james kiely

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their seems to be a lot of gamers on passion ford who might be able to help me out.my 10year olds birthday next week and he is melting my head about getting cod and i dont have any idea wether or not to get it for him.[i havent played games in 15 years]whats your opinion please gamers would you let your kids play it,?is it very graphic ,
i wont let him get a phone and i always seem to be saying no to him on this kinda thing and i dont know if im been a grumpy old batard,or just overprotective .he,s a great kid and i dont want to allienate him from the rest of his friends who seem to have it.

cheers james

Lee1

If its modern warfare 2 there's a setting at the begining so you can take the gory stuff out,

james kiely

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thanks lee ,you just made my day

i will be the greatest dad in the world


cheers james

daviddunlop83

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Yeah as said just make sure you set it to remove the gory stuff and it will be fine.

Apparently tho loads people complained about the airport scene where you go in and shoot loads of innocent people haha. But you dont actually have to shoot them if you choose not too but the other guys will kill them anyway

james kiely

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thanks dave ,all i keep hearing all my friends have it lol


cheers james

Lee1

No problem

daviddunlop83

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I didnt play games console since the first playstation, got an xbox 360 couple months ago and think that game is so addictive and forza 3 also

R4N SS

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I kept lobbing grenades at them

but it can be disturbing if you are a poof or very young

GUZZLER

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i let my boys play it, as long as in real life they know right from wrong then i don't see it as a major issue, when i was a kid we used to havetoy guns & role play,,,, i managed not to shoot anyone at school

gaz s1

my 8 year old plays it and knows it just a game, worst thing is he normally kills about 20 a game and is better than me

danneth

its how you bring them up and not the computer games they play that matters, i played everygame going and im pretty normal

Rsmat

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fook me ive just fell off the settee....

when was any of us ever normal off the cross...

james kiely

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cheers guys ,i agree totally what you are saying,i think once you instill whats right and whats wrong in your children what games they play are just that ,games.


cheers james

Rsmat

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+1....

Coldo

The only thing i'd be concerned about is the chat in the game lobbies if he goes online.

It can get pretty bad at times with racism/swearing etc, fine for an adult but at 8 years old it might be a bit heavy duty.

james kiely

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do you get a password to enable /disable the gory bits ,just in case i want to play myself


cheers james

james kiely

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goood point coldo

as his friends have it can you also choose who he can play with should he play online?


cheers james

danneth

well as normal as it gets and cross im ecclesfield mate

massivewangers

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Can't say I'd want a little 'un playing with it myself. Not for the violence side of it, more just that I think it's a bit of a waste of time. I'd much see them playing with Lego or something like that. I think stuff like that is much better for building on the creative skills and helping them work out how things work and stuff. I think a lot of these games just melt your brain a bit.

My uni is very much computer based outside the engineering, and is just full of computing students, and computer games design students. I live with one too, and he barely leaves his room, just places COD or WoW, stuff like that, not interested in anything else at all.

After seeing so many people like that here at my uni, that have obviously grown up in this generation of consoles and things, it just puts me off even more, most of them are just total degenerates with no social skills what so ever, and that would concern me tbh

DangerousBryan

i usually mute people i don't know when my 6 year old is up. but some people stlill need reminding there is a watershed of 8pm when i am on(jay,trev etc.lol)

Retro Al

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I let my kids play they are 8 and 10,depends how strict you are,the only problem is as coldos said it gets very bad online for swearing ect

TOMMY_RS

it iwll be fine mate
i woudn't say it is that bad anyway really my brother plays it and hes only 12 so only 2 years differnece
the worst part is when they get better at it than you

Stoo

I wouldn't want my 10 year old playing it, it's an 18 for a reason, mate. Online is VERY offensive. So, if you're happy with your son getting called all the names under the sun then go ahead But he'll learn some fancy new words, I can promise you that much.

Retro Al

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Just buy it for him on the conditon if he is online it has to be muted?

Mark_

i personaly dont let my son play modernwarfare2, he is only 5,
i wont eeven play it until he has gone to bed. Alfie keeps asking to play it but there is no way i will let him.

Bullett

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ive grown up on games.living near southend i spent alot of my youth in arcades and on consoles at home.never done me any harm.but i was brought up right and im pretty clued up and always have been.the only downside i see is as said,the swearing but if im honest i bet he hears as much at school.

mute it online and take the gore out and he will be fine.ive grown up shooting,stabbing, throttling all sorts of stuff in games and havent done it to anyone in real life







that didnt need it lol

ronf42

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I let my 8 year old play it with no problems, I used to have toy guns when I was younger,pretending to shoot all sorts during role play, now that I am older I am still into guns, but i dont go about shooting people.
Yes mw2 can be verbaly challenging online, but half the time I dont think he bothers to listen to what is being said, he has never once said any swear words to me or his mum.

james kiely

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thanks for all your input guys ,at this point im going to get it for him for his birthday on the proviso we will monitor his behavior and if it looks like its affecting him in any way the game will be confiscated.
he will not be aloud online at any point ,this will be the basis he is allowed to play the game .
again thanks everyone as im completley out of touch with todays games,so your opinions were much appreciated

cheers james

Hockney

Buy a headset, switch it on and put it on mute, that way the little fella can play online and still hear the game effects but have the bonus of not having to listen to the clowns you get talking on there

DangerousBryan

even better,buy a headset set speech to the headset and just don't turn it on.