DS is 11 and loves playing Plants Vs zombies which has a Pegi rating of 7. DH has Halo (Rated 16) for himself but tonight the kids have watched him play it because DH says he can't really see much difference between it and PVZ. There is no swearing and the enemies are just aliens. What's the difference between aliens and zombies?!
I'm not much of a gamer myself but I'm very strict about not letting the kids have access to GTA and the like. (Won't have it in the house). But why is a game about shooting aliens rated 16?
I could understand if there was too much tension, or any swearing or "suffering" but the aliens just kind of get blown up and the blood or whatever is purple, and they don't scream or whatever.
A friend of DS2 is 8 and his sensible mum plays it with him! She says "it's just shooting aliens."
Can anybody tell me what age they've allowed their DC to first play it and secondly why it's rated 16?
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CurlyhairedAssassin · 25/01/2015 19:31
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