Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone

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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 283 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 58 out of 283
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  1. asdgasgea
    Jul 25, 2023
    9
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  2. Edik191
    Oct 26, 2022
    7
    Жаль что игру больше негде официально сачать/купить в особенности в стиме.
    Сюжет грамотно вписываеться в быт майнрафтеров, но интерактивные иры на узкий круг игроков
  3. Domdom21br
    Aug 7, 2022
    7
    eu gostei até de minecraft story mode porém com o foco é a história, já devo informar que ela não é impactante mas consegue te entreter.
  4. David_Morgan
    Jul 19, 2022
    10
    good game for kids I can't say anything more i play this game and this game and this game looks good on my pc
  5. LeviAkerman
    Mar 19, 2022
    7
    The interface is wonderful. You have so much information immediately available to you. Google Maps always has a minimap in the lower left corner, which gives you a good overview of the area. Getting information about people gives you a clear, clear window. Hacking offers a menu with easily recognizable icons, so you always know what your button presses will do.
  6. yungmuv
    Mar 29, 2021
    2
    Wood could be substituted for the characters. Or stone. NPCs are like zombies. It is not surprising that the game, which has no potential, fails.

    (What I said applies to chapter 1, I have no patience to play the others.)
  7. Ashtar124
    Oct 25, 2020
    3
    This isn't exactly a game, more like an interactive movie. Which is fine, but the story, writing and characters are just so generic. Your choices don't even really matter! It's not like something like life is strange (and possibly the walking dead) where things can go very well or very wrong. Here it's always that if there's a choice it either doesn't matter and it's generic dialog or it'sThis isn't exactly a game, more like an interactive movie. Which is fine, but the story, writing and characters are just so generic. Your choices don't even really matter! It's not like something like life is strange (and possibly the walking dead) where things can go very well or very wrong. Here it's always that if there's a choice it either doesn't matter and it's generic dialog or it's that at all one of two characters dies, gets sick, gets injured etc. And the other one is saved. I've played through it multiple times and picking the other options will have no change in the story apart from just the character models being swapped. I have played through it when i was like 7 or something and it was decent enough for me but nowadays it's just too generic, and you don't really feel attached to the characters. Like another person has said, they could all die in a fire and i wouldn't really care or feel bad.… Expand
  8. truth10010pc
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    More telltale junk as usual. I replayed the game to remember how bad and overrated it was. DO NOT BUY!!!
  9. HanaLover
    Dec 22, 2018
    8
    sure there no such thing to play and its more like movie rather than a game, sure the animation aren't great, i mean, even minecraft music videos have much nicer animation than this game, but the story itself deserves a 10 star, if you're a minecraft fan, the story is fantastic, its actually more interesting than even a serial or movie or whatever. if you're a minecraft fan (with gamesure there no such thing to play and its more like movie rather than a game, sure the animation aren't great, i mean, even minecraft music videos have much nicer animation than this game, but the story itself deserves a 10 star, if you're a minecraft fan, the story is fantastic, its actually more interesting than even a serial or movie or whatever. if you're a minecraft fan (with game itself not the gameplay), this game is a must for you.… Expand
  10. Mobile
    Jul 2, 2018
    1
    ENG RU
    Boring, uninteresting, long. faded. Complete failure as for the initial episode, there is no music no entry or characters, stupid situations, cues, elections, jokes, an abundance of blackness, nasty grafon on the engine of the tails + minecraft, feeling like made for children 5-6 years, with them as the main fans of the main decided to cut down the loot.
    Скучный, неинтересный,    ENG RU
    Boring, uninteresting, long. faded. Complete failure as for the initial episode, there is no music no entry or characters, stupid situations, cues, elections, jokes, an abundance of blackness, nasty grafon on the engine of the tails + minecraft, feeling like made for children 5-6 years, with them as the main fans of the main decided to cut down the loot.
    Скучный, неинтересный, долгий. блеклый. Полный провал как для начального эпизода, нет ни музыки не вступления ни персонажей, дурацкие ситуации, реплики, выборы, шутки, обилие черноты, мерзкий графон на движке тейлов + майнкрафта, ощущение будто сделано для детей лет 5-6, с них как главных любителей майна решили срубить баблища.    … Expand
  11. Drawnimo
    Mar 11, 2017
    2
    Considering how story-based this game actually is, the plot of the game is very uninteresting and bland. Throughout my whole play-through, I couldn't care less about any of the characters. Please heed my advice, DO NOT buy this game. Not even if it's on sale. It isn't even worth your time.
