What do you think of when you think of the word ‘Minecraft’? If you’re anything like me – and the now-numerous generations that have been raised by the game – you’ll think of creativity, exploration, the freedom to do things your own way. The original game (now a Microsoft property) took the reins off, allowed you to explore the geometric sandbox at your leisure, and let you revel in the world in your own time. Set your own goals, do your own thing. Have fun, without needing to constantly check compass points or review your objectives.
It’s strange, then, to see the latest spin-off in the Minecraft IP approach a genre that is so strict and keeps you on the path so much that it’s literally built around lanes. We’re talking MOBA – multiplayer online battle arena. That word soup sounds like it doesn’t mean much, but it’s spawned some of the most popular games of all time; League of Legends, DOTA 2, Smite, and so on. It’s a famously difficult genre to penetrate and takes a lot of time and investment to understand.
Within minutes, the 4v4 battler became incredibly simple to understand: I went out and mined resources and built up the home base with defensive walls, turrets, and small AI Minecraft creatures I could control, my ally to the left went to scout out the enemy base and run some early sabotage missions, and my ally on the right got to building a forward base from which we could mount an attack.
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