Minecraft Legends was reviewed on Xbox Series X, with a code provided by the publisher. Like Minecraft Dungeons before it, Minecraft Legends is a great concept let down by middling execution. The decision to shackle tactical deliberations to the reach of a third-person camera ultimately scuppers many of Minecraft Legends' finer ideas, while the lackluster AI and limited opportunities to act creatively in combat ensure that battles rarely gain any traction. While there are certainly outliers that prove that the genre can work in spite of the limited inputs of a controller (Halo Wars, Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth 2, and more recently Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition), Minecraft Legends will not be considered one of them. Real-time strategy has always had a combative relationship with home consoles. With the promise of self-contained 'Lost Legends' scenarios arriving through the in-game marketplace every month, I can only hope that these expand this area of the experience. Still, it's in defense where Minecraft Legends is most comfortable – allowing you the opportunity to patrol smaller, less cluttered combat zones, and experiment with a selection of craftable fortifications and structures. Fortifications like ramps, gates, and other useful buildings can only rotate on a four-point axis, reducing their utility in uneven environments, and severely limiting opportunities for creative construction. The camera bends unnaturally as attempts are made to draw long walls into reality. "Like Minecraft Dungeons before it, Minecraft Legends is a great concept let down by middling execution" It's a delightful visual flourish that speaks to the heart of the Minecraft experience, undercut by how cumbersome it is to activate. You're able to physically plot the position of defenses and watch as they gradually materialize before your eyes. Gathered wood is transformed into walls and arrow turrets stone and iron can be put towards the building of a Masonry to reinforce structures, and so on. The use of a Legendary Lute allows you to command Allays, the mobs which facilitate the mining of local resources and building of vital structures. You're frequently tasked with playing the role of attacker and defender in Minecraft Legends. Minecraft Legends is hours of pointing, clicking, and hoping for the best. Should they fall from a height, they won't return to their intended destination of their own volition – forcing you to leave the fight, scoop them up, and manually lead them back up user-generated ramps. They stand idly as they're shot with arrows. Units ignore enemy mobs not an inch away. Your army has to be constantly handheld, owing to AI models that rarely engage with anything around them. Combat is not only shallow, but requires a dreary amount of repetition to see scenarios through. Software Usage Terms apply, See eu./legal for full usage rights.Mileage can vary in PvP, where players are free to build wildly complicated defensive patterns for you to grind units against, but I didn't find a campaign encounter that couldn't be overcome by an army of Stone Golems and a Redstone Launcher. exclusively licensed to Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe. Library programs ©Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. See Health Warnings for important health information before using this product. Sign in to PlayStation Network is not required to use this on your primary PS4, but is required for use on other PS4 systems. One-time licence fee to download to multiple PS4 systems. See Terms of Service for more important information. If you do not wish to accept these terms, do not download this product. See /bc for more details.ĭownload of this product is subject to the PlayStation Network Terms of Service and our Software Usage Terms plus any specific additional conditions applying to this product. As the franchise expands into other genres, I hoped this spin-off would reflect the creative spark that made the original the best-selling game of all. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. Minecraft Legends is fun but lacks heart. To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. VR games may cause some players to experience motion sickness. PlayStation VR and PlayStation Camera are required to experience these features. PlayStation VR is not for use by children under the age of 12.
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