MINECRAFT
R E V I E W
*note the term "PC" refers to the PC, MAC, WEB, and UNIX versions.
The popular, new game that
came out of nowhere, Minecraft, has taken over the world! Well, the gaming
world at least. Minecraft is a game like no other, and one of my favorites.
There are a few games similar to Minecraft in a few ways, but none come close
to be comparable.
G A M E P L A Y--- The sandbox game Minecraft is a game anyone can play.
It is in first-person perspective by default, but you can switch to two
different third-person perspective camera angles, but first person is the most
used, because the game is designed for first-person use. There is no tutorial
for the PC or Pocket Edition versions, although there is for Xbox 360.
Although, you can watch tutorials on YouTube, or download a Tutorial Mod for
the PC version. The controls are fairly simple and true to PC games. Use WASD
for control pad, E is for inventory, Q is for drop item, Left Shift toggles
sneak, Space Bar to jump, Left Mouse to mine/attack, Right Mouse to activate/place
block, etc., use numbers 1-0 to switch between items in your “handy inventory”
(a.k.a. hotkeys) or use the Mouse Wheel to scroll through your on-screen
inventory. The graphics are very unique. They aren’t meant to be realistic
looking, because there would be so many complaints on them. They look like
block pixels. All inside a larger block, which is a unit available for mining.
The game runs just like any other Xbox game, and abnormally well for Android
and iOS. If you have it for PC though, you could experience considerable lag
and graphics glitches among other things, if your PC has insufficient RAM,
graphics display capability, free hard drive space, processor speed, or other
system hardware insufficiencies. So make sure your PC at least meets the
minimum system requirements before shelling out nearly $30 for the game. If
your PC only meets the minimum requirements, you may need to adjust the video
settings; mainly the render distance. Mess around with those until you can get
it lag-free. The overall nature of the game is like having another life, in a
world where you can do nearly anything you want. The game makes you use common
sense as well. You wouldn’t use a sword to mine cobblestone, so if you try, it
takes much longer to mine, as well as cause more usage damage to it, than if
you used a pickaxe. Crafting materials can take a while to get used to. You can
keep a reference web page, or download a crafting guide app on your smartphone
for quick reference. Personally, I use the MinerGuide app for Android. Although
it is a sandbox game, it can be beaten. I won’t reveal how you beat the game,
but I will say it is very difficult. After beating the game though, you can
keep on playing, so it has no end, like every good sandbox game.
O F F E N S I V E M A T E R I A L --- The game itself has no
offensive material at all except for a little violence. This would be killing
monsters; zombies, skeletons, etc. If you go online with the game though, some
servers don’t have language filters on them. Anyone can say anything through
the chat bar, so be careful.
S U M M A R Y --- Overall, this game gets
an A++ on the JMRS. It’s just an awesome game overall. Very well done, and
still updating! Anyone can play this game, even from age 4, but to fully know
what to do, how to survive, and all that good stuff, I would recommend this
game to ages 9+. The prices at the moment are as follows: PC – 26.95; Pocket
Edition – 6.99; Xbox Edition – 19.99.
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