Immortal Children?

[Jayscee]

Really?
You can get railed by a bear in this game or tear an arm off of a still alive man, asking for help, but killing little spawns of satan threatening and taunting you in their little hideout, right after robbing you, is somehow where we draw the line? In a game, where, let me remind you, Larian kept encouraging us to fully commit to an evil playthrough?
What?

Update: It is even worse than I though.
You can't kill children of "playable races".
Want to kill goblin children? Knock yourself out, matey, have some fun. It is not like goblins are an actual sapient race that is also playable in dnd, right? Right...?
Actual, legit, honest to Maglubiyet, racism.

[Jayscee]

Update: It is even worse than I though.
You can't kill children of "playable races".
Want to kill goblin children? Knock yourself out, matey, have some fun. It is not like goblins are an actual sapient race that is also playable in dnd, right? Right...?
Actual, legit, honest to Maglubiyet, racism.

[Shibitari]

Isn't this game moddable? ^o^

[Tatuzka]

Pretty sure there will be a mod for it soon x3

[Kurtino]

This is less of a political opinion than a legal decision; allowing realistically depicted children to be killable can easily get the game banned from some countries and has generally been frowned upon in most gaming contexts. The disadvantages seem to outweigh any immersion anyone loses from attempting to kill child NPCs.

[⇧⇨⇩⇩⇩]

Originally posted by Jayscee:

Update: It is even worse than I though.
You can't kill children of "playable races".
Want to kill goblin children? Knock yourself out, matey, have some fun. It is not like goblins are an actual sapient race that is also playable in dnd, right? Right...?
Actual, legit, honest to Maglubiyet, racism.

Makes perfect sense to at least one adventurer. (the goblin slayer) XD

[ACS36]

Originally posted by Kurtino:

This is less of a political opinion than a legal decision; allowing realistically depicted children to be killable can easily get the game banned from some countries and has generally been frowned upon in most gaming contexts. The disadvantages seem to outweigh any immersion anyone loses from attempting to kill child NPCs.

It's not a legal decision at all. It's a matter of cultural biases and an irrational response to fictional worlds.

It's fantasy game. It's not real, and any country that can't tell the difference is backwards and primitive. I'm not sure why people always make excuses or rationalize around other peoples irrational behavior.

[-VG- Napster]

Originally posted by Kurtino:

This is less of a political opinion than a legal decision; allowing realistically depicted children to be killable can easily get the game banned from some countries and has generally been frowned upon in most gaming contexts. The disadvantages seem to outweigh any immersion anyone loses from attempting to kill child NPCs.

still funny that it does not seem to be problematic in movies at all

[ProestUnicorn]

I am sure Larian wanted to kill them as much as we do, but You gotta move the ''line'' slowly, this time we got bear sex in the game, for murdering children we will have to wait a bit longer :c

[Arthrex]

Why play the Dark Urge if I can't even massacre EVERYTHING crossing my path? ♥♥♥♥ children anyway.

[Von Herbst]

Originally posted by morrganstain:

Originally posted by Jayscee:

Update: It is even worse than I though.
You can't kill children of "playable races".
Want to kill goblin children? Knock yourself out, matey, have some fun. It is not like goblins are an actual sapient race that is also playable in dnd, right? Right...?
Actual, legit, honest to Maglubiyet, racism.

Makes perfect sense to at least one adventurer. (the goblin slayer) XD

And to the gods. You can find days worth of discussions why it is considered as a good deed to massacre a whole kindergarten of goblin and kobold children in dnd and pathfinder context. Not sure how 5th edition conform this still is tho.

[Kurtino]

Originally posted by -VG- Napster:

Originally posted by Kurtino:

This is less of a political opinion than a legal decision; allowing realistically depicted children to be killable can easily get the game banned from some countries and has generally been frowned upon in most gaming contexts. The disadvantages seem to outweigh any immersion anyone loses from attempting to kill child NPCs.

still funny that it does not seem to be problematic in movies at all

What films do you watch that commonly depict child gore? There's a big difference between a child passing and a child being butchered on mass.

Originally posted by ACS36:

Originally posted by Kurtino:

This is less of a political opinion than a legal decision; allowing realistically depicted children to be killable can easily get the game banned from some countries and has generally been frowned upon in most gaming contexts. The disadvantages seem to outweigh any immersion anyone loses from attempting to kill child NPCs.

It's not a legal decision at all. It's a matter of cultural biases and an irrational response to fictional worlds.

It's fantasy game. It's not real, and any country that can't tell the difference is backwards and primitive. I'm not sure why people always make excuses or rationalize around other peoples irrational behavior.

Legality is also linked to cultural biases; I could have also applied the same logic to same sex relationships and scenes of sex, but most western countries are no longer against this. It's just out of all of these norms killing children is one of the lowest hanging fruits for problems.

We know it's not real but you're arguing against censorship ratings that have existed before you were born, it's not really worth fighting about here. I'm not saying I agree with it, I'm giving you a rational reason why it's censored because clearly that seems to be missed.

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by Kurtino:

This is less of a political opinion than a legal decision; allowing realistically depicted children to be killable can easily get the game banned from some countries and has generally been frowned upon in most gaming contexts. The disadvantages seem to outweigh any immersion anyone loses from attempting to kill child NPCs.

This pretty much.

Don't blame Larian, blame your ♥♥♥♥♥♥ government.

[Pelican-1]

Remember Baldur's Gate when it wasn't being made by larian? BG1 or 2, you could absolutely gib kids lolol.. (Accidentally shot a fireball in town and there were 3 children that uhhh... blewed up.)

[Kurtino]

Originally posted by booger_911:

Remember Baldur's Gate when it wasn't being made by larian? BG1 or 2, you could absolutely gib kids lolol.. (Accidentally shot a fireball in town and there were 3 children that uhhh... blewed up.)

Just to mention that most games back then allowed you to kill children, the original fallout 1/2 included, but by the time fallout 3 came out gaming had matured and the vast majority of companies stopped allowing players to do this.

It's less of a Larian decision than a general consensus across the industry.

[Jayscee]

Originally posted by Kurtino:

This is less of a political opinion than a legal decision; allowing realistically depicted children to be killable can easily get the game banned from some countries and has generally been frowned upon in most gaming contexts. The disadvantages seem to outweigh any immersion anyone loses from attempting to kill child NPCs.

If it is a legal decision, it does not at all explain the ability to kill goblin children.