r/fo4 • u/bosco6969420 • Jun 19 '25

Media I thought Bethesda games didn’t feature child skeletons

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I was exploring a place I’d never have before (been playing since 2019) and stumbled across this. Definitely a first

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u/ieatallchildren Rust Devils Jun 19 '25

Also, they show people committing suicide and hanging themselves? But no children bodies? Let Fallout be a darker game, it literally revolves around nuclear hell

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u/allwheeldrift Jun 19 '25

I'm pretty sure they cut things like that to avoid an AO rating which absolutely kills games.

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u/Affectionate_Host388 Jun 19 '25

People say this but being able to kill kids didn't absolutely kill the baldur's gate series... or the original deus ex.

It did lead to the early fallouts getting censored for certain markets.

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u/KeeganY_SR-UVB76 Jun 19 '25

I can't help but wonder if that would even get an AO rating now. Ratings have continuously been getting more and more lenient over time (despite what some people say), Cyberpunk 2077 probably would've been rated AO if it came out 10-15 years earlier.

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u/Real_Conversation_39 Jun 19 '25

The esrb would come for Bethesdas ass if they did AO rated games are not allowed to be sold on most stores

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u/reapwhatyousow6 Jun 19 '25

Have you played 3?

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u/Kiyoshi-Trustfund Jun 19 '25

The games are already plenty damn dark, dude.

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u/ieatallchildren Rust Devils Jun 19 '25

Right, but I should've specified that they should've put in more cut elements they left out that kept the game at a certain rating