Game Review: Minecraft

Game review day! I don't think I'm supposed to say that this is my first time and I don't know what I'm doing, but there it is. Today I am reviewing Minecraft, which can be found here. Minecraft is a rather simple sandbox game where the goal is to mine ores (hence the name) and survive the monsters that come out at night. The game is still in Alpha, and as such is rather glitchy, but it works fine for the most part. The graphics are made up of 16x16x16 "pixel" cubes. Your character is two cubes tall and can jump one cube directly up. You can destroy, collect and place blocks to create anything from a river to a castle, and then use them to either survive or show off.

Game features include (these are not all of them):

1 Classic mode in which you have unlimited and instantaneous destroy create powers over individual blocks

2 Survival mode in which you make a house and survive from the monsters that spawn in darkness, crafting is introduced as a way to make tools and weapons to help you survive

2 Multiplayer is not well developed yet, in Alpha and you need to use your own computer as the server using your IP as the "password" and finding mechanism, however, classic mode multiplayer is completely finished (no longer receives development since Alpha)and works fine. You need to pay to unlock most of the features of Minecraft, such as multiplayer and Alpha, but you can use the single player Classic, and Alpha's test run of survival (found here)

More information can be found at the wiki, the forums, and the World of Minecraft community site.