Never to early to start gaming...

valve90210 · 14 Jan 2014 at 13:13

lakitu said:
To be safe I would encourage something else, mario galaxy or similar. Although from what the OP has said I don't think it would do the child any harm at all.

I'm astounded by your sons skills though!

You know what, there is more direct violence in Mario (jumping on creatures heads etc) than there is in the way he plays BF2!!!

Atlas23 · 14 Jan 2014 at 15:35

Mrs Seabiscuit said:
Ok would you show him cannibal holocaust

You are comparing (arguably) one of the most controversial films, which has gratuitous violence, cannibalism, the real life killing of animals, and sexual violence... with Battlefield 2?

Do you think he is old enough to determine that he is playing as a soldier, and his objective is to kill other soldiers? Or do you think he just enjoys running around?

valve90210 said:
The way he plays, which by the way is for maybe 5 minutes in any one sitting as he is more interested in running about, there is no violence, it's on single player with the bots set on easy. At very most he stumbles across a lone soldier and follows him about. Even if by chance he stumbles across any action, there is no blood, no swearing, nothing explicitly violent in any way unless you count people falling over.

I wouldn't let him play if there was anymore more graphic than he might see in the local park, eg boys shooting imaginary guns and failing over, that is all there is to BF2 at his age!

He is developing his hand eye coordination and enjoying being in control of what is moving on the screen.

Agreed, I wasn't allowed to play on violent games til I was older, so subsequently I amassed a very large collection of toy guns. It's become one of my interests.

GD is the court of the internet, where you shall be judged! And you shall be nuked from orbit by benefit scrounging false widows!

exhashdotdot · 14 Jan 2014 at 15:38

What kind of parent lets their child game on a 4:3 aspect ratio?

Mrs Seabiscuit · 14 Jan 2014 at 15:50

exhashdotdot said:
What kind of parent lets their child game on a 4:3 aspect ratio?

MooMoo444 · 14 Jan 2014 at 15:53

Mrs Seabiscuit said:
Whilst yes he wont fully understand he will grow up thinking its ok to shoot a person in the face for no reason.

Wow there aint half some melodramatic people here on GD

Haggisman · 14 Jan 2014 at 16:00

Mrs Seabiscuit said:
will grow up thinking its ok to shoot a person in the face for no reason.

Wait... it's not?! :confused:

Mrs Seabiscuit said:
Like someone else said get him minecraft on peaceful.

Surely that's worse? He'll start smashing up people's houses with pickaxes and digging holes in people's gardens?

Mrs Seabiscuit · 14 Jan 2014 at 17:02

MooMoo444 said:
Wow there aint half some melodramatic people here on GD

Lol actually someone else said this too! but wait a compliament why THANKYOU *flounce!

Haggisman said:
Wait... it's not?!
Surely that's worse? He'll start smashing up people's houses with pickaxes and digging holes in people's gardens?

Ya know I should start a thread entitled,
Do you think video games,films and music heavily influence children.

Too Tall · 14 Jan 2014 at 17:17

What's his favourite Class? I suppose sniping brings the risk of nodding off and drooling everywhere.

TommyV · 14 Jan 2014 at 17:28

Impressive coordination from a 2 year old!

Twirlywoos · 14 Jan 2014 at 19:27

He will be quick scoping in no time lol

Westie · 14 Jan 2014 at 19:35

Dg u don't have kids ur like 13 yourself lol

Mark A · 14 Jan 2014 at 19:37

Wow, he's better than me

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estebanrey · 14 Jan 2014 at 19:38

They'll always be a load of Mary Whitehouse types when it comes to video games, I remember bay in the early 90s when a group of mums complained that Lemmings should be banned because it glorified suicide.

holymonk · 14 Jan 2014 at 19:50

irresponsible parent, 16+ game.

valve90210 · 14 Jan 2014 at 19:56

Too Tall said:
What's his favourite Class? I suppose sniping brings the risk of nodding off and drooling everywhere.

Tend to stick him on as Support otherwise he runs out of ammo too quickly (he likes the noise of the gun) and gets annoyed.

TommyV said:
Impressive coordination from a 2 year old!

Yeah, I was pretty impressed.

Mark A said:
Wow, he's better than me .

I have a feeling it won't be long before he's better than me!!

estebanrey said:
They'll always be a load of Mary Whitehouse types when it comes to video games, I remember bay in the early 90s when a group of mums complained that Lemmings should be banned because it glorified suicide.

Lol, got to love such types...

holymonk said:
irresponsible parent, 16+ game.

Yawn...

Edrof · 14 Jan 2014 at 19:59

valve90210 said:
At age two he doesn't yet understand the whole concept of violence and when he is a bit older and more aware then we shall ensure that he only plays on suitable games, at present he is just running around and getting to grips with controls and getting hand eye co-ordination.

Good intentions: but at that age they can store things they don't understand now, only for them to rear their ugly head later. A caveat from my own experiences!

I haven't played the game though so will leave the judging to the rest of the board members.

AshD93 · 14 Jan 2014 at 19:59

mmj_uk said:
It's way too early to be playing violent FPS games imo, the brain goes through most of its development in the first few years. You should get him a Wii U instead.

Genuine lol

holymonk · 14 Jan 2014 at 20:06

Not sure what you're yawning about... Its fairly clear that you're extremely naive.

Mark A · 14 Jan 2014 at 20:09

Kids have been playing with toy soldiers for hundreds of years. The game is basically a virtual toy soldiers game.

bakes0310 · 14 Jan 2014 at 20:13

OP been a member since 2006, surely you must know what would happen posting this up in GD.