![]() And I found myself hunting down Piglin encampments in order to supply our home base with the gems we needed to build up our army of allies.īy the time we were through, our base had a labyrinth of corridors that did not make it easy for enemy armies to just simply walk in and attack our tower. Another player went off to find much needed resources. One person was in charge of building up our base defenses and making sure upgrades were being taken care of. During my own session everyone on my team took on a role fairly quickly. Teams pool resources and allies, so everyone has access to whatever they may need.Ĭommunication and taking on a required role are going to be essential for winning in PvP. The versus mode we played set up two teams of four on a small procedurally generated map and tasked each one with destroying the other’s central tower in order to win. The brief time I spent with Minecraft Legends campaign mode was a real treat, but I have to say my PvP experience is what’s really sold me on this game so far. And there are more to be found while traversing the land too. While I started out with a pretty standard horse, I did find a beetle that could run up walls and glide down to the ground after jumping. Fortunately, there are some fast travel options and several mounts that can be found around the world map. Players will travel over snowy hills, through harsh deserts, and jungles thick with sharp vines to name a few. The third-person perspective and wide viewing angle makes all the blocks seem smaller though. ![]() The world of Minecraft Legends is very similar to the core games, but made more for exploration than mining to say the least. Combat is definitely feeling like a solid mix of strategy and action that keeps things simple, streamlined and easy to access. Many of the battles I experienced during my hands-on time involved sending my allies in to take down various Piglin structures or defend village centers from enemy waves while I did my best to clean up any enemies that got in the way. Players can command groups of allies to do things like march alongside them into battle or attack specific enemies or structures.Ĭhampions themselves cannot directly attack structures, but can hack up enemies all they want. It doesn’t seem like it will be too long into the game that players will be able to turn old enemies into friends and summon classic Minecraft enemies like Creepers, Skeletons and Zombies to fight by their side as well. At first players will just be able to build themselves golems out of various core elements like tough cobblestone golems who can deal some hefty damage or plank golems that shoot arrows for a long-range attack option. One of the many things players will be able to use their resources to craft are buildings that spawn little allies for you. Fortunately, players will not be going it alone. Saving the Overworld is going to require a lot from a champion. And if you’re good at building in regular Minecraft a lot of those skills should come in handy when strategizing in Legends. The mechanics give Minecraft Legends a bit of a tower defense vibe to it, but there’s so much more going on here. Players can build things like your standard gates and walls along with archer towers, and other buildings that can give you access to more structures and units or help reinforce your defenses. Building is also a much quicker affair and players essentially just pick what they want to build and where to build it and it takes care of itself from there. Players will essentially lay down collection boxes for various materials and have their little sprite friends collect them while they deal with more pressing matters. While mining for resources is still part of the game, it’s done in a much more passive way. But you won’t be taking on this epic task alone, as you’ll have plenty of skills and friends to help you along the way. You’ll have to roam the land protecting villages and taking out Piglin strongholds in order to save the day. In Minecraft Legends, players take on the role of a champion tasked with saving the Overworld from an impending Piglin invasion. I was lucky enough to get some hands-on time with an Xbox Series X version of the game while at GDC 2023 to find out if I had what it took to save the day. And while those two key elements are present in Minecraft Legends, there seems to be a lot more going on here in terms of story and action. And as the franchise has grown, we’ve seen it step outside the game’s standard formula of, well, basically, mining and crafting. We’ve seen it permeate into just about every corner of popular culture over the last ten or so years. The Minecraft video game franchise is probably one of the most recognizable in the world at this point.
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