One of the more curious exclusions from GTA is children, who are completely absent throughout the series. Though it has been confirmed that they were included in the GTA III beta, it doesn't take a genius-level intellect to understand why Rockstar chose to cut them from the game: who wants to take credit for releasing a "child-murdering simulator"? Still, it's pretty distracting that, considering the series now even has dogs, it doesn't have kids. While allowing players to mercilessly mow down children would result in a PR disaster for Rockstar (while affecting precisely no sales), introducing them in some capacity would make GTA feel even more realistic and life-like than ever. That and there's totally a sick part of everyone that wants to blow up a school bus full of kids with a rocket launcher, right?
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