mantonio]

I really don't think the huge taboo over the killing of children in games is necessary. Especially with some games.

Take Fallout 3 for example. It's rated 18, it can't get much higher. You can't kill children in it, but you CAN hit them with the Mesmetron and ship them over to Paradise Falls, to live a life of slavery and worse. How is that better? Yes, I can understand why they did it, but it's a teeny bit hypocritical isn't it?

It's not that I particularly wanted to kill children. On the contrary. But the choice should be there. It seems a little patronising in a 18 rated game, especially with one like Fallout 3, for the reasons I've already stated.