/v/ - Video Games

>>274237 (OP) 
One of these, eh? Sanic, Mario, Tetris. Anything that worked with you when you where are child als works with young children today, because they dumb and basically don't have any taste yet.

Depends on age, but Minecraft is probably the best thing you could hope for a kid to get into, assuming you expect them to get into videogames in the first place. Load it up with mods like Create https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8W-f9YhYA
>but it's a cringe kids game
Yes. Kid stuff is cringe to an adult, that's just how it is.
>but they should only like things that I, a 25+ year old adult like
No.

I would avoid anything that encourages you to shut off your brain, such as FPS games or open world combat types (unless they involve complex exploration), although I have the impression that kids tend to be more into mentally stimulating games than adults are. I'd probably look for sandbox-ish games where you do some kind of self-directed problem solving, I don't have a good example but maybe something like TerraTech. Teardown sounds good but I recall it being somewhat difficult, though I only played it when it first went 1.0.

You can probably find good niches within Roblox, but that's a rabbit hole I wouldn't want to go into myself and I hear it's super monetized.

I have fond childhood memories of games like Ocarina of Time because of the adventure and mystery, even though I never got even a third of the way through it. Something like that might be good too, like CrossCode (the puzzles might become a problem though).

It might be good to introduce them to games where you don't play as characters directly, could widen their view of games. Rimworld is the only game that comes to mind, but that's probably too complicated. From Dust isn't exactly a kids game but I might have been enamored by it if I played it as a kid.

Depending on how autistic they are, the older ones might like messing around with Universe Sandbox or Powder Toy.

>>274237 (OP) 
Just start them off on early systems. Kirbys dreamland, sanic, mario. As they get older introduce later systems.

>>274237 (OP) 
Pre-2007 Need for Speed games, they were practically made for little boys.

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I play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and FNAF maps on Roblox with my little brother.

>>274237 (OP) 
Crash Bandicoot

I played a bunch of arcade games and other emulated coop games on mame with my nephew when he was around 9. He really got into it and loved all the beatemups especially when you could fuck up eachother.

Streets of rogue was also fun for him.

Played a lot of Behemoth games (Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers, Battleblock Theater), TimeSplitters FP, Deep Rock Galactic, It Takes Two and Bloons with my kid brothers. Also played a good amount of Forgotten Lands and New Horizons with them. Think they mostly play BotW/TotK/Age of Calamity if they aren't watching jewtube shorts. Think they used to play Terraria with the middle sibling a lot. I've tried to get them into older games, but they don't seem very interested.

My niece loves pokemon snap and legends: arceus, but she just likes watching me play. Also she really got into the Spongebob game that came out not long ago

>>274512
You got pix?

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Try some old, simple 8-bit games.

>>274237 (OP) 
Tell the kids to play galges.

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Nothing wrong with the classics.  Point and click stuff like Pajama Sam.  Basic learning games like Word or Number Muncher.  If you are daring go so far to try a more complicated point and click game like Myst.

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Frankly I find the whole idea of "games for kids" insulting.  My view hasn't changed on this since childhood.  Good games are good whether you're a kid or an adult.  I wouldn't recommend trash like Minecraft to a kid the same as I wouldn't recommend it to an adult.

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>>274647
Same.
>trash like Minecraft
Minecraft isn't terrible by itself, it's the community around it that makes it unholy filth.

>>274777 (checked)
>it's the community around it that makes it unholy filth.
I agree, but i would still argue that minecrap only became as big as it is not because the game is that good, but mostly because it got overhyped by jewtubers followed by children.

How does one incentivize children not to fall for the goyphone/Windows 10tation?
I die inside everytime I see toddlers "playing" "games" on tablets handed to them by lazy parents, or illiterate niglets being Skibidi experts even though they can't fucking read when back in my days kids were emulating Zelda on Windows 98.

>>274783
Can't argue with you on that.

>>274237 (OP) 
>not the only one with kids
>having kids
>not only not being a virgin but actually impregnating some roastie
>implying that if not a roastie that you have a trad wife and rather than providing for your family and or raising your little boy(s) you are wasting time on the Internet
Children like balls and sticks and puppies. They don't need video games.

>>274237 (OP) 
I honestly recommend arcade games. The kind that you can pick up easily and get sucked into. Those are still fun and much better than the modern brainrot.

Old RTS games can be fun also (Red Alert 1 & 2 aged pretty well, and I think there's an AoE 2 remaster or something now that isn't hot garbage). Warcraft 2 is not bad either.

Adventure games can be fun especially for kids who don't usually game a lot, assuming they don't look up walkthroughs for everything.

