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#41 ·
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Originally Posted by Prophet4NO1 View Post

You really think any 7yo is mature enough to play Far Cry3? Or any M rated game for that matter? Any parent that allows their kid to play that stuff at that young an age need to see a doctor and get their head examined.
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My uncle let my cousins play Manhunt. One of those cousins grew up to be a firefighter, the other a engineer and the last is a cop.
Not all kids are equal in how they handle stimulus which is why on behalf of my uncle I find this offensive.
 
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a few members attacked me almost, Ive even been called a bad parent wow! Now if I knew the game was bad I wouldn't even let her play, honestly I know nothing about far cry 3 I just see a pirate guy on the beach with someones head sticking out of the sand, I had no idea there was Sex,Drugs,......... But let me ask you this which games today don't have these things? Almost all do, Its a game its not real life we can play on there and have fun that dosent mean we will go out and do it in real life for gods sake.

Thanks for yoru support guys, I appricate it.
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The rest of you; pull your head out of you know where.
 
#44 ·
Almost anything on Nintendo is perfectly clean.
 
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#45 ·
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My uncle let my cousins play Manhunt. One of those cousins grew up to be a firefighter, the other a engineer and the last is a cop.
Not all kids are equal in how they handle stimulus which is why on behalf of my uncle I find this offensive.
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It's a dice roll. You have no idea what is going to happen. And I don't care if you are offended. It's not right at that age. Maybe as teenagers, sure. Not 7.
 
#46 ·
I probably wouldn't let a kid play FC3, not that young. Not so much sex/drugs/violence as "things" that happen, but the intensity of those things. Some of the things Vaas does is up there with Game of Thrones, though it isn't so constant. If it were just running around a jungle blowing stuff up that'd be alright, but its not :/. Watch some of the cutscenes on youtube or something.

There are tons of other games out there though.
 
#47 ·
Last scene is the only thing that somewhat bothers me. But then I think, "if you're ok filling a guys head with lead and watching the kool-aid spill why would this be a problem?" Lol. I grew up on violent video games, I turned out ok. Of course, I don't have kids and don't want them till im in my late 30's. There exists only one game that I would never ever let a kid play/watch, ever. And it's called Manhunt. Even as a 13 year old I was questioning if I should really be playing that game, and I had sunk days into GTA3 previously. And I tell you, I felt DIRTY as hell after each game session with Manhunt.

Forgot about the opiate injections. Now that would be a problem. And Im sure it would make most young kids uncomfortable viewing that. Yea on second thought I wouldn't be ok with it until they were at least 15.
 
#48 ·
There's nothing in the game that she won't see or hear of in the real world. As long as you do your part in assuring she understands the difference (and i'd assume you are as you're being pretty cool about it) what's a little dose of virtual badness?
My dad and I played Mortal Kombat (SNES) when I was that age... I've yet to decapitate anyone or spear someone with my arm spear while screaming "GET OVER HERE"... although I'm not opposed to trying that last one... omg....
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#49 ·
I won't even let my 8 year old son watch me play FC3. Of course this is just my opinion but I think there are way too many bad words and violence in FC3 to let my son feel comfortable with the idea that its OK to say and do those things, even if its on a video game. Everyone is different and kids mature and different rates but I think 8 years old is still a bit young.

Try a game like Portal and Portal 2.
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The debate going on, is not, if it's ok for kids to play violent video games. Because the amount of violence varies greatly. As I said earlier I'm an avid believer that violence in videogames won't negatively impact someone unless they already have mental issues. That being said making sure they are mentally prepared is very much a parents responsibility. And 7 years old is too young to really grasp or understand the EXTREMELY graphic violence in Far Cry 3.

This debate is specifically about Far Cry 3, and the amount of realism and level of graphic imagery in it is not something I would want to expose a 7yr old to. 13-14 I can understand them starting to get exposed to this type of stuff, but everything in moderation. I really don't think a 7yr old would know how to feel watching their character lunge a knife into an innocent animal and then ripping out their entrails. Or as other have mentioned the extreme amount of sex/drugs/cursing. The environments are beautiful, if you wanna let them ride around on a jetski while you supervise them to make sure no story is triggered. But unsupervised... not a good idea.
 
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If your child is unable to differentiate 3D graphics from reality, something might be wrong psychologically. Otherwise I think it will be fine. Parents have a tendency to underestimate their children and be overprotective, which is understandable but in this case scenario it is nonsense.
 
