Uncharted

[hanifg]

It seems that playing Rachet & Clank has made him very good at 3rd person shooters.  Have a look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0GLmN5xMog

The question is, do I let him carry on playing this bearing in mind that this game is rated 15 and he is only 8.   Would the online only still carry a 15 cert ?  I wouldn't let him play the campaign as there is some swearing and he is not old enough for the story.

[my-kal_UK]

well, I watched the video and its quite shocking of how good he actually was, although there are a few arguments as to why done so good, its irrelevant because he's 8.

Whether or not to let him play it can only be your decision but personally I think you should let him play story, and just monitor his game play and skip the cut scenes/turn voice's off.

As for multi-player, I would say its worse than single player because you can get some very rude people swearing and saying some explicit things, or may just be talking to their friends in a more adult conversation which you can't ask them to stop because he shouldn't really be playing. However, you could monitor him and when each game starts, mute all the players.

The age rating is for the violence, and TBH... it seems he's already been exposed to it :/ lol.

[seany_boy2k8]

i understand your concern for your son hearing the swearing but its only words and its very mild it doesnt come up alot in the game and it may be a chance for you to inforce that its wrong to say those words. even though we all do when we get older anyway lol

[teh-gamer]

Not trying to down play on what your 8 year old son did but tbh it was 3 v 3 which tbh a guy with invalid and come get some boosters could achieve a 15 kill streak its good he did it a kudos to him

[HardLuck-ImElite]

He's really good. I would say let him play online muting others, and wait a few years to let him play campaign.

[PixelPwn07]

Apart from the 3 vs 3 match, good for an 8 year old.

[hanifg]

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my-kal_UK wrote:

well, I watched the video and its quite shocking of how good he actually was, although there are a few arguments as to why done so good, its irrelevant because he's 8.

Whether or not to let him play it can only be your decision but personally I think you should let him play story, and just monitor his game play and skip the cut scenes/turn voice's off.

As for multi-player, I would say its worse than single player because you can get some very rude people swearing and saying some explicit things, or may just be talking to their friends in a more adult conversation which you can't ask them to stop because he shouldn't really be playing. However, you could monitor him and when each game starts, mute all the players.

The age rating is for the violence, and TBH... it seems he's already been exposed to it :/ lol.

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Yes, you are right.....I certainly didn't let him use a headset while playing Burnout for that reason as although the game is pretty harmless ( and he is old enough to play it) I didn't want him exposed to the language online.

He certainly wont be using a headset for playing Uncharted and I've also taught him how to mute everyone before a game.

[cornflakes11]

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HardLuck-ImElite wrote:
He's really good. I would say let him play online muting others, and wait a few years to let him play campaign.

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 a few years? in a few years uncharted 3 will be out! i say let him play it, i dont see how it will effect him!

[HardLuck-ImElite]

Just wait until he has an asbo. But I get your point he probably won't want to play it in 3 years. What I meant was, I would only expose him to these certain subjects in a few years.