JRPG style "we all go on an adventure" games can also be appealing to kids. Golden Sun 1 & 2 for instance are pretty fun, but they'd need either a GBA or emulator. Honestly, an actual GBA would probably do kids good, since there are a lot of good old time kids' games for the GBA with real gameplay and not a lot of brainrot. Having a GBA practically encourages them to not waste time on shitty iphone stuff, but you'll want to buy them a small library of fun games (ie. Super Mario, Golden Sun 1 & 2, Sonic, Final Fantasy Tactics). If you're getting multiple kids GBAs with the link cable you can throw in Street Fighter II, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Megaman Battle Network, Puzzle Fighter 2, etc. Honestly a GBA sounds like a really good idea. It has a lot of fun games.

>>274788
>How does one incentivize children not to fall for the goyphone/Windows 10tation?
Your kids need activity, you can either give it to them yourself by spending time with them and taking them to places, or you can toss an ipad at them like modern parents.

>>274788
The GBA recommendation is a pretty decent one, since it has a lot of good games, doesn't have any skibidi bullshit, and has plenty of nintendo hard games. You basically need to give them something that's more fun and engaging than the brainrot they are mindlessly consuming, where they can't switch back to brainrot as easily either. Just the slight effort of switching to your cell from your GBA as opposed to switching apps on your cell discourages being a low-attention span idiot. You'll have to buy them a small library of games though, but there's plenty of good stuff going for cheap now.

You can also do shit like buy them the Harry Potter books, as those are usually engrossing stories for kids that will make them want to read. If you have any interesting and fun kids books, like "100 cool science tricks" or something, you can give that to them as well. It'll improve their literacy drastically if you get them in the habit of actual reading.

There's also giving them toys like K'Nex which are actually quite fun and getting them in the habit of watching Mark Rober stuff, for instance. That's also a huge step up from brainrot consoom.

Really, you need to give them better and more interesting activities to busy themselves with. Stimulating curiosity is also a very good call if you want to have smart children that don't passively consoom.

>>275259
Very true. I'm assuming he's not their parent but if he is he should absolutely take them to parks and playgrounds and shit and let them have fun outside. It's also a fun uncle activity to do on occasion, taking them places they like to go out and do things. There are some swimming pools that are really fun for kids also, assuming you made sure they learn how to swim.

>>275262
I wouldn't want to give my kids anything that they can carry around. On one hand, handhelds allow them to play outside of the living room so they can move more and maybe they're less annoyed to leave home if they can bring their game with them, but on the other hand I feel disgust every time I see a kid holding some digital device up to their face.

>>274237 (OP) 
No video games until they've completed the playground tutorial level and completed a few woods open map quests:

Sample quests:
Fetch two really cool sticks (repeatable, leads to sword fight minigame)
Collect five (5) interesting bugs.
Finding the biggest frog ever.
Climb the tree really high.
Disturb the guardian of the pond with a large rock (Usually a raid but can be soloed)

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>>274237 (OP) 
World of Illusion is a superb cooperative title with difficulty that's fitting for kids, it's Disney afterall.

>>276912
>World of Illusion
That game looked unbelievably good for being on a 16-bit console.

>>274237 (OP) 
I honestly think that every now and then for when my nephew turns 4 or 5 years old. I'm of the opinion he should try some old gems from NES, SNES or Sega Genesis before he inevitably falls for cellphone games (non-gacha) or similar shit. At the same time the best thing would be to play it now and then instead of letting him get hooked inmediately and play constantly, both to avoid addiction and his parents' anger (towards me of course). To that end, i might end up buying either an used original console or one of those all-in-one game stations they sell in my country, easy for plug and play.
Another option would be DOS games for when i get visits, some Duke Nukem never fails

>>276912
Also this one or Mickey Mania for when its a little older. God damn those were great games

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>>274237 (OP) 
I absolutely loved playing the LEGO games with my younger sister when we were both kids. Endless hours of fun were had, especially in LEGO Indiana Jones. As for what to play with your kids? My dad tried playing AoE2 with both me and my sisters, and whilst the LAN system can be a bit buggy between different OS versions, it did work decently well and we did have a decent bit of fun. That only happened twice or thrice though
God I wish I had a better relationship with my sister, or my dad for that matter (T_T) (though he is kind of an idiot, so we still bond through me helping him out)
>pic unrelated

>>276949
Disney stuff in general always looked amazing for some reason.

>>276961
Mickey Mania was another good one, I don't think it plays as good as the Illusion titles, but the theme it's based on, the very concept, and the way it looks and moves, it's just stellar enough to make up for it.

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>>274237 (OP) 
>Look, I know I’m not the only one with younger relatives or their own kids on this board. What do you try to play with them? Are they lost to the endless ipad garbage or are they receptive to good games? Do you try to get them into weird shit you liked as a kid or just whatevers new/good?
Kids tend to get incredibly butthurt when they lose at game and lose their interest in playing once that happens.
So, usually the best idea is to play cooperative games and not competitive games with them.
Stuff like Rayman origins, Rayman Legends, Crash Bash, Streets Of Rage (or any good beat em up) Golden Axe, Mario Party (at least those that allow for team playing) Kirby, 2D Sonic, Donkey Kong Country...
>>276912
This is another very good example.

