#Minecraft dungeons review full#

The level design is smart enough to suggest a free-roam environment, but has been put together in very particular paths. As every Minecraft player knows, where there is livestock, there is meat.Д¬ould it really work as a wide open setting is a question you have to ask. Pickups arenвЂ™t just limited to weapons and arrows either, there is all sorts of food on offer to replenish your health. Levelling up and equipping new items still has the вЂњnew car smellвЂќ, especially as you can salvage equipment at the Blacksmith and get back the enchantment upgrades youвЂ™ve installed. It just feels a little light on the ground, hopefully subsequent adventures and replays will address that. More chests, more drops and more variety. To be honest, while there is loot I want more. You donвЂ™t crawl a dungeon without loot, lots of loot, the more loot the better. That game never gave you the chance to explode a Creeper at distance with an exploding arrow, taking out zombies in the process. While the game will never be a Diablo, it has a perfect spot on the shelf as an easy access RPG lite. To be honest IвЂ™d like to play real Minecraft with a fixed perspective like this.

The animation and hit registers just never made it fun, thankfully scaled out in Minecraft Dungeons it works so much better. In the past I have often ended up accidentally playing Minecraft in third person and the combat was horrible. Not forgetting of course that as you progress the beasties also come up against you with their own buffs and skills. Having the ability to fling out exploding arrows, grab speed boost or imbibe your sword with something elemental make life easier. Add to this the ability to enchant items or add buff skills to your other buttons and you can soon become very handy in a scuffle. Arrows are a commodity, so donвЂ™t rely on them, as my trigger happy fellow adventurers soon found out. Its all pretty straightforward and nice.Д¬ombat is easy, mash the вЂњaвЂќ button to swing your weapon(s) and Right Trigger shoots your ranged weapon. During this quest there will be numerous encounters with familiar mobs and new creatures, levels often sprinkled with Boss fights. The story follows a quest through various levels and biomes in pursuit of the evil Arch-Illager. Minecraft Dungeons is very accessible to the whole family and in these uncertain times, its perfect for sitting down with the kids. To be honest we had the game for a couple of days, but Xbox Live was late to the party. Like a lot of action RPGs Minecraft Dungeons is better in a crowd.

#Minecraft dungeons review full#

This isnвЂ™t an RTX shaded version of the game, itвЂ™s pure and simple and full of joy. The Minecraft palette and world are so familiar now and the engine breathes life into well-lit scenes. Surely it was easy to put together the landscape and inhabitants. The ingredients were already there after ten years of creativity and the story probably wrote itself. Personally I love a good Dungeon Crawl, because nothing beats the smell of loot in dank tunnel. Having seen Minecraft Dungeons at PAX last year, its been well and truly on the radar. Since the Microsoft acquisition in 2014 Minecraft Earth and Minecraft Dungeons have been the diverse additions, on top of regular world updates. WeвЂ™ve been playing the Mojang block builder for over a decade on a multitude of platforms. Minecraft Dungeons is an exciting addition to the Minecraft family.