Is this game ok for a 7 year old to play

[Scaredog20]

Just wanna know, a women at my job said she lets her kids play this game and I thought it was a bad idea

[Pile of Sneed]

tbh no. it is a horror game and the series has mature themes such as murder. I don't think so

[Scaredog20]

Originally posted by Wynautnator:

no to the infinity. it'll ruin kids like that.

So she is an idiot

[Felix]

Originally posted by Scaredog20:

Originally posted by Wynautnator:

no to the infinity. it'll ruin kids like that.

So she is an idiot

I wouldn't go as far as to call her an idiot - she perhaps just doesn't understand what the game actually is.

[HellKaiser]

Its just jumpscares a child would be grand playing this . Its far from a scary game

[arachnidsGrip]

meh. i think it would be fine, just startle them a few times and see howe they react. if its whatever, they should be fine. if they freak out, no.

[Alex_is_Fired]

Originally posted by The Brown Crasher:

meh. i think it would be fine, just startle them a few times and see howe they react. if its whatever, they should be fine. if they freak out, no.

Yeah, if they're not scared that much, I guess it's ok, but like you said, if its scares the hell out of them, well don't let them play.

[Anisotropy]

Originally posted by Blue Lantern Flash:

Originally posted by The Brown Crasher:

meh. i think it would be fine, just startle them a few times and see howe they react. if its whatever, they should be fine. if they freak out, no.

Yeah, if they're not scared that much, I guess it's ok, but like you said, if its scares the hell out of them, well don't let them play.

k yeah they might not be freaked out but nightmares or what ever?

[epixalo]

No.

[legokody]

Originally posted by Frazer:

Originally posted by Scaredog20:

So she is an idiot

I wouldn't go as far as to call her an idiot - she perhaps just doesn't understand what the game actually is.

Maybe she asked someone who is a fnaf hater, according to them it is okay for a seven year old to play because everyone who plays this game is a seven year old.

[The Sheninator]

Well this just makes me look like a criminal... I let a 3 yr old play it.

[Rollerwings]

I let my then-5-year-old play it when it first came out. It's all about knowing your child and what he or she can handle. Some kids just love scary stuff and others will have nightmares, and once you've stayed up late with a sleepless child you're unlikely to repeat your mistake and expose him again to something he couldn't handle. As long as your coworker's children aren't having nightmares they're probably fine.

I don't know how familiar you are with FNaF but the first game is very "clean" horror, with no swearing, no adult content and almost no gore. The "game over" screen contains a very cartoonish image of some eyeballs dangling from an animatronic costume, and the narrator, "Phone Guy" describes a few things that might scare young kids.

There is a darker story about the pizzeria being haunted by the spirits of murdered children, but it's really hidden deep within the game and most young kids probably wouldn't find it. (You have to find some newspaper articles hidden on a wall in the game, take a screenshot and enlarge it to read the hidden story.)

The sequels do contain some stronger content, such as a non-graphic murder of a child in 8-bit graphics and some images of a villain's corpse. I would recommend playing them yourself or watching gameplay videos before just handing them off to a younger child. But even then, the games provoked a great discussion with my kindergartener. He talked about how much he hated what the Purple Guy did to the kids, and how he was glad someone finally stopped him. And we talked about how there are real "bad guys" in this world as well as good guys who work to stop them, stranger danger, etc.

[DragomirKingsman]

Originally posted by oanapaun1010:

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Originally posted by Scaredog20:

Just wanna know, a women at my job said she lets her kids play this game and I thought it was a bad idea

I played Five Night's at Freddy's 3 on a different account last year, and last year I was 10. The only thing that scared me was my first time seeing each of the animatronics and a couple times with Phantom BB. It's fine. Although, don't let him touch FNaF 4 until you glaze your windows or All-Nightmare mode might make him scream so loud it might break the glass.

[KittenLover]

I would say no, because it has extreamly mature themes, and is very scary.

[Metbert]

personally she is free to educate his son in the better way she believe ; however I think that this poor little child will have some nightmares tonight .

[BUckENbooz]

I see you have a lot of simple answers from a lot of people who aren't really interested in truly answering your question. Here's the deal with this game.

I say yes. It's true that the games story has to do with murder, but there is no "killing" in this game. No blood, no violence. The creator "Scott Cawthon" is a christian and before made a lot of christian games. He recently tried horror with Five Nights at Freddy's and was really successful to the gaming community. This game is supposed to be scary and dark, but in his interview he said he wanted to make it for all ages thus the game not having blood, gore, violence of anykind. The only way the player loses is to a jump scare of the animaltronics. No killing animations just a jump scare with a tv blur at the end. Your only concern is if this game is to scary to give him nightmares. Nothing to worry about in a game like this.

Hope my answered helped you out!