I watched
Video Games Awesome play through the first part of it, so it's time for first impressions!
It might be because it's the first episode and there's all this world building and character developing they have to do, but it just looks very boring and hard to get into or feel attached to the characters, except for the pet pig, of all things, and that's mostly because it's kind of the 'comedic relief' character and because i have a soft spot for pet characters, also the mouth animations are pretty awkward looking
The combat doesn't seem
bad, per-say, you can move forward and backwards, turn left or right to face different enemies, and of course, attack, if you can time it right, it's not quite like Minecraft, so you'll have to get used to how it works
Of course there's the crafting mechanic, the items are shown as small 3D objects on top of the crafting table which then merge together to create the item you chose to craft, which i think is neat, and they show a menu of available recipes, which is helpful
And then there's the building...
There is none, you just tap or hold a button and the character(s) automatically speed-build whatever it is they need at that point
Fun fact though,
Jerry and Mike from Penny Arcade were
almost charactersSo overall, if this doesn't improve in the coming episodes, i think this could be Telltale's worst episodic game, i rate 5/10, an extra point because the main character's name is Jesse
Steam says it's reviews are mostly positive, which i expected considering it's a Minecraft game and the kind of people that exist that just eat up anything Minecraft, but the helpful reviews down below, i feel, actually tell it like it is
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