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May 22, 2011
This is about as good as an indie game can get. Treat yourself. [June 2011, p.60]
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Nov 18, 2011
Minecraft is a towering achievement in the very possibilities of gaming, and it does this without losing itself to either esoterica or cynicism. It is a game anyone can play and anyone can get something out of, no matter how skilled or imaginative they are. They will make something and they will have an experience that feels like theirs and theirs alone.
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Nov 21, 2011
Meanwhile, Minecraft, with all its flaws and quirks, has already joined Super Mario Brothers, Wolfenstein 3D, and Tetris in the pantheon of games that prototyped an entire genre.
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Nov 21, 2011
Admittedly, critiquing Minecraft's ready-made dungeons and NPC villages is a bit like complaining about the beans served alongside an immaculate five-star steak. Sure, the side-servings might be mediocre, but at its core Minecraft is one of the most forward-thinking games ever created. It spits in the face of the conventional games industry, and it's raked in millions of dollars while doing so
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Dec 14, 2011
Minecraft is by far one of the most fascinating and progressive games ever made, both in terms of its leanings towards procedural generation and emergent gameplay, and the way it has been so openly developed. In an era where the development of most games is a closely-guarded, PR-managed secret, millions were invited to buy and play Minecraft years before it was even finished.
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Jan 17, 2012
Games like Skyrim or GTA love talk about open worlds, but it seems, that so far only Minecraft has truly embraced this principle. (…) This here is your story, that you simultaneously write and experience. All at your own pace.
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Nov 21, 2011
Minecraft is so much more than a game by now; it's a potentially generation-defining phenomenon.
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Nov 23, 2011
Minecraft is a masterpiece, a seminal title which will be played and studied for years.
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Dec 25, 2011
Intuitively interesting and contagiously fun, with an unparalleled scope for creativity and memorable experiences.
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