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Minecraft

Minecraft

Mojang Studios·Released Dec 19, 2016·Single player

Platforms
Xbox Series XPS4PCPS5Xbox OneSwitch
Genres
SimulationAdventureArcade
Critic93/100
Across 9 reviews
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About

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining for ore, fighting hostile mobs, and crafting new blocks and tools by gathering various resources found in the game. The game's open-ended model allows players to create structures, creations, and artwork on various multiplayer servers or their single-player maps. Other features include redstone circuits for logic computations and remote actions, minecarts and tracks, and a mysterious underworld called the Nether. A designated but completely optional goal of the game is to travel to a dimension called the End, and defeat the ender dragon.

Reviews

9 reviews
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IGN
Alanah Pearce·Jun 7, 2017
Critic95/100
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Minecraft is now available on Switch, and it combines the portability of Pocket with the comfort of a console.

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Nintendo Life
Mitch Vogel·May 11, 2017
Critic90/100
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All told, this is yet another excellent port of Minecraft, nothing more and nothing less. With that being said, we would strongly recommend that you pick up this version, as the versatile setup of the Switch allows this to be the most easily accessible and playable Minecraft to date. That convenience factor is the only real notable difference, however, so it’s up to you whether that justifies paying for another version of Minecraft. If you want to play the best portable version of the game, however, look no further.

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Push Square
Nathan Michalik·Sep 8, 2014
Critic80/100
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Even without the ability to install mods and play on infinite worlds propped up by dedicated servers, Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition is still a strong addition to your next-gen library. The improved visuals and larger settings alone make for a significantly better experience than is currently available on older consoles. Granted, the title's not to everyone's tastes, but there's a reason that it's dug a path into the hearts of millions of players since its initial release in 2011 – and you'll probably have an inkling of whether you're a fan by now.

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IGN
Brian Albert·Sep 5, 2014
Critic97/100
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Over the past five years, Minecraft has grown into one of gaming's biggest phenomenons. So how do the PS4 and Xbox One versions hold up?

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PC Gamer
Jaz McDougall·Dec 25, 2011
Critic96/100
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Minecraft, as if you’ve never heard of it, as if we haven’t been telling you to play it for years, as if we didn’t already give it Game of the Year in 2010, is a game about building things out of blocks with your friends.The game world is rendered in cubes, every one of which…

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Eurogamer
Alec Meer·Nov 18, 2011
Critic100/100
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Minecraft is spectacularly simple and yet capable of being fiendishly complicated - if you decide to set yourself an ambitious construction project that require

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