Joined a random game of Helldivers recently. Two guys and a kid are playing, one is the dad. I’m the random on the team.
Cool. Kinda wholesome at first. Kid is easily under 10 though and it’s the highest difficulty and you can tell that when things pick up they have no clue what’s going on.
Totally cool. Part of what makes the game great is a little co op goes a long way and dying isn’t really serious. And they got that, there was light hearted team killing, everyone seems focused on the most important aspect of the game: having fun.
But when the dad died and gets stuck spectating his kid, he keeps calling him a retard when he’s not understanding some gameplay mechanic.
Or how many parents just kinda suck.
Joined a random game of Helldivers recently. Two guys and a kid are playing, one is the dad. I’m the random on the team.
Cool. Kinda wholesome at first. Kid is easily under 10 though and it’s the highest difficulty and you can tell that when things pick up they have no clue what’s going on.
Totally cool. Part of what makes the game great is a little co op goes a long way and dying isn’t really serious. And they got that, there was light hearted team killing, everyone seems focused on the most important aspect of the game: having fun.
But when the dad died and gets stuck spectating his kid, he keeps calling him a retard when he’s not understanding some gameplay mechanic.
Ugh.
Like the whole point of having fun with Helldivers is the absolute bullshit you wade through and how all you can do is laugh sometimes.
Squishing bugs and blowing up scary looking robots should be relaxing and funny.
The dad wasn’t really tilted, I got the sense that he’s always this apologetic about his son being “a little retarded.”
Yes also that. Takes the fun out of it for everyone, especilly the kid, and has lasting damage that they are oblivious to.
Kids playing unsuitable games is a whole other topic though that I despise.