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[IbizaPocholo]

Cyberpunk 2077 Won't Let You Attack Children, Story NPCs

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED confirms that players will not be able to attack children or NPCs who are an important part of the game's story.

gamerant.com

 

[Joyful]

im sure it can be modded in eventually

 

[Fuz]

Don't worry guys, we'll mod.

 

[Kadayi]

I know that they showed a child in one of the trailers using some kind of VR setup but there seemed to be an abject lack of kids in the streets or mums to be or pushing buggies. I would just assume they'd largely forego the issue for the most part and kids will be the exception rather than the rule.

Personally I'm not a fan of being coddled but given the penchant for Edge Lords to seek their 5 seconds of infamy doing stupid shit in games and for mainstream media to jump all over it and be all 'think of the Children/ban this sick filth' I get the necessity.

 

[CuNi]

Step 1, replace all NPC models with kids models

Step 2, holster your weapon

Step 3,????

Step 4, games are banned world-wide because they instigate violence against children. CDPR closed because media doesn't understand what mods are or how they work. "just a cheap excuse of the dev to shift away the blame!" says polygon. "we never heard of mods do such thing before!! Must be on the devs!!" kotaku adds.

 

[Birdo]

Something something toxic - Kotaku.

 

[Silent Viper]

It's pretty common

 

[Psajdak]

I guess no buy from me then.

 

[Tesseract]

lame

 

[Mista]

I don’t mind that. Killing story NPC’s means I won’t be able to progress in the story and killing children might be a bit too much to do even in a video game. But it’s a video game at the end of the day and we’ll see lots of crazy modding

 

[mortal]

They would just rather avoid the controversy altogether, I get it, although it's silly. Like they're not...real. We all know they're not real, right?

Honest question, Why would killing kid NPCs in a virtual fictional world be any worse than killing adult NPCs? Should I feel any remorse for killing so many "innocent" adult NPCs? Most developers don't seem to care.

 

[Skyr]

Don’t really care. Most games don’t allow it afaik.

I guess no buy from me then.

You sound like a psycho.

 

[levyjl1988]

Better this than censorship. Things like this can be modded. Censorship however kills games. I look at games like One Piece World Seeker and they deliberately removed an entire dlc because of skin, Halo 5, they put clothes on Cortona, Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris and they put clothes on the boss. If genuine intent can’t be preserved you are just coddling people. I fucking hate censorship. Something like this can be bypassed. Fuck censorship.

 

[ZeroZeroQuatre]

And you won't be able to eat people neither :

 

[Psajdak]

You sound like a psycho.

So, it is okay to kill fictional adults, but not fictional kids?

Sorry, I was promised freedom.

 

[llien]

Something something toxic - Kotaku.

Misogyny, as you can attack women..

 

[Skyr]

So, it is okay to kill fictional adults, but not fictional kids?

Sorry, I was promised freedom.

Nah I'm fine with either. But I also understand that they want to avoid unnecessary controversy with such a big release.

The reason I said that, is because that one thing is enough to tip you over from intending to buy the game to not buying the game. That's rather concerning.

It also was a little reference to your recent thread

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Yeah, killing children in a videogame is a no-no.

Not being able to kill story NPCs makes sense but would love to know if there was ever a game that let you do that.

 

[Helios]

And you won't be able to eat people neither :

Vore is a trash tier fetish, my dude.

 

[Zekra Dezivad]

I'd prefere another solution than "it's a RPG but you won't face consequences because we won't let you fail". If you can kill, then you should be able to kill everyone, but then it could led to game over o something like that.

 

[Murr]

Yeah, killing children in a videogame is a no-no.

Not being able to kill story NPCs makes sense but would love to know if there was ever a game that let you do that.

In Morrowind you can kill everyone. Even Characters that you need for the main Questline.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Freedom my dick.

 

[BigBooper]

Surely no one is surprised considering it hasn't been possible in any of their games, unless you are talking about time traveling wizard children or undead fetuses.

 

[FranXico]

That's why you should never overhype a game. Now some people are overreacting at an understandable limitation.

 

[Hudo]

Can you hack children, though?

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

In Morrowind you can kill everyone. Even Characters that you need for the main Questline.

It did it wonderfully as well. There is NO reason why you couldn't just kill everything after you beat the mainline.

 

[FranXico]

In Morrowind you can kill everyone. Even Characters that you need for the main Questline.

