Is MapleStory appropriate for young children?
MapleStory is a game suitable for all ages. The game EULA restricts play to 18 years old, and as young as 13 with parental permission. This change occurred recently. However, the players may not be. There is a very strict “curse word filter” that blocks certain curse words, even if the curse word is separated by a space. For example, the phrase “Cash items” is blocked, even with the space in the middle. Nonetheless, there are always users bringing in immature jokes and trying to bypass the curse word filter; but this is to be expected in any community-based game. There is no suggestive artwork; everything is done in “Chibi-style”, also called Super Deformed, a popular anime/manga style in which characters have large heads to show off facial features, and the overall style is very cute. There is no blood or gore; the violence level is equivalent to early SNES/Genesis games (enemies fall over and disappear). Death in the game is rather comical: a little ghost-shape replaces your avatar,
