In what games may you kill animals?

[tony_good]

I'm not talking about the monsters in horor games or creatures like minotaurs or mythical beasts.

In San Andreas, there were hawks flying overhead, which I shot and they disappeared. I was disappointed that they didn't fall and I could look at their dead carcases, but at least I could kill them.

I think a few games like Rush 'N Attack had you kill dogs, and I remember Operation Thunderbolt rewarded the player for shooting stray dogs and cats with magazines, grenades, etc., but they still didn't die which is lame.

I'd like to see more animal deaths in games.

And for those who think I'm a sicko, I bet not all of you are vegetarians and probably have no qualms about graphically killing a person in a game, so keep that in mind before you flame me.

[Socheata]

The recently released Resident Evil 4 had you killin' animals.
You can smack your neighbors/animals in Animal Crossing with the net. But you can't kill them. :(

That's all I can think of at the moment.

[GarrettCRW]

Wolfenstein 3D-Dogs on the PC/GBA version, rats on the Super NES.

Most any RPG ever made-Evil animals galore!

Ninja Gaiden series-Those f#$%ing birds!

Guerilla War-Kill a rat, get a 1,000 point bonus. Che and Fidel must hate them rodents. ;)

[-hellvin-]

King's Quest 1. Instead of showing the goat the carrot so it would help you kill the troll, you could stab it to death with the freaking dagger. So horrible.

[SkiDragon]

Duck Hunt.

But honestly, I bet a new Duck Hunt game would generate more controversy than a new GTA game. That's pathetic.

EDIT: Also Safari Hunt.

[atomicthumbs]

Well. I wish that I could say Smuggler's Run, but those damn animals just won't. stay. DEAD!


You have to admit, when those animals fly, they really fly (especially with gravity cheats on)!!! I just love how limp their bodies go (limbs a floppin' around and all)!!!

[Nesmaster]

i remember killing birds in turok 2 and possibly turok evolution


also killed a dog in tenchu WoH

[Raedon]

there is no more destruction to animals then a newbie zone in any MMORPG...

[WiseSalesman]

let's just talk about innocent animals for a minute.

You can kill crows in Soul Reaver 2 (but on most copies it activates a game destroying glitch).

You can kill shaft rats and ravens in Metal Gear Solid.

You can pick off high flying birds in Metroid Prime (and they explode).

You can shoot birds in Half-Life 2, and they drop to the ground, where you can then take a close-up look at the corpse.

[Dimitri]

In either Cruis'n World or Cruis'n Exotica you could run over zebras and they'd explode. O_O

[SlayerOfFurbies]

two words. Metal Gear nes and those damn guard dogs

[atomicthumbs]

The Tomb Raider games... Animals galore to kill. But only because they're trying to kill you for some reason.

Then there's Super Mario Bros. Turtle fanatics are still bitching.

[Sotenga]

two words. Metal Gear nes and those damn guard dogs

Heh... Konami has done much more to enrage PETA over the years. In Metal Gear Solid, you could blow up rats and kill wolves. You get to shoot at seagulls in Metal Gear Solid 2, which is always much fun. However, in Metal Gear Solid 3, it's imperative that you kill animals for the benefit of your stamina... and boy, in this game, there's enough meat here for a banquet. :D

[SkiDragon]

In Halo 2 there are birds you can splatter (by shooting them).
Also there are hunting specific games, but they dont really deserve to be mentioned.

Honestly, its hard to draw the line between animal and monster in most video games.

I could say that in Centipede you kill centipedes and spiders, but I'm not sure if they are supposed to be normal bugs or their horribly mutated cousins.

[anagrama]

Activision's 'Hunter' for the Amiga - while it's not necessary as far as the game goes, you're able to unleash the whole range of weaponary against the various cows, bulls, rabbits, seagulls, sharks and probably other things I've forgotten, if you so desire.

[atomicthumbs]

Well... There is the grandaddy of animal killings in games... Oregon Trail.

http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/ot3.gif

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Silent Hill series

Bats dogs and birds

[youruglyclone]

Well... There is the grandaddy of animal killings in games... Oregon Trail.

http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/ot3.gif

I bow to your brilliance sir...

but has anyone mentioned the cabela games? they're hunting sims.

