Is this game safe for kids?

[Archellion]

If you let your kid watch PG13 movies, they'd be alright to play this.

[WarMachine]

At the very least, I believe, all MMOs released in the US have a rating of "T" Teen due to the openness of game chats, and PMs, along with the fact you never know who will contact your child through the game.

IMHO, its all going to be based on your child's maturity level any time you go against the ESRB rating.

[LadyChaos]

If you let your kid watch PG13 movies, they'd be alright to play this.

PG-13 movies don't use F-bomb btw. It's one of the words that kick it up to R afaik and hence a game to mature.

[exxcess]

Please read game rating and included warnings and make your own decision. A public forum is likely not the best place to make decisions for your child :P

[ironhands]

Please read game rating and included warnings and make your own decision. A public forum is likely not the best place to make decisions for your child :P

No, but, it's certainly a good indication of the type of people they'd encounter in the game :P

[exxcess]

Agreed.

For the warnings associated with this game, it is likely not going to be the carebear community :P

[LadyChaos]

Please read game rating and included warnings and make your own decision. A public forum is likely not the best place to make decisions for your child :P

As a parent myself I might ask other parents their thoughts on a game my kids want to play, if it's one I don't play regularly. I don't really play CoD for example myself but asked other mom's who do play it what age they let their kids start and what sort of language and VOIP system is used etc... The ratings are a guideline to let a parent know what generalities to expect, but each parent will have a different point of view for what is appropriate for their kids.

Because of the parent input I got, they can play it but are restricted to who they can play with for example. A public forum of gamers mixed of young and parental types would be a great place to gather information, to make a decision rather than just a rating alone. People don't always buy a game based on the ratings many will ask friends who play it what they think of it... example. I saw this as no different personally, just more specific.

[Defy]

prolly except its an mmo so if your kid does play i'd hide the chat window just in case some ppl say mature stuff on the chat

[Saleny]

I'm not a parent, but I do have nieces and nephews and perhaps the only one I *might" let play is the oldest at 15. The language and situations are not child appropriate and while the combat is similar to Tabula Rasa the world, especially with all the mission cutscenes is not. This is one game that definitely deserves the M rating.

[Ronan DEx]

I never played this game, but I bought Defiance for myself on a whim last night on Steam. I have some questions:

I have a three year old that likes to play his computer; he can play Section 8 very well. Is it similar?

I don’t buy my three year old shooters, excluding Section 8 (long story). I play Guild Wars and EQ2 with my 11 year old. I would like to buy something that we can all play. But I do watch what my kids play, would you let you child play this (3 or 11)?

Can the three of us play together (if I buy two other accounts) without the need to have other group members?

If a player shoots another player does it hurt him, in PvE? (assuming not)

I loved Tabula Rasa, are these games similar?

Thanks in advance!

I'd say as far as shooters go, this one is fairly kid safe, the environments and 'bad guys' are so varied that there is no line blurring with 'real life' the language is curbed. and another good thing, you can turn off VoiP and the chat is small and in the bottom and can be muted.. so you can avoid online idiots.

I'd say yes. I'd let my nipper play when she is a little older ofc