When you think of Minecraft, you think of creativity, peace and adventure. Minecraft Legends’ opening campaign scene seems like my accomplishments and caring for the franchise are being rewarded by trusting me to save the Overworld from a new and important challenge: Piglin greed. Minecraft Legends is the fourth Minecraft spin-off game (preceded by Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode and Mojang’s Minecraft Earth and Minecraft Dungeons). After spending an hour in the campaign and about an hour in PvP multiplayer, it’s already becoming my favorite game. bundle.
not an RTS
Minecraft Legends is an action strategy game and differs from RTS (Real Time Strategy) in a few important ways. Instead of seeing the world beneath you from a top-down, all-powerful perspective, your character leads mobs into battle with sword in hand. Mojang Executive Producer Dennis Ries said one of the reasons Mojang was reluctant to make traditional RTSs was because of the challenges presented in implementing them on consoles. cuts out some of the impersonal aspects of real-time strategy and makes events and threats more focused.
Instead of commanding waves of soldiers and creatures from above, use music to direct a mix of mobs to attack piglin towers or defend unsuspecting villages. You’ll start with two types of golems, and as the campaign progresses, you’ll find allies in iconic creepers and previously hostile mobs. Instructions to a mob are fairly simple (move here, follow), but get progressively more complex over time (order his one set of units to move or focus targets). . I only played with an Xbox controller. It took me quite a while to get used to all the commands. I can’t say I’ve moved away from my time as the campaign has mastered them perfectly, but I think the campaign is still doing well. A new layer for lessons during tutorial missions. The lack of masters was due to the multiplayer session that took place later. But more on that later.
After just an hour of campaigning, it’s hard to say whether the ground perspective is more helpful than the wider field of view, but it made my personal love for the unit stronger. It’s a bit disappointing that you can’t build friendships other than rooting units, sending them into battle, and reviving them in spawn structures. I used my sword only to hit piglins. My sword (the only weapon you have as far as I know) does not damage structures, so Cobblestone Golems have to attack Piglin towers on their own. When it comes to mining and gathering resources and building defensive structures such as walls and turrets, fairy-like creatures called alleys take care of that. is the distribution of interesting tasks.
Learn how campaigns work
The early tutorial missions were short and easy, but served as a great introduction to the three new etheric NPCs, the Hosts. Each one has done me a boon to aid in my quest to defeat Piglin invaders and defend the Overworld. Not only do they serve as a context for the story and a fun and encouraging guide, they also give you enough space to feel at home in this story. This is what I want from Minecraft. The tutorial was very important, and as the Piglin threat increased, it built on the novice mechanics and extended into his first hour of play.
Upgrading in Minecraft Legends is not done by gaining experience which translates into new levels, but in true Minecraft fashion you have to use resources to build something new. A collection of resources and a special stone called Prismarine that can be obtained by killing piglins. Improved structures unlock more units, new buildable defenses, or many other upgrades like the ability to mine diamonds and other ores.
One of the advantages of Minecraft Legends, which plays with its own action strategy rules, is perseverance in campaign combat. Ries says if you want to spend more time exploring procedurally generated maps to find new beetle and bird mounts, you can do so without your village actually being in danger. . Danger kindly awaits. The host gently reminds you of your next important task, but never stops indulging your curiosity. I could easily see myself getting lost searching for new vehicles or finding other secrets. Alluring things are meant to be out there and are unique challenges to collect. Thanks to Minecraft Legends for preserving Minecraft exploration and discovery.
An hour wasn’t enough to give me a full understanding of the Piglin threat, or my army’s ability to fight it. According to Ries, Minecraft Legends campaigns can take anywhere from 18 hours to 25 hours for him to complete, depending on how each player approaches the game. We look forward to exploring and unlocking everything you can when Minecraft Legends releases on his April 18th. A rare chance to befriend creepers and other creatures that previously had no choice but to kill or flee. Campaign co-op is available, but I prefer to play alone. Ries also clarified that there will be no couch-he-co-op due to space issues, etc., but there is cross-play for those who want to play together in one home.
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Challenge multiplayer
Minecraft Legends mechanics are at their best in multiplayer. In each match, his two teams of four start from scratch and challenge themselves to destroy the other team’s base while defending their own. This starts with being able to collect only the basic resources of wood and stone, and hopefully (if the team is coordinated) collect Prismarine and a devastating Redstone Protector Tower that can counter his launchers and launchers. Multiplayer His maps mimic campaigns in that they have specific biomes where specific resources are guaranteed to be found, and likewise are procedurally generated for new challenges each match. increase. Ries said it’s much smaller than the campaign’s map, but like the campaign, special and important upgrades, such as finding new mounts, can be obtained through exploration. When you find a beetle, you can climb walls instead of having to enter through gates or break down walls.
The average length of multiplayer is said to be around 20-30 minutes, but my team was able to push close to 40 minutes. We defeated the enemy team’s Redstone Launcher several times, but ultimately the uncoordinated role and lack of developers in the ranks led to our downfall. Minecraft Legends is a multiplayer, strategy-intensive game that unfortunately has very limited tools in the builds I’ve played. Ries said there is no dedicated in-game chat for safety reasons, which we respect, but there is no way to actually invoke a specific action or declare a player’s role. survived so long is because one of my teammates flagged the base and stayed there to build improvements throughout most of the game, while I ran away to gather resources with a third player. Until, because you were building with me. His 4th of us could have been his AFK, leading to his defeat when trying to fend off a more coordinated enemy attack.
Roles such as dedicated builders and resource gatherers are critical to your success. Minecraft Legends has a ping system, but it didn’t seem to go much further than pinging a spot on the map or an item in a menu, so I took off my headset and didn’t speak directly to tell the strategy. I couldn’t. To those who are a little closer. Given the time investment, at least he’s not sure he’d want to play Minecraft Legends online without one or her two friends. Still, someone else who is as unfamiliar with the mechanics of Minecraft Legends as I am, he could only try one particularly long match with three other guys, so multiplayer solo writes his queue down perfectly. I hesitate.
Future support for Minecraft Legends
Any Minecraft fan knows that Mojang is usually there for post-launch updates and Minecraft Legends is no exception. According to Ries, there are special challenges called Lost Legends, which act more or less as separate mini-games. Successfully completing one will earn you a skin.
One example that Ries gave me that I didn’t play was called Portal Pile. Ries said he could also work with the creators to create his own Lost Legends challenge called Myths. There is also a Legends Marketplace where players can obtain skins for his character and mounts. Ries didn’t say if it will be campaign DLC.
make friends with the enemy
My long multiplayer matches were nowhere near the length Ries said they had when they first tuned multiplayer (almost two hours at first), but the investment in multiplayer and the team’s Potential challenges with coordination made us skeptical about our chances of success. However, I’m not at all skeptical about the campaign’s interest. It feels like just the right amount of challenge while comfortably reflecting some of my favorite elements of Minecraft. Sure, it’s strange not to stop and collect all the resources yourself, but with the help of alleyways, charming hosts, and the possibility of finally approaching creepers without them exploding, I I can tell you that I am excited to learn.
Miranda Sanchez is IGN’s Executive Editor of Guides, podcast unlockedShe is a big fan of stationery and fountain pens.you can find her sometimes twitter.
