What video game to get a 12 year old boy?

[illusion88]

I was thinking of getting him starcraft and the expansion. Great game, lots of fun, and no graphic violence.

What do you think?

Any other ideas? Assume his system can run anything (I dont know what his system is).

 

[Hacp]

star wars lego, half life 2, guild wars, farcry. I played all of these and highly reccomend. If your looking into older games, warcract 3 frozen throne is fun as hell.

 

[yankeesfan]

Age of Empires. It is educational!

 

[FleshLight]

GTASA or BF2

 

[CHfan4ever]

12 years old?

Id go with either Grand Theft Auto SA or Bloodrayne 2

 

[SSP]

*zerg rush this thread!*

 

[Bozono]

When I was that age I loved the Leisure Suit Larry series. There's a new one out recently too.

 

[intogamer]

NFSU

hes going to get addicted to StarCraft

 

[BW86]

BF2
HL2
GTA:SA

lol.. no graphic voilence...sigh

 

[Pepsi90919]

preferably something with lots of pornography

 

[Xonoahbin]

Age of Empires. Omgzors I was addicted to it when I was 12.. was top 15 deathmatch in age of kings then.. omgzors..

 

[MX2]

Lego Star Wars, Simpsons Hit and Run, Psychonauts, SpongeBob

 

[hjo3]

Warcraft III. Starcraft is really old... IIRC, it only runs at 640x480/256 colors, right?

 

[BrokenVisage]

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly - Director's Cut for the youngling

 

[Shawn]

SC FTW

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Warcraft 3 / Starcraft. But they're addicting.

 

[sniperruff]

any mario cart.

 

[akubi]

starcraft has plenty of blood

 

[suse920]

playboy mansion

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: illusion88
I was thinking of getting him starcraft and the expansion. Great game, lots of fun, and no graphic violence.

What do you think?

Any other ideas? Assume his system can run anything (I dont know what his system is).

GTA: San Andreas...

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
Age of Empires. It is educational!

Fsck yeah! When I was 8, I used to love playing AOE2, then going to school and learning about it. It gave me a good outline of what was to come, and now I learned in Psychology that a frame to build on greatly increases retention. I would recommend AOE for your 12 year old child.

 

[alkemyst]

isn't trying to 'get' a 12 year old boy illegal?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: MX2times
Lego Star Wars, Simpsons Hit and Run, Psychonauts, SpongeBob

best suggestions I have seen

 

[jlee]

My 12yo brother likes AoE2, BF1942 (Desert Combat..sp only, no broadband)..Morrowind..Neverwinter Nights..

 

[RedCOMET]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
any mario cart.

if the OP is gonna get him a mario cart, get him the one for the N64.