Teen is age 14
Just playing Halo and Minecraft (the Survival mode), but been wanting to try other shooting games but just worried that most have swearing and not age appropriate, I know there are games that can be filtered on dialogue.
cheers
Please Suggest Zombie Shooting Games for Teens with Less Swearing - Xbox One
kiwiyonip on 02/02/2023 - 10:38
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My first thoughts
Things are whack hey.
I can excuse blood, gore and dismemberment but I draw the line at swearing!
Kid is mature enough to handle even the most gory scenes, but we don't swear at home, nor practice it.
But you practice gore and killing?
Do you? Where in my statement showed that?
@askbargain: Want us to look at your choices and pass judgement on your values and choices? I'm sure we all can.
They learn swearing at school or from friends, you can't stop them hearing it. I don't get how you think that them hearing the words a few more times will suddenly make them use them.
Zombie Shooting Games
If Zombie aren't real, then neither is the language, problem solved, /s
found the American. User name doesn't check out.
For all the downvotes, I tend to agree with your angle. I play many games online and can hear teenagers - sometimes kids as young as 5-6. And they are exposed to racism and swearing and sexism FROM OLDER KIDS. It's this exposure that is bad as it normalises it and promotes 'one-upman ship' and toxicity. People become who they hang out with.
This is a separate discussion from the game dynamics, which are fantasy.
If they can handle seeing a caved in head, they can handle someone saying (profanity).
I think for teenagers at 14, the concern is not that they are going to hear the profanity, but the idea that swearing is not right so don't practise it at home nor at school. Most aren't too concerned about shooting or gore because most don't think that killing someone in a video game would lead to practising the same thing outside. Otherwise there will be people and campaigns complaining about firearm violence in video games and how that correlates to real world mass shooting… Oh wait.
Are you saying that you think violence in video games leads to real world violence?
If you put the question this way "violence in video games leads to real world violence", then no, I don't think it is the case.
However if the statement is "violence in video games has absolutely no correlation to an individual's violent behaviour", then I am not too sure about that. There are research papers arguing both ways, and I can't claim I have any expertise in this.
On the other hand there are reports1 showing profanity in video game that might lead to real world aggression. Swearing is also easier to reproduce than actual physical violence. So it makes sense for OP to be concerned about that.
@scotty: Thanks for clarifying.
Interestingly the first study I pulled up from your search said that "profanity had little impact on how much players used profanity themselves"
No Michael no that was so not right!
Bro they are 14. Stop smothering.
Sounds like you're a great parent (i.e. if you have kids already…)
They are 14, I guarantee you they are being exposed to much filthier language at school. Also being exposed to swearing isn't going to turn them into a derelict, as long as they have a decent amount of exposure to well spoken adults they will be fine.
Exposed or not, we are trying our best to curtail those, just because there are swearing everywhere that we as parents will do the same at home and allow everything with full abandon.
@kiwiyonip: I think it's a bit much but anyway in most games you should be able to go into the audio options and turn down the dialogue volume.
If only there was some sort of rating that gave you a recommendation about what age media was appropriate for.
Maybe it could be some sort of mandatory thing on each product?
Dying Light 2, Back 4 Blood and The Last of Us are probably the main ones. All will be Mature rating (like Halo).
Days Gone, Zombie Army 4: Dead War and World War Z second tier.
Call of Duty: Black Ops zombie modes probably not suitable. It's all 12 year olds that appear to have significant experience with our mothers.
Thanks dude. Appreciate this, will look into that list.
Not sure about the sequel but the original Dying Light has an excessive amount of cussing in the campaign
'The Last of Us' contains profanity. Ellie drops a lot of F bombs.
Same goes for 'World War Z' and 'Days Gone' - both contain quite a bit of profanity.
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare should be ok - not really zombies though if that is essential?
Can always just turn chat off if playing online.
what messed up world do you live in where saying (profanity) is more morally acceptable than ending someones life 🤣
To be fair, the zombies are already dead
Zombies are literally undead.
This is one of the MANY double standards in the Western world that must befuddle others - and even those amongst us who can take a step back and assess emotion free and objectively. i.e people lose their minds if a domestic cat/dog is mistreated and yet go to lengths NOT to know how very intelligent animals are mistreated for our food production.
Or the incredible violence thats 'ok' in movies/tv/games but nudity is seen as something that will cause major issues - especially male nudity….hilarious how grotesquely you can kill people on screen and this is still less offensive than a flaccid penis.
Haha how are all we guys not insulted by that last one?
I think raising children is harder than ever for parents - and so I don't think we should rag on the OP for a choice, which though flawed, is clearly in the child and families best interests. :-)
I don't care what differing views people have in this country, that's why they're not me and me, them. I can say the worst profanity I can think of to someone in their face and it won't bother me, but I'd rather keep it to myself and that's how I helped mold the respectful behavior of my kids, nephews and niece.
