Starting tonight and for a week or so after, I will have in my house an Xbox One, two Xbox One controllers, and two children we are desperately hoping to entertain for a couple (maybe 2) hours a day, with minimal adult involvement. They'll be outdoors most of the time, so this is mainly for when they come in to cool off or maybe a little bit before or after dinner.
I'm looking for suggestions for age-appropriate Xbox games the tiny humans can play together or separately, as they choose. We have a 9 year old girl and a 10 year old boy, both very smart, imaginative and adventurous. For the good of the realm, they must be contained.
This is a vacation for them, so no real educational value is necessary -- it just needs to be fun and absorbing. I'm willing to spend around $50-$100 to keep them out of our collective hair for a little while each day -- possibly a little more for something I'll play myself after they're gone.
Restrictions are minimal but important:
1) Not too scary, as one of the kids can get a bit skittish around creepy/dark
2) Language no worse than typical PG level
3) Not too fighty
4) Not violent or gross
I have access to Minecraft through GamePass, and I think the kids may have some experience with it, but I do not - so I don't know if they need anything else for it. I have a sense they may have been playing on a private server or something?
I also know that at least one of them has greatly enjoyed playing Monument Valley on his mom's phone, as he boysplained it to me at great length and in epic detail on our last group vacation.
I mainly use the Xbox to play Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisp, and Dragon Age games. Beyond that, I'm a complete stranger to what's available.
Am n00b, know nothing, pls help!
(BONUS - we are also open to suggestions for stuff they can safely do outside in a big, flat back yard. Our pool is out of commission - so all we really have at the moment is a sprinkler. My plan right now is to teach them how to weed. Super fun, I know.) |
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