  12. Shadow1
    Aug 31, 2016
    4
    This is shortest and worst Minecraft Story Mode Episode, because in this Episode there aren't action moments. Graphics is **** storyline is interesting and cause play second episode, gameplay in Episode 1 short, but good, in Second Episode longer and better. Minecraft Story Mode is normal game, but first Episode is very short.
  13. LesterNygard
    Mar 2, 2016
    6
    I played it,because i didnt have anything else to do and overall it wasnt that bad.I am sure this will intrigue more young audiences.The voice acting was a little worse than a typicall TT game,but the story isnt half bad.I believe it can get even more interesting with the more episodes.
  14. Berry-O-Pokemon
    Dec 31, 2015
    6
    The first episode of Minecraft story mode was decent. Of course, this is the tutorial stage and the prologue of the story, so the best that it can be is decent. You're introduced to the Main protagonist Jesse (Male or female depending on your choice) and his friends Reuben, Olivia and Axel. Slowly but surely, the game teaches you all the basic gameplay mechanics. QTE's, fighting and howThe first episode of Minecraft story mode was decent. Of course, this is the tutorial stage and the prologue of the story, so the best that it can be is decent. You're introduced to the Main protagonist Jesse (Male or female depending on your choice) and his friends Reuben, Olivia and Axel. Slowly but surely, the game teaches you all the basic gameplay mechanics. QTE's, fighting and how your choices can effect the game. eg: Your choices can impact on if you win the crafting contest. You're also introduced to Petra and Lukas, some more allies of Jesse.
    Without spoiling too much of the plot, you go to endercon, witherthing breaks out, you go to nether story done! As I said before, this is just the tutorial episode, but it does a decent job of hooking people in. It is a little lackluster though, but trust me on this one. The other episodes are worth your time and money.    … Expand
  15. jlenoconel
    Dec 26, 2015
    0
    Rubbish. Basically a game full of quicktime events and vague choices. Was expecting something semi open world. Got bored real quick. Story wasn't entertaining either. Was more geared towards children, I guess.
  16. MilkyWayBRO
    Dec 7, 2015
    10
    I.like.it!
    Nice game where you can writte a new story about people and world!
    NO MULTIPLAYER isnt reason to doesnt play this game...
    If you like quests and Minecraft ORDER IT NOW
  17. Gygar
    Dec 2, 2015
    10
    Sheesh, whats with all the bad scores? I know telltale games are know for their games being for more mature audiances, but this is minecraft we're talking about here!!! I mean the voice acting is laughably bad, but so are most youtube videos on minecraft, and then the animations are as blocky as the actual game is, so what if it's not a mature enough game, give it more of a chance
  18. GamingEnderman
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    I was never a fan of Tattletale Games but, what they did with Minecraft: Story Mode made up for all the other games that they made, all in all Excellent Story and the choices you have to make are not only Difficult to decide but, the Game is so far Better then The Wolf Among us, and also the Characters of Minecraft: Story Mode are very Memorable.
  19. Axelander
    Nov 29, 2015
    0
    Like, I was never a big fan of Telltale. I did like their Wolf Among Us, their Walking Dead... meh.
    HOWEVER the amount of s**t this game is ,well , BEYOND limits. It's not only that it's Minecraft, but the animations are bad, the story is awful , annoying as all hell for the matter ( tbh COD Ghosts had a better story imo ) and the characters just aren't attractive. I can play the game as    Like, I was never a big fan of Telltale. I did like their Wolf Among Us, their Walking Dead... meh.
    HOWEVER the amount of s**t this game is ,well , BEYOND limits. It's not only that it's Minecraft, but the animations are bad, the story is awful , annoying as all hell for the matter ( tbh COD Ghosts had a better story imo ) and the characters just aren't attractive. I can play the game as a total d**k and not care, which isn't normal, I don't like being the bad guy, but I just... Can't care...
    The game is just... not... good , compared to other Telltale games...    … Expand
  20. weirdcryo
    Nov 26, 2015
    1
    Episode 1 was ok, I probably a 5 or a 6, the best of the first 3, the others are EXTREMELY BAD, tbh this is the only TTG I DON'T RECOMMEND BUYING IT, not even for young kinds.
  21. Datamari
    Nov 22, 2015
    7
    It's OK.
    Minecraft: Story Mode may be that one Telltale game that nobody likes, but as a long-time Minecraft fan, I enjoyed this game for the most part. The story follows Jesse, a guy who hoped to win the building contest and meet Gabriel the Warrior. The animation of this game is... eh. I'm playing it on the PC version, but the animation is lackluster, and compared to Minecraft    It's OK.
