Minecraft Legends feels like a more sly twist on Pikmin

well more than 10 years into its life expectancy, Minecraft continues to shock me.

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The most recent illustration of that comes as Minecraft Legends, which hopes to construct a system game out of the series' pieces.

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I saw a live demo of the title at the current year's Gamescom that flaunted interactivity interestingly.

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Minecraft Legends openings into the universe of Minecraft with a smart story stunt

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Minecraft Legends is a legend focused technique game, and that implies players control the primary person instead of essentially communicating through a cursor.

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To the extent that technique games go, Minecraft Legends is smoothed out in a way I appreciate.

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Taking into account that this game will probably draw in more youthful players attracted by their adoration for Minecraft, the Nintendo-like way to deal with the technique kind feels like the right call.

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Minecraft Legends will be delivered for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch in 2023.

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