 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
zOMG!
- Windows
- Price: Free
- Genre: Massively Multi-player Online Game (MMOG)
Common Sense Media says
Fighting MMO game skews older with raw chat, consumerism.
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QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that zOMG! is a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) which is part of Gaia Online. The game will attract younger teens with its lively graphics and game play, but because chat (unless the filter is on) can be quite raw, we don't recommend it for kids younger than 15. zOMG! Is a free to play flash-based game, but teens will be tempted to spend real money to purchase in-game items. While the in-game fighting doesn't have blood or gore, an opening trailer shows a woman's throat being ripped open by a monster with blood shown. This game has not been rated by the ESRB and is currently in open beta.
What's it about?
zOMG! puts you in a world where the inanimate objects have been infused with an evil life force and their main objective is to kill humans. In defense, you have to destroy these anthropomorphized objects before they kill you. Apart from Barton Town, which is your safe zone, there are nine areas to explore. They have different landscapes and themes, which vary in danger and difficulty. The areas may be lush, beautiful, and seemingly tranquil but beware the pink flamingos, garden gnomes, green hamsters, and toaster ovens. You start off in a subway train, which is the tutorial to show you the controls of the game including how to hunt and destroy.
Is it any good?
There is some unexpected depth to this MMO because it uses a unique "rings system" for combat and leveling. A player can equip up to eight rings at a time and the rings are used for attack, healing, and support. Ring sets will give certain stat boosts and you do not level-up an avatar to get stronger, but rather, you level-up the power of the rings. The more powerful the rings, the more powerful the character.
The narrative and quests are full of humor as they have the player running around the areas delivering items or hunting numbers of monsters and zombies. There are also minigames which can be played and some of them make you play a minigame through the game world, avoiding or destroying monsters as you go along. At time of writing however, the game is still in Open Beta and it suffers from lag, bugs, and too many other people crowding on the small screen.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about online interaction with strangers. How much should you divulge of yourself when you are playing with other anonymous strangers? How do you know that they are kids like yourself? Are you tempted to spend money to buy in-game items? Why or why not?
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AGE
TOO VIOLENT
I played this game at age 10 and 11. This game has some cuss words in the chat and violence. There's a bit of blood when defeating monsters and this game is damaging to the brain. The models of people in the game can contain alcohol drinks though its a character and nasty outfits. I'm more mature then most kids though.
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I love it
I find this game very good. Its the only reason why I go on gaia* There is blood but only a little. The only "rings" (that's the weapons for fighting the animated aka the bad ones in a way) that show blood are hack and shark attack. Some people do use bad language but you can filter by going on your account settings and put very strong filtering so you won't see that bad words like deadman's pass, for example to me it shows up the deadman's P*** because i used the strong filtering. (its a place where you can fight a giant monster) To me most people are nice, you just need to find the right ones. Its fantasy and has a good enough plot line so yea. So if you like fantasy then you should try it. lol just make sure you understand most of what cl and what rings do for ya. Trust me there's a lot of people in ZOMG who do nothing except chat and so they "die" right away when there is an ambush. That's why they have tutorial for fighting with rings. Use gaia towns for that.
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Kid, 10 years old
September 26, 2009
AGE
kenyon
iloveit
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Abit for the older kids
Well it can be very fun to play, but the language can be a issue. with the default chat words like sex come up uncensored but it all really depends on how you play it and use it.
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Parents nowadays are just overreacting.
Ok.So pretty much, I have more knowledge of GaiaOnline than any other young kid since I have been playing the site since September 7th, 2007. So what, if, a tiny monster rips a woman's neck and blood just spats everywhere like a sprinkler?
(Matter of fact, I haven't seen that... Oh wait. the Grunny part. Nevermind.. ) That isn't so violent! It's just a stupid Gramster biting a neck. Big deal. It's just a tiny trailer.
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AGE
It's fun.
Eh, it's ok. I'd suggest it for ages 14+ just, because it is part of Gaia online and many people swear on it. The violence is not that bad. All you do is fight things like lawn knomes or drums... and random fluff things... but it's definately not good for young children.
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Kid, 11 years old
September 1, 2010
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ummmmm.........zOMG is from gaia online how the heck then dont know gaia online if thay know zOMG?!
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Perfect for teens
It depends on how people play it
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AGE
this is better than runescape! but it has chat, therefore there is inapropriate stuff.
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great game! but alot of the people arent that nice, so i dont talk to them
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| Platforms: | Windows |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Massively Multi-player Online Game (MMOG) |
| Developer: | Gaia Interactive |
| Release date: | November 6, 2008 |
| Price: | Free |
| ESRB rating: | NR |
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