    Minecraft: Story Mode may be that one Telltale game that nobody likes, but as a long-time Minecraft fan, I enjoyed this game for the most part. The story follows Jesse, a guy who hoped to win the building contest and meet Gabriel the Warrior. The animation of this game is... eh. I'm playing it on the PC version, but the animation is lackluster, and compared to Minecraft animators, they could've done a better job. The game may not be as action-packed as The Walking Dead or The Wolf Among Us, but it's still engaging, and I was hooked when I played this game. It's only the first episode, but I bet this game will get even better as time goes on.

    Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone gets a 7/10.    … Expand
  22. mxnn43
    Nov 20, 2015
    1
    i asked for refund immediately, worst game i've ever paid for game style is about 5 years behind the industry and it is not really minecraft at all just graphic is mine craft.
  23. Zoegrace1
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Minecraft Story Mode is yet another game from Telltale Games. The gameplay focuses more around the characters and is mostly story-driven.
    The times where you can control your character is usually when deciding what to say in a conversation/make a quick decision, or control them around a short moving space. What you say and what you do impacts the course of the story depending on the way    Minecraft Story Mode is yet another game from Telltale Games. The gameplay focuses more around the characters and is mostly story-driven.
    The times where you can control your character is usually when deciding what to say in a conversation/make a quick decision, or control them around a short moving space. What you say and what you do impacts the course of the story depending on the way you play it.
    Unfortunately, seeing as the main focus of the game is the story, you’d expect the creators to make a creative, original story to be remembered and explored through your actions, pushed ahead by original and uniquely designed characters. This is what would make a good story.
    Except the story and characters are the most unoriginal things that they cannot be taken seriously.
    The game opens with a legend about 4 heroes each with different strengths, one in combat, another in Redstone, another in… explosions (what) and architecture, who defeat the Enderdragon.
    The main character is named Jesse, who I’m going to refer to as male for this review. He is the typical nice guy underdog with a group of friends. The character is generic and everything you’ve ever seen before. He has a pet pig. His other friends are a female black friend and the “big dumb stupid” stereotype. There are the generic bully characters who seem unable to come up with any insult other than “loser” (actually they used “trashbag” at some point which I applauded at for being original for 3 seconds), and the obligatory badass female character. The characters aren’t interesting and the plot feels like it was written by a 12 year old.
    Except 12 year olds have ideas that they probably care about intensely. Even a 12 year old would put more care into making a better story, even if it is a power fantasy of themselves.
    In a story based game, you should care about the plot and characters and feel bad if the characters get hurt. Except you don’t care about them because they’re easily labelled stereotypes and wouldn’t care if they all died in a fire, and therefore you can’t get invested in the game. Which just makes it a boring drag. By the time everyone got to the Nether I actually missed numerous quick time events because I was busy checking my phone.
    I played on my trusty PS3 as I’m sure none of the computers in the house would be able to run it very well (my laptop can hardly manage 3FPS on minimal graphical settings). It was mostly fine except the crosshair used to interact with objects or people seems ridiculously awkward and hard to control. Although assuming the game was designed for PC it is forgivable to a certain extent. The walking controls are a bit sluggish and yet again awkward and the camera angles the game throws at you can often make it even more difficult to control. Then there’s the framerate. My goodness the framerate. It runs at a solid speed (not sure of the exact number) for most of the game but whenever there’s a lot of blocky people on screen with lighting effects galore, I swore the framerate had dropped to 10 or maybe even 3. Couldn’t they have removed some of the lighting for the PS3…? It just seems poor.
    As much as this game is for 7 year olds, and as a 14 year old girl, it isn’t for me. But when the plot is this lazy it doesn’t feel like there was any passion or vision to create and tell an interactive story. It feels more like an effortless cash grab with Minecraft graphics slapped on it so it’ll sell to the masses of children who sadly don’t know better. They even pull the “put random light swearing everywhere to get that PG rating” thing and have characters say “what the hell” and “damn” repeatedly when you can give a “what the heck” or “darn” just as easily.
    I can’t recommend this game to anyone but little Minecraft fans who can enjoy the game for “it’s minecraft”. If you’re a gamer above the age of 12 or with a good sense of good storytelling, then this game is not worth your money.    … Expand
  24. Grisha99
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    My computer can run Minecraft Story Mode. I realy happy. Texture is good. This game best in the world. I realy love Minecraft and this seria too. 10 funny man from 10.
