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Are Killable Children In Games Wrong?

Justin from Pixel Gate writes:

A controversial topic. Should killable children be implemented into games, or is it just plain wrong? It all depends on how the developers incorporate it, and if it’s not done in bad taste, so it very much relies on the execution of the whole thing (no pun intended).

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SavageKuma4506d ago

Honestly many gamers ask for realism and so far certain games like Skyrim all are judge on a moral code, so if you want to be evil, give players that option. It is all about choice.

TomShoe4506d ago

Yeah it's fine.

If a kid can't handle it, then his parents shouldn't be letting him play it.

zeal0us4506d ago

I don't think developers and publishers would mind but they fear by implementing such feature would result in a public backlash. Not only that but the ESRB would definitely give it an Adult Only rating. Which mean popular retailers would opt out carrying the game. Which means less sales.

Remember what happen with MoH(2010) MP that allow you play as the Taliban? If killing children was allowed we having an incident 10X worse than what happen with MoH.

Hatsune-Miku4506d ago

Are killable people in games wrong?

KonsoruMasuta4506d ago

I wouldn't have a problem with unkillable children in Skyrim if Bethesda didn't make them such dicks. It's like they purposely make children say things that make you mad and make them unkillable just to mess with you.

cleft54506d ago

That is exactly the point I made. The whole unkillable children thing would be fine if those kids wasn't so damn rude.

cleft54506d ago (Edited 4506d ago )

Developers go out of their way to make kids so damn annoying in games that you would have to be a saint to not want to kill them. The kids in Skyrim are so rude and Fallout has annoying kids as well. Developers do that crap on purpose because they know they have set the kids to being immune to death.

People seek out kill kids mods for games, not because they want to kill kids in a game but because they are sick and tired of this annoying npc being the rudest character in the GAME and getting away with it. It would be one think if these kids actually behaved like well mannered children, but they don't.

sdozzo4506d ago

It's like an unwritten rule. Has nothing to do with realism.

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Baka-akaB4506d ago (Edited 4506d ago )

Not really pro or against it , i dont even feel like doing it . the problem is that some games insist on publicizing the impression you can do whatever you want , and then force kids in the game or even subs stories , that are portrayed in a more annoying way than in real life . So it can be an immersion breaker and grievance .

In the same way some of us used to feel aggravated by games with pre rendered cgi backgrounds , on wich very little interraction where possible . leading to stuff like a bazooka wielder being stuck in front of an almost broken wooden fence

I doubt so few people didnt feel like strangling some of the kids from the Fable 1 prologue . Well at least most people i knew that heard the french version wanted to :p

Ratty4506d ago

Yeah french dubs are horrible (I actually got in a car accident once driving in a snow storm because they gave me the french version of Mass Effect. I was like wtf I specifically asked for english- anyway)... but pre-rendered backgrounds are pure awesome. Final Fantasy VII to IX, Baldur's Gate and all the other IE games.

Still the killing kids thing I don't really get it. I don't think I ever tried killing a kid in Skyrim.

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Fallout 3 Remaster Is Allegedly Planned For Release At Some Point In The Future

A remaster of Bethesda Game Studios' 2008 action role-playing game, Fallout 3, is planned for release at some point in the future.

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LucasRuinedChildhood126d ago

Would be nice if they had New Vegas ready as well, especially because of the show.

Hopefully this doesn't have the same performance issues as Oblivion Remastered.

cloganart125d ago

I haven't seen anything on these performance issues? What's been going on?

walken7125d ago

Probably the Unreal Engine issues, I skipped it for that reason.

Snookies12126d ago (Edited 126d ago )

Throw in all the DLC as well, like Oblivion and I'll definitely bite. I recall having one trophy left to unlock on the PS3 version with 100+ hours in my save. When my save file got corrupted, lol. Very sad day.

To be fair though, Bethesda was trash at Playstation ports anyway.

Michiel1989125d ago

all devs sucked at porting to ps3 for the first like 3 years because no one had experience with the cell architecture. Even 1st party took a long while to get proficient with it, the difference between uncharted 1 and 3 is massive for example.

Extermin8or3_125d ago

Oh oh oh I can do this too. GTA 7 will be made at some point in the future. Fallout 5 will enter development in the future too

jznrpg125d ago

Everyone there should know most gamers want New Vegas and Morrowind more than anything.

Christopher125d ago

Which is why we won't get them. Gotta keep floating "support this one and it might happen".

BlaqMagiq1125d ago

Can't wait. Won't have to go back to my PS3 to play this when it comes out.

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Skyrim Switch 2 Update Boosts Visuals, But Performance Falls Short

A new Skyrim Switch 2 update delivers major visual upgrades, surpassing some console settings, but locks the game to 30fps and introduces noticeable input lag.

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gigoran8154d ago

they can't get a 14 year old game to run smoothly?

jjb1981154d ago

That's ridiculous, lol. I'm waiting for the guy that says its too cpu-intensive for the Switch 2. This game is old af and has been released like 17 times.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s iconic bucket-head stealth was a complete surprise on launch

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the game's bucket stealth was an unintended feature of the game.