Fantasy Life

Kids can learn about achieving goals and being rewarded for dedicated work in this adventurous life-simulation game. Players experience entire careers, working hard to go from fledglings to masters of their chosen disciplines by performing tasks such as chopping down trees, mining minerals, and gathering food to cook. They'll become part of the virtual community by doing business with and helping fellow villagers, and they'll earn money to improve their character's life and position within the village. Fantasy Life is more about fantasy than life, but kids who play may come away thinking about what they want to do with their own lives and how they can become a valuable part of their own real-world communities.

The game's hero -- male or female, according to preference -- works hard to complete tasks in a variety of vocations, such as cook, angler, woodcutter, and hunter. This serves the dual purpose of helping others and advancing the hero's career. The protagonist reflects how people in the real world make a living by performing jobs that help others.

Some roles, including paladin and hunter, involve violence. Swords and daggers are used to strike creatures such as dragons, bees, and wolves. Fights are shown from a raised perspective. There's no blood or gore; enemies simply fall to the ground and disappear when struck.  

Characters occasionally drink something called barley juice and act slightly intoxicated as a result. Pictures of frothy mugs suggest it's some sort of beer-like ale.