killing of children issue

Research

•There is a lack of inclusion within video games; this is because almost everyone considers the killing of children inherently wrong.

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This is because children are completely innocent and pure, and cannot defend themselves.

Despite this there are games where you can play as children and kill adults, a good example of this is the game Lucius, where you play as the son of the devil and kill off all of his family without being discovered

•Most games carefully avoid including the ability to kill children, due to the negativity that surrounds the issue.

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•In games where the player has the ability to kill random NPCs, children arent usually included in the game e.g. GTA Series.

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•In cases where children are included in the game, it is impossible to kill them e.g. Fallout, Fable.

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•In games like Skyrim and Fallout, that prides themselves on realism and making hard deacons, the ability not to kill children I feel actually ruins the player’s experience.