When children watch World of Warcraft, it can be very cute – but also very shocking, as some parents reveal.
World of Warcraft is old – at 20 years, it’s quite old for an MMORPG. This applies to many players who have now become extremely old grown up. Many of them now have their own children, and they see what their parents are playing on the computer. But how does the younger generation actually react to what happens on the screen?
In the WoW Subreddit, a discussion was sparked on exactly this topic – and some reactions are simply merciless.
In true “Okay, Boomer” fashion, some parents feel how it is when you’re no longer playing the most modern game:
- “My oldest son (14) calls WoW the “Boomer game of my mom” 🙁 I met his father in-game during WotLK, at least he thinks that’s pretty cool.” -_paxia_
You can’t build anything – that’s why Minecraft is better than WoW
Other kids can’t relate to World of Warcraft at all because it is so fundamentally different from other games:
- “My son always compares it to Minecraft and simply doesn’t see what makes the game special because we can’t build things.” -Wiseblood1978
Some other children might evoke a warm feeling for certain characters. Because who knows when this lady was last called “princess”:
- “‘Show me the princess who collects flowers!’ – My daughters when they talk about my undead priest with herbalism.” -ToiletWarlord
Those who complain that “there’s nothing to do in WoW” perhaps just cannot appreciate the small, beautiful things in life:
- “My youngest loves it when I sit in Darnassus in front of the bank and all the mounts walk by, he always laughs hysterically when someone runs by with the AH mount. It’s just fun to watch.” – raulit21
However, some children seem to already have a very developed understanding of morality when they question fundamental game mechanics:
- “One of my core memories is when my little nephew wanted to try WoW. We created a character and logged in. I translated it for him (we are not English-speaking) and he gets his first quest to kill some wild boars.
After a few moments of fighting, he kills one and then I say, ‘Now we right-click.’ He does it, his character kneels to loot, and my nephew asks:
‘Oh, are we praying for the pig now because we killed it?’
I felt so bad at that moment and had to explain to him that we only need the gray scraps. That has always stuck with me.” – SamaramomM
Young people are a problem for WoW: As amusing as the stories are to read, World of Warcraft actually has a problem with youth. Because WoW is struggling quite a bit to engage the next generation with the MMORPG.
One reason for this is that World of Warcraft is a rather old game, whose graphic style cannot keep up with newer games. At the same time, WoW requires a lot of time and is simply too complex and overwhelming for newcomers. Before you grasp the fundamentals in WoW, you could have mastered 3 other games already.
Do you also have children watching you play? How do they react to World of Warcraft (or other old games)? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
