This game was my childhood.
The nostalgia I have for this specific version is unmatched by ANYTHING.
I absolutely LOVE this game, and it brings me really good memories.
This game is the reason I actually met my really amazing friends.
This is peak Minecraft. Mojang actually cared about the game, 4J Studios were amazing, and made the best tutorial maps.
SO many memories, this game is amazing.
I may be biased. But I had copious amounts of fun playing this game. And this is a genuinely good game.
The nostalgia I have for this specific version is unmatched by ANYTHING.
I absolutely LOVE this game, and it brings me really good memories.
This game is the reason I actually met my really amazing friends.
This is peak Minecraft. Mojang actually cared about the game, 4J Studios were amazing, and made the best tutorial maps.
SO many memories, this game is amazing.
I may be biased. But I had copious amounts of fun playing this game. And this is a genuinely good game.
I recognise that a lot of why I love this game will be because of nostalgia, said nostalgia is not clouding my judgement. I have and always will believe the "Minecraft Legacy Edition era" as I call it was the best the game will ever be. There was such a simplistic charm to these versions that I'm glad they will never be ruined by the more modern updates Minecraft has (It's like it's own time capsule forever stuck on TU75) . While Updates such as the Nether update and Cave update are good, it's just not something I really enjoy in the game and I prefer much smaller but constant updates where they just a new mob and a few new blocks (I remember when horses were added and that blew my mind as a kid). I must say that 4J Studios did an amazing job on these ports and I feel like Minecraft wouldn't be nearly as popular if it weren't for these ports. The other day I played this out of interest to see if it was as good as I remember and I can say with confidence It is just as good as I was when I played it last which 6 years ago now.
Talking about Minecraft Xbox One Edition is weird because it's got a lot of things going against it. The latest update is based off Java 1.12 from 2011, and has been superseded by Minecraft (Bedrock), however this version is so special to me that I still love it.
I got this game solely to copy an Xbox 360 world to the latest verison of the game. Now, I have put over 150 hours into basically just one world, which is an experience that I haven't had in over 5 years. This game constantly brings me back not with empty promises of new features, but with a solid system. Not everything can be automated, so you actually have to do work and set things up properly for the long run.
World generation is so good. 5000x5000 worlds might sound bad, but you can experience everything a Minecraft world has to offer in that space. Every biome spawns, and it's actually fun to map out the full world to put on a wall. In fact, all of the achievements are really fun. I usually get all the achievements and then put the game down, but even mundane actions like building villager houses, expanding a farm, or even filling a chest with only acacia logs (yes I did it) has a sense of fun to it.
While you could argue that modern Minecraft offers this and more, I think less is more in the way of the experience. The controller makes all of your actions much more intentional, the smaller world size has you utilizing everything to the max, and the lack of automatic iron farms causes you to actually have to hunt for resources.
I love this version of Minecraft. I'll still play Java Edition with my friends, but when it comes to a single player experience, this is the only version that I will continue to consistently play. It's Minecraft, so obviously it's good, but this version now holds a special place in my heart.
I got this game solely to copy an Xbox 360 world to the latest verison of the game. Now, I have put over 150 hours into basically just one world, which is an experience that I haven't had in over 5 years. This game constantly brings me back not with empty promises of new features, but with a solid system. Not everything can be automated, so you actually have to do work and set things up properly for the long run.
World generation is so good. 5000x5000 worlds might sound bad, but you can experience everything a Minecraft world has to offer in that space. Every biome spawns, and it's actually fun to map out the full world to put on a wall. In fact, all of the achievements are really fun. I usually get all the achievements and then put the game down, but even mundane actions like building villager houses, expanding a farm, or even filling a chest with only acacia logs (yes I did it) has a sense of fun to it.
While you could argue that modern Minecraft offers this and more, I think less is more in the way of the experience. The controller makes all of your actions much more intentional, the smaller world size has you utilizing everything to the max, and the lack of automatic iron farms causes you to actually have to hunt for resources.
I love this version of Minecraft. I'll still play Java Edition with my friends, but when it comes to a single player experience, this is the only version that I will continue to consistently play. It's Minecraft, so obviously it's good, but this version now holds a special place in my heart.