  25. tgt
    Nov 5, 2015
    0
    it does not fit the creative style of minecraft and has a story that resembles a one sided battle of good and evil, something that telltale has been good at avoiding. It has no elements of minecraft, mainly its about a bunch of people in a game with GRAPHICS like minecraft, but lacks what makes the original game unique. A common criticism of telltale is that their games don't have gameplayit does not fit the creative style of minecraft and has a story that resembles a one sided battle of good and evil, something that telltale has been good at avoiding. It has no elements of minecraft, mainly its about a bunch of people in a game with GRAPHICS like minecraft, but lacks what makes the original game unique. A common criticism of telltale is that their games don't have gameplay elements of other adventure games and only has QuickTime events combined with some dialog options. In a good adventure game there needs to be a good deal of puzzles and problem solving and i feel that the redstone might be the puzzle aspect that telltale desperately needed to even be considered a game but it wasn't there like i wanted it to be.… Expand
  26. TheLewdOne
    Nov 4, 2015
    5
    Ehhh no, I'm sorry Telltale. I've loved all of your game series to some extent, Night at the Inventory were great time sinks while making dinner with a good sense of humor, The Walking Dead and especially Tales From the Borderlands are story masterpieces in my opinion and Wolf Among Us and Game of Thrones are interesting even if they do leave me feeling cold or bored from time toEhhh no, I'm sorry Telltale. I've loved all of your game series to some extent, Night at the Inventory were great time sinks while making dinner with a good sense of humor, The Walking Dead and especially Tales From the Borderlands are story masterpieces in my opinion and Wolf Among Us and Game of Thrones are interesting even if they do leave me feeling cold or bored from time to time...But you see, that's a pretty important distinction. The Wolf Among Us and Game of Thrones had me bored or uninspired every now and then, mostly in later episodes.

    For Minecraft, bored and uninspired is my default. And that's not a good thing. In a point and click adventure you should NOT be waiting for something engrossing to happen. The characters (save for Ruben who's adorable) are all uninteresting, even the ones I wanted to like was more out of me liking their design and less them giving me something to love. This is especially hurtful to me as I was one of the only one of my friends that had faith in this series, as a fan of The Fallen Kingdom series of music videos of minecraft I thought there could be a chance for a good story to come out of this. Who knows, maybe the series is having a slow build up and episodes 3+ will tap into that possibility for good story that I originally saw and I would still love to be proven wrong about my current view on the series but with the way it is now I doubt it.    … Expand
  27. bud6274
    Oct 31, 2015
    6
    While yes I can see why people are bashing this I don't think its as bad as people are saying. Its aimed for kids and it hits that mark pretty well. Most people who enjoy Minecraft will get most of jokes and it has a bit of a charm to it. That said the story isn't compelling especially for a Tell Tale Game. Its not the worst of Tale Tells but it doesn't compare to their top sellers likeWhile yes I can see why people are bashing this I don't think its as bad as people are saying. Its aimed for kids and it hits that mark pretty well. Most people who enjoy Minecraft will get most of jokes and it has a bit of a charm to it. That said the story isn't compelling especially for a Tell Tale Game. Its not the worst of Tale Tells but it doesn't compare to their top sellers like Walking Dead and Wolf Among Us but it has potential I would hold back from purchasing until more have come out and we truly see what this series becomes but not to bad as it stands.… Expand
  28. presteth012
    Oct 29, 2015
    7
    This game has a lot going for it. The story is decent, and it does a great job of telling it. Sure, it's not the best game Telltale has made, but I think as the story goes on, it will become more developed and fluid.
  29. pesoconvertible
    Oct 27, 2015
    3
    First of all, I really like Telltale Games (I own and have played all of their titles). Minecraft Story Mode, however, is one boring, bland mess. There is absolutely nothing engaging about this title. The graphics are outdated (yeah, I know, it is minecraftesque), the music is mehh and the writing is subpar compared to other Telltale titles (e.g. Walking Dead, Tales from the BorderlandsFirst of all, I really like Telltale Games (I own and have played all of their titles). Minecraft Story Mode, however, is one boring, bland mess. There is absolutely nothing engaging about this title. The graphics are outdated (yeah, I know, it is minecraftesque), the music is mehh and the writing is subpar compared to other Telltale titles (e.g. Walking Dead, Tales from the Borderlands etc.). This will be the first time that I don't buy the season pass after having played the first episode.… Expand
  30. jimmyrustles1
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    lazy, generic writing and terrible voice acting. the fact that it's intended for children is no excuse either. telltale games never had great writing to begin with, but this game is just a shameful sellout attempt with no care or skill put into it whatsoever. do not buy it for your children unless you hate them.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. DarkStation
    Jan 5, 2016
    80
    Episode 1 definitely sets things up well, and while the characters are a little weak so far, the quest itself is interesting enough I can’t wait to see what the next episode holds.
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  2. PC PowerPlay
    Dec 3, 2015
    80
    Aimed towards a younger audience but still has enough depth to appeal to mature gamers. [Dec 2015, p.62]
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 11, 2015
    52
    This is the first Telltale game to have such an obvious stench of “Nothing personal, just business”. [Issue#203, p.74]
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