I’d like to start off by saying you can have one of three opinions about the game Minecraft or a combination of them. You either, 1. Like Minecraft and you grow eager from every announced huge change such as the Adventure, Nether and Ender update, 2. You hate it because it’s basically just Legos with monsters and a high chance of your creations to be destroyed by Creepers, Zombies, Skeletons and Spiders every time the sun goes down, and 3. You are growing quite bored of it due to the useless items such as cake, melons and gold (The gold armor, weapons and tools break quicker than you can say “Failure”) and hate it because it is now mainstream and on the Xbox 360.

 I’d be a mix of first and third opinion. On second thought, Legos have the same destruction chance because anyone could step on them or kick them totally destroying your past hour of procrastination of other things and the hard work you put into it because you probably built it on the floor unprotected. That’s quite similar to how you will start off, you will most likely build a nifty wooden or dirt hut then you’ll go outside and a creeper will walk up unnoticed and demolish it. Minecraft is a lot like the 8-bit classic retro games. video gaming back then was a lot like traditional gaming like sports and card games, you’d have to have someone tell you how or you would have to watch someone play it a couple times then you’d get a decent idea on what to do, I love that feeling. Xbox 360’s version or a tutorial on some forum would just throw it out the window, which is terrible.

I don’t care one bit about video games with good graphic unless it has a good story or gameplay behind it; Minecraft has no story, so Minecraft is sold solely on gameplay. The gameplay is one of the three things that makes this game. You can be as creative as possible with this game by building a giant castle or statue out of your favorite video game, cartoon or movie character in Creative Mode or you can be as adventurous as you want with this due to the vast rapid expanding worlds, dungeons and caves to explore and mine. You can also make a mixture of the two depending on your creations to defend you from the large amounts of monsters during the nights or in the hellish Nether dimension. In the Nether there is a terrifying pack of Zombie pig men that attack if you anger them in anyway or giant fire breathing monsters called Ghasts and Blazes. The music and atmosphere is the second thing that makes the game, the gentle music that plays while you walk around your world during the day or the slightly screams of Zombies or hissing of spiders and creepers while you travel down a long dark cave. The Multiplayer is the final and last thing that makes this game. Playing solo gets dull and lonely if you play it too much so I highly suggest getting someone to play with. It doesn’t matter if you go on to a while known server and try to make friends or start your own by downloading multiple programs and following absolutely difficult tutorials on how to get it running. Showing your creations to your buddy or venturing around in the vast world with your comrades makes Minecraft so much better.

I’d give Minecraft an 8.5 out of 10, it’s a great game but if you don’t have any friends to play it with the game is going to grow dull, but the time you do play alone you will cherish because hanging out with a multitude of people can get hectic if someone knows how to use explosive TNT and fire. I’d highly recommend if you haven’t played Minecraft yet, you should. Minecraft is $30 on PC and the Xbox 360 is $20 or 1600 XBLA Points, Minecraft Pocket on iOS is also $6 but it lacks the adventurous options. I recommend buying PC version if you want to be a part of the original crowd and have all of the things on Minecraft up to date or Xbox 360 if you want easy multiplayer or crafting. Either way I hope you enjoy your time gaming.