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Need for Speed World
- Windows
- Price: Free -- $20
- Genre: Massively Multi-player Online Game (MMOG)
Common Sense Media says
Racing MMO looks good but encourages unlawful driving.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Need for Speed World is a massively multiplayer online game about illegal, reckless street racing. Players race against other players, trying to crash into opponents or have them crash out of contention in races. It is also a game that rewards property destruction and evading law enforcement. If you gain the attention of the police and then outrun them over a period of time, you crank up reputation points and earn in-game money. The game is played online with open, filtered text chat.
What's it about?
NEED FOR SPEED WORLD is a massively multiplayer game that has players racing against one another on street tracks through a variety of locations, or indulging in the Pursuit mode after ramming a police car. Players earn reputation points to level up and cash to customize vehicles or rent other vehicles to take into the world. As players level up, new tracks become available to race on.
Is it any good?
The game is enjoyable and challenging, with sharp-looking graphical elements. There is always the challenge of the next race, but once shortcuts on each track are discovered, it simply becomes a matter of finding the quickest path to the finish line. The arcade elements -- like speed boosts, traffic magnets, or adding a lap to the course -- offer a strategic element. Kids may be disappointed to discover that this free game isn't free beyond level 10. If you want to keep leveling up and opening new tracks, you must pay a $20. They may find that the game can become repetitive.
Online interaction: There is online filtered text chat available to talk to other players. Since this is a game about community-generated events, this interaction with other players is necessary. The potential for creative cussing that circumvents the filters it there.
What families can talk about
Families can discuss the reasons why the behavior in this game is inappropriate in the real world, and can talk about the importance of obeying laws intended to protect society and property.
Families can talk about the lure of driving at high speeds and the challenge of doing just that in a game setting. What are the elements that are most difficult and how one can prepare for upcoming elements such as turns?
Families can also discuss the challenges associated with online competition. Does winning ever become more important than having fun?
Do you think racing games improve reflexes and your ability to think quickly?
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Bad role models but not violent.
To be honest, Need for speed has never really given any good messages to kids. Drive around like this and never get caught is not how things work. The role models are terrible really because the kids may now want to be a street racer when they are older. I wouldn't say this game is violent. Either 9+ or someone who will understand that you don't respawn when you get beaten up by cops. The violence consists of crashing as in most games but nothing major. 9+
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ummmm......
So, here is mine point of view.
Violence: It depends on how you drive in free roam mode. You may simply drive as you do it in real - it can be good, or you are trying to wramm police car - aw*...... Unfortunately, police doesn't look for you when you are the "easy driver" as I am. It begins looking for you if you wramm a police car.
Sex: No sex in all NFS. They are just racing games...
Language: It depends on how you chat. If you chat only with your friends with normal words - it is normal, if you are trying to say the F and S words to an unknown racer - aww*....
Drinking, drugs, smoking: Nothing, it is just a racing game...
Messages: Also depends on you. It does not matter, you are winner or loser in this game - you are getting a reward, but so earlier you finish - so bigger reward is. No "You lose, sucker!" and anything like this.
Safety: You are also responsible. Everybody does not see your personal info, just your nickname, a car you drive, your stats....
Educational: Before your child plays this game, tell him about the traffic laws, and when he takes the steering wheel, guide him not to race with real people until he gets some skills.
Role models: There aren't human models there. Just cars and driver...
The verdict: It can be good for schoolchildren grades 2-3-4 and up, but before he takes the street, he must know about some traffic laws, some traffic violations, and evading pursuit is unlawful. So, if your child plays NFS World, try to tell him that real driving is not an NFS.
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NOTHNG IS WRONG
I own Need for Speed Carbon I got it when I was 9 cause thats when I got my First DS, I don't get it it says there is iffy stuff for 17 year olds nothing is wrong with these games a ton of my friends and I even plays games that r mature 17+ we just say who cares
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| Platforms: | Windows |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Massively Multi-player Online Game (MMOG) |
| Developer: | Electronic Arts |
| Release date: | July 27, 2010 |
| Price: | Free -- $20 |
| ESRB rating: | E10+ for Mild Suggestive Themes, Mild Violence |
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