Im not much of a gamer (ironically I make games for a living) but I made a bet with my kids that if the Detroit Lions make the playoffs this year I’ll buy them a system, and its looking like almost a lock to happen, so I want to get in on some Holiday deals.
This is their first non-Nintendo system so I’m a little lost on which way to go at this point in the generation cycle. For reference they’re 7 and 9 year old boys and are gonna be new to gaming that isnt based around crafting or Italian brothers. (i made them use my old NES, then SNES first, then got them a Switch a couple years back)
Why do you think a kid can’t play GoW? When I was their age kids loved the original GoW trilogy which was a lot more adult/explicit. The new one isn’t too bad unless you consider hacking apart dark elves and norse zombies to be too adult for a 9 year old. I loved games like that at that age.
I can kind of understand The Last of Us, but also literally every kid I knew when I was younger was hugely into zombie games. Hopping into cod zombies or left 4 dead was an obsession for kids and teens alike.
There’s also other great exclusives like Horizon ZD/FW, Ghost of Tsushima, Ratchet and Clank, Spiderman franchise, FF16, Demon’s Souls Remake, Returnal, Astro’s Playroom, Kena Bridge of Spirits, Sackboy Big Adventure. There are also a boatload of E rated games from the PS4 generation which are all available on the PS5.
Keep in mind too that they already have been gaming on Switch a lot so they have had a ton of experience with E rated content and I would not be surprised in the least if they are itching to play some more teen-targeted stuff like PG-13 content.