Video games for all ages and tastes

What gift do you give to a video game enthusiast? Whether he or she is 7 or 77 years old, here is a small selection of the best games released in recent months. There is something for all ages and for all tastes!

For the nostalgic: PlayStation Clbadic

After Nintendo, it's time for Sony to revive a cult console by declining in mini format. First game console of the Japanese giant, it is logically the PlayStation that offers a second youth. Available for € 100, the PlayStation Clbadic fits in the palm of your hand. It plugs into HDMI on current TVs and ships 20 pre-installed mythical games. There's something for everyone with Destruction Derby, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Rayman, GTA and Rainbow Six. The icing on the cake: the console comes with two controllers, faithful to the original model, to play with friends.

For cowboys: Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4, XOne)

Impossible to miss out: Red Dead Redemption 2 is the game of the year 2018. After seven years of work, the developers of Rockstar Games, the studio behind GTA, have managed to create a masterpiece of a rich never seen before in a video game. Red Dead Redemption is not for everyone. But if you are over 18, have the soul of a cowboy, are ready to turn a blind eye to complex and sometimes rigid gameplay, you will discover a remarkable adventure that will occupy your long evenings. winter. And make time to fully appreciate it, we put more than 60 hours before arriving at the end credits.

For Pokemon Hunters: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu (Switch)

You probably have not missed it: Pokémon is back and arrives for the first time on Switch. This arrival is synonymous with new graphics but also a new Pokémon capture system inspired by the Pokémon GO. By getting rid of much of its RPG dimension, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu / Evoli is aimed at a younger and ever wider audience. Despite its very repetitive and lack of major news, it will be difficult for Pokémon fans not to fall in love with this episode, its artistic direction to chew and multiple ways to play.

For VR fans: Astro Bot Rescue Mission (PS4)

You have a PS4 and you want to live a unique and breathtaking video game experience? So, if it's not done yet, it's time to try the PS VR Virtual Reality Headset. More and more affordable in terms of price, it offers a breathtaking immersion. Until recently, we still had difficulty advising a PSVR game that perfectly illustrated all the technology of the helmet. It was without counting the arrival of Astro Bot Rescue Mission. With this game, Sony brilliantly revolutionizes the platform game. Thanks to a virtual reality perfectly mastered, Astro Bot Rescue Mission is simply the most innovative platform game since Super Mario 64. A unique game that will amaze young and old alike.

For lovers of beautiful cars: Forza Horizon 4 (XOne)

2018 has been a busy year in car games. But if it were necessary to retain one, it would be without hesitation Forza Horizon 4. True declaration of love for beautiful cars, this exclusive Microsoft offers to take control of 500 cars from 100 different manufacturers across the Kingdom -United. Like all Forza Horizon, this fourth episode is full of fun and spectacle, while being accessible to all players, beginners and experienced pilots. Forza Horizon 4 also shines with its graphics and its management of the seasons. Indeed, the open world evolves and changes over the four seasons, a first in a racing game!

For the youngest: Starlink Battle for Atlas (Switch, PS4, XOne)

While we thought the "video toys" exceeded, Ubisoft gives new life to the concept with Starlink: Battle for Atlas available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. In this space epic, you join a team of interstellar pilots whose goal is to prevent the evil Grax from gaining control of the galaxy. The originality of Starlink is the way the ship and its pilot come to "clip" on the controller via a support. The ship held in the hands then lives on the screen. Immersion guaranteed! Intended primarily for young players, Starlink Battle of Atlas is a "video toy" friendly and varied, giving pride to the exploration of very different planets.

To play with friends: Super Mario Party (Switch)

For more than 20 years, Mario Party has been synonymous with wild parties with friends and family. Available on Switch, Super Mario Party continues this tradition with 80 unpublished mini-games. These new tests are particularly suitable for the Switch, its Joy-Con and the technologies they embark on such as vibration and motion detection. Chance, injustice and luck are at the rendezvous and the best player is never guaranteed to win the game. Like its predecessors, Super Mario Party is able to break up couples and friendships, even if it will mostly book a lot of laughs. Super Mario Party will delight fans of party-games and Mario's universe.