Wizards 101 is no different than any other predatory online game, i have myself played wizards for years and once thought of the game as being fantastic, However over the past year i have noticed a significant increase in the taking advantage of children and paying adults alike. When wizards has a Bug in the game. "they created in the first place". Wizards is making large amounts of money from these bugs in their game. Purchasing items that wizards later removes without notice affecting the players to repurchase items to fix the damage caused by the wizards team. Which means more crowns to get the character back or close to the status it was before wizards made the change. Wizards makes not attempt to resolve any issues with its customers. Children should never be taken advantage of. Financial practices pertaining to children in any online game should have protections. Wizards is likely to reply to an item purchase complaint with something like this. "The item was defective and contributed the wrongs stats, you the consumer should not have purchased the item". An item they sold in their game, An item they created, An item that showed no obvious signs of being defective. They blame the consumer for purchasing their product. The worst most appalling customer service ever. Hopefully wizards will get its act together and take responsibility for their products that are marketed to young children.

Wizard101 Will allow charges to be made on any credit card info you ever use, with or without your authorization with NO REFUNDS!!! BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!

The problem I have is not with the game but there is a problem that they say that they can't fix. I added my niece to my account so that I could transfer crowns to her. We were logged into my account which said it was the master account. I was following instructions. And then we added her. The next time I attempted to buy crowns the system told me that hers is the master account and Kings Isle says there is nothing that they can do about it. I was really angry and disappointed. If I did something wrong it was not clear to me and now I have to be concerned about a 10 year old spending crowns willy nilly if I buy any. I would just start over but I have already paid crowns for most of the areas of the game so obviously not a good solution. I recommend against setting up a master account because of my experience with this. I asked them just to undo the connection and they say they can't. So anyone who doesn't get it right just has to live with it according to them. Very disappointing.

I am 32 years old and this is a game that I allow my children to play. At first I supervised their online sessions with the game, but gradually became totally convinced that the safety of the game itself is excellent. Not only that, but the game can prove to be educational in ceartain aspects as well. Overall a 5 out of 5!

No effence but I don't like Wizard101. When I try to make an acount the Birthdate Day and tear never show up. also, when I finally created an acount it wouldn't let me log in.

Wizard101 is a nice game for kids 9+ depending on how mature they are, some players on this game find there way out of the " filtered " chat and say bad things, but if you have menu chat then you don't see the text chat. Safety is great, not worries about not being safe, you can't even say a number on there. Some adults/parents would say its " Violent " but blood is never shown and in my opinion I would say its not violent at all. People ask for gfs [ girlfriends] and bfs [ boy friends], very often which can get annoying.

Now, I see a lot of people posting in here, and I assume it's over the mess of parents thinking this, kids arguing that. I will say a few things you should definitely know. 1. The only negative content you will ever see in this game will be from the players themselves. Despite the strictest word filter I have ever seen -seriously, you can't even type in numbers or months- most people will try to bypass it with words that sound similar. Some people are just flat out rude and it happens. But as for game content, if you take it for what it is, a silly, clumsy kids game about fairy tale magics, then you have nothing to fear, it comes down to letting your kids play the stories you heard as a child, in spirit. (Now that being said, please allow them to say they are 13+ years old. The only thing it does is allow them to chat freely instead of using pre-made notes, which would just agitate you or your child in the long run. No one says just "no" to an unwanted friendship, they usually say no and why, for example (I can't tell you how many people I have to shrug off because I didn't even get to know them before they randomly sw me in town and bombarded me). And don't worry, even free chat is filtered.) 2. Credit card information. Please.... don't blame a company for taking payments from someone who's essentially a bag of money with the word "YES" coming out of its' mouth. It cannot be proven who took the card and used it. It is your responsibility to keep your credit info safe from not just the obvious threat of internet identity thieves, but your children as well. You need to teach them about the value money has in this world, and in real life you can't play around to get it. And while we're still on this subject.... How dare you people complain that you have to pay to play. Do you have any idea how much it costs in power, server space, paying a creative team and debugging? (Let alone many other things) This game runs 24/7/365. And you are given free updates. You can even play free to get used to it before deciding to pay for it. And 10 USD a month is nothing compared to some games. If it's too much for you, then don't pick this or any other online game up. If you can't find yourself supporting a company, then you don't need to be using their products. 3. Many of you complain about bugs that cause you to crash. Yeah they can be fixed, but until then, they can also be avoided with a bit of common sense. Now, sometimes... you'll open a gate to a new area on one character, and somehow it's also open to another character who hasn't done that quest yet. Well... it's obviously a bug. Don't enter it yet. Or else the game will wonder why you got in without doing your quests, and crash. Or being on a different world then trying to teleport to your room. You're in a completely different set of maps. It can't load them up without being in that world. Common sense. So send them a mass amount of emails, from all your friends and yourself, it may seem counterproductive, but that's how developers know what to change, is by seeing a trend. Enough complaints, enough reason to fix/change. 4.Entertaining? Why yes it is. This game, when I first joined, literally kept me awake and connected all night. Thank god it was my day off the following morning. While only allowing for one class, a wizard, they have more than ,made up for that with a myriad of subclasses that dictate which spells you can use. Meaning there's still a diverse mixtur of offensive, defensive, support, etc. So to any other MMORPG players, this game may come off as childish, but it's still built like the best in terms of gameplay quality. THe entire game isn't even about fighting. You'll find yourself spending a long time exploring every corner of the worlds, collecting items, playing hide and seek with NPCs, crafting stronger parts, designnig a home, the list goes on. Even your pet has a huge list of thnigs it can do if you take the time to raise it. And the best part? This game is LONG. It takes a large sum of time to level up, complete quests, etc. There is no easy way out without exploiting a bug. Leveling will take hours per level, battles actually take planning and player cooperation, buying that new staff or chaging your armor colors will takes saving up. All of this in a bright and colorful interactive world, floating in the middle of nowhere. All in all..... yeah, if you can spare 10 USD a month, or 7 USD/family member, then it can be a wonderful experience and a game that can bring a family closer together, while still beign educational. But seriously, try before you buy, and keep your cards safe, as with anything.

My son received messages from someone who said they were going to kill him, but first have sex with him. Then they listed our address. I emailed this information to KingsIsle entertainment whose only response was that they needed the name used by the person sending the messages. If you call the company that runs Wizard101, all you get is a message saying to log in and email, which is very frustrating for this type of situation.

The game is a must play game.