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[Shadowstar39]

My 13 years old son asked me to play on my computer today, I was like sure!!! And what do install….fucking Minecraft and rocket league the title of the OP should read one bit damn autocorrect

My son did this 8 years ago, he's now 18 and plays better games. Back then it was Minecraft, roblox, five nights at freddys, Rocket league, fortnite, Gary's mod. Seige.

What sucked is we had a ton of games he just wanted to goof off with peers. A bit later he switched to cod and need for speed. He played through God of war and mad max too. All hope was not lost.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Best bet is to expose them to good games early before they are exposed to the brainrot titles. Again, I don't think Minecraft is one such title, but still. I had my kid playing a lot of great games by 6 or 7 years old, before she was really exposed to peer games. So by then she was into Age of Empires, Mario 64, Plants vs Zombies (the tower defense), Elder Scrolls, Quest for Glory, Final Fantasy series, the Sims, lots of good stuff. She didn't play Minecraft for the first time until she was 10.

 

[Roberts]

My eight year old daughter still plays The Cult of the Lamb once in a while. She mastered it to a point where followers don't die all the time.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I think you need to "take control" of the situation!

 

[OverHeat]

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that you elistist fuck. He’s 13 for fuck sake, we all went through the Minecraft phase. Clearly he didn’t buy that game without your permission!?

Are you on your period or something?

 

[Wonko_C]

Kids these days are more into creativity/building stuff: Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, etc. While I personally despise those games, I think it's positive that they're doing something actually creative. I just grew up blowing up stuff and have zero imagination.

 

[wipeout364]

My son played a bunch of Minecraft in elementary school, now he’s in high school and plays mostly Hearts of Iron, Europa Universalis, and Stellaris, three games I can’t hack. He probably looks at me playing call of duty and thinks why don’t you play a real game.

My point is what he is playing now does not predict the future.

 

[Valonquar]

If they can't do a spinning piledriver with Zangief you haven't been rasing them right.

 

[dispensergoinup]

Don't have kids myself but my nephews' rotation basically goes Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite, Valorant, and maybe some 7 Days to Die or State of Decay sprinkled in there.

It's a very social platform for them to play with friends, but they're showing interest in story based single player games so it's just a matter of time.

Hell, I was the same with CS and TF2 when we transitioned from LAN to fully online. Then EQ changed my life and got hooked on MMOs, funny that.

 

[48086]

1000 times better than modern western AAA crap.

 

[Robb]

rocket league

Minecraft

Both pretty solid titles?

I was expecting Fortnite or Roblox.

 

[VideoGameEnjoyer]

Minecraft and Rocket League are great picks for a 13 year old.

Fortnite and League would be the nightmare scenario.

 

[Sethbacca]

Rocket League is one of my fave games as a 45 year old. It goes harder than most games, and has a ridiculous skill ceiling.

 

[Parazels]

I bought Series S for my 10 years friend and shared my huge library of digital Xbox games.

At first he played GTA5 online, Rocket League and Roblox. I also loaded other games of different genres, but he barely touched them...

Now he has given up the console at all and got back to playing Roblox on a smartphone...

 

[drotahorror]

Kids these days are more into creativity/building stuff: Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, etc. While I personally despise those games, I think it's positive that they're doing something actually creative. I just grew up blowing up stuff and have zero imagination.

Roblox has some of the worst monetization I've ever seen. It should be banned or completely reworked. Straight up gambling for kids.

 

[TrebleShot]

Is rocket league on PC when it came out on PS4 back in the day it was an unbelievable experience.

 

[bender]

Is rocket league on PC when it came out on PS4 back in the day it was an unbelievable experience.

It's free to play now so it is infected with monetization with all sorts of monetization schemes, but it is still one of the greatest sports games ever created that is fun for beginners with an incredibly high skill ceiling.

 

[Hohenheim]

What's that cabinet? Is it open all around??
Also, your kid is lucky to have a dad who makes it possible for him to use some real gear! Not every 13 year old sits in a Embody chair! Awesome!
Too bad about his gaming preferances, but that's how it it with them kids I suppose.

 

[Shadowstar39]

Kids these days are more into creativity/building stuff: Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, etc. While I personally despise those games, I think it's positive that they're doing something actually creative. I just grew up blowing up stuff and have zero imagination.

No they are still into blowing shit up. 99% aren't building shit. They use what others build and goof off with friends, that's all it is. It's why these f2p gaas games have high numbers. While people like me think they are shit

 

[hlm666]

Is rocket league on PC when it came out on PS4 back in the day it was an unbelievable experience.

It's been on pc since day 1, except Epic bought the devs and it's no longer available on steam. Although you can till use it if you got it before Epic bought the devs and pulled it from steam.

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

What controller is that?

 

[WX3]

I got my seven year old into playing Pain Killer and Unreal Tournament back in the early 2000's. The boy is 26 now and has not and will not play on a console! He just had his first child in August, and he is already talking about how he isn't raising no console peasant (all in joking fun of course)! Getting the kids into games is awesome, regardless of the game. All I ever needed was to see a smile on their face.