Muzman on 26/12/2013 at 17:51
He's 12, so he presumably has Minecraft already...
icemann on 26/12/2013 at 18:34
Not all retro related console games are frustrating. If anything there is a sea of great games to be found within them. Worlds your oyster on that front.
But for more "next gen" here is a few that spring to mind:
* Any of the Civilization games
* Evoland
* Psychonauts
* Spore
* Steamworld Dig
WingedKagouti on 26/12/2013 at 18:44
Quote Posted by icemann
Not all retro related console games are frustrating. If anything there is a sea of great games to be found within them. Worlds your oyster on that front.
But for more "next gen" here is a few that spring to mind:
* Any of the Civilization games
Make sure you get the expansions for the one you get him if you get him any of them. Especially if you get Civ V, while it's still a game without the expansions, the expansions (mostly Brave New World) make it far more enjoyable than vanilla.
If he has nostalgia for old console rpgs, sure. Otherwise stay away from this, as most of it is a huge nostalgia trip for console rpgs with few things for people without nostalgia goggles.
june gloom on 26/12/2013 at 21:22
Does he have a Wii? Get him Super Metroid off Virtual Console.
What about Dust: An Elysian Tail?
bleaksand on 26/12/2013 at 21:50
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What about Dust: An Elysian Tail?
Another excellent game I heard and then forgot about! Thanks.
Renzatic on 26/12/2013 at 22:31
GEDDIT!
Good timing on your part, too. Once you finish it off, you won't have to wait nearly as long for the sequel, which is gonna show up just three months from now.
june gloom on 26/12/2013 at 23:10
BTW about Dark Souls' rating -- the violence is really low (not that much blood for all the slashing and bashing) and I really don't know where the partial nudity comes in except maybe in a boss this kid's probably not gonna see until he's 17 anyway.
Wait, it's probably that half-spider half-woman boss and she's got (
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodivaHair) Godiva Hair so it barely counts.
ESRB's ratings tend to be a bit ridiculous to be perfectly honest.
Renzatic on 26/12/2013 at 23:43
Well, it is kinda gory in places, though it's more in a grotesque way, rather than a directly violent one. You have tons of half rotted carcasses lying about with bones and organs exposed, people with egg sacks growing underneath their skin, or a giant rat with an axe sticking out of its eye socket. Things of that nature.
...things a 12 year old boy would likely think are all kinds of bad 'n rad, in other words, but the parents wouldn't necessarily approve. That's what ultimately matters here.
And I won't even count titty spider. 2.3 seconds of briefly glimpsed underboob is hardly scandalous, and won't scar any delicate developing psyches.
