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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 4 points 2 years 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 2 points 2 years 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

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

At that age, maybe Among Us or Minecraft?

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 3 points 2 years 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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[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years 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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[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Beyond All Reason

That game looks awesome. I need to check it out.

[–] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Spiderheck, should be cheap!

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed Collection

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