Poll: My opinion in what games are suitable for "young people"

[preybird]

First off i like to apologize if my view is beating the bush or has been posted before or if it may cause you any distress.

by young people i mean kids from 13 and younger though my knowledge is limited to just my 17 years of living i like to post this and the poll to see what you thing basically we are all differently those we each mature differently so as we know how we grow up depends on us our parents and our environment so to tag some thing as must be to be norm is wrong seeing as we are all different anyway the point i like to make is the guidance rating on games should and always by just guidance nothing should ever be changed be like waring a man not to jump of a bridge the have it comdened for taking his life and have it signed off and then destroy cause the man chose to die..heh a curse for being a human eh? any way that my point the poll is just a bit of fun.

 

[Heathrow]

Most 18+ games are suitable for anyone in high school.

 

[Sassafrass]

I'd say when the parents feel ready to let them.
Which currently appears to be 11 if queues in my local game store are anything to go buy.

 

[MGlBlaze]

It depends on the person. As long as you know not to take violence seriously and know better than to do anything with it (which is pretty much every gamer on the planet), etc, then there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to play 'mature' games.

 

[megapenguinx]

Thing? Think I believe you mean. I say it's when the parent's think their kid is ready. However I do not believe that a game is a substitute for actual parenting, or else you end up with those 13 year olds on LIVE who think the world owes them something.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Lacking. Punctuation. Eyes. Melting. Cannot. Compute. *dies*

Well, your poll question makes sense at least. The normal answer should be "when the parents think we are ready," but not all parents are rational or competent when it comes to this stuff. My little brother is 10, and I'm fine letting him see very minor blood (Devil May Cry 3/4 and Modern Warfare 1 multiplayer). I'd avoid showing him anything sexual if I could help it. It's not really right to judge something like this strictly by a person's age, since age doesn't exactly denote maturity. It should depend on the opinion of a reliable guardian.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

Uhmm... I don't know, seven years ago I was 7, and that was about the time I picked up a copy of GTA2. I couldn't speak english yet, so I didn't know about the missions. I remember grinding for money to save the game... After which all of my money was spent...
So, I agree with MGIBlaze, it depends on the person.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

with those 13 year olds on LIVE who think the world owes them something.

It's amazing how the age bar follows me by just a year. when I was 12, there were "annoying 11 yr olds" and at 13th, they got 12...

 

[Souplex]

13. Pretty much slide every age requirement from the ESRB back one and you will have the right system.

 

[thatstheguy]

It depends on the person. As long as you know not to take violence seriously and know better than to do anything with it (which is pretty much every gamer on the planet), etc, then there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to play 'mature' games.

Basically this. Though I would add parents should be the ones who look at this and decide this. They should use their own judgment and not the judgment of a logo stamped on the front of a box.

 

[DrDeath3191]

I think it's up to the parents. I, for example, started playing 'mature' games at age 5. It worked out well enough for me. Some parents might not feel the same way, so it really is a variable thing.

 

[walls of cetepedes]

Some of my first few games were 'mature'.

Command & Conquer Red Alert and GTA were rated '18'.

Heh.

Edit: Whoops.

It should really be up to the parents, but a lot of them buy 18+ games for their 10 years olds.
So... I don't know.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

13. Pretty much slide every age requirement from the ESRB back one and you will have the right system.

Exactly. It's ridiculous to me that a junior in high school cannot go into a store and buy an M rated game without his or her parents there saying it's ok. In fact most middle schoolers should be able to play most M rated games. A lot of T rated games are alright for 8 year olds.

 

[skullpile]

i say when they are actually mature and also when they have a voice that is like fingers on a chalk board

 

[Kiefer13]

It depends entirely on the person, and how mature they are. Age has nothing to do with it. My parents were thankfully intelligent enough to realise that I could cope with certain things at a far younger age than the age recommendation suggested, and so I was allowed to play the likes of GTA before my eighth birthday, never mind my eighteenth.

Personally, I actually feel as though this has been beneficial to my development, as I've not been sheltered from certain things and have been taught the difference between reality and fantasy from an early age. Now I'm currently 17, so if my parents had stuck to what the age ratings recommended I would still be a year away from watching many films and playing many games that I've been able to since they did not, and I really am grateful to them for that.

Therefore I've voted for the "When our parents think we are ready" option. Which really is the ideal choice, I would think, provided your parents are actually decent like mine were, rather than the type that just cave into their spoiled ten-year old brats whinging to buy them Modern Warfare 2 and then sit them down in front of the TV as a substitute for actually parenting them.

 

[megapenguinx]

with those 13 year olds on LIVE who think the world owes them something.

It's amazing how the age bar follows me by just a year. when I was 12, there were "annoying 11 yr olds" and at 13th, they got 12...

13 is just that generic age when everyone starts getting their teenage angst. I've actually met some pretty mature 13 year olds, but then again we were comparing notes on social unrest in urban areas so.....

 

[ninjajoeman]

with those 13 year olds on LIVE who think the world owes them something.

It's amazing how the age bar follows me by just a year. when I was 12, there were "annoying 11 yr olds" and at 13th, they got 12...

I chuckled

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

I think its fine for anyone to own a game as long as their mature enough to play it. Now to go online however you need to pass a test that makes sure your voice is past puberty and also you need to take a stess test that would show if your a whiny ***** or not. \

Plain and simple, also have a report button for those who slip through the cracks.

 

[Chipperz]

It should be up to the parents.

If the parents are incapable of making an informed decision about it via the labels on the back of the box, the children should be removed and put into care until suitable foster parents can be found for them.

 

[Julianking93]

Hell if I know. The first M rated game I played was Resident Evil 2 when I was 6.