[digitalpress]

My favorite is in Ice Trek. In the first stage you have to navigate around these charging caribou. You *can* draw your axe and cut down a caribou that you won't be able to dodge (or just for fun) but if you do, some wilderness God appears and fires a rather accurate arrow your way. You *can* dodge the arrow but it's tougher than the caribou.

See? Killing animals is wrong.

Also, has anyone mentioned the Cabala series yet? The entire purpose of the game is to kill as many animals as you can. If hunting is your thing, I'm pretty sure this is why the series exists.

[robotriot]

There are several hunting/fishing games, that's animal killing in its purest form ;)

[Griking]

I was disappointed that they didn't fall and I could look at their dead carcases, but at least I could kill them.


I'd like to see more animal deaths in games.

linky (http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Anxiety/children_psych_eval_3.asp)

link 2 (http://www.psych.org/public_info/media_violence.cfm)

[otterpop]

I'm really surprised no one mentioned the Deer Hunter series or Cabela's Big Game Hunter. They sold in HUGE numbers.

Oh yeah, and who can forget all the hunting in Oregon Trail???

[tony_good]

Dear Sir or Madam:

Thank you very much for those links. I was wrong and I now see the error or my ways. Never again will I eat meat, wear leather, or consume any dairy products.
Furthermore, I feel that my very suggestion that harming animals should be more prevalent in games was no doubt a sign of a serious underlying psychiatric condition.
I now realize that since most if not all game companies have at least some form of killing a non-human, I am boycotting all video games and the companys that produce them (including Microsoft).
I cannot thank you enough. As soon as I am released from the local mental hospital, I will send you a big basket of organically grown fruit.

[Flack]

I was always disappointed with Hard Drivin'. Take the corner too wide and you would smash into a cow. Instead of exploding, all he did was Moo.

Not nearly as fullfilling as stabbing crocodiles in the mouth and watching them disappear, a'la Jungle Hunt.

I remember there was either a weapon or a code in Hexen where you could turn your opponent into a chicken, at which point you would begin chasing him around the playfield, shooting him in his chicken ass, sending feathers flying everywhere. Good times.

http://www.acornarcade.com/reviews/commercial/h_and_h/Hen2L.jpg

And speaking of birds, wasn't your enemy in one of the South Park games turkeys?

http://www.never-lock.com/cheesy/cheesp2.jpg

[Kamino]

Harvest moon, you can go sadistic and kill off your livestock..though, unrealistically you must beat them down with tools quite a bit.
I also seem to remember running over livestock in road rash 64.

[Kamino]

I was disappointed that they didn't fall and I could look at their dead carcases, but at least I could kill them.


I'd like to see more animal deaths in games.

linky (http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Anxiety/children_psych_eval_3.asp)

link 2 (http://www.psych.org/public_info/media_violence.cfm)
crock, crock.
What violent media was Hitler exposed too? Mussolini? Pick your tyrant.
Oops. crap. I forgot, we live in the "not-me" generation. Could it be the fault of parents?
PARENT: "Oh no! not me! Blame society! Blame someone else who watches my kid! Don't blame my ass!"
I swear, calling someone a bad parent seems to be on the level of accusing someone of being a pedophile....

[vintagegamecrazy]

Are we forgetting Forest for the 2600? The sole point of that game is pretty much killing animals.

[ECWSandmanECW]

Shoot dogs in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC)

[Cauterize]

Age Of Empires (PC)
Warcraft (PC)

[robotriot]

Speaking of PC games, afaik there's some sort of cheat for you to be able to kill the animals in Sacred.

Also, Dungeon Keeper lets you kill the little chicken.

[poe]

Dear Sir or Madam:

Thank you very much for those links. I was wrong and I now see the error or my ways. Never again will I eat meat, wear leather, or consume any dairy products.

I on the other hand, will ask for a chicken breast on my next bacon double cheeseburger, in honor of those who have fallen. :)

[Sothy]

Splatter deer in cruisin usa and kill monkeys in turok


You can starve the kitten in Shenmue

[-hellvin-]

I remember there was either a weapon or a code in Hexen where you could turn your opponent into a chicken, at which point you would begin chasing him around the playfield, shooting him in his chicken ass, sending feathers flying everywhere. Good times.

http://www.acornarcade.com/reviews/commercial/h_and_h/Hen2L.jpg

Hmmm...I remember this code though, but I think it was in Heretic, not Hexen which is what that screen shot looks like.

[Cobra Commander]

Hmmm....
Don't forget Ice Climber. Never seen a game that so glorified clubbing baby seals.

[tony_good]

There was some hamster you could fry in Maniac Mansion in the microwave. I forgot about that! Anybody see that? Did it look fried or bloody?

Details!

[WiseSalesman]

it explodes, but you don't really see anything.

[Cryomancer]

Three thoughts:

Postal 2

Do the Worms game count?

In Zelda, CHICKEN KILLS YOU!

[UndeadKing]

You could run over a variety of animals in Carmegeddon 2 for PC. There was also a budget priced PC "hunting" title where your only weapon was a truck. Can't remember the name though.

[Iron Draggon]

At least one of the games in the Tomb Raider series let you kill tigers, an endangered species, and my favorite animal. Hence the reason why I chose to boycott that series, and will never own any of the Tomb Raider games.

[Kid Ice]

If you consider insects animals that gives you a couple hundred choices right there.

There are lots of games in which you kill bats. I guess bats are considered "bad" animals, and are therefore OK to kill.

[grayrobertos]

Powermonger snes, you could send all your fellas over to kill a goat or sheep.
Black and white,
Southpark the game n64 them turkeys.

Infact i can think of milions so the answer is lots.

[long_shawn_silver]

Red VII (or whatever # he was) the dog from FF7 can die,He's a talking dog mind you, but still a K9 none the less...and you can get him killed. LOL

[Aussie2B]

Oregon Trail is the first game that came to mind for me too. :) Not only is it fun, but it's purposeful killing too. You have to eat to survive, and that's the reason you kill them. I don't like games where you can kill completely innocent animals with no consequences and no reason for doing such. In most games, the animals are bad guys that try to kill you, so I'm not bothered by that. Other games, like Zelda with the chickens, the animals get their revenge, so that's cool too.

And before anyone accuses me of being some hippie, vegan, PETA freak, I feel the same about games where you can kill completely innocent people for no good reason and with no consequences. Maybe it's just me, but I like to be a good guy in games, a hero kind of character. When they give me the option of killing people or animals for no reason, I just don't do it.

[yuppicide]

I don't remember the name of the game, but you were Santa Claus going around shooting reindeer.

[Barbarianoutkast85]

Metal Gear *NES* Dogs
Metal Gear Solid *PS1* Wolves
Metal Gear Solid 2 *PS2* Sea gulls
Metal Gear Solid 3 *PS2* anything that moves
Duck Hunt *NES* Ducks
Any Tomb Raider
Hard Driving *Gen* You can run into the cow by the barn and he moos I wonder if he dies tho?
Everquest *PC/ps2* Lots of different animals
Beavis and Butthead *Gen* You can kill or at least hurt dogs and rats i think

[tony_good]

I remember Krusty's Fun House had a disclaimer in the instructions saying animal torture is wrong.

There you made elaborate traps for mice for a lot of the Simpsons characters to destroy.

Fun little game.

[calthaer]

Yeah someone already mentioned it and I was gonna say...you can kill deer, bison, sheep in Age of Empires / AOE2.

Unreal allowed you to kill those crazy bunny creatures along with the birds I believe.

Does Morrowind have animals you can kill?

Don't forget Black & White for the PC - sacrificing animals on your altar is definitely one way to kill 'em.

Thief: Deadly Shadows and Deus Ex 1 & 2 let you kill the rats that are running around. In fact, in Thief it's sometimes *good* to kill the rats because if you step around them and they squeal it could alert the guards.

I believe the Ultima games for PC - at least VII did, can't quite remember on the others - allowed you to kill cows, sheep, etc. and take juicy steaks right from 'em. MMMM!

