» Sat May 28, 2011 3:44 pm
Hahaha, no. Fallout 2 pretty much shows us that bringing a spouse into the wasteland by their adventure-harden partner usually means their death / dead weight that the PC has to keep them alive. Doesn't help that ya can also pimp ya spouse to trappers and/or sell it to slavery, not to mention all this is due to being shotgun'd into marriage. More of a comical factor, really.
Like wise for child. The time span cannot be ridiculous just to "grow" those toddlers up. Even if they stay in their infant state, the PC have to end up in an awkward position that s/he in a SIM-like state of taking care of the child in a game that is really about empathizing of traveling around and changing the world to their liking doing quests. Two factor does not really mix together well. So no.