Board 8 > Has anyone played Minecraft Dungeons?

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I've never been interested in Minecraft but I like dungeon crawlers so I was wondering if it was good.

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My son got pretty obsessed during the beta a few weeks back. Not sure how it holds up further in but at $20 its hard to say you wont get your moneys worth if youre looking for a simple dungeon crawler.

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It's on gamepass, so i have downloaded it. Haven't tried it yet.

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haven't played it yet, but I did download it and will play through with the kids soon.

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50% done it atm, playing it thru now. What are your questions

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Im curious if it has a shelf life. I hear its like 3 hours long?

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MegamanX posted...

50% done it atm, playing it thru now. What are your questions

Is it fun?

Do you need to be a fan of Minecraft to enjoy it?

Do you need to play with friends for it to be fun?

Is the Switch version any good? I'm debating either that or PC

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Grand Kirby posted...

Is it fun?

Do you need to be a fan of Minecraft to enjoy it?

Do you need to play with friends for it to be fun?

Is the Switch version any good? I'm debating either that or PC

Its a simple diablo clone. You melee attack and can always shoot arrows. You also can have 3 artefacts that let you either (shoot a firework,heal, summon a familiar, or power yourself up.) The game suffer from no real magic option

My friend i played with doesnt like minecraft and he liked it

I think yes. Theres not enough going on solo for it to be interesting. In coop the game has some strategy

I dont know

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I'm a couple hours in, I'm liking it a lot, it's definitely not amazing or anything though, yeah pretty much a simplified Diablo 3. Simplified in the sense that there are no classes, it's shorter, hardly any story, fewer events generated in the levels, and simpler loot system.

However, there are interesting/enjoyable choices to make when you do find loot that is a comparable quality melee/chestpiece/bow to what you have: once you equip it, you'll see it has a random set of perks, and you get to activate some of them. In the end I think I end up enjoying swapping gear a little bit more in this game than Diablo 3, because in Diablo 3 I'm usually just comparing numbers (until reaching like endgame Diablo 3 and making specific builds or something, but I don't even usually enjoy that very much).

I'm also finding the combat a little better than diablo as well, I find myself anticipating enemy attacks more, and attacking or moving at more carefully decided moments. In diablo I pretty much spam without much thought, unless I'm at a hard part, and then I just kinda backpedal kite and attack.

And my favorite aspect of all is, it's extremely pretty to look at, love the colors and UI and intricate environments.

I imagine diablo's replay value will blow this out of the water, but I'm enjoying this a bunch for now.

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is there anything minecraft about it besides visually?

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Not really, no, mostly just visuals, and audio. You're not breaking blocks or anything, and the weapons don't feel like minecraft weapons, except perhaps the bows.

The mobs do match the behavior of their original counterparts, pretty well, though, like skeletons, creepers, tiny zombies, are examples I've seen so far, and some others. I think they're all pretty fun to fight with these mechanics and controls. There are also some enemies I don't recognize.

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