Video games for all ages to combat mandatory confinement due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Boys and girls at home, parents sharing telework in the best possible way and many hours of dead time. So many that board games, Netflix and other entertainment can end up running out when it seemed impossible. In this situation, at Meristation we have decided to collect games designed to be enjoyed with the family and, naturally, without leaving home, which current consoles have at their disposal. Designed to entertain with the smallest of the house or with our partners, although they are not habitual in the world of the video game.
If we have already told you in other articles which are the best free games to buy on PC or the best to download on PS4 in 2020, here what we want is to take a look at those games that we can enjoy as a family to have a better time these days alarm status.
Family-friendly games for PS4 and Xbox One
LEGO Marvel's Avengers (and other LEGO games)
- Buy it here: PS4 and Xbox One
The entire LEGO game saga is ideal to get in touch with the little ones in the world of video games. They can be played cooperatively, their difficulty is low and the setting we choose (Avengers, Harry Potter, the Lego Movie …) can serve to catch the 'kids' depending on the fans that are of each license. Mix the main storylines of the movies that are inspired by small puzzles and puzzles inherited from the LEGO construction. It is also an option for Switch.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
- Buy it here: PS4 and Xbox One
The Mario Kart version for non-Nintendo consoles that has generated more interest in recent times. A remake of the classic PSX that comes with the possibility of playing up to four players at once and with new content that adds to everything we already knew about modes, characters, circuits and more. The visual finish is first and if what you want is to play locally, it is highly recommended. It is also an option for Switch.
LittleBigPlanet 3
- Buy it here: PS4
The third installment of the legendary MediaMolecule saga is everything we have always wanted to share with the little ones: the possibility of creating custom worlds so that they can be overcome without frustration or, directly, being able to access the thousands of worlds created by other users and that We can filter by themes and by difficulty. A game fully adaptable to each experience, person and that allows you to play up to four at a time.
Overcooked! two
- Buy it here: PS4 and Xbox One
One of those tremendously fun games, both cooperative and competitive. With short games of five minutes, among others, the fun is guaranteed by trying to collaborate with our children, or competing with them, while we try to save all the culinary problems that we find throughout the rounds, which will not be few. Also for four people at the same time. Another option also available on Switch.
Chimparty
- Buy it here: PS4
Festive cut title for up to four players and using the PlayLink app with 18 assorted modes in which many of our actions are based on simply pressing a button. There is no excuse if we do not know how to take a DualShock because this game makes it easy based on short rounds and relaxed games to spend an entertaining afternoon.
Fruit Ninja Kinect 2
- Buy it here: Xbox One
Do you have Kinect because it came with the first Xbox One and you have only used it for the camera? Well, it's time to dust it off. Little ones love everything about motion controls, and Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 translates that same thing from the legendary smartphone game to the use of the Xbox One camera.
Minecraft
- Buy it here: PS4 and Xbox One
Perhaps this confinement comes in handy not only for children to play with us, but for us to also enter their worlds … As can be the Minecraft world. The block-based world building title has an interesting function for consoles: being able to play with up to four split-screen, in addition to being able to invite friends online. A way to share tasks and adventures in the virtual world. It is also an option for Switch.
Trackmania turbo
- Buy it here: PS4 and Xbox One
Trackmania Turbo is a crazy racing based game for up to four players at a time, in arcade style and with a split screen for four players. We have more than 200 tracks in four different locations, in addition to being able to play the creations of many other users. If what you are looking for is something simple and direct, it is a good option for current consoles.
Family-friendly games for Switch
Super Mario Maker 2
- Buy it here
Super Mario Maker 2 is one of our strongest bets for many reasons. The first, because we can create levels and phases that adapt to the level of our little ones. The second, because when they see it, they will have more desire to create than to play. And the third, because it allows you to play several users at the same time in local mode, making it an almost perfect experience for all ages.
Super mario party
- Buy it here
Mario Party is the family game par excellence, and has the possibility of adapting to the little ones. On the one hand we have the usual way with the board and the brand mini-games of the house; but on the other we have the musical games section, all for movement control, something that makes it easier for the little ones to understand. At an intermediate level we have the option to play in cooperative mode, helping all of us to complete our canoe journey that the game gives us while we play mini-games where the important thing is to cooperate.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympics
- Buy it here
Another one of those games that can save us more than an afternoon thanks to the large number and variety of mini-games that it has inside and since it is allowed, in many of them, the use of movement control: something that makes it easier to control to the boys and girls of the house. Some tests may be somewhat more complex than others, but there are a good number that are prepared for all audiences.
Just Dance 2020
- Buy it here
Since we are going to be locked up for a long time, it is best to do a little exercise. Just Dance 2020 allows you to have a good time and incidentally burn some calories dancing in front of our TV. The music, with themes like Forzen 2's Into the Unknown or singers like Ed Sheeran, Dady Yankee, Katy Perry or Ariana Grande makes it more than familiar to all members of the house. In addition, it arrives in cooperative mode, something that was not in the previous year. Also on PS4 and Xbox One.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Buy it here
Mario Kart 8 is a guarantee for almost any age. First, because it comes packed with content to compete and play as a team at all levels of difficulty. And also because it allows us to customize the control for the less skilled, in such a way that we can make the kart run or brake on its own, that it does not get off the track or use motion control instead of traditional control. Mario Kart does not go out of style and with its screen split into four, it is still a guarantee.
