While Minecraft may be simple on a conceptual level, it is very far from being simple on a gameplay level. If you’re curious enough, just take a look at the forums online to see how people use the game to create complex working machines and intimately detailed works of art. You may have impressed yourself when you made a trap door out of red stone circuitry because you haven’t seen those who make inventions. Minecraft‘s rabid fans have taken the game to a place where Mojang could have never even imagined. Any famous landmark, real or fictitious, has been painstakingly recreated with the upmost accuracy by players online. There is a multitude of way to express your creativity, and the deep crafting and gameplay systems to bring your imagination to virtual life.
Yet building and toiling away on your creative works don’t mean much if you don’t have other people to admire it. Minecraft on Xbox One and PS4 implement both online and local co-operative multiplayer to great effect. It’s easy to have friends pop into your saved world and help you mine and craft (hehe) and work together to bring your creations to life. Plus, it is a lot easier to divvy up the work and accomplish what would have taken you a long time to complete.
And perhaps the greatest part about the console editions local split-screen multiplayer is that it provides the opportunity for families to gather around and play together. Parents who are interested in seeing the “silly game” their kids are obsessed with can actually sit down with them in the living room instead of being locked out of their kids’ bedrooms. Minecraft can be quite enjoyable to play on your own, but it feels best when enjoyed with friends and family.
Minecraft is probably one of the greatest games of this generation, possibly ever. It taps into the limitless human imagination to fuel the game beyond what most other games could only wish to accomplish. Minecraft: Xbox One Edition and Minecraft: PS4 Edition offer the game in great form, ever-faithful to their PC origins. If you’ve never played Minecraft, you owe it to yourself to try it out and inevitably fall in love. If you have played Minecraft, you owe it to yourself to fall in love all over again.
