mZuzek said:
I don't think there's such a thing as a right time, if he enjoys watching you play he'll start playing eventually. Or at least that's what I think, but what do I know about parenting.
What games, specifically... well, something like a sidescroller could be good to get started, especially older ones as the inputs were a lot more basic, but maybe he'd feel oppressed by the 2D environment? If so I guess Mario Kart with those auto-steering options can be a good one, especially given his age. Then as he gets better you can remove the auto-steering stuff.
One game I think would be great, actually, is Breath of the Wild. Yeah it's kinda hard and punishing for a kid, but when I was a kid there were only hard and punishing games everywhere and we'd just keep playing no matter how many game overs we saw. Kids are surprisingly persistent, especially in a game that triggers their imagination like BotW does. Though I'd say he's a bit too young for it right now. |
My coworker has a 6 years old boy who just beat Horizon Zero Down (in the easiest difficult mode of course). I talked with him and he was surprisingly well versed in the game mechanics, knew what were the best bows, how to stealth, how to collect items to craft potions, etc
Curious is he doesn't know how to read yet except by a few words, he played solely guiding himself by icons
But overall sandbox games seems nice for kids. They can go almost everywhere and the lack of a real hurdle can get them entertained for months. Guess that's why kids love Minecraft
