Black Ops for a 12 yr old

Headshot

i reckon it was inception.

Batmantastic

Headshot wrote: »

i reckon it was inception.

The game within the dream within the dream within the game.

To the OP, good call on not buying it for your son, if he still wants an online multiplayer game that is shooting and not racing or football, then pick up Halo. It's tame in comparison to CoD and nowhere near as realistic; but as previous posters have mentioned, do not let him anywhere near a headset.

papajimsmooth

You should buy him recording equipment to go with it so we can see his Xx Supah13e75nIPa xX montage

Ray Burkes Pension

joanne12781 wrote: »

I totally agree the world has gone totally pc mad !!!! its only a game my son was counting the days till this came out he knows its a game like..each to there own i guess

So you think its fine for 12 year olds to click buttons to torture people tied to chairs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHksOOv77YM

Sure why not buy him Abu Ghraib Online next year, sure he knows its only a game like.

This is the cartoon violence of Mortal Kombat and the 8 bit ****e we grew up with, this is gruesome stuff.

Just get him the game OP. I can guarantee the people telling you not to buy it played violent games as a kid and also watched horror films/violent action films etc as a kid. If your kid is the type of person who puts glass in someones mouth and punches them then it's not because of the game, it's because your kid is mental in the first place.

Don't be a scrooge, it's a great game and he'll love it.

Ray Burkes Pension

Ray Burkes Pension wrote: »

This is the cartoon violence of Mortal Kombat and the 8 bit ****e we grew up with, this is gruesome stuff.

True, it looks terrible now. The problem is it didn't look terrible back in the day, you just used your imagination to fill in the gaps. Look at Goldeneye, it looks terrible now but when I was playing it for the first time it looked just as good to me as Black Ops does. I'm sure in a few years we'll look back and think Black ops looked blocky and unrealistic.

Xluna

These discussions make me laugh. Centuries ago twelve year olds were fighting in real battles i.e. the Vikings, Celts.:rolleyes:

raze

Ray Burkes Pension wrote: »

So you think its fine for 12 year olds to click buttons to torture people tied to chairs.

I agree with your point, but would have preferred a link rather than the video in thread. I didn't play to that bit in the game and I feel a bit sick after watching it now. The crap voice acting, the awful script, the ridiculous plot and the hideous over-exposure effects on the lightning. Ugh. You can't unwatch that.

This game single-player seems to be a bunch of cheap tricks to over-stimulate the player - there are other games that are more psychologically intense, but for a young mind it's going to depend on how he personally reacts to horror movie style special effects. Online it's going to be filled with gamers in their later teens or in their twenties who don't care if they upset younger players.

It's always a judgment call if someone thinks their 12 year old can handle that, some can - and after all it is just a game. But games like this are only supposed to be fun, and I'm sure most that age will want to play with their friends online. In and of itself that's no harm, but the strangers he plays with won't always be fun to play with.

I wish there was an alternative to suggest, there are better games but he'll want what his friends have got more than anything else.

gsnapp

wwel i play a good bit and im 20

5uspect

You're a year late.

pajero12

5uspect wrote: »

You're a year late.

About 8 weeks actually!

5uspect

Shame, the kid would be 13 and then still shouldn't play CODBLOPS.

Then again I wouldn't wish such rubbish on anyone.

Im Only 71Kg

much too young. i've observed my neighbours kid playing COD for about 12 months now(he was afraid to play it for a long time,just watched in silence).. i've seen and heard him say a lot of worrying stuff..worst of it was when he was being bothered by his younger brother (age 6) he turned to him and said "i'll stab you with a knife..if you dont stop"..this was while he was playing COD..one of the levels where he's using the knife as a weapon.

minidazzler

I think I was playing Medal of Honor Frontline when I was 12, great game at the time, but Blops has FAR more gore.

Would I stop a 12 year old playing it? Not necessarily.

Would I stop them being able to speak/hear people speak online? Yes, definitely! Unless they are friends with all those in the party, and even then I would hope for a monitor of some sort that kicks those that start using racial slurs and such. Simply because being called a nagger (let's see who gets the reference) by a kid who's voice hasn't broken is seriously disturbing. I have to wonder why the hell are their parents not stopping them?

The game is not likely to turn you violent if you are 12, it's far more likely to turn you into a bigoted little sh1t who thinks it's ok to call someone a fag or nagger just because they got killed.

gsnapp

gsnapp wrote: »

wwel i play a good bit and im 20

well done

Im Only 71Kg wrote: »

much too young. i've observed my neighbours kid playing COD for about 12 months now(he was afraid to play it for a long time,just watched in silence).. i've seen and heard him say a lot of worrying stuff..worst of it was when he was being bothered by his younger brother (age 6) he turned to him and said "i'll stab you with a knife..if you dont stop"..this was while he was playing COD..one of the levels where he's using the knife as a weapon.

how does he know what it means to stab someone? Did COD teach him that? Did playing GTA when I was 12 odd years old introduce me to what hookers were? They didn't. 12 year olds are a lot more grown up than people give them credit for and many already smoke and I'm sure a fair few will drink in 1 or 2 years. The least of a parents worries should be playing violent games. I've played violent games since I was very young and I'd be the first person to break up a fight never mind start one. Maybe GTA thought me that...

IK09

it depends if u wanna ur kid killing virtual people, or throwing virtual axes at people.

sierra117x

minidazzler wrote: »

I think I was playing Medal of Honor Frontline when I was 12, great game at the time, but Blops has FAR more gore.

Would I stop a 12 year old playing it? Not necessarily.

Would I stop them being able to speak/hear people speak online? Yes, definitely! Unless they are friends with all those in the party, and even then I would hope for a monitor of some sort that kicks those that start using racial slurs and such. Simply because being called a nagger (let's see who gets the reference) by a kid who's voice hasn't broken is seriously disturbing. I have to wonder why the hell are their parents not stopping them?

The game is not likely to turn you violent if you are 12, it's far more likely to turn you into a bigoted little sh1t who thinks it's ok to call someone a fag or nagger just because they got killed.

kelso from scrubs talking about carla ?