Quick Look: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

Jeff: "I think you need wood to make that work, I don't want to waste all those resources" *sets the forest on fire* xD

I really am struggling to see what justifies the $20 price on this.

Jeff killed Brad's bed! That's terrible!

Can we all agree on Minecraft TNT?

Seems to be ripe for chaotic hilarity.

Well, I won't buy this version, but this video has convinced me to dive back into PC minecraft. Best leave it 'til next month, after finals.

Man, the ambient music in this game has always been wonderful. So chill.

How did you lose your own house? Just press F3 and.. oooh. :P

Why are there no hunger and XP bars? Is it THAT old a build? So no enchants, potions, strongholds, melons, endermen, ...?

@Aishan said:

I really am struggling to see what justifies the $20 price on this.

Its fun and can last a long time.

They will pump out free updates to get it inline with the PC, and release mods and what not.

Cheaper then the PC version.

I think I'm starting to get the appeal of this game!

@bluecollaralaskan: Probably Jeff's lack of stairs. No stairs = Lots of jumping

This quick look was great. I'd love to see a weekly video on Jeff's minecraft adventures, though I'm sure he won't be playing it very much

@Moncole: You build stuff.

You can do whatever you want.

Like building and mining stuff. It is quite fun.

Dat HUD. Those button prompts.

Also dat FOV.

@phrosnite said:

Minecraft - It's not a game.

Dirt doesn't fall? rofl

Its a design choice.

You'd spend all day just digging dirt if it did fall. Who wants to dig dirt when you can dig stone?

Also I totally see the appeal of this version, I know plenty of dudes who have been interested in what they have heard and seen of Minecraft but would never touch a PC with the purpose of playing a Vidja game. Makes sense.

@ESREVER said:

As soon as I saw Brad's house, I reaaalllyy wanted Jeff to burn it down. That was my first thought...

So did I. That would be been soooo good.

@LordXavierBritish said:

It's kind of sad how much better this looks than the current PC version.  Notch needs to stop vacationing and fix his game.

But it also seems to be based on a version of Minecraft that is almost a full year old. The entire reason this probably looks more polished is because it looks like the team that ported it said, "Okay, we'll just polish up v0.9.8 and release that."  This looks like a version of Minecraft before the new lighting engine, villages, EXP, hunger, endermen, strongholds, pistons, swamps, jungles, or jeeze, even biomes in general, really.

Anyone interested in playing with other 360 buddies should check out the 360 official GB community thread which you can find here. Post your Gamertag and before you know it you'll be building large castles and dicks and things..

Wow, can't help but think this looks like a really lazy release. I know the Xbox version won't have the same update rate as the PC one, but still...

Oh, the end was damn great.

I want this game sooo bad.

That FOV is tiiiiny D:

@LordXavierBritish said:

@BlazeHedgehog said:

@LordXavierBritish said:

It's kind of sad how much better this looks than the current PC version. Notch needs to stop vacationing and fix his game.

But it also seems to be based on a version of Minecraft that is almost a full year old. The entire reason this probably looks more polished is because it looks like the team that ported it said, "Okay, we'll just polish up v0.9.8 and release that." This looks like a version of Minecraft before the new lighting engine, villages, EXP, hunger, endermen, strongholds, pistons, swamps, jungles, or jeeze, even biomes in general, really.

Except it has better basic usability like fucking crafting recipes. None of the things you mentioned actually improved the game with the exception of maybe pistons and lightning. They're all just pointless details that don't add anything truly interesting or new to a game that is a chore to play and could easily be made better with a few simple changes.

What are these simple changes?

And Notch no longer works on MC.

I understand taking a look at this - not much else to look at right now and it's a weird combination of game and platform - still, it's a bit odd to have a QL of the 360 version but never have had one of the PC version.

Looks great, thank god this one isn't written in Java.

They are using iron pickaxes to mine dirt.

*cancels subscription to Giant Bomb*

@LordXavierBritish said:

@BlazeHedgehog said:

@LordXavierBritish said:

It's kind of sad how much better this looks than the current PC version. Notch needs to stop vacationing and fix his game.

But it also seems to be based on a version of Minecraft that is almost a full year old. The entire reason this probably looks more polished is because it looks like the team that ported it said, "Okay, we'll just polish up v0.9.8 and release that." This looks like a version of Minecraft before the new lighting engine, villages, EXP, hunger, endermen, strongholds, pistons, swamps, jungles, or jeeze, even biomes in general, really.

Except it has better basic usability like fucking crafting recipes. None of the things you mentioned actually improved the game with the exception of maybe pistons and lightning. They're all just pointless details that don't add anything truly interesting or new to a game that is a chore to play and could easily be made better with a few simple changes.

What are these simple changes?

And Notch no longer works on MC.

@SSully said:

@ESREVER said:

As soon as I saw Brad's house, I reaaalllyy wanted Jeff to burn it down. That was my first thought...

