I've seen more than a couple TWDs sold because the wife didn't approve with children in the house or it scared their children.

Not if your kid loves the TV show and actually expects some stuff from the show to be in the game.

Dont know if it makes a difference, Metallica you can turn off the profanity, I would think ACDC is the same

In the adult mode there is some swearing. I like the game but it is gross to a lot of people. My 10 year old daughter doesn't like it but its presence doesn't bother her. It is really a game I wouldn't purchase without trying it out if you are concerned.

For a family, I cant think of a better pinball than WOZ. However I think a family would enjoy TAF more.... although younger kids may not appreciate it as much.

Imagine your kid walking around at night, running into a zombie... aka cabinet. He'll forever be traumatized...

It is incredibly violent. You didn't mention how old your kids are, but most people wouldn't be happy with small children being exposed to stuff like that. I'm not kidding about the violence. Heads being blown off, entrails being torn out and eaten, you name it ... I have 10-year-olds, and I don't have a problem with it, but I take the game off free play when their friends come over.

The dmd animations are incredible but gruesome. It does really depend on the kid.

If ACDC is too harsh for your family than I would say that TWD would be as well. Lots of violence/gore and the DMD images are extremely gruesome! ACDC is very tame by comparison.

+1,000,000

kids these days have unfortunately seen it all, but some dots of zombies heads getting blown off shouldn't traumatize them too much.
find one on location and see what their and your wife's reaction is to it.

My daughter 4 wont go near it. . . . She does not like the game at all.

No way , i had a nightmare over this pin and i am fortyseven .

Carl in the TV show was like 12 years old in the 1st season, so if your kids are older than 12, I think it's time they learn to fire a gun and perform C-sections on their mom.

carl-walking-dead-416.jpg

I'd say no. I mean the name alone..The Walking Dead, not exactly Disney.

I played DOOM and Wolfenstein pretty regularly when I was five.

I'm a realistic, compassionate and completely functional human being.

Kids are smarter than you think. If they are old enough to differentiate between real life and fantasy I don't think they will have a problem. But every kid is different!

For instance, the Toy Story movie series probably screwed me up more than anything else. Turned me into a childhood hoarder!

Thanks QuarterGrabber for my 89th thumbs down for speaking the truth about the Walking Dead pinball, can I have another?

Do you really need to ask if TWD is kid friendly? If you are okay with the violent and gore theme then I don't think a little swearing would be a big deal. Just saying.

I guess it depends on your children.

The machine has a kid friendly setting in the setup menu. You can toggle that back and forth at any time.

And no issues here with a 7 year old daughter; she plays it and watches people play it all the time.

Hyperbole? How many? I've seen two sold here for such reasons.

What are the walker kill animations replaced with in family mode? Bicycle girl animation? Match play too? That sounds like a lof of extra dots in there.

No decision there for me. WOZ all day long over TF.
TF is fun but such a bare bones playfield and the theme is not for me as well.

I dont own it but have played it. I can assure you its not a light hearted theme.

they are not replaced with anything nor are the kills removed. Family friendly mode does nothing in TWD.

So there's still a sh!t ton of points on that ramp?

No there is a beep load of point. Sorry it does censor language. I just got the pin delivered this morning.I am also coloring the dots on this game and can confirm no alternate animations in the rom.

I guess my parents were pretty lax on the whole censorship thing. My favorite movies when I was in first grade was Jurassic Park and Poltergeist.

I haven't tried the family setting yet myself but there are some poster's here commenting wrt the DMD graphics on that setting.

I always recommend people try it for themselves. Different strokes for different folks.

if your alright with kids seeing blood and gore or swearing then you should be ok... if that helps any. My parents were pretty lax on censorship but every kid is different.

Oh i just read your comments on AC/DC so it will be a no go on walking dead. but its deferentially not Risque just violent.

id take WOZ over TF but are those your only options

There is no F'ing way I would let me 5 year old watch the show or play this game. Any child in their right mind will be scared sh*tless. I would wait to expose a kid to this type of gore when the are old enough to understand the difference between fake and real. At 5, you can be sitting right in from of them, put on a gory mask, and they will be scared, even though they know it's you. they just aren't mature enough to understand.

My kids are 12 and 13 arent horror watchers and they don't enjoy seeing other human beings hurt, murdered and chopped up. They are old enough to choose and don't care for it. Though TWD is not a horror movie and a little more tasteful, we have tried to watch it but......whack whack....

We have opted against the game because it's simply not a theme we are into, though i realize it is one of the best tv series ever. But so is "friends" and I don't want the pinball.

Gosh no good for my 2.5 y old then . Damn.. Looks like I will need to keep it boxed for a couple of years.. Arf...

Maybe the cabinet of the LE is a bit more kid friendly than the premium?

Heh heh, yeah, I agree.
Perhaps add some training on:

Spiking zombie skulls with a pipe
Killing other non-zombie kids with a .44 Magnum
General Mr. Mayhem training w/ a variety of deadly weapons

and on ... hell might as well get 'em ready for the real world
TWD LE #416

I'm 14 and I'm allowed to play Metallica and TWD no problem, but both machines shouldn't be played by younger children. If you want a deep game for younger kids try and get Mustang or Spider-Man.

Do you have younger siblings?

Played TWD on site with my 10 yr old son, no biggie. For what it's worth he thought it was a boring and went straight back to playing IM after one game.

I think you're vastly underestimating 5 year olds. They understand more than you think. Rudy on FH creeps out some kids and even some adults. If I had one and my 5 year old was getting creeped out, I would tear Rudy down completely and spread his parts across the kitchen table to show the child that Rudy is just a bunch of plastic and metal parts connected to a bunch of wires. Then I would put the game into sound test and make Rudy 'talk' even though his parts are spread all over the kitchen table, to show the child that dad is in charge, not Rudy.

Not saying TWD is fine for 5 year olds. Just saying that 5 year olds are smarter than you think. I know plenty of young kids who live in houses with 'scary' games that have no problem at all.

not kid friendly, not puppy dogs and rainbows, would not want this pin in my garagecade with the kiddies around.

acdc, met, tron, st much better choices for good ol' family fun

episode-1-horse-walkers-760.jpg

Pinsiders near the OP should say "yes buy TWD for the kids"

Same Pinsiders a week later can say "give you $5K for it"

But Rudy will still be watching you

Tell your son he rocks!!

I tell both my boys that every day.
They still give me grief about selling my IM over a year ago.

The art on Walking Dead alone is the stuff of kid nightmares. At least you can censor the language on the rock pins. My 10 year old plays the Metallica in adult mode... The "He's f'd now" comment has played a few times, but only I've achieved the more mom-panic-attack inducing "jack-F'ing-pot!"

The kid knows its a bad word, giggles and knows not to repeat it.

My eight year old loves the game. Kids like zombies just as much as adults so i would have no issue buying this game with kids in the house.

my 10 year old is familiar with Zombies on Minecraft so realistic zombies don't really effect her anymore. She's not scared of them and pictures them like the Minecraft versions. Watched zombieland recently and she was entertained.