Minecraft 1.3

Minecraft is a sort of a combination between an adventure and a building game. The name is self-explanatory, you will have to do a lot of mining to get resources, with which a very wide variety of items can be crafted. It features a lot of game modes, however I found that the survival and creative ones are the most interesting. These modes are supported in single and multiplayer game styles.

To begin playing you first have to create a world. Here is where you'll be able to choose the game mode and select a difficulty. The difficulty matters when you're playing in the survival mode, not in the creative mode. A thing that bothered me was that, there isn't really a tutorial within the game to explain all of its features. However, the game is intuitive and in no time you'll get the hang of it.

The survival mode combines elements of adventure, creativity and exploration. Basically your main goal in this mode is to survive as long as possible. You start with nothing and you are left free to roam and to do absolutely whatever you want as long as you survive. The difficult thing is that at night, monsters will appear that will try to kill you. You can choose to fight the monsters by crafting your own weapons and armor, or you can avoid them by creating an impenetrable house. Another thing in this mode is that some monsters also appear in shadows, or caves. And usually, the very good resources are found in the deepest caves. So the game also has a bit of suspense, because you have to be prepared at all times, which really makes the game even more interesting. more