That's about as many as I can think of...

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Ummmmm...you get to Kill zombie dogs and a bat made out of gold in Super Castlevania 4.

[briskbc]

The first game that came to mind was Tomb Raider but it's been mentioned. You can shoot the birds circling overhead in Turok 2. They blow up real good.

[Griking]

Dear Sir or Madam:

Thank you very much for those links. I was wrong and I now see the error or my ways. Never again will I eat meat, wear leather, or consume any dairy products.
Furthermore, I feel that my very suggestion that harming animals should be more prevalent in games was no doubt a sign of a serious underlying psychiatric condition.
I now realize that since most if not all game companies have at least some form of killing a non-human, I am boycotting all video games and the companys that produce them (including Microsoft).
I cannot thank you enough. As soon as I am released from the local mental hospital, I will send you a big basket of organically grown fruit.


I can understand the use of animals for food and clothing but wanting to see the dead carcasses for entertainment value is something entiirely different.

Someone you know (http://reuters.excite.com//article/20050114/2005-01-14T134410Z_01_N13571625_RTRIDST_0_ODD-CRIME-CRUELTY-DC.html)?

[DigitalSpace]

Dear Sir or Madam:

Thank you very much for those links. I was wrong and I now see the error or my ways. Never again will I eat meat, wear leather, or consume any dairy products.

I on the other hand, will ask for a chicken breast on my next bacon double cheeseburger, in honor of those who have fallen. :)

Heh. They have a chicken sandwich with bacon at Jack In The Box now.

Obligatory Maddox reference:

http://maddox.xmission.com/bigpot6.jpg

Back on topic, in The Lion King (SNES/Genesis), Simba had to kill some animals every now and then to get through.

[tony_good]

I can understand the use of animals for food and clothing

OK, OK. I get it. It's OK to kill SOME animals, provided it's for food and clothing.

Never mind that vitamin and soy products provide all the nutrition and protein needed for homo sapiens.

Forget the evidence that supports that our bodies were never really too well-equipped to process meat in the first place.

Forget that canvas, hemp and synthetics are just as good as the hides of animals for clothing.

Sure, it's OK, perfectly OK to use animals for food and clothing. Nothing is wrong with fur coats or keeping cows in pens so that they can't do anything but suffer just so we can eat veal. KFC's chickens are also tortured, but hey, I guess you can understand that as well.

BUT me wanting to see a dead animal for entertainment value????

Christ! I'm having myself committed.

Do you feel the same way about seeing dead people for entertainment value?

We are primates and fall into the "animal" category, after all.

I bet you wouldn't give a rat's ass if a game showed dead ants or spiders or cockroaches, and yet insects and arachnids are undeniably part of the animal kingdom.

You can put me down all you want, but keep in mind we all have our double standards when it comes to animals.

Questions? Comments? Sarcastic remarks? Self-righteous links?

[SkiDragon]

Lets not get into a political debate here.

That being said, veal sure is tasty.... Mmmm....

[Fatalist]

D2 (Dreamcast). Laura, the main character will encounter four different types of animals: Caribou, Moose, Hare, and Snow Grouse. You can use the rifle to hunt the animals for meat.

[ASSEMblerEX]

Oregon trail baby!

You could kill animals all day and make the point of learning about the oregon trail redundant.


You have killed 14 deer, you have 2000 pounds meat.

You can carry 10

Made school fun for sure.

[ASSEMblerEX]

That being said, veal sure is tasty.... Mmmm....


You could say "It's veally good"

O.k. if anyone knows where that is from they get some serious old tv points.

[tony_good]

Hug and kiss? What's up with that? No more posts from me. I hope you're satisfied.

[Oobgarm]

Hug and kiss? What's up with that? No more posts from me. I hope you're satisfied.

That appears to be in reference to the William Shatner thread in the OT forum from earlier today, not your post here.

Although I must say it does make the forum a bit more interesting to read... LOL

[Gapporin]

You could hug and kiss animals all day and make the point of learning about the oregon trail redundant...

