to have qualms about buying Call of Duty (wii) for DS (age10)

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As it says.
His friends have it (so he says)
DH and I have read the reviews on Amazon.
We are not prudes .... but .... not sure we want that on the screen in our house.

Are we being unfair?
What is it actually like?

Don't buy it. My DS 16 has it, but has just said to me that he's fed up with it now. Def not suitable for a 10 year old. I'm not that prudish about keeping to the age limit on games, but COD for a 10 yo, No.

he is 10 thats 8 years out, not just a couple of years

YANBU

my dh has it - it was a gift. he agrees it is unsuitable to be on if the kids are around.

i have watched some of it, and i'm not a prude either, but i think the age restriction is a good guide here to suitability. definitely not for a 10 year old. veruy violent.

doh. very violent.

Even if the Wii version is a 15 not an 18 I still think COD is particularly unsuitable due to the first person aspect of it. DH has all the Xbox ones (18 certs) and they are vile, graphic and just general horrid. I would be much more anti a 10 year old playing a 15 vid game than watching a 15 film tbh, though obviously it would depend on the film.....and the 10 year old but COD? No way!!

YADNBU - far too violent hence the 18 rating. My ds also aged 10 wants games like this and we have declined for obvious reasons and then I hear from him that he has been at classmates houses and spent the afternoon playing COD, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat and the like. And as Harlot says, they are very very addictive. Not good at all. Say no.

Thank you for your input folks.
I shall be strong.
DH and I used to play Doom. We let the kids watch some films that are over their age limit. I know that 'banning' things never works.
But this game has no place in my home - and I think I'll check with the school Mums that they are fully aware of what they are letting their kids watch / do
and I will request that it's not played until DS is 14 - got that idea from a real world friend this morning.
Cheers me dears.

Don't do it. DS games and TV take up huge amounts of hours that children (who will only ever be children once) could be spending climbing trees, learning a musical instrument, playing football, riding bikes, socialising with their friends, and participating in family life with their parents and siblings.

Instead of not buying the game, how about dropping the DS in the bin. And buy him a skateboard or something. Unless he already has Tony Hawk's American Sk8land for the DS in which case he can just sit on the sofa all day pretending to do sport.

We do not have a DS, playstation, xbox or any other 'console' than the Wii - which we all use - and the PCs.
Oh please NOT football.
My issue is not with games per se - Mario carts on a rainy Sunday afternoon is excellent - it is with this game. And I shall not allow it in the house for a few more years yet.

Also, bear in mind that they then want to play online where people use the N word and call people derogatory names associated with mental health, sexuality and disability. Just horrible.