As popular and impressive as video games have become, it's still difficult to find a good one to play with other people on the same couch (we do not talk about network games). This makes it particularly difficult to play with your partner, especially when you take into account that everyone does not like Madden NFL (a series of American football video games). The trick is to find a fun game that will suit both console experts and beginners. Here is something to help you.
Mario Kart
Mario Kart is a basic party game, and for good reason: it's an easy-to-understand (racing) video game that confronts all sorts of odd situations, which makes it as fun as it is competitive. Anyone can play Mario Kart and have a good time. Once you understand the mechanics, it's pretty easy. If you have access to the Nintendo 3DS handheld, you'll want to recover Mario Kart 7. (You only need one copy of the game to play with friends who also have a 3DS in hand.) If you have a Wii U, Mario Kart 8 will allow you to play on your TV. If you have a Nintendo Switch, you can play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (luck).
Overcooked
The funny thing about video games that you can play with is that they rarely require you to communicate with each other. Overcooked - a game where you, and up to three other people, play the bosses and take part in a crazy race to prepare meals and serve capricious customers - requires constant communication. Who cuts the vegetables? Who does the dishes ? Who takes care of the steaks? How to manage the changes of scenery, the angry monster that has been waiting for (only) a minute and the dishes that crick? The end result is a manic pleasure, and particularly noisy.
Super Smash Bros.
A fighting game for people who do not play fighting games. Super Smash Bros. has squatted all major Nintendo video game consoles in recent years. This is the Mario Kart of fighting games, where winning is not as important as creating chaos. Everyone can have fun, whatever the character they choose.
Rocket League
The title "Rocket League" does not say much about the game. What are you going to do? Play football, with cars, which also have jetpacks. Do you remember NBA Jam? And NFL Blitz? Games that looked like real sports but that challenged the laws of physics without difficulty? Rocket League, that's it. After a little practice, you will not be able to stop playing.
Rayman Legends
This is the problem with Mario, and all the games in which it is found: they are almost always extremely accessible and incredibly good, but they are also, and above all, only available on Nintendo consoles. If you have a Wii U, you should definitely get Super Mario 3D World. Rayman Legends is a more than adequate substitute. In fact, it hardly seems fair to compare it to Mario - Rayman Legends, very colorful, is full of personality, though the basics of Mario and Rayman Legends - run and jump through levels full of weirdly cute monsters and craft obstacles with brilliant things to collect on the road - remain largely the same.
TowerFall
A game where you and up to three other people face each other and jump like crazy while trying to shoot arrows at each other. TowerFall is a perfect chaos. Pay attention to your partner choice though - we know for sure that this game can really put some relationships to the test.