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shneancy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
meh, maybe one AAA game a year is worth buying, old or indie games are way better
Comment on Anyone else guilty of this?
shneancy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
meh, maybe one AAA game a year is worth buying, old or indie games are way better
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
I was trying to look to see what AAA games come out in 2025, and I think I saw one most parents would agree is fine for younger kids. Maybe the lists I’m finding are aimed at me though.
Gears of War, Ninja Gaiden, Death Stranding, GTA 6, Doom, Assasins Creed, Metal Gear Solid, Elden Ring, Ghost of Yotel, Borderlands, Mafia, Dying Light, Silent Hill and
Sonic Racing.
So depending on the parents I would say 13 AAA Games for 10+ year olds, and 1 for Younger than 10 year olds.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Elden Ring isn’t overly gore-y or anything (though some cutscenes could be considered a bit much for children), but I have a feeling most children trying to play it would find it way too frustrating and difficult and put it down. I’m of the opinion that Elden Ring is only as hard as you make it, but that’s assuming you’re somewhat decent or comfortable playing video games. I could give my wife the most over powered character possible but she wouldn’t be able to beat Margit (first real boss of the game for most people) because she would struggle to even control the character properly. If you’re giving the game to a kid under 10, they probably only have a few years of gaming knowledge and likely won’t be proficient enough in general gaming knowledge to git gud. That’s just my opinion though, I may be way off.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
Yeah I had a hard time questioning in my head if I had kids what age Assassin’s creed games were fine. I was going to say 10 was fine, but then remembered the whole premise was killing people, so I imagine to me it would be kid specific. That said, when I was younger than 10 it was the 90s so I have little to compare it to except maybe Tenchu, which was a lot of fun to me when I was 9 or 10, but things have gotten a little bit more graphic today I imagine.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
I wasn’t allowed to play violent video games as a kid, but the other kids on my street were, so when it was too miserable outside for playing road hockey or shooting each other with toy guns or whatever, we’d play whatever games they had (a lot of Halo especially). Halo CE was my first ever video game, and it never scarred me or anything, and I turned out fine. Obviously everyone’s different and YMMV.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Most of the people buying and playing video games are over the age of 16. Since M-rated games sell the most, it’s not that surprising to see so many new M-rated games.