Food is eaten automatically and provides limited-time buffs. For instance, your health potion is on a cooldown: there’s no need to annoyingly micro-manage them. Dungeons is a dungeon-crawling action-RPG (ARPG) in the style of Diablo, but with simplistic control and design philosophies that a lot of ARPGs could learn from. The mechanical premise is just as painless. Kicking off with an epic (and I mean that in the literal romantic sense) intro in the signature blocky style, the framework of having to stop the misunderstood-but-ultimately-tyrannical Arch Illager is easy to grasp but still very Minecraft. Minecraft Dungeons is a little more straightforward than Minecraft proper. MSRP: $19.99 (Standard Edition), $29.99 (Hero Edition), also on Xbox Game Pass Minecraft Dungeons (PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One) Now that everything is beyond stable, it finally feels like it’s the right time for a spinoff. After Microsoft took control of the property, Minecraft only expanded from there on new platforms, with cross-play uniting people all across the globe. For years the folks at Mojang have been slowly building on the original concept, boosted by C418’s beautiful score and the promise of limitless creation. I know! For some that’s a long time but for others, it feels like it’s always been there.
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If you include its alpha period, Minecraft turns 10 years old this year.