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Minecraft for Web Apps

  • Paid

  • In English
  • V 23a_01
  • 3.8

    (3394)
  • Security Status

Softonic review

Blocky realms to explore

Minecraft is a sandbox video game that blew apart the gaming world. Sandbox games revolve around harnessing the player’s creativity toward achieving an in-built goal. This game does not merely stimulate, distract, or entertain. This game is a mine of exploration and infinite creations built with the simplest of building blocks.

As an adventure title, Minecraft has an overarching narrative and a storyline, complete with a so-called final boss, although the story and the gameplay never really end. With its child-friendly physics and use of the 3D voxel art style, it's a game designed for all kinds of players.

Current things to craft and explore

The game features sandbox gameplay, where players are free to explore everything. Every world is procedurally generated with a unique map seed created from the system clock. Those parameters can be also adjusted by players for more unique worlds. The 3D axis is infinite, but there is a boundary beyond 30,000,000 blocks. Each area is divided into “chunks” to alleviate the issue of technical problems for computers or game consoles.

Biomes also divide the world into varying terrains like plains, forests, snow, desert, mountains, and ocean. Currently, Minecraft brings a massive update to its terrain and biome system through Caves and Cliffs. With this new feature, mountains and cavernous areas will have dramatic changes. It expands the height of the overall game world, making caves a lot more open upon entering. However, players need not worry about the update affecting their current maps. Minecraft developers said that the changes are more noticeable once players explore outside the regions they’ve already explored.

Players can eventually traverse into dimensions like The Nether and The End, an end-game section with violent mobs. The game is inhabited in real-time by mobs. Mobs are non-playable characters that players can interact with, and they are divided into non-hostile and hostile ones. There are no goals or stories in the game, however, there is an achievement system for completing specific tasks, ranging from procuring wood to slaying the Ender Dragon.

Blocks represent the world’s materials like dirt, wood, water, and more. Players can pick them up by “mining” them with bare hands or tools. They can place the blocks anywhere they want to build infrastructures in a 3D grid. Tools are created from gathered materials, and the rarer the material is, the more complex and powerful that tool can be. With the Caves and Cliffs update, you will have more than 90 new blocks that you can mine. 

Staying alive

There are five main game modes to try. Survival Mode is the standard game mode where players gather materials, build shelters, herd animals, fend off monsters, trade with villagers, explore ruins and fortresses, and so much more. Interacting with the world yields EXP for enchanting tools. There is a health bar that can be depleted by damage unless players consume food or healing items. They must also watch out for the hunger meter as it depletes over time.

If a player dies, they lose all of their items and EXP but they can retrieve them in less than five minutes, or else they disappear forever. They will also respawn to their original spawn point or to the last bed they slept in. Survival Mode has five difficulty settings: Peaceful, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Hardcore. Peaceful only spawn friendly mobs, the other three difficulties will spawn monsters in the dark with varying difficulties, and Hardcore Mode incorporates Hard Mode with perma-death, where death means permanent game over and no respawning.

More than mining and crafting

Creative Mode is solely for building complex virtual projects with all the resources in their hands. Players in Creative Mode can fly and they don’t take damage. Adventure Mode is designed for a scripted experience with the help of the programmable Command Block. Spectator Mode inhibits players to manipulate blocks but they can fly through them. They can also perform simple game commands.

Multiplayer Mode, on the other hand, allows players to participate either in a server-based or LAN multiplayer world or join a Minecraft Realm. The difference is that standard multiplayer is hosted in a server with custom plug-ins run by operators, while Minecraft Realm is only accessible through exclusive invitations and they can play some of the official custom Minecraft maps. The game is also recognized for its capability for modding. Users can create new items, mobs, character models, new crafting mechanics, dimensions, and many more. The standard Multiplayer Mode supports community-developed mods.

A doggy treat for everyone

Minecraft’s latest Dog Update — currently only available in Beta, Preview, or SnapShot — introduces eight new wolf variants across various biomes, an improvement to the wolf breeding mechanic, and adds wolf armor for the player’s new canine friends. From the woodsy jungle to the snowy taiga, players can now encounter a rusty wolf, spotted wolf, black wolf, striped wolf, snowy wolf, ashen wolf, woods wolf, and chestnut wolf. Each variant is tailored to its corresponding biome, adding an exciting layer to exploration.

As mentioned, the update also revolutionizes the wolf breeding mechanic, allowing players to unlock new variants by strategically choosing their breeding pairs. If players can’t seem to discover the new wolf variants through exploration, then taking a chance in breeding different species can yield triumphant results. Of course, the update also comes with armor for these new animals, and equipping them with the necessary gear doubles their health to an impressive 40 hearts.

Imagination is the only limit

Minecraft embodies the definition of sandbox games. Players are truly free to build their own worlds, at the same time form communities with like-minded individuals. This game has made itself an integral part of gaming history since its sandbox gameplay is very innovative and fostered imagination for the young and old alike. Minecraft also leads the boom of Youtube Gamers with their Let’s Plays.

PROS

  • Endearing pixel-like world
  • Ambient background music
  • Living and breathing worlds
  • Supports mods for single and multiplayer mode

CONS

  • Hostile mobs can be very brutal
  • Minimal quality of life updates
  • Minecraft Realm cannot support mods and is costly to host one
  • Requires stable network connection for hosting multiplayer mode

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Minecraft for Web Apps

  • Paid

  • In English
  • V 23a_01
  • 3.8

    (3394)
  • Security Status


User reviews about Minecraft

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  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

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