During Minecon, we had the opportunity to see a wide variety of exciting releases and demos. Today, we're focusing on the Xbox 360 Minecraft port, by 4J Studios! The booth was demoing the first build of Minecraft on the popular home console, and it was impressive! Here, Pico speaks with the on-site staff about the game, and sits down for a play-through.
A number of features from the PC version made their way into the port, such as seed-generated worlds, basic Survival mode, the crafting system, and more. The game handles very well, with smooth animations, a strong fps rate, and a highly intuitive control system. While player controls are solid, one strong suit of the control system is the menu and inventory navigation setup, which is incredibly well done - swapping items between the tool bar and the inventory is quick and simple. The crafting system also has an innovative approach, with built-in blueprints that clearly show how to build various in-game objects!
First, you select a given material from the blueprint area. To the right of your selection, the menu shows you the various things which can be made with the chosen material - highlighting the desired item shows a detailed breakdown of what is needed to make the item, similar to having someone place the required materials on a workbench for you. If the correct type and amount of materials are in your inventory (say, 4 wood planks for a workbench), you only need to click on the item blueprint, and it is instantly produced and dropped into your inventory, ready to use! There are sub-categories for easy navigation, for construction items, tools, food and more.
that makes minecraft so much easear thank you :wub.gif:
We would like to thank Microsoft and 4J Studios for giving us a hands-on look at this amazing console port, and we anxiously await the full release!
PS3 is proven to be b..... no. calm down ps3 fanboy, its not the consoles its the games that are made for them. Xbox has more games that attract more attention which is why it is selling more, PS3 I won't say its bad, but the games are just not that fun and the servers take a lot of srain from how many people are on it which can cause ridiculous lag. I have an Xbox, but would probably have a PS3 if the games from xbox were made for it.4J studios is taking the exact same minecraft and putting it on the 360 the only change is the controls and the item creation. If you want to see more on this go to minecraft wiki trumblr for notch and find it.
I care. More comfortable chair+minecraft+don't need to worry about server BS=better. Also no hackers, no griefers most likely because it will probably be something like a server you make for you and your friends. Mods are lame if you want to alter a game make your own game . Games are made the way it is ment to be played mods are lame unless the game developers for that game turn that into what is called DLC so that it is ment to be there. Then a nice controller instead of using a mouse and several buttons on a keyboard where your hands are using two seperate devices instead of one ultimate 2 in 1. I'd say IMO Xbox is better. The only con is well, paying for it again unlesss you haven't bought it for PC. PC is good too though for games that can't be put on Xbox or PS3 that is.
Does anyone else think that Creepers are actually kind of cute?