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If your child is unable to differentiate 3D graphics from reality, something might be wrong psychologically. Otherwise I think it will be fine. Parents have a tendency to underestimate their children and be overprotective, which is understandable but in this case scenario it is nonsense.
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You don't need to introduce young children to violent things (even in games) at this younger ages.
If we take another example, would you introduce your child, boy or women, to pr0n ? Because at this rate we can pretty much say that sex is what they will experience some when during their life.

The thing is not to underestimate children, its to preserve some part of them as much as possible, because everyone knows, that soon enough they will discover the real sh't that's going on in this world.

My point of view
 
#54 ·
+I know from playing most games like Final Fantasy when I was 8 I just ran around (Did not realise I actually had to do the story lol) and killed stuff or explore the maps.
 
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You don't need to introduce young children to violent things (even in games) at this younger ages.
If we take another example, would you introduce your child, boy or women, to pr0n ? Because at this rate we can pretty much say that sex is what they will experience somewhen during their life.

The thing is not to underestimate children, its to preserve some part of them as much as possible, because everyone knows, that soon enough they will discover the real sh't that's going on in this world.

My point of view
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Aside from studies concluding that videogames have no impact on violence, your point of view has no statistical value whatsoever.

There is no more violence in this world than there was 50 years ago. The media has evolved and is much more in your face than ever, meaning that if something ever happens, you will know about it. That is the difference compared to the past, not the crime rates.

And children will look at porn when puberty starts, whether you like it or not. We all did. We're biologically programmed to be interested in sex. If not, how would our species survive?

We arguably live in the most peaceful time in human history.
 
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A 7 year old isn't in puberty dude, and just because she will become interested in the opposite sex in her teens doesn't mean she should be subjected to porn at the age of 7 with the reasoning, A: she will come in contact with it later in life B: No one's been harmed by porn, which, by the way, is very debatable, just as the claim that violent vidoegames doesn't have any negative impacts. More studies need to be made first and some studies have questioned the agreed upon studies which says they're not harmful. One cannot simply cherry pick then present it as an absolute truth.

Having said that, there are clearly too many kids who had kids posting in this thread.

Lastly.

OP has decided that his 7 year old daughter shouldn't play Far Cry 3. That's a good thing, I call that parental progress. Best not a 7 year old play any videogames at all, instead spend time playing outdoors, being creative, using her fantasy et cetera. She will have plenty of time to play videogames when she's older, what's the damn rush?!
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Hahaha of course we shouldn't subject them to such things, as they will do that themselves when the time's ripe and there's no way a parent can avoid that.
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Crime rates are lower than ever, though if a crime happens it is usually more severe. If there was a connection between videogames and violence, shouldn't there be a big increase in violence as well? The videogame industry is bigger than ever!

Oh and let's not forget movies. They can be really violent as well.
 
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Depends on kids mentality imo and how mature they are, but be wary of De-sensitizing your kid.

I was playing gta and shooters before I was 10yrs old but you don't see me smacking random people on the street with a baseball bat or flying 100 in a car.
But I also always had a good sense of right and wrong with a bit of common sense while others around me didn't.
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This. De-sensitization is real.
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It doesnt appear he is taking the kid on missions against people. I do this my son in BF4 and FC3, and some other games.

In BF4 we just fly around. In FC3 we go on safari.

As long as we arent shooting people Iw ill allow him to come on the adventure.

There are mods to increase the amounts of wildlife I beleive. I just havent modded my game.
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Yeah we tried Minecraft she didnt play for 5 minutes.Ok so watch out for the story missions right?! You guys are right but shes a really bright kid and very smart,.knows right from wrong.Now.Saints row we played together until The wife saw one of the charecters carrying a dildo, that was the end of that game!
I was laughing so hard on the inside I wont lie, my god why didnt they have games like this when I was a kid?!

I will be carful with the missions, thanks guys.

I didnt see any filters in the game to cut out swearing and such, some games have that option just didnt see one here.
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Judging from the responses and my experience the short answer sounds like a no, but as others have mentioned in this thread perhaps pick and choose parts of the game.
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It doesnt appear he is taking the kid on missions against people. I do this my son in BF4 and FC3, and some other games.

In BF4 we just fly around. In FC3 we go on safari.
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When I was at that age it was a "No" no matter what for a game like that, it's your choice really.
 
#60 ·
No. Please - no.
 
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