5.0, 175 votes
In Minecraft you play as a little man who travels in a large world made of block-like stones. The game itself doesn't have a great background story or missions that you have to fulfill. Rather, it offers you the possibility to design the world according to your wishes. Just like in a sandbox, you can switch and manage. Accordingly, games in this style are often called sandbox games.
In Minecraft you can interact with any part of the world. This is because the world is divided into small blocks. You walk on earth? Then there's a block of earth underneath you. You would like to have this one? Then take your pickaxe and remove the block. Now you have a block of earth in your inventory, while this one has disappeared in the world.
So you can collect different materials in the whole world and build your own houses out of the blocks. There are no limits to your imagination here. To make sure that the game doesn't become too boring or easy, you'll always encounter small monsters on your exploration tours. To defeat them, you'll first have to make equipment and weapons. This, of course, requires some special blocks as materials. Thus, you'll always be on the lookout for new, rarer blocks and materials, fighting against stronger and stronger monsters, and at the same time building a world completely to your liking.
In Minecraft, different modes can be played. The most entertaining is the so-called survival mode. Here you run through the world and collect various blocks. However, you'll need special tools to mine them. Also, in this mode you'll encounter numerous monsters that will attack you. You'll have to eat food regularly to avoid starving.
Creative mode, on the other hand, is all about building imaginative things. You have unlimited amounts of resources at your disposal here. You can mine all the blocks without tools. Besides, you can fly, so you can easily reach all the places. You can't take damage, starve or die in any other way. This mode is mainly used to build large and complicated structures.
In spectator mode or adventure mode you can visit other players' worlds and admire their constructions there. While you can't interact with the world in the first of the mentioned, you can mine blocks in the second, similar to the survival mode, if you have the necessary tools.
On mobile devices, Minecraft plays only slightly more difficult than on the PC. The controls are very simple and intuitive, only in survival mode it can get a bit more hectic during the battles. But with a bit of practice and patience, even the toughest creeper is an easy opponent on a mobile or tablet.
Minecraft is a game that has quite rightly written computer game history. A very simple game principle, combined with simple, yet entertaining graphics and no background story. That doesn't sound like a great success. But the revolution of sandbox games has earned Minecraft its place in the computer game Olympus. There are no limits to creative minds in Minecraft. The creative mode in particular continues to generate great enthusiasm among young and old.
The version for mobile devices is just as convincing as the first version for PC was many years ago. The controls are simple and intuitive. The game is immediately understood and is just as suitable for short waiting times in between as it is for long-lasting gaming sessions. Those who have not yet tried Minecraft should urgently do so.
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