As the gaming industry has expanded in scope, boys have more and more ways of playing video games. Our tablets and phones provide an easy method of transport i🉐nto alternate worlds, worlds that software developers have invested billions into creating. Yet, despite our remarkable advancements with portable technology, there is nothing quite like a home console. Xbox One developers have created some amazing games over the last near-decade, many of which were designed with children and their parents in mind. Here are some of the best of them.
10 Rayman Origᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚins
Originally released for the Xbox 360 and later re-released for the Xbox One, the first game of the Rayman series is a testament to the best of platforming design. The worlds are varied, interactive, and chock-full of secre♍ts. There are countless characters that you unlock as you play, plus bonus levels and hidden secrets everywhere for those who really take to the game. The entire game is coop, with up to 4 people being able to play at one time. This is grea✱t for friends and parents who haven’t lost their passion for gaming. Most of all, the game is easy for young kids to pick up and play.
9 ജ ꦍRayman Legends
The sequel to Origins, Rayman Legends picks off where Origins left up with a host of wonderful levels, varied worlds, simple yet intricate mechanics and even more unlockable characters. Boys will enjoy an underwater James Bond Homage, a thrilling flight from a dragon, leaps across mountaintops, and the unrivaled satisfaction of punching an evil wizard to the moon. This game captures everything that made Origins great and contributes several valuable additions to the Rayman formula. Any boy who liked Origins will love its sequel.
8 🃏 Rocket League
4 years ago, on the brink of bankruptcy, Psyonix released the sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars to critical acclaim. Since then, the game has gone from strength to strength, hosting a lively professional scene while maintaining the pick-up-and-play intuitiveness that made the original release such a success. Featuring an ever-expanding list of different game modes, options for text and voice chat control, and a very small asking price, “soccer with rocket-powered cars” has on🐓ly become more essential for young gamers.
7 🤪 📖Pac Man Championship Edition 2
There are several games that, due to the depreciation and advancements that come with age, risk falling into obscurity for future generations. Fortunately, Pac Man isn’t one of them. The figurehead of arcade gaming has made several successful ventures on console and while the second Champion🌼ship Edition lacks the sheer genius of the first, its frantic pace, cheap price, and customizable game modes make it a worthy addition to a👍ny boys Xbox One Library.
6 Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2🦩
Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare began its life as a budget title for the 360 and Xbox One. Abandoning the tower defense format that popularized the franchise on mobile devices, Garden Warfare released as a third person shooter. Thankfully, the game’s tone, combat, and colorful art design suited the format and it became an odd sorওt of cult hit. Its sequel retains the strengths of the first game whilst drastically expanding the scope of the world and the game modes available.
5 Minecraft
The most popular game of the past two decades has been ported to every platform imaginable and the Xbox One is no exception. Whether it be cathedrals, calculators, skyscrapers, fiery pits, or a colossal Mario figurine, Minecraft is unrivaled as a method of creative expression, one that appeals to children and adults alike. Expanded servers, cross-platform compatibility, and💝 infinite worlds serve as wonderful additions to its legendary sandbox. This is a game that everyone should play and the Xbox One is a wonderful platform for doing so.
4 Guitar Hero Live 𒁏
Millennial's favorite alternative to actually playing the guitar has returned. Cheap jabs aside, musically empowered pattern matching remains as fun as ever, with the new guitar contributing to more complex gameplay while better mimicking a real guitar. As always, Guitar hero is a sizeable investment, with the base game and guitar adding up to around 150$. Still, there is nothing quite like Guitar Hero, and the wide array of content means that you wilওl be playing it for♉ a long time.
3 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes ♛
It often seems as if the LEGO franchise has oversaturated the marketplace, with dozens of LEGO games filling shelves and game libraries throughout the world. Yet this series has stuck around for a reason, and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is one of the best games it has to offer. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine a game more suited for young boys, with an ensemble of Marvel superheroes available to play and a legion of villains to defeat. While any LEGO game risks inspiring toy purchases, the story, humor, and heart pre🧸sent here make it a worthy addition to your game librar🐻y.
2 🌟 Crash Baཧndicoot N’Sane Trilogy
A remaster of the first three Crash Bandicoot Games, Crash Bandicoot, Cortex Strikes Back, and Warped. Together, these platformers represent some of the best gameplay early Sony had to offer, with the masterminds behind Playstations Uncharted and The Last of Us series having made their start here. In addition to a graphical overhaul, the N’Sane Trilogy adds improved checkpoints, pause menus, time trials, and new recordings for the game's dialogues. These games remain as uniquely zany and kinetic as ever, and the N’Sane Trilogy is a wonderful way to introduce Crash to the next ge🌞neration.
1 Ori and the Blind Forest ♓ 𓆏
It seems fitting to close this list with one the best exclusives the Xbox One has to offer. Featuring beautiful artwork, a transcendent soundtrack, creative and varied puzzle solving, jaw-dropping scenery, and exciting combat, this Metroidvania platformer is a unique and heartfelt experience. It is simply one of the best games of its generation, and its relative obscurity within the social media sphere hides an awe-inspiring video game. This is a must for anyone who owns an Xbox One and will be apprec🌜iated by gamer♏s of any age.
