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I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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As we all know, Roblox is garbage tier gameplay structured around psychological cues to get children to fill an endless pit with fake money bought with real money.

So I banned my kid from it. He used it a little bit socially with a few friends of his. What online or local multiplayer games should I help him to replace it with? (He's 10, so please don't recommend Diablo 4 or anything else that has quite that much gore)

He and his friends have an Xbox Series X|S at home.

Edit: keep your judgemental shit out of here. His whole social group (5 kids he knows from school) got banned on the same day. Me and the other parents are trying to be nice and replace it with better quality games so it isn't just a punishment.

Edit2: Thanks guys. I got him Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge

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[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Finals is fun and free. Apex Legends is cool too. A lot of shooting but no gore at all.

[–] BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

The finals is also only voice chat and its opt in from the get go, so really good for avoiding toxic behavior from randos

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

I don't think there's a problem with restricting internet access for your kids, especially if you can get other parents (of your kids friends) to do it too

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Factorio provided you want a group of kids that you never see again that can all program their own PLC devices

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I'm still confused as to why you guys don't just ban the spending of money on micro transactions and not the game itself? Every game is jam PACKED with mtx these days, from CoD to Fortnite to Forza.

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[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

Golf with friends

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

RunEscape has a pretty expansive free to play game. Cartoonish gore.

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[–] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Spiderheck, should be cheap!

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe introduce him to Beyond All Reason? It's an RTS in the vein of Total Annihilation. Free and open source and very good looking.

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[–] JamesBean@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

At that age, maybe Among Us or Minecraft?

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

For a second I confused Among Us with The Last of Us. I thought that was a pretty messed up suggestion for a little kid lol

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