Hi Tom.
Well, on the atmosphere front I would still be concerned at a child of
around eight playing a game a game like shades of doom or swamp since I
could imagine a child becoming quite bothered at that point. it was the
horror atmosphere in shades that really grabbed my attention when i first
played it myself. Also bare in mind an audio death with lots of squishing,
crunching and bloody sound effects isn't any better for not showing the
blood.
Interestingly ennough, i've seen several people cryticize the doctor who
audio range on this front, since some stories have audio representations of
very gorey deaths, for instance one that got really slammed was necromantea
which involved someone getting first his tongue, then his heart wripped out
by a psychically empowered covern of alien witches, so just because there is
no visible blood it still has an effect.
of course, it depends upon the age of the child as you said, and it's not
something I'd ever set a ban over, but I would suggest parents considder
viewing a game like shades or swamp before showing it to kids under ten.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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