Minecraft for PlayStation 4

A whole world in your pocket

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.

Stack’em or whack’em

Minecraft - Pocket Edition is like playing a more advanced and virtual version of building blocks. For starters, you will not just be getting different colored blocks but instead, you will be playing with different kinds of blocks — like wood, steel, grass, rocks, and even fire and water! This means you have all the materials you will need in order to bring your imagination to life.

You can build literally whatever you want and to make things better, they will function just the way that they are supposed to do. For instance, creating a farm will require some crops and farm animals that will later produce the goods that they are expected to give. You can harvest vegetables from your plants and gather milk from your cows. See, Minecraft - Pocket Edition does not really stop at world-building — it will let you live inside the world you created for yourself.

Keep exploring

To spice things up, Minecraft - Pocket Edition offers different game modes that you can try. If you just want to create things freely without worrying about a single thing, you can stick to the game’s Creative Mode. However, if you like going on an adventure, go ahead and try the Adventure Mode.

You can still create whatever you want in this world but the catch is that you will have to be extra vigilant when nighttime falls because zombies will be out to get you. Fortunately, they can be warded off and you can hide from them inside the safety of whatever structure you are able to build during the day so the threat of zombies is not that much to be scared of. Nevertheless, it makes this building game more thrilling.

What’s new in the 1.20.30 update?

Minecraft’s latest 1.20.30 version update enhances the gameplay experience even further with a bunch of improvements and tweaks. Headlining these is the improved “You Died” screen, now zooming out and allowing you to inspect the nature of your in-game death better. You can even tinker with the hotbar and change some settings before respawning. The new update also allows you to crawl under one-block gaps with ease.

The Recipe Unlocking feature received some changes, as well, such as getting removed as an experimental feature and being able to be turned off and on at will. Leafing through the recipe book is easier and more streamlined than before, too. Moreover, the breaking times and explosion resistance values of blocks were improved. As for the experimental features, changes were applied to the Wandering Trader and Librarian Villager trades.

Diamond Ore distribution rates when mining in deeper parts of the world were adjusted, too. Besides that, minor tweaks and quality-of-life changes were applied to the game’s overall stability, camera angles, mouse input and sensitivity, mobs, blocks, audio, graphics, and more.

On-the-go crafting

Minecraft - Pocket Edition really is a convenient source of entertainment. You can check your creations from time to time and build new ones whenever you find enough minutes to spare in the middle of your busy schedule. Not only is it a good way to unwind, but it also improves your mind and creativity.