Review: MineCraft – Escaping to Hell

Posted on 3rd November 2010 by Stroody

MineCraft is developed by Mojang Specifications, who until November 15^th do not even have an office! MineCraft started off as a one man project, this man was Notch. His first inspirational sprout for developing MineCraft came from a game called ‘InfiniMiner’ where teams would race to get points and get the most precious ores. MineCraft has moved on rapidly from that moment and is nearly in BETA stages.

There is no plot to MineCraft, other than to build to your hearts’ desire. You don’t need to mine anything, but eventually it becomes fun. You can create huge castles, or tiny houses, it thrives with your imagination.

Usually people judge a game by its graphics. But this is not the case for MineCraft, all of the textures are drawn at 16px by 16px meaning the game is as classic as a Master System game. I quite like how different this game is compared to the latest releases (E.g. Black Ops!).

Strangely the music has been written and produced by a guy named C418, (who also fixes dialysis machines for a living). The music and sounds are very retro making MineCraft a great Indie game.

The controls are especially easy, WASD to move around, use the mouse to look around, left click to smash blocks, right click to place blocks. Simple.

Gameplay in MineCraft is extremely addictive, You start on a randomly generated landscape, with nothing but your fists to smash blocks with. Your first goal is to gather some wood. Start out by making a wooden hatchet, which then in turn allows you to chop wood faster. This allows you to make more tools, then mine harder materials, working your way up to Diamond and Obsidian. By day MineCraft is a peaceful landscape, with sheep, pigs, cows and chickens roaming around, by night, its swarmed full of zombies, overgrown spiders, and skeleton archers!

What do I rate the game you might ask? Well, look below.

Graphics - 6/10

Sound/Music - 9/10

Controls - 10/10

Gameplay - 10/10

Replay Value - 10/10

Total Score - 9/10n

What does it Cost?!! Well, for the measly price of €10 / $8 / £6 (Estimates) You can be having fun running around on a randomly generated island trying to fight for your life and get involved in the soon to be BETA! Before the price goes up for the eventual release!

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