No children will be harmed in Fallout 3

by Alan Tsang { Jul 8th 2008 at 5:00PM }

Todd Howard answered quite a number of questions in an extensive Fan Interview over at Bethesda about Fallout 3. First off, despite the inclusions of elements like slavery and drugs, Howard assures us the player will lack the ability to kill children, whether on purpose or accidental. Howard wants the game to sell, and he's pretty sure no one would buy the game if people were allowed to harm em' young'ins. In fact, NPCs will turn on you if you even attempt to harm any kids, got it? Fallout 3 will also feature 40,000 lines of dialogue, up from just several thousand in the original Fallout. There's also three new screenshots of the "Post Nuclear Simulation" posted along with the interview. A summary of what's revealed after the jump, courtesy of X3F:

[Via X3F]

Armor sets come in two pieces, body and head
Inventory limit is based on weight
Children and essential NPC's are unkillable
Good/Evil karma system relating to in-game choices
Crimes committed against specific groups are known to all in the group throughout the game world
NPC's navigate via a mesh instead of via a point to point system like in Oblivion and Morrowind
Like Oblivion the game uses a skill list and those skills determine maximum possible effectiveness in battle
Faces are customizable, but not bodies
The player can crouch and sneak around
Many of the old Fallout traits return, only now as skill perks
Fast travel is only available to places you've been before
Not all non-humans are hostile: "some can be reasoned with and even hired."
Player "perception" functions like the Oblivion compass

Tags: bethesda, fallout-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lordtombot @ Jul 8th 2008 5:07PM

If and when they release the SDK for the PC they could just mod it in. I mean, if people are really that desperate to have such a disturbing addition to the game.

stacy daniels @ Jul 8th 2008 5:08PM

shame nothing like head shooting a kid!!

maroofh @ Jul 8th 2008 5:27PM

mann. if this was an exclusive to ps3 imagine how good it wud be

ANTCEP @ Jul 8th 2008 5:44PM

originally half life 2 was going to have children working as slaves in factories but it was droped

OneMale @ Jul 8th 2008 5:45PM

When did we get the new visualizations for playing music? I don't remember having them last time I played with it.

Tim Parsons @ Jul 8th 2008 6:12PM

this game is sounding interesting ,. hope it has a Demo

Murry @ Jul 8th 2008 8:15PM

First two mods for Fallout 3
Nude skins
Child Killing
I'm not sure which will be peoples priority.

...And im sure someone will find a way to merge both ideas into one /really/ disturbing mod.

adolson @ Jul 8th 2008 9:25PM

I'm really excited for this... The holiday of 08 is going to be worse on the wallet than 07 was, and that says a lot. And don't be expecting a demo for an open-world game like this, just like there was no demo for Oblivion or GTAIV. You can't really take a vertical slice from these kinds of games (Metal Gear Solid 4 is another without a demo). These are the games that you just buy because you know it's going to kick ass.

mezzanine @ Jul 8th 2008 8:41PM

Damnit, I REALLY enjoy murdering children. Way to kill my buzz, Bethesda.

hedpe @ Jul 8th 2008 9:25PM

aren't we used to seeing this type of shit in the real world? even in movies? goddamn censorship. haha kids should be hurt. perhaps then they wouldn't be so buck wild crazy fucking shit up with idiot adults blaming video games.

Kross @ Jul 9th 2008 12:36AM

I'm with you hedpe, kids(teens) these days have it good.

Bethesda say you won't be able to kill children (under 10) but they never said you couldn't shoot down a 14 year old emo kid in a rundown gay bar.

Please, I want to be able to kill teenagers!!

Mark @ Jul 9th 2008 2:11AM

40k lines of dialogue!! thats insane. this game must be pretty cool.

wese @ Jul 9th 2008 3:49AM

Why put them in then? Sounds pretty annoying if you blow up something and you pull aggro because a kid suffers a little to no dmg.

There are no "kid's" in GTA.

koehler83 @ Jul 9th 2008 8:34AM

Won't someone please think of killing the children?

Sarah @ Jul 10th 2008 6:26AM

This image made me laugh out loud.

Mariano @ Sep 14th 2008 4:08PM

No kids will be harmed?

Well,then thats not fallout

"In fact, NPCs will turn on you if you even attempt to harm any kids, got it?"

I got it,but if im stong enough to kill the people who protect him,well i will kill them and shot in the head the fucking boy.

Sorry but this fallout 3 sounds like a "attract all the possible casual gamers you can"

..

"and he's pretty sure no one would buy the game if people were allowed to harm em' young'ins"

Oh yeah,but Mr Howard,let me tell you what,your actually wrong

you wont attract 9 year old casual gamer or moralistic 40 year old fathers

but you will attract the original fans of Fallout

well... fuck off