The game has been released in May 2020 for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
Probably, the best way to describe this new creation of Mojang Studios is to
call it “Diablo in Minecraft”. You enter a dungeon, filled with zombies, skeletons, creepers, and
spiders, battle them, and collect precious loot. Then you update your weapons,
activate various artifacts, and repeat the scenario again, in a new
place.
The game has a story - you have to stop an evil villager. Still, the process
here is more significant than the goal. (It’s not
Ori and the Blind Forest
that tries to involve players emotionally)
For many gamers, Minecraft is much better than Diablo. The world here is not
so horrible, the monsters are rather fun, and the mechanics are not too
difficult. It’s a very accessible dungeon crawler, suitable even for family
playing time - and it’s available on most of the modern
gaming devices.
Players do not have hero classes - only skins of the characters and many
weapons to determine their abilities. You can’t craft things, but the game
gives loot generously and offers lots of possibilities to make attacks more
powerful and more interesting.
Minecraft Dungeons looks beautiful and has quite a pleasant general
atmosphere. It’s one of the rare spin-offs. The others are:
- Minecraft: Story Mode - a graphic adventure with the point-and-click style.
- Minecraft Earth - an Augmented Reality game, a bit similar to Pokémon Go.
To play Minecraft Dungeons, buy the game for your system:
See also:
For more “serious” games with a much stronger emphasis on fighting, take a
look at
Darksiders Genesis:
If you prefer cheerful fun in gaming,
Lego Worlds
may be a very good game for you:
