Fortnite

[Bobbi73]

Hi, I'm hoping for some advice.
My son is 8 and the vast majority of his friends are playing Fortnight. It's an age 12 game. (It's a third person shooting and building game, not unlike minecraft but more realistic).
My feeling is that it's hugely inappropriate for a young child and I don't like the game play.
However, his dad is concerned that he's being left out of playground chat and has not been invited for sleepovers etc. where they are all playing it.
Please don't attack me. It's my first post and I'm genuinely asking what people think. I don't want him to feel left out but I hate the idea of it. What would you do? Thank you

I've said no to Fortnite too. He won't be left out, they aren't all talking about it constantly etc. Surely there aren't many sleepovers going on by that age anyway?

It’s definitely not the worst game they could play - just monitor if they are online chatting though

Mine are 11 and have had it since about 8 or 9. It is easily monitored if you only allow them access at times you are in the same room and if and when like mine the end up with headphones and mics its easy to work out who they are talking to. Mine rarely play anything else at the moment but they have all their school pals as friends, nobody i do not know is allowed to friend them.

It's not gory or anything like that. The people are eliminated rather than killed. I don't have a problem. The rating is actually to do with the online chat element rather than game play so just monitor their friends and settings.

My 9 year old has it. Voice Chats disabled and its not graphic.

TBH having watched children spawn animals in minecraft just so they can then beat them to death while the animals make hurt noises, I don't see that you could argue Fortnite is worse. I've never read any pearl-clutching posts about PvZ, and it's really the same concept.

Other players are 'eliminated' not killed- they just vanish there is no depiction of death. You can talk to your DC about the other players just being 'out' and they get to play again as many time as they like- just like being 'out' in tag.

There are images of weaponry of course, so it depends how you feel about that.

Disable the chat and do not allow DC to friend or accept friends.

8? No. Don't do it. You will regret it. Don't say I didn't warn you.

My son is 7 and I've said no to Fortnite. The whole multiplayer thing puts me right off, plus the weapons and shooting etc.

Its pegi 12 for a reason!