Game Review: Minecraft

by: Abraham Guerrero

Release date: May 17th, 2009

Date Reviewed: February 19th, 2020

Time to beat: 83–182 hours “Story.”

Rating: 9.2/10

System: Multi-Platform

Minecraft is a sandbox and survival game made in 2009 and released in 2011. It is the most sold video game of all time. In Minecraft, you can play as either Steve or Alex in an infinite open world in either creative or survival mode.

In creative mode, you are free to build whatever you want. You are given an unlimited amount of blocks to build with, and you can let your imagination run wild. You can create buildings, pixel art, a roller coaster, a working Redstone computer, or anything else you can think of.

In survival mode, you have to worry about your health and hunger. You will have a limited amount of resources and, depending on your settings, you will have to watch out for monsters that come out at night.

The “story” party of the game comes into play once you get ender pearls. You make the eye of ender by combining the pearls and blaze powder. You can use the eye of ender to look for a stronghold that leads to the End Portal. Once all 12 eyes of enders are placed in the correct order, then you will be able to enter the End.

Then you are tasked with defeating the Ender Dragon. After killing it, the Ender Dragon will drop an egg and will open a new portal. Once you enter it, you finish the game.

I recommend this game because you can be creative and do whatever you want in it.