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Minecraft: Legends
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
Details
- Released
- April 17, 2023
- Developer
- Mojang Studios, Blackbird Interactive
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
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Minecraft: Legends Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Minecraft Legends is the best Minecraft spin-off yet, offering a wholly unique experience, lathered with a lovingly crafted layer of Minecraft infused paint. From a moreish campaign to ridiculously enjoyable versus mode, Minecraft Legends has something for everyone, and I suspect many will love what it has to offer.
Minecraft Legends is easy to recommend for a group of friends, but it isn’t deep enough to satisfy anybody looking for a bit more out of their Minecraft spin-off game adventures.
Outside the lack of personalization, there are also a handful of smaller grievances. You have access to four different mounts in the game, but only the tiger and beetle are worth using in most situations due to their superior speed and wall climbing, respectively. There are also times when your mobs are unresponsive to enemies or the defenses near them, requiring you to have to issue a command to get them to move a foot and do their job. Once you upgrade your mob capacity, there are also times when the framerate gets choppy, occasionally crashing the game. None of these issues are severe, howe...
Minecraft Legends is a worthy spin-off from the main game, but doesn't break any new ground in the real-time strategy genre, instead acting as an accessible entry point for the younger generation.
Minecraft Legends doesn’t quite live up to the lofty ambitions of the game it is spun off from, as much of its potential has gone unrealized.
Minecraft Legends showcases a novel approach to the beloved universe by fusing it with the gameplay mechanics of the RTS genre, but the lack of tactical options makes it a bit too safe of a spinoff.
Minecraft Legends is the latest game in this popular franchise and adds an RTS twist into the mix as the Piglins have invaded the world. As a result, its
Too shallow for players looking for a challenge and too complicated for younger players, creativity is mostly absent in this spin-off. Minecraft Legends may retain some of its original blocky charm, but the fun aspect was lost somewhere along the way, being replaced by repetitive gameplay and frustrating unit control woes.
Minecraft Legends has a lot of good ideas, but the combat mechanics aren't suited for actively engaging in the act of war.
Two years following the release of Minecraft Dungeons, the Minecraft universe is expanding once again with Minecraft Legends. Minecraft Legends features some common traits with the original Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons, while still carving out a unique experience of its own. You’ll explore, create, and survive in this open-world action-strategy adventure. Will Minecraft Legends take Minecraft to new heights, or was this a poorly conceived experiment?
The building blocks of Legends' personality and hybrid design are there, but Mojang & Blackbird fumbled with this blueprint.Mojang is at it again. On those off days when the Minecraft IP isn't discovering a new avenue for [...]
Even though Minecraft Legends isn’t a bad game, the fact that it’s in direct competition with its much better predecessor makes the title hard to recommend.