There are also other ways you could approach children. I kill a child in a large community and get caught - I'm no longer welcome in that community. But don't stop there - let there be consequences for killing children. And they don't in Fallout 3 or even Skyrim.Ĭhildren, if they're to be included, should be killable. They're somebody's kid, trying to survive in a harsh world. It's because children are the future of the wasteland. Having invulnerable children just ruins the experience.Īnd it's not because I'm secretly a pedophile / murderer in real life. Maybe I just want to screw around - it's a game. Morrowind let you kill integral NPCs - and it told you right after if you'd like to reload your game because you just broke the game's story. This is not only kills your immersion, but it doesn't even make sense. The most obvious is the inclusion of 'integral' NPCs that cannot die. There's a number of reasons not to like Fallout 3's atmosphere and as an extension Skyrim's atmosphere.