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Mixed or average reviews- based on 269 Ratings

  • Summary: The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three dimensional environment. The player takes an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations and artwork across the various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 63
  2. Negative: 0 out of 63
  1. 100
    4J has turned in an accomplished port, boasting crisp, high-resolution visuals and a reorganised inventory...In terms of console sims, nothing touches it. Minecraft's world is one that everybody should experience.
  2. Jun 20, 2012
    86
    Minecraft is just as addictive on the Xbox 360 as it was on the PC. Too bad the world is only a small fragment of that of the original game. [June 2012]
  3. May 17, 2012
    85
    Overall, the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is an excellent port. It lacks many of the features its PC sibling has, but those are expected to be implemented in the game's free updates. If you're looking for a fun, highly addictive way to relax and let your creativity run free, or if you want an entertaining game to play with some friends, this won't disappoint.
  4. Jun 10, 2012
    70
    Between the challenge of establishing a comfortable existence out of rough-hewn wilderness, the hunger to learn the game's metanarrative, and the opportunity to de-stress from the worries of real life, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition transformed itself from a dull dirt-digging sim into something challenging, appealing, and far different from what I'd usually spend time with. I never thought I'd become a devotee, but I have to admit that there is greatness here-anyone describing the game as simple creation is massively underselling the concealed complexity of the ultimate design.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84 out of 114
  2. Negative: 13 out of 114
  1. This game has all the best values of an officially packaged game, with the addition of fresh new ideas. However, it can be a bit difficult to get to grips with the controls, but for the casual gamer, this is a must buy. Collapse
  2. It's Minecraft, just now on 360. The maps are smaller, it is running on an older version of the game (with updates to be rolled out over time, much like the pc version), and it has ditched dedicated servers in favor of a drop in, drop out system based on the original player's save. It also includes a nice 4-player splitcreen mode, and allows for eight people to play together at any one time. They have also implemented a more intuitive crafting system, allowing the player to easily manage that which he wishes to create, along with the materials needed, doing away a lot of the trial and error that normally comes with crafting. If the changes they made to the game don't bother you, then you are in for a great experience. Expand
  3. i think minecraft on the pc is the better game because of the mods, being able to have hundreds of players on ONE server. The xbox 360 version is still good but it is definitely NOT as good as i thought it would be, first off when i found out you cant playy splitscreen with your friends on a standard definition tv, i was mad. I got over it, then one of my brothers was playing his game, btw he was playing on our ONLY gold profile, while he was playing a game-breaker glitch happened, he opened his inventory then he skipped through the tutorial, then the game locked up. It keeps on doing this now, but other than the game breaker glitch and HORRIBLE decision to make the splitscreen ONLY for hd tvs this is a great game if it didn't have those things wrong with it i would give it a 9/10. Expand
  4. The worst console port in a while. The PC version is far superior, better graphics, infinite world, most importantly you actually craft the damn items instead of just having the needed parts and then the game holds your hand saying "SILLY CONSOLE GAMER, CRAFTING IS FOR INTELLIGENT PEOPLE." Then you click on the item and make them. There is also a huge lack of achievements, there is potential for so many achievements to give players more of a reason to spend endless hours on it like I do with the PC version. I made one world and got bored in thirty minutes. The PC version, I was hooked, Xbox 360, it's buggy, has multiple bits of frame rate loss/lag, disappearing and reappearing blocks, and the biggest issue I have is the small world. I go out barely a mile and reach an invisible wall. It's also sad that this game crashes more on Xbox 360 than PC. Buy this game on PC, the console port is awful. Minecraft is a game meant for PC, you will not get the full experience on Xbox 360. It is like getting a delicious ice cream but then trying to eat it with a sharp, thin knife. Expand

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