Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
You are also playing a game where you are trying to trick little kids into touching the Dynamite you have in your pants....
GIVE THAT BACK YOU LITTLE SHIT
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This ghoul has seen it all
How come you can hand out guns to the innocent, lovely Wright kids and nobody cares, but you can't even flick a Plant Spike on these little shitmonsters without the whole town descending into violence?
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
Guns don't kill people; people kill people. But poisonous plant spikes kill people. You should know better. =P
TheChosen1
Moving Target
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
Overdose them with Super Stims.
Oppen
FIXT n°1 fan
I'd say it's a waste of good money and super stim, but what do you know, those kids worth it.
In the censored versions of the game, the child critters are made invisible and but are still there and will still steal your stuff.
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TorontoReign
Guest
Who here had the misfortune of playing the censored version when it came out?
I did. Played the Fallout 1 demo and had fun ripping people to shreds with the Minigun. Then somebody got me a German disk of Fallout 2 and Critters would just fall over whenever they died. And of course, items would inexplicably disappear while at the hub. Not to mention people talking about children that aren't there and broken quests. Laziest censorship ever.
This was all before I started importing stuff. And try downloading that big-ass gore-and-children-patch. @ 30kb/s.
This was all before I started importing stuff. And try downloading that big-ass gore-and-children-patch. @ 30kb/s.
Moosick
cats
Was it just Germany that censored it, then? What was their reasoning, if you know?
The UK version also doesn't have any children. Violence is only censored in the German version.
Germany doesn't censor anything directly but if anything is deemed "too violent", it's put on a list of media "harmful to young people", which has several ramifications: it's illegal to sell it to minors, it's illegal to sell it online/via mail and to advertise it in any way. That includes putting it on a shelf that is accessible to minors so it's a de-facto ban. Censorship happens because the publishers know this and will often release a censored version in Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Department_for_Media_Harmful_to_Young_Persons
Germany doesn't censor anything directly but if anything is deemed "too violent", it's put on a list of media "harmful to young people", which has several ramifications: it's illegal to sell it to minors, it's illegal to sell it online/via mail and to advertise it in any way. That includes putting it on a shelf that is accessible to minors so it's a de-facto ban. Censorship happens because the publishers know this and will often release a censored version in Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Department_for_Media_Harmful_to_Young_Persons
Moosick
cats
Back then the violence was a little more 'real' to them, or more transgressive, I guess? Nowadays even killing kids in it seems quaint.
Since the censorship was a proactive decision on behalf of Interplay (I guess?), we will never know if the BPjM would've deemed the uncensored version too violent. They usually only get involved if they get complaints by parents or something.
I've found a really elegant way to solve this problem in the West Side. I call it the TNT Triple-Whammy.
Pocketpick a Fruit or something onto one of the kids outside Becky's, and a Dynamite set to 1 min or more onto the other. Now, run like the wind down to the hex directly in front of Tubby's door. Both kids will run after you, but can't get through the door because you're standing in front of it. Lock the door, and walk away twirling your mustache.
All three kids will explode, you won't be a Childkiller or lose karma, you can loot $25-75 from each of the kids' corpses, and you can still cash in on the XP from setting up the orphanage. Bonus points if you manage to take out Petey as well.
Pocketpick a Fruit or something onto one of the kids outside Becky's, and a Dynamite set to 1 min or more onto the other. Now, run like the wind down to the hex directly in front of Tubby's door. Both kids will run after you, but can't get through the door because you're standing in front of it. Lock the door, and walk away twirling your mustache.
All three kids will explode, you won't be a Childkiller or lose karma, you can loot $25-75 from each of the kids' corpses, and you can still cash in on the XP from setting up the orphanage. Bonus points if you manage to take out Petey as well.
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SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
That's quite clever. Especially the Petey bonus. Speaking of which, is that character's ONLY purpose being a one-time karma boost, and at all other times an unnecessary money sponge?