Made school fun for sure.

These word filters are brilliant. LOL

[Funk Buddy]

And before anyone accuses me of being some hippie, vegan, PETA freak,

Well you're from Washington, not Oregon... right? If you're from Oregon you might be lying. ;)

[Barbarianoutkast85]

Rinoa huged her dog in final fantasy 8

[Famidrive-16]

No mention of Barney Hide and Seek for the Genesis?

You hugged a bear in that game. AGRHR.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

The Tomb Raider games... Animals galore to hug and kiss. But only because they're trying to hug and kiss you for some reason.
Because you're Angelina Jolie. I mean, for cryin' out loud, be glad they're limiting themselves to hugs and kisses. LOL

[atomicthumbs]

The Tomb Raider games... Animals galore to hug and kiss. But only because they're trying to hug and kiss you for some reason.
Because you're Angelina Jolie. I mean, for cryin' out loud, be glad they're limiting themselves to hugs and kisses. LOL

I think you have mistaken me for someone else.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I mean, in the Tomb Raider games you are. Silly wabbit.

[atomicthumbs]

I mean, in the Tomb Raider games you are. Silly wabbit.

Whoa... I saw you quoting me, but I didn't think that I wrote that (thought it was someone else).

Dude.... I don't remember writing that. I think I've lost my mind. Dosen't even sound like me. Yeah, it was early, but damn. I don't remember writing that.

I'm officially freaked out!!!

[Ed Oscuro]

In San Andreas, there were hawks flying overhead, which I shot and they disappeared. I was disappointed that they didn't fall and I could look at their dead carcases, but at least I could hug and kiss them.
LOL

Priceless...justice is sweet

[atomicthumbs]

Holy crap. Hugs n' kisses...


Freakin' brilliant! Glad I haven't lost my mind... Too bad Tony has, though.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I hope he didn't go home and hug and kiss himself after that last post. That'd be tragic.


OK, OK. I get it. It's OK to hug and kiss SOME animals, provided it's for food and clothing.

[atomicthumbs]

I hope he didn't go home and hug and kiss himself after that last post. That'd be tragic.


OK, OK. I get it. It's OK to hug and kiss SOME animals, provided it's for food and clothing.

If so, I get first dibs. I would like a Tony hooded jacket and a Tony pair of boots. Does anyone here sew?

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Would would be better than that, though, is a game where you can kill all kinds of things in RGB - freakin' sweet! Preferably with weapons of mass destruction. Or your own penis, honed to a deadly sharpness. And at the end of the game, once you've managed to kill everything, your guy on the screen screams "PWNZORED!"

[DigitalSpace]

Keep scrolling, nothing to see here...

[hydr0x]

In San Andreas, there were hawks flying overhead, which I shot and they disappeared. I was disappointed that they didn't fall and I could look at their dead carcases, but at least I could hug and kiss them.


LOL priceless, man, i love this word filter, give us more :evil:

[mezrabad]

I was disappointed that they didn't fall and I could look at their dead carcases, but at least I could hug and kiss them.


I'd like to see more animal deaths in games.

linky (http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Anxiety/children_psych_eval_3.asp)

link 2 (http://www.psych.org/public_info/media_violence.cfm)

Interesting links. What I'd like to know is: What if you have a child who is too timid and needs to be more aggressive in his/her behavior? Wouldn't these reports suggest that child experience more violence in their media? It's an aggressive world! Why should a timid child have to go through life that way when we could easily aggro them up with a few levels of Splatterhouse?

Just a thought.

Oh, and Daggerfall had you killing a lot of animals. Bears, rats, bats, tigers. No horses though. I want to see an MMORPG that lets you butcher horses and craft glue from them for, I dunno, art projects or something.

[tony_good]

I see the misunderstanding now!

Yes, it does make this thread more interesting to read!



I would like a Tony hooded jacket and a Tony pair of boots.

I was just about to pick up a fork, stab myself repeatedly and say "HERE'S YOUR FRIGGIN' JACKET AND PAIR OF BOOTS, PAL!!!!"

But, I just remembered that your mom actually has first dibs on those items...