>>277481
>Disney stuff in general always looked amazing for some reason.
I remember reading that actual Disney artists worked on those games alongside SEGA, that's why they looked so good and the sprites were so well animated (Aladdin was another one)

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>>277603
>cooperative games
Get them to play GCN-GBA coop games like Four Swords Adventures and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles on Dolphin or a real GCN/Wii if you somehow have 4 GBAs lying around, failing that Square's SFC Mana games with 3 player hacks are a good alternative.
Gamenighting those games with Anons over netplay was an absolute blast, but I can't even fathom how rad working through FSA's puzzles with 3 friends in front of the TV must've been for the few kids with the blessings and gear to experience it back in the 2000s.
They're also quite conservative if not downright anti-globalist by today's enlightened game journalist standards.

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>>277628
>or a real GCN/Wii if you somehow have 4 GBAs
>I can't even fathom how rad working through FSA's puzzles with 3 friends in front of the TV must've been for the few kids with the blessings and gear to experience it back in the 2000s.
I think very few people experience that in the 2000's, the idea was certainly cool, but who the fuck had both a Gamecube, and GameBoy Advance but also three other friends with a GBA each?

>>274237 (OP) 
Aside from videogames you can also try regular toys. K'Nex for instance usually does kids a world of good since it's a toy construction system that lets you build all kinds of stuff. It motivates intelligent problem-solving behavior and the spirit of making mechanical devices just for fun. You end up with smarter, more attentive kids this way.

>>277673
I did. Though none of my friends brought their GBA's and eventually all my friends moved away. Eventually I did too.

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>>279957
Good... Now, tell me about your mother.

>>279967
sure it all started Your mother is also a giant empty expanse aka her giant ass

>>274237 (OP) 
It depends on the person (kid). Some enjoy JRPGs, but they are the same who enjoy reading (for example.) 
It also depends on what you think is "good", I do not know what your standards are. If you don't have good sense, then you won't have any fortune trying to pass it on to anyone else. 
But yes, kids will generally enjoy good things and games are no exception. It is other people's responsibility to supply such things and make them "the default." Kids even enjoy classical music...if it is on and they do not have their senses nuked out of existence by very aggressive new forms of music.

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>>279999
>Some enjoy JRPGs, but they are the same who enjoy reading (for example.) 
>But yes, kids will generally enjoy good things and games are no exception.
I was one of those people who always hated RPGs (Even the "good ones") until I finally became an adult, but also partially because I felt like it's because never played the "right" RPG to get myself into a proper frame of mind.

If you want my opinion, with examples like RPGs, introduce them to games like Grandia, or the Mario & Luigi series, or Parasite Even (If you can get away with it), or almost any of the SNES/PS1/PS2 Final Fantasy games. Titles that actually have some "action" taking place rather than the standard slog that is turn-based games. I'm not shitting on those games as being "bad", but they're boring as fuck if you don't have the right mindset for it. Which is a big problem with a lot of material. It doesn't matter how "good" something is, kids (And people in general) will always reject it unless it's "instantly" appealing to them or adjacently appealing to something that they already like.

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So has anyone here tried to expose kids to quality games or is this thread just theorizing?

>>277673
GBA's are such a great nostalgia trip, one of the reasons i jailbroke my nintendo ds. Still wish I had my Advance but it got stolen by hotel staff. lol

>>280187
I can't tell. Just seems like people introducing games to family members. 
I don't get why you would bother the kids are going to play the same shit regardless because they are "social animals" which anything that they are introduced to and never heard of will instantly think  less of it.

You have to be in the right mindset to  enjoy new games  you never heard of and emotionally mature enough.

>>280187
I play videogames with my family, mostly coop games. Last night we played Trine and they had a blast.

>>280187
Only one kid has asked me for recommendations, largely because he was interested in similar things as me. But I first gave him some books, that's how he knew of the similarity.
If you are starting with games I imagine you can just gift something in the same way.

>>280204
What other games have worked out for you?

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>>281948
I recommend Resident Evil 5, the co op for the game is something magical. For the entire game you kill niggers in africa. Don’t treat this as a horror game instead look at it as an action packed co op shooter with sparse resources and tense gameplay. Beating niggers with the stun rod never gets old.
Also Chris punches a boulder.

Just remembered that this thread is about game recommendations FOR KIDS

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>>282100
RE5 is a kids game.

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>>274282
>Minecrap
<but it's a cringe kids game
>Yes. Kid stuff is cringe to an adult, that's just how it is.
<but they should only like things that I, a 25+ year old adult like
>No.
Minecrap is just shit, and it is not because it's a kids game.
I would recommend Dragon Quest Builders 2 over Minecrap any day.

>>282109
I would recommend Dragon Quest III over Dragon Quest Builders 2 any day.