Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

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Description

This version of Minecraft is adapted for a console environment on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Just like the original game it offers a sandbox-like world where players can build their own worlds with blocks of different materials. Although there are number of differences and missing features compared to the PC version, largely it is identical. Players are free to explore, build, craft, fight and can set their own goals in a creative mode with no restrictions or danger, or in survival mode where enemies can attack you and your creations.

Special to this edition is a tutorial mode. The crafting system has been simplified. Blocks do not have to be placed correctly in the crafting grid. Instead, it shows the blocks required to craft a selected item and then creates it if the needed blocks are available. Up to four players can join a game in local split-screen and this can be played as an 8-player multiplayer game. The difficulty level cannot be changed while inside a world, but only before starting it.

The Xbox 360 and PS3 version are largely identical in gameplay. The largest difference is in the selection of skin and texture packs as DLC. Some of these are only available for a specific platform.

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Alternate Titles

• "Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition" -- PlayStation 3 title

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Alchemy
• Gameplay Feature: Armour/Weapon Deterioration
• Gameplay feature: Botany, Farming, Gardening
• Gameplay feature: Creature breeding / fusion
• Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle
• Gameplay feature: Freely destructible terrain
• Gameplay feature: Mining
• Gameplay feature: Survival cooking
• Games with randomly generated environments
• Genre: Wilderness Survival
• Minecraft series
• Visual technique / style: Voxel graphics

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Critic Reviews

Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox 360	May 11, 2012	18 out of 20	90
videogamer.com	Xbox 360	May 07, 2012	9 out of 10	90
Console Monster	Xbox 360	May 08, 2012	85 out of 100	85
Metro.co.uk	Xbox 360	May 08, 2012	8 out of 10	80
Push Square	PlayStation 3	Dec 24, 2013		80
Games.cz	Xbox 360	May 24, 2012	8 out of 10	80
PSX-Sense	PlayStation 3	Jan 24, 2014	8 out of 10	80
Gamer.no	Xbox 360	May 09, 2012	8 out of 10	80
Gamereactor (Denmark)	Xbox 360	May 10, 2012	7 out of 10	70
Splitkick	Xbox 360	May 07, 2012	7 out of 10	70

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Awards

• GameStar (Germany) / GamePro (Germany)
  • 2012 - #3 Best Adventure Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2012 - #10 Best Console Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)