10 Cool Games That Are Uncool for Kids

[Poncho]

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/10-cool-games-are-uncool-kids-and-10-alternatives#article_content_0

This is just an interesting list I found out of bored and thought I would share it and see what your thoughts on this list were.

Mine thoughts are that the list has some up and downs to it. For example Dragon Age: Origin being replaced by Braid? Don't get me wrong Braid is a great game, but BRAID? I honestly can't see any similarities between these two, maybe I just haven't played far enough into Dragon Age to understand there reasoning. I also found the alternative to Brutal Legends, that being Ghostbusters doesn't really seem like the right choice. I haven't played Ghostbusters, but I have played Brutal Legends and from that I got it's an RTS I think that Overlord II should of been the replacement for this game instead of having it be the replacement for Left 4 Dead 2. I understand this list is to give parents "healthy" alternatives to violent game and I'm not saying they should get whatever they want. I'm saying they could of pick some better games for the matter at hand.

[kiggidykev]

Huh. I can see how the writer is trying to recommend T-rated games over these M-rated ones, but some of them don't mesh that well. Mirror's Edge and Assassin's Creed 2 are very different genres, and I would consider Mirror's Edge to be the far more frustrating of the two, content aside.

[NoMoreVillains]

The writer is just someone who doesn't understand video games.

How did Dead Space: Extraction and Deadly Creatures get linked together? The word "Dead" being in both titles?

[ArchangelZero]

On topic, the list of confuddles me a bit. However, the recommendation of Arkham Asylum is pretty good.

Off topic, I have to say that comment from that kid is way out of line. Even if that person thinks that they have a huge IQ by saying all of that, he just helped extend the stereotype that all of our generation have to be ****ed up.

[HeyRiles]

I really get the feeling the author hasn't played both Mirror's Edge and Assassin's Creed

[Lawdog1521]

Uncool games for uncool kids. (http://www.akron-novelty.com/ProdImages/61035PaddleBall.jpg)

[kiggidykev]

I really get the feeling the author hasn't played both Mirror's Edge and Assassin's Creed

Yeah, maybe they read the description on the back cover of each and decided that they were similar enough :p

[Banky71]

Yeah, maybe they read the description on the back cover of each and decided that they were similar enough :p

Free running = free running.

Well sir not all games with free running are created equal.

[monkeyfish]

HAHA, yeah, good luck to the ten year old trying to play Mirror's Edge, wondering why he can't kill everyone or jump across buildings while holding the machine gun.

[kiggidykev]

HAHA, yeah, good luck to the ten year old trying to play Mirror's Edge, wondering why he can't kill everyone or jump across buildings while holding the machine gun.

That's what I'm talking about! And all the frustrating parts where you have to jump from one ledge to another IN FIRST-PERSON or else you fall and die, or have to sneak through rooms full of guards without being seen because a bullet or two will kill you.

I didn't even finish the darn game because I got stuck at an indoor "jump from ledge to ledge" puzzle and gave up after an hour.

[Banky71]

I personally thought Faith had fantastic shoes!

[kiggidykev]

looking down at your shoes WAS pretty cool

[DarkEternal37]

Assassin's Creed is about assassinating people!? I am shocked and horrified.

[monkeyfish]

That's what I'm talking about! And all the frustrating parts where you have to jump from one ledge to another IN FIRST-PERSON or else you fall and die, or have to sneak through rooms full of guards without being seen because a bullet or two will kill you.

I didn't even finish the darn game because I got stuck at an indoor "jump from ledge to ledge" puzzle and gave up after an hour.

I was perfectly awesome at this game. Except for the helicopter at the start, I blazed through it over a weekend. I think it's because my own natural reaction to people pointing guns at me would be to run like hell, so it accommodated my skills.

But for any little kid who still thinks X is the universal and only method to jump...yeah, they're boned.

[HeyRiles]

I was perfectly awesome at this game. Except for the helicopter at the start, I blazed through it over a weekend. I think it's because my own natural reaction to people pointing guns at me would be to run like hell, so it accommodated my skills.

But for any little kid who still thinks X is the universal and only method to jump...yeah, they're boned.

Faith ain't no Mario, that's for sure

[kiggidykev]

There is some Mario-themed achievement for killing someone by jumping on them, I remember that!

[maitee1]

There is an acheevo like that in Borderlands too, Kev...everyone still loves Mario

[HeyRiles]

Yep!


Hey, it's-a-me! 10
Execute a stomp move on an enemy

The best achievement was flipping them the bird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjQ-rqDHsVQ&feature=player_embedded (language)

I should finish this game!

[kiggidykev]

Oh yeah, my wife and I did the one in Borderlands but it was tough. Jumping on a bad guy does like 2 damage, compared to the 100+ our guns were doing.

That "Jurassic" game has a Mario-themed mushroom achievement too, for getting killed by them

[Lameboy19]

is that airport level in MW2 really optional? cause I never got a prompt to skip it..

[iananderson]

is that airport level in MW2 really optional? cause I never got a prompt to skip it..

It warns you twice before you even start the game. And you can pause and skip it.

I don't get how they recommend Overlord II over Left 4 Dead 2. To me, clubing baby seals seems worse than killing zombies.

[monkeyfish]

It warns you twice before you even start the game. And you can pause and skip it.

I don't get how they recommend Overlord II over Left 4 Dead 2. To me, clubing baby seals seems worse than killing zombies.

Zombies were once human, and have a soul, therefore it's wrong to kill them.

Baby seals don't have souls or feel pain, so clubbing them doesn't matter.

Come on, every sensible gamer knows that! :D

[Baanu_Rass]

No, don't send those little kids into my Bad Company. Let MW2 keep 'em.

[Meatwad555]

There is some Mario-themed achievement for killing someone by jumping on them, I remember that!

That's what Mirror's Edge and Assassin's Creed 2 have in common! They both have Mario references! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJcPc6OQ384)

[DarkEternal37]

No, don't send those little kids into my Bad Company. Let MW2 keep 'em.

They can keep playing with me, I don't care. If I can't stay in party chat I have a little system for muting:

If you have 420 or Weed in your name, you're muted.
If you have a weed icon or title at all, you're muted.
If you speak and you annoy me by yelling or having a squeaky voice within about 3 seconds, you're muted.

So yeah, I've got about 80% of XBL muted. Game is great though!

[Baanu_Rass]

They can keep playing with me, I don't care. If I can't stay in party chat I have a little system for muting:

If you have 420 or Weed in your name, you're muted.
If you have a weed icon or title at all, you're muted.
If you speak and you annoy me by yelling or having a squeaky voice within about 3 seconds, you're muted.

So yeah, I've got about 80% of XBL muted. Game is great though!

The problem is that BC is only team multiplayer so having stupid kids wasting my tickets or just whoring sniper rifles makes it hard to win.

[Lady Siara]

Some of these alternatives are insane.

Demon's Souls replaced with Uncharted 2? How are those even remotely related? Because they're ps3 exclusives?

Not only that, but a lot of the alternatives seem just as violent. Whoever wrote this article is a turd. :)

[Hungryfreak]

What really annoys me about this list is that they don't even mention the fact the Brütal Legend does have filters for the inappropriate content. Instead of giving people that advice, they rely on their own lack of knowledge to choose an alternative that has nothing to do with the original.

[afterstasis]

If you have a weed icon or title at all, you're muted.


i can get a weed icon on xbox live?! :eek:

[Lady Siara]

i can get a weed icon on xbox live?! :eek:

Only for MW2.

I am the shatterer of dreams.