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Originally Posted by dragon wench I have a question for everyone here. In your objective estimation, do you think WOW would be a good game for a ten-year-old?
My son is thinking of getting the game. I have looked into it a little, and I'm quite impressed with what I have seen. I've also gathered that it is far more community-oriented and co-operative than many other MMORPGs.
Presently he is playing Runesape, and I'm really appalled at just how nasty and excessively competitive that game is.. scamming, account hacking etc. are rampant.
I am a bit cautious about him interacting with other players, and I've told him that if he does play the game, he may not, under any circumstances provide personal details.
Also, in your experience, what are the minimum required specs? I ask because usually manufacturers fudge a bit on this issue.
Anyway, I'd really appreciate any input you guys could give.
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It very much depends on the maturity of the 10-year old as much as the age, in my view. How well he handles defeats, oppersition and challenges. The type who gets angry after the group repeatedly gets killed and then leaves after that etc....
The community of WOW is not much better then most other communities I've encountered in MMOGs. It is competitative, the vocal part of it is immature and childish, and all the other negative things.
Naturally there are mature people playing - no doubt - I'd even think a part of the majority, but they usually are more quiet and "hides" because they don't wish to deal with ranting immature players.
Gamecontent is pretty kid safe in my view. Cartoonish characters and surrondings and all that, makes it a less realistic combat scenario.
The game does not requier much cooperation to get to level 60 which is one of the charmes, here it is casual player friendly - but after that you requier to spend massive amounts of time and have a good guild (or friendslist) to raid the high level endgame dungeons, which can easily run out through the night.
Personally - I'd not think these games at all are suitable for sub mid-teens, because these people can usually not dedicate the ressources needed to play it at the end-game, and it would be cruel in my opinion to let somebody play up to level 60 (current cap) and not be able to partake in the end-game.