Community Manager@FunKaliTy Sorry to hear that you had issues with the game.
If you are playing on Xbox then it may be a case that you need to change some account settings. Please see this thread for more information: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Dreaded-Child-account-online-play-issue/td-p/5810800
Well, first of all it's not on Xbox, it's on PS4 and second that solution involved removing the parental control function on the console and creating a false EA account where you lie about the age of the child who is supposed to play this game, that may I remind you has a 7 year old rating clearly stated on the cover of it.
Doing that would potentially severely harm your child by exposing them to 18+ year old content at such a young age.
They could and would easily download games and movies containing overly violent and sexually focused content without their parents noticing for a long time.
The parents don't play on the PS4 and neither do they constantly supervise the use of the PS4, they are not supposed to have to do that, that's where the parental control function comes in.
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Anyways, it seems there is currently no viable solution to this, EA should fix this or at least refund anyone who ever bought this game with the intent of someone above 7 years, but below their age restriction getting to play it.
It is false advertising and a complete scam that they have allowed to go on because the age restriction of 7 give them such a huuuge market compared to putting it at 16.
Community Manager@FunKaliTy I will have to also ask that you refrain from swearing. AHQ is a community for all ages and at no time is it acceptable to use vulgar language.
Sorry for the confusion over the system, I can only work with the information provided and as I said the post was for if you were on Xbox. The accepted solution in that post has nothing to do with making a false account, the solution is changing the Xbox security settings so as to allow the child account to access the modes such as co-op that are available on a child account. You can change these settings on the PS4 in a similar manner.Unfortunately, this is the only way that a child account can access the modes available to them. I understand the fear that the child may access content deemed unsafe for them which is why parental accounts allow such a huge range of tailored settings. You can on the PS4 grant a child access to modes in PVZ that are suitable for them while at the same time not allowing them to create film streaming accounts or buy 18 rated content.
The ratings on games are placed there by PEGI in the EU and ESRB in the United States. These ratings are part of an advisory system and act as a guide as to content. The rating on PVZ:GW is to say that the content in it is suitable for a 7 years and up. There are modes ingame such as Co-Op that a child account should have no issue accessing and playing, once the parental account allows it.
