Risquit on 8/7/2020 at 03:22
Thank you for the suggestions! We will try Fables of the Penitent Thief, Father's Pride (perfect title for this thread!), and The Clocktower to start, though we will try them all :).
Seriously fun reliving this game through her and seeing the wonder in her eyes. Have to laugh when she hits "Q" or "E" to look around corners but is also leaning slowly in real life :p
john9818a on 8/7/2020 at 05:19
Quote Posted by Risquit
Seriously fun reliving this game through her and seeing the wonder in her eyes. Have to laugh when she hits "Q" or "E" to look around corners but is also leaning slowly in real life :p
Honestly I would have to side with Brethren. This game is rated M -Mature for a reason. I feel that the behaviors she learns can carry over into real life. Younger minds are very impressionable, and I'm wonder about nightmares as well. I hope you understand that I mean no disrespect, but this is how I feel personally about young kids playing adult games. :) There may be a few FMs that are low key, but everyone who plays Thief wants more... that leads to all of the other FMs. Not to be off topic, but I'd suggest the Nancy Drew games even though they are for 10 to adult.
Kerrle on 8/7/2020 at 05:55
He's being a responsible adult and curating content for his kid.
Trust that he's watching her and knows where she's at.
klatremus on 8/7/2020 at 07:01
I'd echo a few of the users' advice in being careful what a 7-year old is encouraged to play. My oldest is 8 and I would never let her play Thief for a long time still. Someone mentioned Mario and jumping on turtles. Are you seriously comparing the two? I like that you are wanting to ease her in with non-combat missions, but a person that age is very moldable, both for good and for bad. Not trying to parent for you, and mean no disrespect, but I also think this forum should voice both ends of the spectrum.
trefoilknot on 8/7/2020 at 16:30
Quote Posted by john9818a
This game is rated M -Mature for a reason.
Yes, but I think that "reason" is that some Tipper Gore clone took it upon him/herself to protect children from the evils from free expression. There is absolutely no evidence that playing these games is harmful to children of any age, and significant evidence that it is beneficial, in moderation (improved spacial reasoning, better hand/eye coordination, quicker reaction time, etc...). Whether 7 is old enough or not is something that the parent should be able to assess. Sounds like he's doing everything right here, and I applaud that! I hope my daughter will show similar zeal for the game when I finally introduce her.
As to my own experience, I played thief at 9 (when it came out) without a parent by my side, and it seemed perfectly age appropriate-- though a few undead moments scared the pants off of me! Prior to that, I had been playing Doom, Wolfenstein3D, Hexen, Marathon, Warcraft 2, Out of this World (or Another World to the non-US crowd), Pathways into Darkness, etc... for *years.* Sometimes I'd play with my dad, but sometimes I'd be playing on my own or with my brother. I wish Thief would have been around when I was 7!
Renault on 8/7/2020 at 17:08
Thing is, Thief could be a decent game for kids in certain situations, especially playing on Expert where killing basically gives you a "game over." But overall, the game has some really scary, intense parts, and maybe it's just my opinion I realize, but killing humans at age 7 seems really harsh. Would you let your 7 year old play GTA or Resident Evil? Some of the other games you mentioned like Hexen and Doom are more cartoony and you're basically just killing imaginary beasts, so that doesn't seem like the same thing to me.
And I have no idea how you can tell from the extremely brief OP that "he's doing everything right." What are you basing that on? The fact that she can't even continue the game herself when being directly confronted by an AI should tell you everything you need to know.
Niborius on 8/7/2020 at 18:40
I played GTA as a 7 year old... and a lot of other games. Every parent has their own view of it, doesn't mean that there is a perfect example. That goes for a lot of things in raising children. Other parents will always know better in their perspective. Just respect it and leave it at that.
Anyway, I think it's really nice that she's playing Thief! Maybe she will like my mission Mystery of the Upper Quarter. It has a lot of exploration in a big greek-like city. Almost all the houses can be entered too. There are some guards situations that may get tricky though. There's also spiders and when you go underground there is a very brief scary moment, just to let you know in advance.
trefoilknot on 9/7/2020 at 01:32
Quote Posted by Brethren
What are you basing that on?
He's clearly very attentive to her limits, what she likes and doesn't like, and he's come to the forum asking how to provide more of what she likes, and less of what she doesn't like. A+ job, in my book.
uncadonego on 9/7/2020 at 08:04
I let my kids play Thief to a certain extent when they were younger, although I didn't want them watching the Simpsons until they were a little older. I didn't mind explaining what a taffer was, but didn't want to explain what Homer meant when he said "We invented the gloryhole!" and the double meaning of calling dolphins "Those tuna munchers"....
Midgard on 5/1/2024 at 05:07
I remember playing Thief The Dark Project within a couple of years of its initial release with my 4 or 5 year old great-niece Brianna standing over my shoulder at the computer monitor. When the zombie first came on screen in the mine and slowly shuffles towards you first-person view, her eyes popped, and she gasped, "I don't like this, Uncle Joe!" lol I started to think, "Nah, not a game for children probably" :erg: The only other time I saw her get as upset was with the drowning animation of Lara Croft in the first Tomb Raider.
