Appropriate for children?

[Gaston]

Is this game appropriate for a nine year old? Thanks.

[Sir Vival]

Yes, no blood, swearing or inappropriate themes. Parental guide: http://www.everybodyplays.co.uk/review/PS4/Octodad-Dadliest-Catch-Review/1671/parent/

[Luthyr]

Yes, though there is some cartoon violence with the chef who occasionally tries to kill you. I would say the game is about on the same age appropriateness level as Spongebob.

Also, if the game ends up too difficult for them, you can go to Settings > Game > Difficulty and change it to 'Easy' to make it easier to complete. There's also a local co-op mode if you or someone else wants to play with them.

[Gaston]

Thanks.

[Retties]

I played it with my 6yo daughter, we just beat it this weekend, she loved it, I didn't feel there was anything innapropriate. She's playing through it again, didn't know about the easy settings, I'll have to use that since I had to take over at a point when it got too difficult for her. Loved the story and gameplay, definitely a new favorite.

[Punzi1]

my bff loves octodad and she is 8.

[VoidWaIker]

However there are a few dirty jokes but children wont get them

[louismax1]

Also none of the achievements require you not to play easy mode. I found it a lot more enjoyable; you can cause all kinds of mayhem and even wrap your tentacles around NPCs and nothing will happen.

[Wooj]

I let my 5 year old watch me play it. The only problem with this was that now he often asks me to play it again... And again... And again... And...

[Punzi1]

ok

[XTS (Away)]

Some areas are hard, and the short "medical" has needles.. In the medical room, they turn the human into a robot so it's not gory (Spelling?). :) I think it depends on what your child is around and their mentality.. I'm kind of picky. Okay, really picky, when it comes to my kids.

For my kids, I would have said yes when they were younger, but I would educate them and remind them not to lose their cool if they can't get octodad to go somewhere.

(The big boss at the end is a bit difficult, as well as a few other areas) That would be my primary concern for my kids. The aggravation it can cause.. lol.. My kids are educated in safety so no worries there. They knew not to touch certain types of things when they were younger and in public they did not grab everything in sight. I also remind them if it's making them angry, then it's not fun, which is contrary to the point of playing... ^.^

I agree with "easy mode" (and not timed is good) & the "cartoon violence". There's a positive message later on in the game about that at least.. :)

My final answer: I think it should be fine :) I hope that helped, when combined with the other answers. I didn't have much different I could say.

[louismax1]

(Btw, that is the correct spelling of "gory". Edward "Gorey" was an excellent macabre illustrator/author, whose material is probably not appropriate for most children but was an essential part of my own childhood.)

[XTS (Away)]

@ louismax1 - Thanks for confirmation. Steam has no spell checker :-/ I almost spelled it gorey, due to gore.. I'm sure it's commonly mispelled though. I did not know that about Edward "Gorey". We learn something new everyday. Thanks for sharing that!

I had some exposure.. Made me see things differently.. Maybe it's why I try to protect my kids so when they are adults, they can get their own view of it if they choose. I just don't want to condition them to it.. ^.^

[ineedacoffeenow]

i would definitely let my child play this game... if the controls werent so tricky and i wasnt worried about the controller being thrown into the TV from difficulty to control the hand and leg movements. haha

[AshBnnueyy]

yes my 6 year old sister plays this the controls cn be tricky but it is fun

[j]

My Lil sister keeps calling me "Octobro." And yes, yes it is.