"Animal Crossing helped me not to get bored during confinement"

• Video game boom during containment, with record sales
• You tell “20 Minutes” the games you have played the most, “Animal Crossing” in mind
• Between nostalgia, relaxation, virtual sport or just passing the time, there is something for everyone

“It was timely. Audrey is right. Between its release at the end of March, its invitation to get away from it all and its simulation of social life, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has established itself as "the great game of containment", to use the front page that M , the magazine of the World, dedicated to him - a first for a video game. "I had been waiting for months, long before the confinement was announced, but I must admit that without wanting to, he came out at the right time," explains the player. We can interact with people around the world and be in contact with friends and family we visit. We also celebrated my brother's birthday on his island by making him a surprise! The game helped me not to get bored during this confinement with 300 hours under my belt. "

On sale with today's World (dated tomorrow)! Thank you to the @lemonde_M team for allowing me to sign what is, I am told, the first cover file dedicated to the JV in the history of the mag pic.twitter.com/NFdoLenVK0

"Time flies faster when you play Animal Crossing  "

Even before launching our call for testimonials on your favorite containment games, there was no doubt that the title of Nintendo would be cited more than once. But it is omnipresent, in more than one in two responses. For Marion, the game allowed her to replace her daily journey and create a phase of mental transition before and after telework: "Only small sessions of half an hour morning and evening, and a little more on weekends " Others, like Séverine, took advantage of its time-consuming side: “It changes ideas. Time and minutes pass faster when you play it, with lots of things to do every day. "

In the end, my 4 containment video games will have been these 💫 pic.twitter.com/ofHCxjfphP

Rémi, big fan of Nintendo, remade the 90 hours of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and spent more than 250 hours on Animal Crossing , to pass the time but also for the community: "The exchanges between players, the news met. A semblance of appreciable social life in this difficult period. ” Judith also appreciated the social aspect of the game. "  New Horizons was the game of my confinement ... or rather of my lunch breaks and my weekends because I was telecommuting, she says. The game offers the possibility of a little escape during the day, without being as restrictive as a big story game like RPG on which I can not really get started half an hour before returning to work. And then I have several friends and colleagues who also have the game, which makes it possible to play turnip traders or to exchange furniture. In a way, it was also a way of continuing to interact with people we no longer saw! "

Dead or Alive or Finishing Red Dead Redemption 2

Leaving to spend his days playing, some have opted for an MMORPG, like World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls Online or Final Fantasy XIV Online . “I played a lot at Animal Crossing too, but it was the cover of Square Enix that struck me the most, says Elodie. I used to play it a lot as a student and I quit when I started working, but with confinement, I finally replayed with friends. Playing an MMORPG, with Discord in the background, allows me to have a little social interaction and have a little fun every night and it's fun. Others, like Riva or Virginia, took the opportunity to take over and complete Red Dead Redemption 2 .

Another Final Fantasy also occupied gamers, the long-awaited remake of FFVII. What make nostalgic Damien, who followed with the remake of Resident Evil 3 . Pierre preferred Streets of Rage 4 , "it reminded us of our youth with my brother". The return of this classic from Mega Drive and the fighting game has had a little ripple effect, along with Super Smash Bros. for Lucina or Doom Eternal for Thomas.

Dust removal mission for old games

Gladys, she invested in a Switch to help her pass the time during confinement, on Luigi's Mansion 3 , and Maxence bought a PS4 to play the last Call of Duty Warzone on a network with his friends. For Laurent, it was a dusting mission with two games of different generations: "  Heroes of the Might and Magic 2 on PC and Xenoblade Chronicles X on Wii U. The first is a bit like my madeleine of Proust. This game dates from 1996, a bygone era of the first network games, where the Internet was only in its infancy. The network was to move two PCs to connect them with an Ethernet cable. Today, it is no longer possible to play on the network, but the game has kept its charm. As for Xenoblade , well-polished graphics, very very open worlds, abundant quests ... An eye-catching MMORPG in which we dive quickly so that it is difficult to win. "

Living without football but not without "Football Manager"

Finally, with containment, athletes became players, like Adrien who replaced the NBA season with the game NBA 2K20 . As for Mehdi, his reasoning was formidable. "No more opportunity to play soccer," he says. So are we going to watch it? Impossible ! Everything is suspended. What remains? Rest Football Manager 2020 , a game that consists of being the coach, the manager of a football club. We choose a club, PSV Eindhoven for me, and we manage the recruitment, training, press conferences, matches, morale, budget management, etc. The rabid will say that we only look at spreadsheets and graphs, but the real ones know the effect of recruiting a nugget that reaches its potential. Enjoyable. "

"The objective was to play the title against Ajax Amsterdam, and to appear well in the Champions League," continues the football and video game fan. But seven years later and eight titles in his pocket, still no Champions League, not even a final, only half failures. If it can "reassure" Mehdi, the deconfinement does not (yet) mean the resumption of sports competitions, so he can continue to play. The others too.

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