Age recommendations

[Happy Toasti]

Hi all.

So I have seen that the game is recommended for 12 years (at least here in germany) the people that playes it: is that age Recommendation justified? I always play with my 5 yo son and I always look for koop games to play together

[MonkeyJug]

I've been playing with my 8yo daughter and she has managed fine so far. We're about 4 or 5 hours in. For reference, my daughter has finished Super Mario Odyssey by herself.

There were probably a couple of times where she couldn't quite make a jump (she plays as May) and I quickly did it for her, then handed the joypad back and we carried on.

My honest opinion is 5 is (probably) too young - especially for some of the boss fights, like the Queen Wasp.

If you have the change to play with someone else, you should definitely buy it - it's better than you can ever imagine!

[Chadwick Strongpants]

Also while the game does have a cartoony style, there are definitely scenes in it that could be very disturbing for a 5 year old to see (first boss and a certain big mammal in particular).

It's definitely more of an adult game in certain parts.

[Happy Toasti]

Thank you for the helpful answers

[rotax]

i mean theres a pretty dodgy scene with an elephant thats could be pretty bad for a 5 year old.
as an adult youll find it hilarious tho

[Red Dragon]

The first boss is a vacuum cleaner and after defeating him you are sucking out its eyeballs which was surprisingly disturbing for what I initially thought was a totally harmless pixar movie level of maturity.

5 is probably too young, 8 is probably realistic, also speaking from a gameplay mastery perspective. Maybe I'm underestimating the skills of a 5 yo but you do need some frustration tolerance in this game.

[Rob'sEvilTwin]

Originally posted by CabaLJB:

Hi all.

So I have seen that the game is recommended for 12 years (at least here in germany) the people that playes it: is that age Recommendation justified? I always play with my 5 yo son and I always look for koop games to play together

I'm 50 and I think the Elephant scene is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. I wish I could unsee that scene, let alone show it to a child.

My nephew is 12, had wishlisted this and was going to play it with him, glad I didn't.

[Saphy Taff]

The characters say "damn" and "hell" and "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥" a couple of times and the execution of the first boss (who is a vaccum cleaner) is a little surprisingly brutal, but other than that it's really imaginative and child friendly.

Oh, and you do get shot by and shoot at squirrels, if that bothers you. There's no blood but there are "guns", which I know can bother some people.

[Akemi]

The torture and execution scene is a bit much for a five year old. This game contains scenes not appropriate for children

[Happy Toasti]

Thanks for all the replies. I guess we will stay away for a while