Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
The incursion of this franchise that already has more than ten years under its belt has been quite interesting. How it has been conquering a large community of gamers on mobile phones and has wanted to strengthen its presence in the format of desktop consoles. Based on a “tower defense” or “tower defense” type proposal, this edition has become somewhat more open and includes several different modes of combat. One of the most suggestive is the ability to play on a split screen. Players can choose a side (face each other) or be part of the same battalion (either with the plants or with the zombies). In this mode you can, in turn, choose whether to defend the flag, opt for a horde mode that causes great tension to be able to overcome all the enemies or, simply, explore the city while they are facing each other. It has a very careful graphic level and different types of characters.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Fifa 2020
The popular soccer video game series has maintained its level this season and, although at the playable level its rival “Pro Evolution Soccer 2020” has more simulation touches, it is quite grateful for beginners. It offers several very different game modes but you can compete between two people on the same console in high intensity matches. You can choose from a hundred official teams (except Juventus, for reasons of agreements), including women. It includes several technical and tactical options for modifying the style and accepting suggestions for changes. In this edition the behavior of the goalkeepers has been improved to make it more effective. So enjoying a few hours between father and son for example is within reach.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
The Lego saga
This well-known video game saga of popular toys has a multitude of proposals that range from well-known characters such as Indiana Jones, Batman, adaptations of franchises such as Harry Potter or Star Wars. Many of their stories adapt the original plots, so it can serve, why not, to teach your children about the characters that have marked your life. A long catalog that will surely fit your tastes. Most, although in recent editions it has been varied, include a very similar game experience, which ranges from destroying blocks as you go, rebuilding objects to continue the game and, above all, collaborating. It can be enjoyed in the company of another controller and have a good time in the company of your children.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch
Overcooked 2
This cooperative multiplayer online game is designed to get more than one laugh in the company. It can be played in local cooperative, that is, from the desktop console itself. The goal is to prepare dishes with full milk while you distribute the food among the diners. Likewise, a child becomes a great chef when he grows up. The goal is to be perfectly synchronized and to work as a team. The idea is to strive to work as a team (or against each other) to achieve the highest score in chaotic games. Under this approach, users must travel the world cooking a lot of new recipes that will not disappoint even the most demanding palates.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch
Minecraft
It has a stimulating formula and, although it is for individual consumption, it is very nice to see. Thus, both parents and their children can enjoy while building structures or exploring the vast open world to locate objects and materials. It is quite accessible even for primary school children, who can become familiar with this type of digital entertainment. In addition, and to avoid frustration, it is possible to approach a playable world in a creative and peaceful way. Hence, the little ones can develop the notions of space and time that will help them understand the world. Hence, a version for education has been developed that enhances creativity and learning.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Forza Motorsport 7
One of the best car racing simulators features outstanding graphics. Players, who can face off on a split screen, can choose up to 700 different vehicles from brands as diverse as Ferrari, Ford or Porsche. In addition to the classic competitions, improvements have been made to cornering, drifting, as well as time trials. It also has a dynamic weather system that gives it a much more powerful flavor.
Available: Xbox One
A way out
It is an action adventure in which it is necessary to collaborate in order to escape from prison. The plot starts at the moment in which two prisoners, Vincent Moretti and Leo Carusso, those whose reasons for their sentence are unknown, are transferred to jail. Each one assigned to his corresponding cell and, despite having a small clash at the beginning, the players immediately observe that if they want to have a chance to escape, they must help each other to fight against other prisoners or overcome puzzles. That is, they must cooperate to achieve the ultimate goal, which is to feel freedom again. The game, for this reason, invites you to parley between both players to succeed and achieve the different planned missions. Each of them articulate a deep and thoughtful escape strategy.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
Just Dance 2020
The popular dance series allows for social enjoyment. And since now you cannot socialize much with people outside your family, the most interesting thing is being able to have a hobby between the elders and the little ones in the house. The formula, which has not changed for many years, invites you to move and dance while playing some lively songs of the moment such as artists such as Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish or Ed Sheeran. Thus, in addition, you can do some exercise and have a laugh, which is well needed in these days of confinement.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Unravel Two
In the second installment of this “metroidvania” video game, the possibility of playing as a team between two people was incorporated. You have to handle a nice character in the form of a ball of wool that must take advantage of its seams to overcome the various obstacles. This platform title surprises with its great creativity and its emotional history.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Cuphead
This smiling and striking proposal can be played between two people. This challenging action platformer has an original aesthetic that leaves no one paralyzed. With a setting typical of cartoons from the thirties, this proposal is fast and explosive. The characters are anthropomorphic cups that must be escaping from difficult enemies. Accuracy and dexterity are your great allies.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
It can be played between two people with the original Nintendo Switch that allows you to separate the “joy cons”, the control *****. Under this premise, the title offers hours and hours of entertainment with an apparently simple but complicated approach and with many possibilities. It is a three-character turn-based battle game where users must use coverage, reload times and the opponent’s weaknesses to overcome the different missions available, which are many and varied.