That's not better game game design or open world freedom, that's just Bethesda not thinking things through. You could seriously break Morrowind in so many ways, I don't find it a good example at all.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

That's not better game game design or open world freedom, that's just Bethesda not thinking things through. You could seriously break Morrowind in so many ways, I don't find it a good example at all.

Did you ever play Morrowind?

 

[WhiskeyDiver]

im sure it can be modded in eventually

Combine the attack kids mod with a mod to have people in wheelchairs. Uncaring psychopath roleplaying engaged.

 

[stranno]

when you fail a quest then it’s now part of the story, you have to deal with the consequences

But you cant kill core NPCS.

Logic.

 

[Shifty]

Business as usual for the immersive sim genre.

Lmao at "muh freedom tho"

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

Not being able to kill kids and quest NPC's could pull me out of the game, if I were inclined to do that sort of thing, but because Im not, I dont care too much about this.
Ideally though, players should be able to kill whoever they want, in open world type games.

 

[ZeroZeroQuatre]

Vore is a trash tier fetish, my dude.

Gross.
What happened to good old fashioned cannibalism ? Why do you guys keep turning everything into fetishes ? What's wrong with you ?!
This is why we can't have nice things !

 

[Insane Metal]

I guess no buy from me then.

You fucking psycho. Please refer to Reeeeee.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

You fucking psycho. Please refer to Reeeeee.

They are just pixels!

 

[Simply_Bry]

Pre-order cancelled

 

[Stimpak]

Kinda lame, but not surprising in the least.

It’d be better if the game punished you for killing NPCs (children included)

In fallout 1 (with mods I believe) or 2 if you killed a child you’d be marked a “child killer” and the whole town would be hostile.

This would lock out quests, trading, etc in the area.

 

[Chromata]

That's what I was expecting, I hope killing NPCs isn't something that's brushed off. In some games you just hit them until they're down but then they just get back up.

It would be cool to have a police system react to NPC aggression, especially since they're going for an immersive experience.

 

[Danjin44]

I guess Drakengard is only game let’s kill or in Arioch’s case eat children.

I guess it’s obvious remaster for original Drakengard is impossible in to today’s gaming culture unless it’s heavily censored.

 

[Ivellios]

I have no problem with this whatsoever.

When they say i can do everything in this game, it never crossed my mind "can i actually kill children? Yay!"

 

[keraj37]

Yeah, killing children in a videogame is a no-no.

Not being able to kill story NPCs makes sense but would love to know if there was ever a game that let you do that.

In Morrowind you can kill everyone. Even Characters that you need for the main Questline.

In fallout 1 & 2 you could kill everyone and game would not stop so evenly you would understand you killed someone essential for story.
Damn, I miss games like original fallouts :/

And BTW, you made me try finally Morrowind as I played only Daggerfall, Oblivion and Skyrim.

 

[keraj37]

Also Fallout 1 & 2 let you kill children but the consequences are dare, as no one will like you from that point.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

In fallout 1 & 2 you could kill everyone and game would not stop so evenly you would understand you killed someone essential for story.
Damn, I miss games like original fallouts :/

And BTW, you made me try finally Morrowind as I played only Daggerfall, Oblivion and Skyrim.

Morrowind lets you kill everybody yes, but it tells you said person is vital for a quest. Once you beat the game you can murder anything without worrying about it/have a choice. I wish more modern games weren't lazy in this regard.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

What happens if you try and kill children or important NPCs in the Witcher series? I never tried, but I'm assuming you couldn't which, if the case, why the surprise over this decision for Cyberpunk?

 

[Vawn]

So, it is okay to kill fictional adults, but not fictional kids?

Sorry, I was promised freedom.

 

[FranXico]

Did you ever play Morrowind?

Yes, and I killed quest givers by accident, finding myself in a situation where I would not advance. Picking up the main quest was difficult enough as it is.

Loved the superjump/light as a feather scrolls flying, combo, though. I think speedrunners really know how to use those.

 

[Ulysses 31]

You can kill children in Deus Ex. =(

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Yes, and I killed quest givers by accident, finding myself in a situation where I would not advance. Picking up the main quest was difficult enough as it is.

Loved the superjump/light as a feather scrolls flying, combo, though. I think speedrunners really know how to use those.

The game told you when you killed somebody that was quest related the second you did. Could have just reloaded a save.

 

[Ol'Scratch]

I guess no buy from me then.

Every now and then it becomes clear why there are so many requested bannings

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Fuck them kids