Minecraft Dungeons isn’t out until tomorrow, but RPS reviews man Nate has already called it some good, simple fun in his Minecraft Dungeons review. “Minecraft Dungeons is really fun! It’s a charming, lively little looter-bruter, with all Minecraft’s aesthetic elements, but absolutely nothing in common with it beyond that,” says Nate. He seems to have found it a fun romp, if a bit short and shallow. Dungeons doesn’t get deep into RPG stats, opting instead for familiarly Minecraft-y armor and enchantments. Despite that, in so many ways it doesn’t want to be Minecraft at all. “It just seems bizarre that in a setting designed entirely around the concept of altering physical spaces, everything in every level is completely implacable,” says Nate. “Would it have hurt to have had a few blow-uppable walls? A bit of token mining, just as a nod to the fact that it’s called ‘Minecraft’?” Not every spinoff strikes diamond. Minecraft Story Mode always seemed an odd choice, despite how much I enjoyed Telltale’s other intense story games. What game other than Minecraft do you suppose could successfully tackle some entirely new genre? Could The Elder Scrolls be a tactics game? Maybe Half-Life should be a party game somehow. Should Dragon Age be a dating sim? Just kidding, it already is. You can even peep this great Twitter bot for ideas.
