purchased and my kids love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bought for my 8 year old son, having received and now sat in front of the pc for 2 hours, i cannot get this system to work. I have read and re-read the instructions and googled the problem to death. Still no joy. Wish i had seen the reviews before buying, do not buy...! waste of money and time.

I will recommend

It's NTSC

nothing

This a fantastic game BUT there's 1 issue with this game which really annoyed me. The developers Mojang & 4J Studios who made this disc version of this game didn't include a option to 'install' the game to your Xbox 360 console hard drive like most Xbox 360 games.

minecraft is a good game to play but you need to expand it to different platforms instead of being exclusive to xbox 360 and it is just too expensive...

Since its official release in 2011, Minecraft has sold more than 5 million units, but it's been praised and even obsessed over since its Beta staging back in ‘09. The now ubiquitous sandbox-building survival game has received both praise and criticism for its pixel-stylized graphics, its insistence...

Classic Minecraft gameplay on your console; 8-player online/4-player local multiplayer

Limited content upon its release

We often use "sandbox" to describe open-world action experiences like Grand Theft Auto or Crackdown , but those pre-made environments are expertly shaped and molded to help players explore their many whims with narrative guidance.

+ Rewarding exploration in an uncharted open world, + Works well with a controller; new tutorial is helpful

? Will this version build the same fervent fanbase as the PC release

I stand alone on a beach, landmasses sprawled on a blocky landscape before me. Cows moo on the nearby cliffsides and in the water. I punch at the dirt, digging a single cube out of the cliff and claiming it as my own. I have mined my first resource. Let the madness begin.

Still as addictive as ever; Control scheme fits perfectly with the console

Intimidating size; Tutorials not as helpful as I had hoped

I'm a jealous of gamers who are getting their first hit of the gaming-crack that is Minecraft . Those who download this diamond will be rewarded with a totally unique and wonderful gaming experience.

Revolutionary Open-World Gameplay; Tutorials Add Ease-Of-Play; Split-Screen "Couch Co-op" Is Awesome

(Relatively) Small Map; Later PC-Minecraft Additions Not Included; No Creative Mode

In Minecraft, you'll start with a single block of wood and eventually end with a fortress made out of diamonds and a portal that leads to the netherworld. Everything that happens in-between is the magic that makes Minecraft one of the biggest pop culture sensations in the world, and this review will...

The lightbulb moment(s) Within the first few minutes of Minecraft, you'll (likely) have a series of epiphanies as you begin to wrap your head around the core mechanics; Penny Arcade illustrated this perfectly in its comic ; And those moments continue to happen indefinitely.

Combat Minecraft comes with four different difficulties: Peaceful, Easy, Normal, and Hard; In Peaceful, you're free to roam and craft and mine and do whatever without fear of being molested by the game's obnoxious monsters; I'm not going to lie - this is my preferred mode.