In Fallout 1 und 2 konnte man das berüchtigte Childkiller Perk auf 2 Arten erreichen: entweder man war wirklich durch und durch böse und hat Kinder getötet oder aber durch einen Unfall in Form eines etwas fehlplatzierten Bursts. Jedenfalls reagierten einige NPCs sehr negativ darauf, griffen den Spieler daraufhin an oder sprachen nicht (mehr) mit ihm. In den deutschen Versionen waren Kinder aus Gründen des Jugendschutzes (pun intended!) sogar überhaupt nicht enthalten.

Dies wird in Fallout 3 nicht mehr möglich sein. Lead Designer Emil Pagliarulo erklärt bei Edge Online:

Fallout 3 is an M-rated game—made for adults. Its violence is over-the-top and has been a central focus of not only our game, but the entire franchise. This is a series that in previous installments allowed players to kill children, right? [...] But then we began to think, really what benefit would there be in killing the kids in the game? It just seems gratuitous, unnecessary and cruel. [...] And here comes the struggle again: At the end of the day, I feel like I’m an adult and I’m conscious of my buying decisions. I’m not making a game for an eight-year-old; I’m making a game for a 38-year-old like me, so I’m okay with the content. [...] We’re grown-ups, we can make and play something like this. We think it’s funny, we think it’s fun and people have been agreeing with that. We don’t want to cross lines like killing kids (we actually never got as far as even putting kill-able kids in any builds of the game). For us, that was a line we certainly didn’t want to cross, and we think that was the right decision.

(via CVD)

~ by Ardenya on 28 Oktober, 2008.

Veröffentlicht in Gaming, RPGs
Tags: Bethesda, Fallout, Fallout 3