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The PS4 is Perfect for Holiday Couch Co-op

The PS4 is Perfect for Holiday Couch Co-op

With the holidays upon us, we’ll all be forced out of our comfort zones and into the company of family and friends. It’s a classic dilemna, and sharing virtual adventures has gotten more difficult year after year with the prevalence and ease of online multiplayer, cross-platform compatibility, and even Share Play. Despite the progression, there’s still hope for people to join together in the living room, especially if someone happens to own a PS4.

Yes, that shiny, relatively new PS4 can help make the forthcoming days both merry and bright. With its assistance, glad tidings can be enjoyed by all together.

Minecraft has gone from being some populular, indie game to a multimillion dollar success story that helped Markus “Notch” Persson get paid. It’s understandable, given that the concept as a whole is “virtual Legos.” Of course, it’s that simplicity that can help make it such a holiday success this season.

This explosion in popularity has made Minecraft a household name. Turning on the console version can give everyone the chance to connect. Children will be happy, because they’ve become the target demographic for the title. More experienced gamers will find an easy way to impress, since the mechanics are easy to learn and they’ll be able to connect with others. Those normally out of touch will get to be included in the activity and perhaps finally understand what everyone else already knows.

Skylanders Trap Team is the game that will make all children in the room think everyone older than them is cool. The series has become more realistic over the years, thanks to improved modeling and lighting techniques. Combine that with some of the most innovative characters in the series, like a baby T-rex with a jet pack and a steamed broccoli mage, and you have the video game equivalent of a Pixar movie.

It’s colorful and engaging enough for kids, smart and quirky enough for adults. Pick it up, perhaps go with a moderate difficulty level, and everyone playing will be able to work together to fight and trap villains and save the Skylands.

But what happens next? Sportsfriends , of course. Sportsfriends is the cooperative/competitive PS4 game you pull out after the kids are shuffled off to bed. Not because there’s any kind of objectionable content in it, but due to ensuing innuendo bound to come up during events like Super Pole Riders. That, and there’s no sense getting them any more riled up than they already are.

Once they’re gone, turn Sportsfriends on and take the opportunity to game like you’re five years old again. The game is freeing. One can’t help but smile while enjoying the rapid gameplay and ridiculous situations of games like BaraBariBall. Grown adults can collapse into giggle fits whilst attempting to shake up others in Johann Sebastian Joust. It’s an opportunity to make memories.

Then, so is Surgeon Simulator 2013 . This game is capable of such things. You will hear unimaginable sounds and words come out of any duo attempting a successful surgery on the PS4. It’s almost better if players go in without any prior knowledge of the title, as it makes the ensuing chaos even more magical.

The PS4 is Perfect for Holiday Couch Co-op

Best of all, it’s a delight for everyone watching. Seeing two people, perhaps best friends, attempt to replace a heart for the first time is comedy gold. There will be shouting. Insults will be slung. Patients will die. You’ll learn things about people and, best of all, you can make yourself look like some sort of god when you swoop in and do it right.

Perhaps one of the best couch coop PS4 games is Towerfall Ascension, because of how quickly tides can turn and motivations can shift. People can work together to take on waves of enemies, in what can be described as a something of a modern, violent take on Bubble Bubble. Areas can be conquered as a team.

But then, one person’s priorities can shift. Maybe one person wants all the glory or to give in to more base instincts. The arrows will fly, every man or woman for themselves, as people bound around levels. It could be an even better, unexpected bonus if someone manages to chase a former ally right into an enemy.

Your holidays this year can be brighter and happier with PS4 coop adventures. Take back the living room with family and friends with some new classics. Let us know in the comments if you have any other suggestions.

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