At the same time, my youngster here with me would be way out of his depth if we tried to play something else like it. So while I don’t have to use my brain that much to do well, I enjoy this brand of grinding on almost a primal level. I’ve had to actively put an end to our play sessions, because otherwise we never would have stopped. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter, giving us a game in a space I tolerate, dressed in an IP the kiddo loves. So, it’s like Minecraft Dungeons ascended from the very heavens, answering our prayers and delivering us a game that acts as the ultimate compromise. And when it comes to games I’m interested in, it’s hard to find one we can play together on a satisfying level. I tend to stay out of the trenches when it comes to playing actual Minecraft, despite how many times I’ve been asked to. It’s for people like my son, who is seven years-old and drunk on the Minecraft Kool-Aid. If you’re a seasoned vet in this space, you aren’t going to get much out of it.īut if that’s the case, Minecraft Dungeons isn’t for you to begin with. Compared to games like Diablo or Torchlight, there isn’t a lot here in terms of complexity. There’s a dodge roll and never-ending health potion, both of which operate on cool downs. Finally, the primary equipment drops come with randomly-assigned enchantments, which you can choose one of and boost it via enchantment points gained upon leveling up. Rather than special abilities or skills, you have an additional three slots for “artifacts,” drops that grant command moves of various types. You get one weapon slot, one armor slot, and one arrow slot. You get to choose your character model, with more to come via DLC later on. Either way, that’s the look and feel here, which achieves an aesthetic making this game truly feel like part of the Minecraft world.Īs a dungeon crawler, Minecraft Dungeons is all about the basics. Considering this is an in-house Mojang Studios joint, I wouldn’t be surprised if Minecraft Dungeons was built on the same set of tools. It all has that floaty, lo-fi quality of the original, rather than say, the slightly more articulated adaptation we’ve seen in works like Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode. The models look like they’re straight out of actual Minecraft, same with the environments and animations. I’m no expert on the inner workings of Minecraft, but Minecraft Dungeons seems to take the original game’s framework and mold it into an isometric action-RPG. As a solitary, adult gamer Minecraft Dungeons isn’t my first choice, but as a parent, it’s been a great experience. Minecraft Dungeons takes the Minecraft world, and smashes it into a simple Diablo clone that doesn’t go much further than the basics.
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Give me a turn-based, first-person Wizardy clone from Japan, or a western romp full of demons and skill trees (Diablo, natch), and I’m set for hours. Goals, progression, and storytelling are what drive me through games, whereas when it comes to creative endeavors I look to other mediums. I just don’t get a whole lot out of directionless wilderness in video game form. I get the appeal, having access to both a creative virtual sandbox, and a cartoony survival game.
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