So did I. That would be been soooo good.

Revenge of the Dickish Moves.

@LordXavierBritish: Oh the updates do add quite a bit. Villages will randomly spawn and the biomes add different landscapes and places to explore. When underground the strongholds make a fun and different place to encounter enemies (not just empty boring caverns) as well as the giant crevices. It adds some geometry to the game, which although not changing the game drastically, improves the content. The EXP you get can imbue weapons with magical properties, you can now craft potions that will do different things. Different logic gates have been added since this Xbox version allowing people to make elaborate machines. I think all of them improves the game. Looking back this this version of minecraft I can say it has for me.

Man that music makes me feel like a dying old man living out the rest of his days.

Wow, this an old ass version of the game.

@LordXavierBritish said:

@BlazeHedgehog said:

@LordXavierBritish said:

It's kind of sad how much better this looks than the current PC version. Notch needs to stop vacationing and fix his game.

But it also seems to be based on a version of Minecraft that is almost a full year old. The entire reason this probably looks more polished is because it looks like the team that ported it said, "Okay, we'll just polish up v0.9.8 and release that." This looks like a version of Minecraft before the new lighting engine, villages, EXP, hunger, endermen, strongholds, pistons, swamps, jungles, or jeeze, even biomes in general, really.

Except it has better basic usability like fucking crafting recipes.

Yeah, because it's impossible to figure those out and build the items :)

holy shit he just walked past diamonds

I've played my fill of Minecraft, but I still find the music to be fantastic.

@LordXavierBritish: Those changes may not be as simple as they are at face value. For instance, the maps need to take it's time because it looks through the entire world and updates it chunk by chunk.

With the mods, what variables were you looking to change?

As for the item system, i agree they could do better. When crafting though it was always fun, when i started to play minecraft, to see what different combinations would do. It seemed reasonable since the game was based on exploration and freedom.

Minecraft Endurance Run!

Give a man a hole and he'll eat for a day. Give him a pixelated shovel and he'll dig his own grave...

Might be my dirty mind, but this made me laugh out loud.

Oh yeah, why did the lava and water not make Obsidian?

The music in Minecraft is so good!

@SuperSambo said:

@LordXavierBritish said:

@BlazeHedgehog said:

@LordXavierBritish said:

It's kind of sad how much better this looks than the current PC version. Notch needs to stop vacationing and fix his game.

But it also seems to be based on a version of Minecraft that is almost a full year old. The entire reason this probably looks more polished is because it looks like the team that ported it said, "Okay, we'll just polish up v0.9.8 and release that." This looks like a version of Minecraft before the new lighting engine, villages, EXP, hunger, endermen, strongholds, pistons, swamps, jungles, or jeeze, even biomes in general, really.

Except it has better basic usability like fucking crafting recipes. None of the things you mentioned actually improved the game with the exception of maybe pistons and lightning. They're all just pointless details that don't add anything truly interesting or new to a game that is a chore to play and could easily be made better with a few simple changes.

What are these simple changes?

And Notch no longer works on MC.

Crafting recipes.  A not shit map. Any way to change the variables of the game without fucking modding it. A better system for item management, descriptions, and armor/weapon statistics that don't require you to have a wiki page open. Making it good.

Hopefully you can turn up the sensitivity because I can't imagine playing minecraft like this.

I love anarchist Jeff!

@SuperSambo said:

Oh yeah, why did the lava and water not make Obsidian?

I think flowing water has to hit still lava to make obsidian.

@Mumrik said:

I understand taking a look at this - not much else to look at right now and it's a weird combination of game and platform - still, it's a bit odd to have a QL of the 360 version but never have had one of the PC version.

because it isn't real until it's out on consoles ;)

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to post Youtube videos in the comments. Ugh.

1600 MS points is waaaaaaaaaaaay too much for this.

Agreed about finding the crafting to be better in Terraria as there's a lot of useful things (grapple hook, jet boots & few other things to make the game quicker to get around), but this does look interesting to see some of the stuff people make in it. Half expected Jeff to accidentally burn his house some with the random fires when dark which is way more dark then Terraria at night. Will probably get this as I can have more fun with this over Trials Evolution as I know at some point I will just hit a wall of what I could do in that game where here I can try some interesting things that were a little harder in 2d Terraria to build. Did love the unexpected encounter in the quick look to just be a new puzzle to figure out what the hell was changed.

Too bad there's not a ultra nightmare difficulty mode where you have to either go in your house at night or (what I learned from Terraria) wall yourself in a small area to protect from the monsters that will just massively kill every living thing outdoors. Imagine some crazy higher detailed Doom 1 monsters coming in to just warp with the level of reality.

At least if nothing else this QL is a great tip for people like me who are new to Minecraft & making towers to find your way outside. As with Terraria, I hope that Jeff & Brad along with anyone else in GB who are playing this give some kind of update on the crazy they might be seeing (in their game or friend's games) during the bombcasts if not a video.