Hello!
My 13 year old has asked to play Pokemon Insurgence. At a glance it looks great with a few darker themes. But just wanted to get opinions from those who have actually played it!
What age is it suitable for?
What are the darker themes?
Anything not really appropriate for 13 years?
Does it have in game chat?
We’re a big fan of pokemon and have all the Nintendo games but this is a first for a fan made one!
Thanks for any help!
When you start the game, you will be given two options for the story: Traditional, and Dark.
Dark is very dark. It features lots of death and violence and isn’t really appropriate for a 13-year-old. Or adults, for that matter - not only because it’s needleslly dark, but because the writing just isn’t very good.
Traditional is much closer to an official pokemon game. It’s a bit darker than normal, featuring injury, loss, betrayal and body horror, but no on-screen deaths. In my opinion it feels like the edgiest official game I could ever imagine. I’d say it’s pitched at about the level of the more intense Miyazaki or Don Bluth films, so if you’d trust your 13-year-old to handle Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke or The Secret of NIMH, they should be fine playing on Traditional.