Good Xbox game for 5 year old?
14 July 2005, 09:08 PM
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Good Xbox game for 5 year old?
5th birthday....
he loves Lego Starwars on Xbox.....only other game he played was Doom 3 and it gave him nightmares.
Need a game that is:
simple to play, no complex plot rubbish, no complex puzzle solving stuff, lets you shoot/stab/kill/blow up/etc or something similar
good enough that i will play it too.
maybe 2 player option?
if it ties in with a cartoon or movie that may be cool
whats new and suits my needs?
T
ps- can you get Chucky Egg for xbox? i loved that on the Acorn Electron!
he loves Lego Starwars on Xbox.....only other game he played was Doom 3 and it gave him nightmares.
Need a game that is:
simple to play, no complex plot rubbish, no complex puzzle solving stuff, lets you shoot/stab/kill/blow up/etc or something similar
good enough that i will play it too.
maybe 2 player option?
if it ties in with a cartoon or movie that may be cool
whats new and suits my needs?
T
ps- can you get Chucky Egg for xbox? i loved that on the Acorn Electron!
14 July 2005, 09:10 PM
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Crash Twinsanity is excellent for child and adult, very funny, great graphics and gameplay. You fire live creatures from your gun etc 
14 July 2005, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyP2005
None, kids that young shouldnt be subjected to video gaming imo.
It's certainly more mentally stimulating than television, it promotes hand/eye coordination and it starts the development of a healthy sense of winning and losing at tasks.
Edited to add: gotta agree about Doom 3 though
14 July 2005, 09:13 PM
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Are you trying to turn your kid into as lardy assed aesmatic blob?
He should be out on his bike making friends and taking exercise.
He should be out on his bike making friends and taking exercise.
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14 July 2005, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Jap2Scrap
Any particular reason why video gaming (in moderation as with everything) is bad for kids?
It's certainly more mentally stimulating than television, it promotes hand/eye coordination and it starts the development of a healthy sense of winning and losing at tasks.
Edited to add: gotta agree about Doom 3 though
It's certainly more mentally stimulating than television, it promotes hand/eye coordination and it starts the development of a healthy sense of winning and losing at tasks.
Edited to add: gotta agree about Doom 3 though
And then they get to 18, a mind full of flashing lights and pressing butons for satisfaction. Give over. I'd say 16 before I let them lose with a PS or XBox, well after they have proved themself academically and in the 'real' world of the outdoors, where they will get more experience and more eye to hand co-ordination doing what kids should be doing, exploring, making gang huts and dens, climbing trees, seeing what's what in nature etc. Video games can stifle most youngsters creativity to the point where they go into a trance and go ga-ga when you take it away from them.
14 July 2005, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Spring Heeled Jack
Are you trying to turn your kid into as lardy assed aesmatic blob?
He should be out on his bike making friends and taking exercise.
He should be out on his bike making friends and taking exercise.
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14 July 2005, 09:27 PM
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5th birthday....
only other game he played was Doom 3 and it gave him nightmares.
lets you shoot/stab/kill/blow up/etc or something similar
good enough that i will play it too.
whats new and suits my selfish needs?
14 July 2005, 09:29 PM
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Isn't Tiggs the one who get's on his high horse when people flout the law, break speed limits and is generally very oppinionated or have I got him and tiggers mixed up???? 
Who is then letting a 5 yr old play an 18 rated game and then I wonder why my films get cut to shreds to 'Protect the children'. Arrgh!
Buy him Crash Bandicoot or get a Gamecube with Kirby and Mario et al. Not Resident Evil.
Who is then letting a 5 yr old play an 18 rated game and then I wonder why my films get cut to shreds to 'Protect the children'. Arrgh!
Buy him Crash Bandicoot or get a Gamecube with Kirby and Mario et al. Not Resident Evil.
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14 July 2005, 10:04 PM
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Andy, you know I meant in moderation. They're ok for those days when it's p!ssing down outside or there's no friends around to play 5 Go Mad in Dorset with.
Research shows that the brain is more active when asleep than when watching tv so if it was a toss up between tv and suitable xbox game I wouldn't hesitate to let the game go on.
Research shows that the brain is more active when asleep than when watching tv so if it was a toss up between tv and suitable xbox game I wouldn't hesitate to let the game go on.
14 July 2005, 10:14 PM
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you let him play doom3 video games for 5 year olds are very hard to find as they cant read yet so you have to sit thru the whole game with them. what about star soldier as its just an original type shooter
forgot to say my daughter loves Bomberman and so do i
but she is too young to realise when she dies and the computer is playing and im 100% sure your son will be the same
video games for 5 year olds are very hard to find as they cant read yet so you have to sit thru the whole game with them. what about star soldier as its just an original type shooterforgot to say my daughter loves Bomberman and so do i
but she is too young to realise when she dies and the computer is playing and im 100% sure your son will be the same
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14 July 2005, 10:17 PM
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lol...what a bunch of idiots.
my kids get home from school and go straight out to play in the fields behind the house......however, on weekend he likes to spend a couple of hours on the Xbox....less than some of you fools spend polishing your bloody cars!
so crash bandicoot it is
T
ps.....Doom 3......have you played it? not that scary - and his nightmares about zombies stopped....................after he saw Jaws.........kept waking up screaming "SMILE YOU SON OF A BITCH......"
my kids get home from school and go straight out to play in the fields behind the house......however, on weekend he likes to spend a couple of hours on the Xbox....less than some of you fools spend polishing your bloody cars!
so crash bandicoot it is
T
ps.....Doom 3......have you played it? not that scary - and his nightmares about zombies stopped....................after he saw Jaws.........kept waking up screaming "SMILE YOU SON OF A BITCH......"
14 July 2005, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jap2Scrap
Andy, you know I meant in moderation. They're ok for those days when it's p!ssing down outside or there's no friends around to play 5 Go Mad in Dorset with.
Research shows that the brain is more active when asleep than when watching tv so if it was a toss up between tv and suitable xbox game I wouldn't hesitate to let the game go on.
Research shows that the brain is more active when asleep than when watching tv so if it was a toss up between tv and suitable xbox game I wouldn't hesitate to let the game go on.
14 July 2005, 10:35 PM
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no offence andyp but when u was 5 ur parents went worried about someone running off with you? when i was 10 ish i went all over but wouldn't dream of letting my kids do the same, i guess its the world we live in.
14 July 2005, 10:36 PM
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No offence either, but thats pure crap. There is no more chance of that hapening than now than there was back then, just more media coverage and exposure. Run off now and buy a Boots extra large pack of cotton wool m8.
or maybe they wanted some one 2?
14 July 2005, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jap2Scrap
Any of the Crash Bandicoot series are cool enough for a grown up to play and simple enough for a 5 yr old.
Having just complested Halo and Halo2 I thought I'd have a go at something less intense...
If I get blown up more time by one of those fecking nitro crates I swear... PS it should be ideal for a 5 year old
15 July 2005, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by AndyP2005
Tiggs quickly back tracking saying his kids play outdoors is a myth for far too many.
hardly a backtrack.................i have posted on many occassions that my kids play outside more than most in these times of excessive "hide the kids from evil" fears.....one of my resons for buying a house backed by open fields.
you will eveb find some of my recent posts attacked as my kids will often play in the close and this was disliked by retards that think such space is for them and fast cars.
my original post just asked for a game for a 5 year old...............if you wish to assume from that how i raise my kids then you crack on.................or as my kids would say "fukc you, you stinking zombie"
