The new updates and the endless amount of creativity from modders have helped keep interest in the game years after its original release. New official Minecraft content like the Lightyear DLC added exciting missions, vehicles, and skins from this summer's Pixar film to the game. This is part of the charm of developer Mojang's creation, as it gives players and modders the tools to create almost anything they can think of, as long as it can be made with cubes. While some mods help reskin certain characters to change their appearance, other mods like the Breath of the Wild mod transform Minecraft into something that feels like a different game entirely. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks and we’ll see just how worthwhile the dungeon-crawling experience.Mods for Minecraft range significantly in complexity. As such, Mojang wants to ensure that the game is fun to play, even if cross-platform play won’t be available at launch. Though originally slated to launch in April, it was delayed due to the transition to work-from-home. Minecraft Dungeons is releases on May 26th for Xbox One, PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch. So absolutely there’s been things that have been either implemented and then changed, or designed on paper, but that never made it into the game.” “And also the cooperative experience is pulling a lot from modern first-person shooter cooperative games like Left 4 Dead and. Olson would now liken the game to “ Diablo, Torchlight and Gauntlet” in terms of its gameplay. Originally this was considered as a 3DS game, but then we realized we wanted to have it on the Switch, PlayStation, Xbox Game Pass, and Windows.” “It started as a small single-player game, smaller in scope, and as we started prototyping we realized it would be fun to play multiplayer. He also revealed that the game was originally meant to be single-player only and for the Nintendo 3DS. To make something new, you have to step quite far away from the base game.” Of course, Olson notes that there is “not as much of that” now. “We wanted to bring a new Minecraft experience to players. In conversation with US Gamer, Olson said that the focus was on a Zelda-like title, one that was initially smaller than the current product. Originally, the dungeon crawler was meant to mimic The Legend of Zelda series according to game director Måns Olson. Mojang’s Minecraft Dungeons is out later this month and unlike its inspiration, focuses more on dungeon crawling, hack and slash and looting over crafting.

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