When I was a child, my parents bought me Legos for Christmas. I didn’t always ask for them; it was a family tradition. No matter what, there was always at least one set of Legos under the tree, and my dad and I usually spent the next couple hours putting them together. So I’ve always found it a bit strange that I’ve never “got” Minecraft. It was essentially virtual Lego. The difference is that you had to build the pieces yourself and there are no instructions or general purpose. Or at least, not when I was playing, during the beta. Obviously the game has changed a lot since then; has become a global phenomenon, especially among children, and has sold 144 million copies, as of this writing.
So what do you do next? Hire Telltale Games to create a story-driven version for you, of course. I’ve never played the original season of Minecraft Story Mode, so I can’t tell you if season 2 is better, worse, or pretty much the same. But as someone who has never “got” Minecraft, I can tell you that I enjoyed it.
Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 – Episode 4 on PC
Minecraft: Story Mode continues to surprise with each episode release. While I continue to be skeptical of the weight of my “important” decisions and the “Your story is changing” notification card that pops up on screen whenever you respond a certain way, Telltale’s writing continues to shine with how the characters are developing and evolving as the story moves towards its conclusion. With the penultimate episode, titled Below the Bedrock, Minecraft: Story Mode set the stage for its finale, and so far the journey has been fun and harrowing.
Initiating the escape from the Sunshine Institute, Jesse and crew are meeting Xara, the mysterious Prisoner X who forced us to make a very difficult choice at the end of the last episode. After revealing her connection to the evil Admin, who we now know as Romeo, and their dead friend Fred, it’s up to her to build a portal that will bring our heroes back to the surface and put an end to Romeo’s plans for world domination. once and for all. Story progression in episode 4 is slow, as we’re mostly concerned with finding the tools we need to help with Xara’s building the portal, but it also gives us time to learn more about the admins and the friendship between the three.
It was a good choice!
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BIG W: Fight the monster in the temple!