An 8-year old wants Gears of War 2
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parents either are either ignorant to the ratings system or they don't care about what their kids play. I work in a video store and every time a parent brings a game up that is rated mature i let them know about the rating. The response that i get 99% or the time is "can't be any worse then what they watch on television"
Sorry, had to be quick. Computer was dying, only had time for short bit.Arcane Azmadi said:
I'm fine with parents buying these games, when the kids are mature enough to play them.
When I first got Halo, my dad took me aside, and explained to me that I was never to emulate these sort of things, that it was just a game, the whole shebang. I guess I took it to heart, because I never became violent, explosive, or any of that shit. Of course, when the parents are crap and don't supervise their kids, the kids learn all sorts of bad things.
So, my real opinion.
Ta-dah.
Well I guess that's OK then. I thought your first post was a bit too abrupt to really be a considered poinion. Your dad was making an effort to let you enjoy what you want without being irresponsible, which is good; far too many parent just buy kids whatever they ask for without even looking at it and then take no interest at all.Haddi said:
But dude, you think Halo is really one of "these games"? Its grittier stuff like Gears of War, God of War, Condemned and so on we're talking about here, Halo is pretty harmless by comparison.
In my opinion it all depends on the person. Different people can can handle different things at different ages , however, there was no reason for him to even want that game, its far to violent and it just adds to the number of n00bs on Xbox live
A prime example of children and parents being ignorant of the ESRB rating system is this quote from an online game: "What does the M on the box mean?" If parents do not step in and try to actually figure out what games are appropriate for their children, they won't necessarily grow up to be murderers, but they will think it's 'cool' to kill everything in sight as they are congratulated by other children who think it is 'cool'. Not to mention that they will annoy the s*** out of the rest of us, who know what the M on the box means.
See, I think this is what we need more than the ESRB. My dad let me play Doom when I was freaking 3. (I never made it past level 2) He just made sure I knew that there was a difference between killing things in a game and killing things in real life. A rating system is no replacement for good parenting.Haddi said:
This reminds me Gordon Brown, current prime minister of Britain had the bright idea of introducting and I quote :"a cinema-like system with which to rate games based on the maturity of their content"
A+ plus there genius it's almost like there already IS an age on EVERY game box's front
A+ plus there genius it's almost like there already IS an age on EVERY game box's front
A good parent will wait until the child is mature enough to handle that kind of imagery.
The ESRB rating is to point out what the suggested age for this kind of thing is.
If a parent truly feels that their child Is old and mature enough to play controversial games at the age of 13...then so be it, no one knows the child like their parents.
Unless your in a family with neglectful or bad parents, but I think we have much larger problems then video games in that situation.
The ESRB rating is to point out what the suggested age for this kind of thing is.
If a parent truly feels that their child Is old and mature enough to play controversial games at the age of 13...then so be it, no one knows the child like their parents.
Unless your in a family with neglectful or bad parents, but I think we have much larger problems then video games in that situation.
i dont think it matter what age you are really, we cant keep pampering kids for gods sake, i proudly bought and played GoW2 with my 10 year old brother and we had fun bloody doing it to! he is not stupid enough to not be able to tell the real world and fantasy apart, he and i a veterans of gaming and i've always given him the widest selection possible although i think manhunt was pushing it slightly, although i hate the fact he likes FF , the "games made me do it" is a tired phrase used by people like a certain lawyers and the media to cause hysteria or win there cases.
i say that while age restrictions are needed at a certain stage, once a child reaches a certain age they can handle anything the gaming industry can throw at them, children that respond badly to games such as GoW have obviously been locked away from the real world by there own bloody pampering parents
i say that while age restrictions are needed at a certain stage, once a child reaches a certain age they can handle anything the gaming industry can throw at them, children that respond badly to games such as GoW have obviously been locked away from the real world by there own bloody pampering parents
I wasn't allowed to watch 15 films until I was 12, and I've only been allowed 18 films for a few years (I'm 16) but there weren't many high-rated games out when I was little, so it wasn't a problem for me, actually come to think of it I remember getting my dad to buy me GTA Vice City a few months after it had come out, so I was about 10 but to be honest Vice City isn't that bad in my opinion. I doubt my parents would let me have an 18 game like Gears at 8 though.
Gears 2 is not that bad....frankly all of my friends and i get a kick out of chainsawing a locust in half, or blowing their body into five pieces with the shotgun...because the locust aren't real in relation to humans, or say chipmunks, it sort of removes some of the scarceness of it.
if the eight year old wanted Gears 2, he/she had probably already played the first, and knew what was going to be in it, as far as the blood and gore are concerned.
if the eight year old wanted Gears 2, he/she had probably already played the first, and knew what was going to be in it, as far as the blood and gore are concerned.
Well, he also did the same talk with American Mcgee's "Alice", a pretty violent game back then. Heads and limbs flying off, people being sliced in half and crushed to bits....truth to be told, he wasn't to happy about me playing it. I had found it on his computer when I had gotten bored of some stupid educational game, and played that. Scared the shit outta me too.....damn cat.Arcane Azmadi said:
Would you preffer a brand new thread with the same topic? Because that comes with people like me who say use the search button, well I am happy to say that for this one, someone did, so Kudos!Simalacrum said: