To Allow My 14 year old DS to play Rainbow Six Siege on his X-Box?

[PolaDeVeboise]

I would appreciate some feedback on this game. I'm not a gamer at all, but 'all his friends' play this apparently...

Anyone? Would appreciate a bit of guidance.

This gives some information about what's in the game:
www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege

The issues seem to be the violence, the attack on the school and the high level of swearing. I might think that OK for some 14 year olds, it's certainly not Grant Theft Auto.

Be aware that Common Sense Media are American and the views are somewhere "skewed" from a European sense of view. In general there's a tolerance of violence and a strong reaction against sex/nudity. But it does tell you what's in the game.

Thanks @BadgersPaws2 , that's really helpful.

I'm not a gamer but my DP is and my son recently asked for this game. DP advises that the violence is very graphic and there's a lot of deliberate aggression, like going up to people and stabbing them in the head. Versus the 'cartoonish' aspect of games like fortnite (I'm not dismissing that they are violent but shooting someone from a distance who goes 'poof' and depictions of close up graphic violence, blood, and close contact attacks does make them different in my view).

It was a no for me.

hello. i personally give my child any age range of games that i have played before. i gave my 13 yr old boy GTA 5 under the rule that he plays it with me or with a friend at all times.(as when alone it is way more tempting to access the naughtier sides of the game than with a group of his buddies.) i recently gave him Rainbow 6 siege as it is one of my favourite games, even though with working from home long hours i have not been so active on my xbox these days. I believe hand on heart that it is GOOD to expose children to violence as they are less likely to do it in the real world as they have a seperate world where they can vent their anger and frustration.
hope this helps,
phil coulson

I play it, its far from the most graphic type i've seen, half the group i play with are 16ish.

Be aware that Common Sense Media are American and the views are somewhere "skewed" from a European sense of view. In general there's a tolerance of violence and a strong reaction against sex/nudity.

And religious stuff can get very weird.

Also a stronger reaction to swearing at the younger age groups.

Thanks all. The other side of the coin is I don't want him to be ostracised if he isn't playing it. In saying that, I absolutely draw the line at GTA and COD as I've heard A LOT of negativity about them, RSS, not so much.

I believe hand on heart that it is GOOD to expose children to violence as they are less likely to do it in the real world as they have a seperate world where they can vent their anger and frustration.

Huge amounts of research have been done on this subject and meta-analyses of such research have shown that violent video game play is positively associated with aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, and aggressive affect, as well as negatively associated with empathy for victims of violence and with prosocial behavior.

Besides which, children don't need to use violence to vent anger or frustration There are plenty of wildly healthier options to deal with emotion.

Isit for 14 year olds? No. Then no don't be a shit mother.