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Minecraft fans should enjoy the references to the game, while Telltale fans will enjoy the traditional storytelling elements they’ve come to expect from the studio. The Order of the Stone grabs your attention at a number of points and sets you down the path of actually caring about what’s going on in a story set in the player-driven Minecraft universe.
The season premiere episode of Minecraft: Story Mode has been made available as a free download on multiple platforms, Telltale Games has today announced.
I love the business practice of eventually releasing the first episode of an episodic series for free
NE: "Since TellTale Games’ sudden rise to popularity, Nintendo consoles have not seen anything from the adventure game studio. At long last, however, soon after the ever-popular Minecraft finally hit the Wii U, TellTale Games makes its triumphant return in Minecraft: Story Mode. But is Episode 1: The Order of the Stone a worthy experience, or a mediocre one?"
Minecraft: Story Mode is another triumph for Telltale Games, and it’s a surprising one. It should never have worked, which is essentially the unofficial company line for Telltale. The studio takes concepts you could never imagine being draped over its aging adventure game skeleton, and transforms the covered bones into episodic gold dust. As it turns out, Mojang’s galactically popular sandbox game was the perfect candidate for Telltale’s magic touch.