So if these people thinks it's okay to cuss at home, so be it, hell they can even do it in church or in front of the Queen for all I care. This post is not about their opinion on ethical standards, but on game recommendations. So posting just to piss on someone but unrelated to the question asked, all I can say to them is, just STFU.
The broader ethical consideration is more interesting than your request for assistance.
If you thought your post would just be people giving you examples and there would be no discussion of the more interesting aspect then you are very naive.
In any case, I merely suggest you engage in the discussion instead of withdrawing. It's very healthy to reconsider ones beliefs and stances.
Also, consider the Doom games. Technically demons rather than zombies but I don't remember swearing in them. You'd have to check for yourself.
Yeah it is a bit weird, isn't it?
OP, I'm not a parent so I'm no authority, but I think you'd be better off to treat profanity in video games the same way you treat violence in video games: which is that it's ok to consume (within reason), but never ok to re-produce in or outside the home.
As other's have said, they're already being exposed to much worse at school. You can't stop them from hearing it, but you can lay down the law about them repeating it.
I'm not a parent either - but I feel the generalisation that if you don't have them you can't have any handy info/thoughts on the subject is flawed. Parents do love to roll that out though.
I think the OP's point is valid - as if the standard was to just lower the home standards to whatever the lowest level is wherever the kid goes - well it'd be bedlam. They can't control THOSE environments, but it's logical to atleast send a message whats ok & not under the home roof. May be lost on a teenage boy but a lil of it will seep in and you don't know what other children they have etc.
I think we're being too simplistic saying, the kids swear at school therefore anything other than allowing swearing in any medium is a waste of time.
but it's logical to atleast send a message whats ok & not under the home roof. May be lost on a teenage boy but a lil of it will seep in
It'll at least give them the respect for OP's parental authority. Sure, they'll find ways around it, but even that act of circumventing is a form of respect for the rule that exists: at least the kid has the decency to understand that the behaviour isn't okay by his parents, so he can/should skulk around in the shadows if he wants to partake in the more unwholesome forms of fun. Don't ask, don't tell.
Personally my family and I loved playing Back 4 Blood, Left 4 Dead, and World War Z. There's some mild swearing in the latter but I think there's an option to turn it off.
As someone who works and volunteers at school… let me tell you about how kids talk when their parents and teachers are not around…
PUBG - no swearing from the characters. Other players though…
House of the Dead
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Left 4 Dead
Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare
An oldie, but a real goody. Wild West meets zombie hordes, what could be better? The only thing wrong with this is they didn't make a RDR2 Undead Nightmare.
Great alternative for original game.
Let's start wth the basics. This game is based on the popular Rockstar game, Red Dead Redemption. But, this game is much less mature. There is violence, as you can shoot, stab, and light zombies (and humans) on fire. Many zombie games, however, get MUCH more gruesome. the language is also questionable, as you may hear the occasional curse and 1 or 2 f bombs. But, you spend the majority of the game by yourself, so you may not even here vulgar language once. Now, on to sexual content. There is no sex going on at any point in the game, and I have yet to hear any sexual references. There is drinking, but nothing too bad. I think this game is good for ages 11 and up.If people really thought violence in video games leads to violence irl, then they wouldn’t let their kids play violent video games. But I think it is fairly evident that swearing in media (inc video games) does contribute to children swearing irl. That’s the difference, and I think OP is justified in making the distinction.
Why r so many being so judgy regarding OPs personal choice on how they parent and their values? So many so quick to fault and literally bag out OP as a parent. Think about what that says about you.
Silly OP thinking people would actually discuss his question and give suggestions. (Maybe there are but I gave up after seeing the barrage of off topic bs).My thoughts exactly. Too many self righteous people
Idk how much of ozb is representative of society as a while but it's a little depressing when you really see it.
If it makes you feel better, we're not representative of society at all. Nowhere online is.
I find that on the forum sectiion in particular, that usually one of the first few comments are undoubtedly critical or negative towards the forum poster. Quite often it gets heavily upvoted, which then reinforces that behaviour. The admin/mods also tolerate it, which further encourages the borderline trollish/non-welcoming behaviour. Surely this will only serve to drive users away.
I think consideration of the premises behind a topic/assertion is a wholly good thing but I suppose there is a productive and unproductive way of going about it.
Just leave the sounds off
Is this for you to play with them? Or for single player experiences? The recommendations are going to be wildly different.
And if swearing is your concern, never let them play a game online… They're full of screeching children swearing and being obnoxious.
does it need to have zombies? Cos if they’re playing Halo, maybe they should give Destiny a go?
Good on the people for making suggestions rather than just judgements.
Destiny 2. Fun and really clean. Download it for free and if they like it invest further. Beyond Light will be a free DLC on ps+. As for swearing…. Each parent to their own as everyone has different values.
This is not a shooter exactly, but it is a post-apocalyptic zombie game. Both State of Decay 1 & 2 do not contain any foul language as far as I can recall, and I've played through them both multiple times.
Available on Xbox Game Pass.
Playing shooting games and the concern about age-appropriate is about the swearing?