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[Synyster24]

So my friend told me that it is illegal to kill children in video games or something to that extent, which leads me to believe that kid from the demo is somehow still alive. And I found a video with the art book for ME3 and the kid was in it.  That being said please tell me that if he is still alive that he isn't "The Key" to stopping the Reapers or some BS like that.

[L0NEWOLF25]

It's not illegal to show children dieing in a game.

[Juniper Mucius]

I hope he's dead. I also haven't heard this law. Kids can die in children's films and shows. If it is a law, it's probably that *you* can't kill children. You also don't see him die directly. It's implied, but heavily implied. If he survived that explosion, he's a badass.

Killing a child can emotionally drive people. That scene made me feel hatred for the Reapers, and show the real threat they are. If that kid survives, then it kind of ruins the emotion behind it.

[Synyster24]

Ok thanks. I didn't think it was a law either but I just wanted to make sure he wouldn't come back.

[Aurora313]

I'm pretty sure the only way the kid'll be coming back is to haunt Shepard. Guilty conscience and all that. He's dead, and I think he's there for simple drama purposes. Both as an icon to say 'Gez, stop thinking you can save EVERYONE' and to motivate Shepard further.

[Ruthl3ss Carrot]

The kid had huge arms I thought he was Bigfoot...

[elferin91]

i think it's illegal for players to be able to kill kids

[TheLostGenius]

 It's not illegal. It is controversial though and could create an Adults Only rating, especially if you were the one killing the children.

[TyphonX9]

I don't think that's actually a 'real' kid. Every time the child is shown, Shepard is not in the presence of others in his squad, meaning the child he's after is all in his (Shepard's) mind.

The child is just a reflection of Shepard's conscience and a foreshadowing of his impending psychological collapse from the stresses of galactic war.

I imagine all this will lead up to an ultimate sacrifice to save the fate of the galaxy culminating in Shepard's death. After all, he really died at the beginning of ME2 and has just been living on borrowed (Cerberus) time.

Just my thoughts.

[AndersL]

Synyster24 wrote...

So my friend told me that it is illegal to kill children in video games or something to that extent, which leads me to believe that kid from the demo is somehow still alive.

[Benu5]

I hate to bring the taint of COD into these forums but MW3 has the kid get killed in the vacation video part in London.

Maybe it is having the PC killing children in videogames that is illegal.

Modifié par Benu5, 27 février 2012 - 04:12 .

[Locutus_of_BORG]

L0NEWOLF25 wrote...

It's not illegal to show children dieing in a game.

It's just illegal in some parts to allow players to actually kill children NPCs. This is why some versions of the original Fallout had no child NPCs.

[DarthNerd]

And the youngest people in gta are 20s-ish.
I agree that he (the child) was more of a symbolic entity- vulnerability, dashed hope, and a touch of realism- you cant save every person.

[LibertarianSteel]

I hate how my country is filled with uneducated retards that barely know the Constitution, or laws

No it isn't illegal

(And I was talking about your friend, not you!)

[Butthead11]

Even if there was now law to stop you from slaughtering children in video games it would still not happen because it would be a media nightmare.

People threw a fit over a butt in ME1, what do you think they will do if you get to shoot a child in the face

[Juniper Mucius]

Butthead11 wrote...

Even if there was now law to stop you from slaughtering children in video games it would still not happen because it would be a media nightmare.

People threw a fit over a butt in ME1, what do you think they will do if you get to shoot a child in the face

Silicon Valley and the gaming industry are learning they can buy politicians.  EA, Rockstar, and a few others could probably pay enough congresspersons to shut their mouths.

[Stephenc13]

Assassin's Creed 2 showed a kid with special needs being hung from gallows.

[Allworkandlowpay]

Killing children doesn't even equate to an instant AO Rating, as their have been plenty of games in the past (and present) where it is possible to kill children. You get an AO rating from "prolonged scenes of graphic violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity."

[Combine911]

It's strange but see no problem with it, when I was in afghan before I hit an IED it was the norm for kids bring killed/ being used as soldiers

[DRSH]

Kids make good target practice.

[SilencedScream]

Everyone keeps saying the boy is the one in control of the reapers, just because there are two recordings of children that everyone's been able to listen to. However, as shown in the link below, it's not actually the little boy. He really does ****ing die, like shown in the demo.

He just shows up in the form of the child, since that's what has been bugging Shepard (the death of the boy).

www.youtube.com/watch

Modifié par SilencedScream, 04 mars 2012 - 11:42 .

[Synyster24]

That's another thing that has been bugging people is the only reason BioWare used the kid for the form of the Gaurdian or whatever it's called is so that people who are starting on ME3 instead of playing the first 2 have something to relate to. I personally think it should have appeared in the form of Saren which I feel is a good opposite for Shepard or in the form of whoever you let die on Virmire. The fact they are trying to make the game more relatible for people who didn't play the first two, just feels like they are alienating (no pun intended) it from the other two games. They should have thought of what long time fans of the series would have wanted and just provide info about what happened in the first two for the people who didn't play them like Ubisoft did in the beginning of Assassin's Creed 2, they had the main character explain what has happened to him so far an how he felt about all of it. The fact that they added a little kid, (who no one seems to like) just to make the game more relatible just seems wrong to me.

[Spaceguy5]

There is nothing illegal at all about depicting kids being killed in fiction |=... It's just avoided in video games because crazed media watchdogs would go nuts and start a huge controversy if you were to show kids being killed.

See here and and here