Grand Theft Auto

[cougar]

Try out the driver series of games. They're pretty fun, and the later ones do have some violence in them, but I don't think its as bad as GTA. NFS: UG2 is a good choice. You get to drive around everywhere and mod up your car. BTW GTA is junk...


Later,
Brandon

 

[alessandra]

My husband rented the new Grand Theft Auto and I have NEVER laughed so hard in my entire life. Although the language and violence would not be appropriate for children it was too funny to watch my husband steal cars and bikes and basically kill everyone in his path.

 

[turtlecat]

LOLOL is that the one with the tank that you can dive off the bridge in?

 

[turtlecat]

Your kids might enjoy initial D... but I can't remember if that's arcade only?

 

[flisssweetpea]

I used to like Rage Racer for the PS1. It didn't have any violence in it, it was a racing game - you could set up how much damage the cars sustained if you hit anything (easy to hard). It was great - you could race around like a complete maniac!!!. All the things I couldn't do when I was really driving (I'm a cautious driver in real life).

 

[cheeseface]

Originally Posted by TTMom

I think they have xbox, we have PC and my son wants something that will allow driving like GTA. The driving isn't the issue with GTA, it's the crimes. I think the kids like it so much because it's so realistic. I liked it because I was able to play around with the driving without hurting anyone. DH couldn't drive with it at all.

So are your nephews coming to visit with the Xbox or are you trying to find something specifically for your PC? For the Xbox there's:

Midnight Club II (lots of city block driving)
Midtown Madness 3 (lots of city block driving)
The Simpsons: Hit & Run (modeled after gta, so still has lots of violence)
Burnout 3: Takedown (track based racing, but really fast and crazy)
Crazy Taxi: High Roller (tons of city cab driving fun)

For the PC:

Midnight Club II
The Simpsons: Hit & Run

For both systems there are lots of good racing games, but they are track based. For more on either of them you can have a detailed look here: http://www.gamespot.com/user/advsear...lnav_advsearch
I recommend only selecting one year at a time (then pressing the back button to swithc years) and setting the gamespot score to 7. Anything less than a seven could be a stinker.

 

[ttmom]

Both. Something for PC for our home and something to take to the nephews this summer for xbox. I'll look at those xbox games.