Orange Box
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kerotan 36
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Yeah, it's all cool, the only thing "wrong" with it is some "Blood and 'gore'". But other than that it's pretty clean. Portal rocks!
baileyboys
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piehobo28 said:
If you can handle frightening scenes then yeah.
It isn't really a bad game.
Just gore and stuff like that.
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NuggetWarmer
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Plus, gore can be turned off.
shadow8136
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well, half life is somethin that i dont like, portal is not gory or anythin ,and team fortress, well i believe taht will destroy a 10 year old's head [not 12 thats fine]
The blood and gore levels of half life 2 arent suitable for small kids.
I played quake and hl1 when I was 8 or 9, I had some serious nightmares for a while.
If you can though ,get portal for the PC, its only 20 dollars, it's the best game from the orange box, it's the reason why alot of people bought it, just for portal!
You can get portal from steam for 20 dollars, or you can go to best buy and get the game on disc for the same price.
I played quake and hl1 when I was 8 or 9, I had some serious nightmares for a while.
If you can though ,get portal for the PC, its only 20 dollars, it's the best game from the orange box, it's the reason why alot of people bought it, just for portal!
You can get portal from steam for 20 dollars, or you can go to best buy and get the game on disc for the same price.
Primal Weyland
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Beware TF2 trashtalk. Ear-piercing stuff.
That's about the only part of the game I'd balk at. Other than that, try and aim the gore for the nearest angsty soccer mom.
That's about the only part of the game I'd balk at. Other than that, try and aim the gore for the nearest angsty soccer mom.
WheresDaChief
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I understand being 12 and wanting to play the coolest games out there, I was the same when when I was that age, which was only ummm 15 years ago. I'm OLD now! But there's a reason the game is rated M. While I do appreciate the rating system, I know that it's really dependent upon the parents to decide what their kids should be able to play, which I am 100% in support of. I don't want them to stop making M rated games, because it's up to the parents to decide what games their kids should play. All I can speak for is myself. If I had a 12 year old kid, honestly I wouldn't let them play Orange Box, but that's just my opinion and I don't have any kids. Not yet anyways. If the game was rated T, I'd let my 12-year-old kid play it, but M, you'd be waiting til at least 15 to play the game. And I'd have to see the game before you could play it.
well, hl2 included in the oj box isn't appropriate for kids (zombies and blood everywhere) but games
like team fortress 2 and portal are acceptable in my opinion. TF2 has a litte gore but it just looks like an orange
paint and since all the characters/environments are cartoons, it gives a good sense of humor as well.
Portal is a puzzle and although it involves very minimal gore and almost no violence, the storyline can freak the sh*t outta ppl. So i think it would be quite acceptable for a 12 year old (except hl2). I mean, my friend's cousin(9 yrs old) plays
hellgate and lotta kids play cs....
so if you do happen to get it, play TF2 or portal until ur 15. Then you can enter the man's world
like team fortress 2 and portal are acceptable in my opinion. TF2 has a litte gore but it just looks like an orange
paint and since all the characters/environments are cartoons, it gives a good sense of humor as well.
Portal is a puzzle and although it involves very minimal gore and almost no violence, the storyline can freak the sh*t outta ppl. So i think it would be quite acceptable for a 12 year old (except hl2). I mean, my friend's cousin(9 yrs old) plays
hellgate and lotta kids play cs....
so if you do happen to get it, play TF2 or portal until ur 15. Then you can enter the man's world
I'd say get portal or team fortress 2 seperate from orange box, just go buy the games seperate, each one is 20 dollars. Portal runs off the half life engine, so it's very similar, but the portal physics makes this game completely different. Portal is by far the best game made by them.
Tater Mane
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If you do convince her to buy the game, try and get her to buy Garys Mod as well.
G Mod is worth the price of the Orange Box by itself.
G Mod is worth the price of the Orange Box by itself.
WheresDaChief
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muaa said:
9 years old playing hellgate and counterstrike? Hmmm no. Not in my house...
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It's really down to your parents. If they brought you up well and your mature enough for it, then okay. It's just that most 12-year-olds aren't as mature as 18-year-olds (sometimes ). That's the reason M = 18.
I got Diablo II at 12, but I found it quite scary. It made me realize that the game was 15+ for a reason. I think it's maybe in your interest that you can't play HL2. But of course you probably won't take my word for it, as i have become an adult from one day to another .
Anyway, HL2 isn't _DA BOMB!!!!1one!!_ (okay, it's good, accepted). It's good, but there are other games which you can play when you're twelve that are also good.
Gah, I sound like a parent know. I guess your mind changes the day you become 18
). That's the reason M = 18.I got Diablo II at 12, but I found it quite scary. It made me realize that the game was 15+ for a reason. I think it's maybe in your interest that you can't play HL2. But of course you probably won't take my word for it, as i have become an adult from one day to another
.Anyway, HL2 isn't _DA BOMB!!!!1one!!_ (okay, it's good, accepted). It's good, but there are other games which you can play when you're twelve that are also good.
Gah, I sound like a parent know. I guess your mind changes the day you become 18
That's what we call improper parenting! Or what I like to call, parents who shouldn't have even had kids! Some people cant properly raise their children, so they grow up trouble makers and wild, really the way parents act around the children, will be how the children act around others as they grow. You act violent or stupid all the time, your kids grow up violent and stupid.
AoBfrost said:
Aw, come one AoBFrost, it's only a game
. The fact that his mum hasn't bought it (yet) is good, as she's interested in what her son's doing. That's more that some parents.Anyway, I don't think it's a good idea to tell parents how to raise their kids (especially over the internet). I'm guessing you don't have any children? Me neither (Thankfully (yet)).
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WheresDaChief
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TF_Productions said:Aw, come one AoBFrost, it's only a game
Anyway, I don't think it's a good idea to tell parents how to raise their kids (especially over the internet). I'm guessing you don't have any children? Me neither (Thankfully (yet)).
It is a parental choice, we've already stated that. But bad parenting starts when parents buy kids games they have no business playing in the first place. The rating system is there for a reason, as a suggestive guide if you will, it's up to the parents to enforce it. While I don't think video games or television are what are causing kids to go to schools to shoot other people, I do think parental choices are what is causing them to do it. Let that thought sink in for a moment... there's an hidden message at the end of that last sentence....
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