Assassin's Creed, Among Us, Mario ... What are the best video games to overcome confinement?

Long suspected of locking the public in solitude, video games are today an obvious vector of social bond.

According to a recent study, more than 50% of French people play it regularly, a figure that could be revised upwards at the end of the two periods of confinement.

Adventure, action, single player, multiplayer, new or retro, there is something for everyone and every budget.

Overview of the essentials.

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Among US

If the first confinement crowned

as a game if not official, at least unavoidable, this second period of confinement seems placed under the sign of

.

In this multiplayer experience, with childish graphics, you play as a small character stuck in a ship, in the company of your peers.

To successfully complete your trip you will have to complete certain maintenance tasks, without being eliminated by the traitor who is hiding among the crew.

It's up to you to defend your innocence with other players, or to show your bad faith so as not to be exposed.

Excellent with friends,

is as easy to learn as it is fun.

Available on the Steam platform at a price of 3.99 euros.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

How to experience a true chivalrous epic from your living room.

The latest addition to

franchise

offers to travel the vast lands of the world of Hyrule, devastated by the terrible Gannon.

As the adventure progresses, you will explore many landscapes, face countless enemies and solve increasingly complicated puzzles.

Besides its careful artistic direction,

is a true masterpiece of maneuverability, leaving the player with an illusion of almost perfect freedom.

A must in this period of isolation, for anyone looking for a change of scenery.

Available on Nintendo eShop for 69.99 euros.

Archero

Developed by the Habby studio,

immerses you in the shoes of a little monster

warrior.

Armed with his bow, he will have to move from room to room to overcome the various bosses offered by the game. Improvements are unlocked as the games go, allowing the hero to acquire more power and skills. '' thus access the following levels.

Simple and terribly addicting, this little mobile game is a nugget of action and reflexes.

Available for free on Android and IOS.

Agrou

Secretly created by the YouTubers of Wankil Studio,

is a French video game adaptation of the Loups-Garous de Thiercelieux role-playing game.

In a village, the inhabitants will have to unmask the werewolves who hide among them and kill them every night.

To help them, different characters such as the Witch, the Seer or the Hunter will have to make the right choice ... or not.

Manipulation, strategy and alliance are at the heart of this multiplayer game designed for long sleepless nights with friends or family.

Available on the Steam platform at a price of 9.99 euros.

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Ring Fit Adventures

Sport while playing has often been a goal of Nintendo.

With

on Switch, the Japanese manufacturer seems to have found the right method.

Using two accessories, the Ring-Con and the leg strap, the player is immersed in an adventure where he plays a young athlete.

After encountering a living ring, he must defeat Drago, an evil bodybuilder dragon.

For this, he will have to cross many worlds and dungeons thanks to his physical activity.

The challenge is size (and weight) and could well occupy you all the confinement.

Available on Nintendo eShop for 64.99 euros.

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla

After producing

and

, the

franchise

returns to the land of the Vikings on current consoles (PS4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia) and next-generation consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X).

The twelfth part of the adventure game developed by Ubisoft plunges once again into history and more particularly towards the end of the 9th century.

In the guise of Eivor, the player participates in the Viking raids in England in order to challenge King Alfred the Great.

Norse mythology, raven, and other colony management bring an icy wind to

awaited by early adopters and longship lovers.

Especially since the creators of this game have relied on the latest work of historians to challenge all clichés on the Vikings.

Available from November 10, 2020 on Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, PS4, PC and Stadia at a price of 69.99 euros.

Fall Guys

Available on PC and PS4,

made a big hit when it released in August.

Heavily inspired by obstacle course game shows, this multiplayer game sees between 50 and 60 players competing in each game.

Event by event, the number of participants will gradually decrease.

The goal: to be the last survivor and to leave with the crown.

With more than 25 different levels, lots of customizations and regular updates,

is the game of the year to face friends and family in a colorful atmosphere.

Available on Steam and PlayStation Network at a price of 19.99 euros.

Super Mario 3D All-Stars

This year, the most famous mustache plumber was blowing out his thirty-five candles.

The opportunity for Nintendo to offer early fans - and newbies - not a gold-plated adjustable wrench but the possibility of replaying or discovering on the Switch, three of the greatest titles of the franchise, in high definition versions, all in one game. Super Mario 64, first released in 1997 on the Nintendo 64 and later reissued on the DS.

In this first 3D Mario game, you have to save Princess Peach from the monstrous Bowser by collecting stars.

For this, you have to explore different worlds with varied atmospheres (mountains, meadows, haunted mansion) and wacky enemies.

In Super Mario Sunshine, originally released on the GameCube in 2002, our hero is wrongly accused of covering Delfino Island with graffiti.

To get out of this bad situation, he will have to clean the house using a water cannon called JET.

Finally, the third and last game is none other than Super Mario Galaxy which had benefited the Wii in 2007. This time it will be a question of flying from planet to planet defying all gravity to rescue Princess Peach for the umpteenth time.

Available on Nintendo eShop for 59.99 euros.

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Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

After the unmissable

released on PlayStation 4 in September 2018, Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment have worked hard on this new installment designed for the next PlayStation 5 which will arrive on November 19.

If in the first game, we played the usual Peter Parker, ready to save New York from Mister Negative, Dr. Octopus and the other Sinister six (Rhino, Scorpion, Vulture etc.), it's this time. Miles Morales who takes over and dons the costume of "the friendly neighborhood spider".

While being slumped on his sofa, it will therefore be possible to swing from one New York building to another by weaving his web.

But above all to save the widow and the orphan in ultra-dynamic battles, sometimes even against twenty enemies at a time.

Available from November 12, 2020 on PS4 and PS5 at a price of 59.99 euros.

Bonus: bring out your old console

Tired of constantly playing the same games on modern consoles?

Why not rummage in the drawers to dust off some old appliances and redo the classics that marked the years 1990-2000.

Capture all the pocket monsters in

on Game Boy, reincarnate Agent 007 in

and his legendary golden gun on Nintendo 64, relive the gargantuan epic of

on PS1 or even become the greatest gangster in Los Santos in

on the timeless PS2.

In fond memories of the days when staying at home all day to play was not a health necessity, but a pleasure.