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    Excellent preview.

    I'm slightly dismayed by the fact that the developer absolutely has to make note of whether you can kill children or not. I really wish hardcore Fallout fans would stop caring about the ability to kill children. Does that really make the game more engrossing or immersive? It's such a videogame thing to care about. I'm all for making games more adult and more mature, but the indiscriminate murder of children does not bring a game any closer to art.



    Jul 01, 2007 3:02pm PDT
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    Excellent preview. I'm slightly dismayed by the fact that the developer absolutely has to make note of... : Sexpansion PackThis person is cool!

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      Having children be inexplicably immune to damage when everyone else (or almost everyone else) in the game... : ArcanumThis person is cool!
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        Or the kids could run away and never be seen again. : MH Knights
        • That's still pretty absurd. Me: *shoots kid with miniature nuclear weapon* Kid: AHHHHHHHHHH! *runs... : ArcanumThis person is cool!
        • That's how Midtown Madness did it. For the most part, it wasn't horrible-looking. : EnkiduThis person is cool!
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        It's a good point, and perhaps I'm wrong to say that it doesn't make a game more immersive. But it' s a t... : Sexpansion PackThis person is cool!
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          I agree, some people do make too much of being able to kill kids in the game. : ArcanumThis person is cool!
          • That's the only reason why I play it :( : tomservoThis person is cool!
    • what!!? those little bastards had it coming... Last time they ever pick pocket me. Oh and I let one ... : dedgecko
    • I agree there's too much focus on it, but I do feel the decision will affect gameplay. I know one of my ... : brickmatt
    • I get it. The ability to kill children wasn't so much about killing kids as it was having to deal with th... : zakazi
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      Why is that so taboo? Seriously, kids die in the world everyday, as do adults. To think they can't die in... : PorkasaurusThis person is cool!
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        How many films do you watch* where the protagonist kills children at will, or even for something like pic : jake2000This person is cool!
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          maybe movies like nightmare on elm street or friday the thirtheenth? : dereanThis person is cool!
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            Yes good Freddy kills some kids, now go look up the definintion of "progagonist" and re-read my post. : jake2000This person is cool!
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              Isn't the entire point of an open ended game that you can do as you wish? Protagonist does not have to m... : esecascoThis person is cool!
              • As I said in my first post, I pretty much agree with you on all counts. : jake2000This person is cool!
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              i looked it up, found nothing : dereanThis person is cool!
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                surely the internet is full of references to the classic 'progagonist' in storytelling. fuck dammit. : jake2000This person is cool!
                • good to see you've go a sense of humor :) : dereanThis person is cool!
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          or watch some of the documentaries of the tribal/ethnic warfare in africa... : dedgecko
          • Fallout is a documentary? : jake2000This person is cool!
        • Anakin chopped up a shit load of kids with a fucking light-saber. : Priest77This person is cool!
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      if you can shoot rats in the eye, you should be able to target kids too. like the developers said, its a... : radulaThis person is cool!
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        Pretty much like the original. : zakazi
        • Nah I've played through the originals as a drug addict child killer grave digger etc and it's no problem ... : Izanaki
    • I think there's some validity to the notion that it gives the game real weight. If you're trying to main... : echronorian
    • Best part of FO2 was stripping down except for a timebomb and setting it and having a kid steal it and wa... : duncandun
    • Bethesda is hesitant to allow players to cause harm to children NPCs because of the political pressure on... : brushbaronThis person is cool!
    • It's too bad that they will be taking the prostetution out of the game, that sounds hilarious. I mean cou... : Dan 101