Available: Switch
Diablo III
This installment of the well-known role-playing video game series continues to hit hard. It allows four people on the screen who, at the stroke of a greatsword, must overcome hordes of demonic enemies while the heroes must combine weapons and abilities.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Super mario odyssey
He is such a beloved character and is such an inexhaustible source of ideas that he works on his own. This 3D adventure platformer was one of the best (and still is) in the Nintendo Switch catalog. With great freedom of movement, the protagonist must use his new and incredible abilities to collect moons in order to propel his airship, the Odyssey, and rescue Princess Peach from the wedding plans of her great enemy, Bowser. It can be enjoyed between two people with separate controls. And so the experience is shared. So imagine being with one of your children overcoming obstacles in the mushroom kingdom.
Available: Switch
Mario Kart 8
Intense, fun and exciting. This popular racing game allows players to try not only to win the race but to do it in an amazing way, with impossible drifts and using various skills to put opponents in a tight spot. In handheld mode, up to eight players can connect for a local multiplayer game. Whether you’re playing on TV or in desktop mode, up to four players can enjoy split-screen multiplayer action. It is very competitive and has great graphics.
Available: Switch
Rocket league
Although it is a title with many years already, it is still spectacular. It has everything to make the family spend hours entertaining. The formula seems simple but it is a lot of fun. Imagine a soccer game but with cars. Well, this and more can be found in this proposal that uses vehicles instead of players and a large ball. In the matches they can participate from one against one to four against four players distributed in two teams, orange and blue. Each car, in addition, can use extra propulsion, both to accelerate and to move through the air, this being a fundamental characteristic of the game.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Mortal Kombat 11
Direct sequel to the previous one, this installment of the fighting video game continues to maintain the level. This 2.5D fighting video game is fun and competitive. Players must choose a combatant from a large cast of characters (about twenty-five) in order to overcome their rivals. And, for this, in addition to blows, they must use different personalized skills of each one and used the so-called “fatalities” or final blows that give it a bloody touch. Along with veterans of the series like Baraka, Raiden, Scorpion, Sonya Blade and Sub-Zero, others like Skarlet or Geras arrive. It also has a story mode, although playable on an individual level, in which the saga continues, being able to play with a wide variety of characters from the past and present.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Dragon ball fighterz
Also of 2.5D fights, this video game is intense and offers many moments of fun while you compete with some of the protagonists of all the Dragon Ball sagas. The approach to the game is simple and basic, but leaves no time for doubts. The title focuses on a team combat system made up of three characters, configurable by the player himself based on his criteria, and of course, the winner is the player who kills all the rivals. One is controlled for each confrontation, producing rounds of several minutes of confrontation and certain crossed movements between personnel can be used as support. There you can also find a certainly strategic component, since the player can decide at the beginning the character that goes into battle first, but depending on the development of the same, he can alter the order in a gesture or take advantage, if possible, to their fighters to land blows for surprises.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch
Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 can be played locally in split screen with a maximum of 2 players. Split screen users can join or team up online with up to 4 friends. This first person shooter game has a very particular aesthetic that stands out above all else. It’s frenzied fun that wins integers in company.
Available: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
