Seeking Suggestions for "Family" Games - X-Box or X360

I obviously don't have kids but from what I gather the Lego games are basically the go-to games for playing with your kids and both of you having fun.

There are a bunch of those so you've probably got some time before you run out of them. And you can easily get them on the cheap.

The Indiana Jones one is very well done. I've also played the Star Wars demo and I'm sold on that, too. The gameplay is, as you would probably imagine, very very similar, so I am hoping there is something completely different.

Might be worth looking at what is available for download on Live. A lot of the stuff on there is co-op and has various degrees of difficulty. Plus, all of those games have demos so you could find out if you guys would like them or not.

There is a lot of fun stuff on there that are basically modern version of things I played as a kid. For instance, the classic "Turtles in Time" arcade game has been re-made to be awesome.

Splosion Man is a surprisingly good game. Has co-op though eventually might get a little difficult.

I've also heard good things about Costume Quest (from Tim Schaffer)

It's probably hard to believe but Snoopy Flying Ace is supposed to be good too. It's basically a re-skinned Crimson SKies from what I've heard.

Those are the first that come to mind, but there are probably many more. The selection of board game type stuff is probably worth considering too.

Thanks for your help. I have some things to look into now at least.

Rock Band.

Oh and if you have a choice go with the SNES version of Turtles in Time. Re-shelled is a remake of the Arcade version which SUCKED. Also Re-shelled added a weird squishy noise whenever you hit the bad guys.

The Toy Story 3 game got pretty positive reviews mentioning the cooperative play being good, if she likes Toy Story.

The most fun I ever had playing a game was Heart of Darkness. Which, despite the name, was a great kid's game. But that was on the old PS1 so it might not be hip anymore.

Thanks for the turtle hints. I wouldn't have known that otherwise.

Noted. Thanks! Who doesn't love Toy Story?

toy story 3 is (reportedly) the best tie-in game ever, but i havent played it

the WALL-E tie-in is also decent.

all the lego games are good, i bought the batman one and played through it with my girlfriend. at least that one has enough replay value and different things to even be entertaining for adults.

both the viva pinata games are neat, and kind of addicting. i dont know if they'd actually be appealing to someone who is eight, but the colors, the graphics, and the cuteness factor is off the charts.

there are tons of great family games on the arcade section. here's a few i can think of off the top of my head
-kingdom for keflings (there's a sequel coming out called world of keflings)
-scott pilgrim is a good cartoon beat-em up akin to streets of rage
-there are two ninja turtle games
-tons of puzzle games
-costume quest is a good, and very simple turn-based-RPG about kids who save their neighborhood from goblins on halloween (there is also a christmas add-on which just released)
-crazy taxi
-super out run

if you're going to consider a music game, i would recommend power gig. it comes with a real guitar, that can be used as both a real guitar and a controller similar to any of the other music games out there. basically, it can be guitar hero, or as i understand it, it can teach you the guitar.

When I was 8 I was playing Goldeneye so...

theres also kinect. i havent really seen anything but family games on that.

Power Gig? Really?

Isn't that the game where the developers cried when RockBand 3 announced Pro Mode?

just me, though. no offense to the tools out there.

RockBand 3 has Pro mode. Which actually teaches guitar. Fender even has a Strat for it http://www.fender.com/features/rockband3/

Same goes for keys. You have to actually play keyboard.

The joke was, Power Gig was looking like something legit then RB3 announced Pro Mode. No one in their right mind would buy Power Gig as a result since they have a crap library compared to the RB platform.