Push Square: "Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: Order of the Stone is a lacklustre start to Telltale's latest series. While it's certainly not bad, it's not exactly good either. A great performance from Patton Oswalt and some fun sequences aren't enough to cancel out the wonky pacing and bland narrative, while the ensemble cast mostly falls flat. This instalment is inoffensive enough, but it never really provides enough for you to latch on to. There's still plenty more to come, of course, but the jury's still out."
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.
Its receiving 7s and 8s elsewhere, even has a 9 on steam. I personally think it's pretty great for what it is.
Probably the only telltale series I have absolutely no interest in playing. Would've preferred Wolf among us season 2 instead of this.
I would definitely buy and play this if the price is $5.. It's very expensive for me atm.