It's not that I WANT to kill kids. But someone should create a mod that lets your character administer a swift backhand slap to them. 90% of Skyrim children are incredibly annoying.

Yeah, I mean that is what the Dark Brotherhood is for right?


So a Black Widow character?


I thought it was because showing the killing of children in interactive media is banned in certain countries like Germany, I mean to my knowledge Prey featured the deaths of children in violent and brutal ways yet it was still rated M, unless of course it was brought in just recently.

I'm guessing in Prey the player wasn't killing them though? Children can die and still get the game an M, but allowing the player to kill them takes it to a different level. As far as Germany and other countries are concerned, yeah that's probably a factor as well.

Its just a game

You're creepy OP...we're on a forum for a M rated game that literally focuses on killing things, many of them people, and I'm going to judge you for not waiting for these digital people to swing at you first. You must be some kind of sick freak in real life just because that's what you enjoy RPing as. I can actually cast many different spells IRL so thats why I play a mage. Its not like I'm trying to project my own insecurities onto you or anything.

yeah it seriously is like they tried to make them as annoying as humanly possible just so you would try

In Daggerfall you joined the Dark Brotherhood by just randomly killing any of the townsfolk wandering around the towns and cities. Just walk up to random Joe Schmoe and swing your weapon at him (cue disappearance and goofy splash of blood). No quest leading you to a child who tearfully pleaded with you to kill the cruel orphanage lady who was abusing the orphans. Just wanton cold-blooded murder.

Murder has almost always been a part of this franchise. You just have to deal with that and that there are people who enjoy role-playing that type of character.

Unfortunately, in the modern TES game, we have the essential NPC. One of gamesas's greatest inventions

What about Deus Ex?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuN-N3ti3v4

Yes but I never have a bounty because I use sneak and a bow and never leave witnesses

I know we do this stuff to get away from real life. The scary part is, how far would we go? [censored]? Necrophillia? Something is very erie about this post.

Yes I am guilty of doing this as well, killing people to complete quests, but for some reason, I feel bad about doing it lots of times. I just can't go out and kill people if they are innocent or just doing it.

I feel bad about killing people in the game too... when I realise they had a part in a questline...

Which is exactly why I didn't do the DB with my good characters and why I went all out with my evil character.
Why only become a serial killer after starting DB? You are supposed to be recognised for your natural talent as a cold blooded killer, like that person's post about how things were back in Daggerfall DB initiation.

You know, it's funny you mention necrophilia...

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Falanu_Hlaalu

Well personally I have played a Black Widow character who mates with men and then eats thems but I am not sure that there are any games that allow the player to engage in necrophilia, perhaps in the next Elder Scrolls game.

I don't find it odd at all. You kill bandits. You kill dragons, and they're sentient. This is an open-world game, and there are a TON of people who go on murderous rampages simply because they can. Some people kill townspeople and guards to see how long they can last. I think some people are severely overreacting to this playstyle. You're killing pretend people with terrible AI. It's a pretty trivial thing.

You can decapitate an innocent man yet you can't kill a kid?

People need to understand the difference between a game and reality. If indeed you play games to hide from reality, then you serve no purpose to society and are most likely a maniac to begin with.

The fact is, it's a game and you should be able to make your own decision. I personally want to assasinate that kid from Riverwood. But I understand it's a game and it ends their. It's really that simple. IT"S A GAME!.

There's nothing creepy about this thread. I'm sure a lot of people, myself included, play violent video games just to wreck [censored] and kill people. We can't do it in real life, even though we sometimes want to, so we do it in a game. its like a release valve. no harm no foul. and if someone goes out and replicates what's in a video game, they were probably going to do something similar anyway, so you shouldnt blame the game. and the people who condemn people who like killing in games, well my guess is they want to too but are trying to lie to themselves and others as loudly as possible. Man is a violent creature, it was survival of the fittest and we came out on top. To do that we had to learn to kill. Now that we are on top the only thing standing in our way to be fittest is other men. So we either kill them or we kill likenesses of them in games. That's my theory anyway.

On a side note, killing kids is awful and should never be allowed in our games. We should all have a parental instinct that prevents us from wanting to kill kids, it should be hardcoded in our genes. If you want to kill kids that says something about you... ill leave it at that.

I saw a mod that featured (the topic which the moderators will unleash their wrath upon), and quite frankly, it made me sick to my stomach.

I have two daughters, and when I saw that mod I immediately thought of them. Pixels or not, this issue is taboo. And on a personal level, it's downright deplorable.

depends on your definition of "role play". If you mean getting into it and trying to take on the persona.... no. If by roleplay you mean thinking about what my evil character would do or like to do, sure. I had the idea some while back of roleplaying an evil assassin khajiit who carries many daggers with him. These daggers are his friends and he takes special care in deciding which friend to use next.

We get some strange people. But perhaps itis better to let them release their inner anger at a game rather than store it up and release it in real life? I think so.

I never kill anyone unless they`re attacking me or deserve it ( killing some other innocent).

I really get no kick at murder. I can`t `roleplay a murderer` because it just goes against the grain.

I like turning Essential off and systematically clearing every City without raising a bounty on my head it is quite a challenge as many of the npcs are always in groups.

My Assassin Dude isn't mindlessly killing people left and right, but he won't hesitate to end a life if the situation arises. (Caught stealing - he doesn't steal much, but has no problem to do so if he thinks someone has something he needs - or someone is p'ing im off or just is in the wrong place at the wrong time.)

In short, he doesn't "like" killing, but doesn't think it's wrong, either.

Not to start a debate that would get this thread locked, but how is any better?

Honestly, there are so many reprehensible things you can do in this game, but killing children seems to get people handing out torches and pitchforks the most. One could make a character that gratuitously kills all living things they come across, kill every ruler in each city thereby plunge the entirety of Skyrim in chaos, yet as long as you don't kill a kid, it's fine. It just seems really strange to me.

(that is unless the thanes are essential NPCs)

The problem I'm having with this game is to play a "good" player. There's very little to do.

I assume it is for the same reason people in modern culture find six totally taboo to put on television but gruesome murders, drug use, and all sorts of dark and nasty thing are all perfectly fine for kids to integrate into their growing minds.. it's even in cartoons these days. People are weird. Personally I think the immortal children kills some of the immersion in Skyrim. It would have been better to just leave them out completely. I mean, come on! A dragon will totally incinerate everyone except that little brat in the middle of everything asking me to play tag while I desperately fight to save everything they hold dear. rofl I like the theory that all children in skyrim are a result of a Daedric prince getting bored....Hmm possibly Sheogorath???

The mod that shall not be named is welcome in my opinion. It enables you to get rid of the creepy little buggers once and for all.

I tried, I really did, but the damn essential NPCs make playing a murderer tedious at best and impossible at worst. I don't like using the console to play my game, so I just gave up.