Just gonna point this out, GTA is one of the most accessible games for kids learning to play a game. Shooters are very difficult to grasp aiming with one thumb, moving with another, and shooting. Games where you have to follow instructions or solve puzzles are impossible till a kid gets the hang of games.

GTA? X button gets in and out of any car you want. Driving couldn’t be easier and is so much fun. Get out of the car and run around till you get bored, then just hop in another car.

And when you die? No reading, or lengthy instructions you need to follow. No, just spawn outside a hospital right next to another car.

I always felt like somebody needed to create a GTA clone just for kids. Everything about it should stay the exact same, just cartoonify the violence and get rid of the sex and drugs and stuff.

[–] perfectduck@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Simpsons hit and run?

[–] goatbeard@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

GTA clone just for kids

Bully

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Wasn't that also Rockstar, lol

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I never played it. I didn’t think there was driving. Or that it was made for kids

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

The closest to that - a cartoonified GTA style game is “Lego City Undercover.” It covers most of the bases for a kid-friendly open world gta style game.