11-12-2025 12:44 via gamesradar.com

"Everyone attacks the chicken in Riverwood": Skyrim devs didn't initially plan for the RPG's farm animals to turn you into a most-wanted criminal, but it was "a bit funny"

Anyone who has played Skyrim has made the same mistake, killing the infamous Riverwood chicken while not knowing how severe a reaction they'd then face from NPCs – but Bethesda Game Studios developers apparently didn't plan the outcome themselves.Bethesda'a Matt Carofano, who worked as lead artist on Skyrim, reveals as much in a new interview with Nintendo Life. "We made NPCs overreact to what you did," he admits. "Everyone attacks the chicken in Riverwood, which is the very first town you
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