Here are 5 video games to escape this summer | Xbox Series

The holidays are finally there and with them often irrepressible to escape this summer. So here are 5 key video games to take off.

Flight Simulator Xbox Series

He had already outpayed the Pécellers in a trip sick last summer. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also take flight from July 27th on Xbox Series X and S. A very expected return by console owners, especially since this high-flight aerial simulation has been widely hailed by the press and players in 2020. With Flight Simulator, it is mainly the world that is offered to you to admire the beauty and immerse themselves before horizons that it is always difficult to admire in these times of sanitary crisis.

The studio Bordeaux Asobo can be proud of the work done in front of the technical prowess that this game represents. More than 37,000 airports and 2 million cities are present with a real-time dynamic weather and the game is enriched month after month, while hunting aircraft will be added free of charge next November to celebrate the exit of the top Gun Maverick movie. In the meantime, it would be a shame not to take a little altitude on board one of the best flight simulations of all time.

Flight Simulator, Microsoft, July 27th on Xbox Series X / S and PC.

ZELDA SKYWARD SWORD HD

If the trapper trappers are at the idea of ​​playing at Breath of the Wild 2, Nintendo has chosen to put the fans of Link and Zelda with a Skyward Sword HD remake. An expected title for July 16th and which will take us to the origins of hyrule legends. In this title released on Wii ten years ago, the story tells us the origins of the divine sword that will make Link the legendary hero that we know. Above all, this episode invites us to leave on an air trip, beyond the clouds to discover lost islands, while dungeons to enemies and riddles are hiding in the depths.

Appreciated in his time, but late late on a wii at the end of the race, this version HD on Switch will also take advantage of an update of his gameplay to make it more intuitive, while it will always be possible to use the Joy -Con to handle sword, bow and shield thanks to the motion detectors if desired. A title that should a priori delight the fans of Saga Zelda who always celebrates 35 years this year.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, Nintendo, July 16th on Switch.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

It's a worship duo in the history of video game. Ratchet Le Lombax and Clank The little robot lived with crazy adventures since 2002. The game comes out on the Playstation 2 . After a fifteen different games in almost twenty years, Ratchet & Clank come back in an unprecedented and colorful version, entitled Rift Apart, who intends to let the abilities of the new PS5 console of Sony even if the adventure is much more than a simple technical demo.

More cartoon than ever, the game looks indeed like a real interactive cartoon while reinfining the cult characters of the saga. The sequences of dialogues, in French, follow with a total fluidity to the often spectacular action scenes. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart propels in any case the players in a new technological dimension even if it resumes wisely the ingredients specific to the saga. If we are not surprised, we remain bluffed by the beauty of some levels and the obvious mastery of the studio. The title suggests the abilities of the new generation consoles, Playstation 5 in the lead and already wants to be in 2022.

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Sony, on PS5.

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Among the small treasures of the video game this year, children can discover Alba. In this adventure game, we embody a little girl on vacation at her grandparents on the coast of a Mediterranean island.

Far from school, his holidays will not really be any rest because Alba will quickly discover that this island deserves to be saved its ecosystem. Strengthening, the child will immediately create an association with which it will leave in crusading clean the places of their waste, care for wounded animals and find, in passing, some treasures. Genuine ecological fable, Alba is a family game produced by the creators of the excellent Valley monument. Released at the end of the last year on iPhone and iPad through the Apple Arcade subscription, Alba recently joined the Consoles and PC catalogs.

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Ustwo, on iPhone, iPad, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S and PC.

Chicory: a colorful tale

Another cute game and which will relax as well the children and the greatest, Chicory is a production particularly greeted by the gamers in recent weeks. The player embodies a small dog that puts the paw on a magic brush before being entrusted with the difficult mission of giving back colors to a totally black and white world. A role that our hero will have to take to heart because it's all the balance of his universe that could be bunkled. It will then be necessary to show creativity and let out his soul of an artist to color everything that surrounds you.

We are not mistaken, Chicory is not a game for children only because there is a real gameplay imagined to advance his hero, in the manner of a Zelda where Link would have a brush instead of his sword. To paint objects will for example unlock certain actions or to evolve elements of the decor. We then cross Chicory with a smile on his lips and the satisfaction of the accomplished duty. An ode to creativity.

Chicory: a colorful tale, finji, on PC, Mac, PS4 and PS5.