
when you pretend to have a free-roaming, sand-box kinda game, or when it just fits the setting and your abilities to do so.
Tim Cain commented on the controversy during a developer presentation in 2012. Fallout 2 also has no children in European versions, and lampshades this fact through fourth-wall-breaking dialogue in Vault City while talking to Phyllis.
Because of the possibility to kill children, Fallout was denied release in Europe initially, but after removing all children from the game, it was allowed release. See Bounty hunter for more details.Īlthough Myron is a teenager, he is not counted as a child and you will not lose Karma or gain the Childkiller reputation for killing him. They start at leather jackets and hunting rifles and progress all the way up to power armor and miniguns (includes Avenger miniguns in Fallout 2). Found in random encounters, bounty hunters have four distinct grades and scale according to the player's level. The reputations will cause bounty hunters to appear on the world map. -30 points to initial reaction of both good and evil NPCs. These are Jonny in Modoc, the Slag kids and Curtis in Vault City. In Fallout 2, there are a few kids who increase the child-kill count twice because of a script redundancy (and thus instantly makes the Chosen One a "real" Childkiller).
Assassinations made with super stimpaks and planted explosives also do not increment the Childkiller counter.Įach kill increments the Childkiller count by one. As such, companions can kill children with impunity, even if the player starts combat with eg. The games only track combat kills made by the player. Although the reputation will display in the character sheet immediately, it will remain inactive until the player kills at least three children in Fallout or two children in Fallout 2. The Childkiller reputation is conferred upon the player after killing children.