My 10-year-old is still playing this… Five hours later! It's a hit

It's Minecraft. There's nothing a whole lot more to say if I'm perfectly honest. It's not a huge upgrade over the 360 version (sure, there's bigger worlds and better draw distance but co-op connection is still poor) - if you like Minecraft then go for it, you'll love it.

Minecraft is a simple game that anyone of most gaming age groups can play. The setting is simple your dropped into a randomly made world and can go do whatever you want. Build a city, dig a tunnel and all sorts of things in between.

Frustrating to have NO human contact available from the device to resolve DOA hardware issues or to do a system scan to report hardware problems.

Reasonable setup; aside from a half-gig mandatory update download

DOA optical drive; non-existant customer service

Love this game 10/10

Of course this is targeting those that have already played Minecraft, when there are a fair amount of you out there that stilll haven't. If you're one of them, know that this is the smoothest, most-rounded release of the game yet.

For those few that aren't quite familiar with Minecraft yet (under a rock for the last three years, perhaps?), here's a brief run down: the goal is to survive and live off the land by any means necessary.

'Minecraft's charm lies in its simplicity, but beneath the accessible surface is a much deeper experience (no pun intended). It is easy to learn and difficult to master. In the traditional mode, called Survivor, you are dropped into a world of pixelated blocks that can be harvested and used for a...

Did you ever play with Lego as a child? I sure did and still do to this day (I'm cool like that). I don't think I am alone when it comes to having a fascination with creating things with blocks.

Game is virtually endless | Kids seem to love it to

Visual style is too simple | Feels underwhelming

"The same Minecraft that you know and love"