It's not even just that this story imagines a narrative within the confines of Minecraft's open-ended but simultaneously limited world - it's that the choose-your-own-path game was converted to Netflix in the first place which is particularly eyebrow-raising. With quality voice talent from across multiple practices (including Ashley Johnson and Patton Oswalt), the story at least lends an authentic connection to its cast in the way any family friendly series can. This is unique and admirable in its own right, and the way the story promotes positive themes through the spirit of ingenuity and courage falls in line with what Minecraft's game design innately encourages. Various mechanics like the device-powering redstone, the inexplicably spawning zombies, and the way players drop their items when they are defeated are all given plot relevance in a manner that feels true to anyone imagining what it must be like to exist in this world.
Characters have facial animation and move more fluidly than characters do in-game, but there's a certain care taken to keeping the world, its items, monsters, and traits in tact. The 2015 episodic Telltale adventure was brought to Netflix's Interactive category in 2018.Īs much as Story Mode diverged from its source, it also paid attention to the things that matter. RELATED: Everything You Need to Know About Minecraft's Caves and Cliffs Update While Bandersnatch was a time-looping affair, this take on a Minecraft story moves forward in multiple episodes, effectively serving as a family friendly, kid-focused narrative. Open-ended exploration and puzzle elements are either simplified or removed, and dialogue choices are often stripped from the original four options down to two. To make it to Netflix, the game was sliced and diced into a series using the same tech that went into Black Mirror special Bandersnatch. The choices made by the player at different points guided the progress of the plot, leading to several different possible endings. Story Mode was, appropriately, Telltale's story-driven adventure game set in the world of Minecraft but with all new characters. What's perhaps most strange about Minecraft: Story Mode is that it exists at all in the state that it does on Netflix.
One often forgotten piece of Minecraft media is a single season animated series that released in 2018 - and is on Netflix right now.
While the cubic survival/crafting game has been around for more than a decade, Microsoft's acquisition of the franchise has led to many experiments and attempts to widen its reach. Ultimate as well as a freshly announced content update, there's been a burst of curiosity about the brand, which has proven to be much more than a passing fad. With the recent announcement that Minecraft is officially coming to Super Smash Bros.
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