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I probably need to know more about this too. Haven't been paying much attention to 7yo asking about Minecraft for his Kindle Fire- but my wife has heard something about it being bad (mostly about other players talking/messaging each other). For whatever reason (other parents let their kids play it) Robolox is allowed. A quick search would suggest this is exactly the opposite of the right decision based on the initial concern: https://brightchamps.com/blog/roblox-vs-minecraft-2022
So, I can only speak of Roblox and I don't think it's A) suitable - lots of FPS-type games, which admittedly are not exactly graphic, aren't thematically appropriate, nor is something I found him playing that was clearly based on The Last of US (!). And B) it's shite - buggy and slow. Don't know how he bears it a lot of the time. I did at least get a PS controller hooked up as it annoyed me having to watch him struggle.
Similarly, though, have been encouraging playing games together on PS4. It gets mentioned a lot, but It Takes Two is an absolute winner to play together. Others we enjoy together/taking turns have been Unravel, various Lego games, Tony Hawks, Spiderman, Overcooked, Driveclub, FIFA and Rayman.
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Posting this up here as well as in mums and dads thread.
Missus wants to get Minecraft for jnr (6, will be 7 in April) they currently are playing janky free to play stuff on our Amazon fire stick and my missus’ iPhone.
I’ve got a ps5 (as you know) and have brought some games which I think they’ll enjoy, and have decent gameplay, without being too violent/shooter/fighting. Have also started the process of setting up a kids profile for them.
They’ve been nagging for Minecraft for a while, lots of their friends play it. Can someone give me a quick overview of it, and any potential pitfalls I should be looking to help them avoid in terms of online play, violent play etc?
Link to the version I’m thinking of getting for them
https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/UP4433-PPSA17221_00-MINECRAFTPS50000
Thanks